Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 6 | June 2018

inside.hokiesports.com 23 W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L EMERY JR • TAMPA, FLORIDA Taylor W ith the return of a terrific all-around player in Regan Magarity and several other key components, the Virginia Tech women’s basketball team went into this past season optimistic about another postseason appearance. Yet the player who carried the Hokies was a newcomer— junior college transfer Taylor Emery. The 5-foot-9 shooting guard started all 36 games in which she played—she missed one game with a concussion—and she led the Hokies in an array of statistical categories, including points (667), points per game (18.5), field goals (236), field-goal attempts (481), 3-point percentage (38.8), free throws made (126), and free-throw attempts (147). She led the Hokies in scoring in 22 of her 36 starts, including six of the final eight games. She scored in double figures in Tech’s final eight games. Emery’s season also was a record-breaking one in a couple of respects, as she set two Tech single-season records. Her 667 points and her 236 field goals are now the new standards for women’s basketball in Blacksburg. Emery was arguably at her best during the Hokies’ run to the WNIT championship game. Her jumper with a second remaining helped Tech avoid a first-round upset to Navy, and then she drained a 3-pointer with 22 seconds to go to help the Hokies to a road upset of West Virginia in the WNIT semifinals. Emery made the WNIT all-tournament team, and she earned second-team All-ACC honors after averaging nearly 20 points per game in league play. She became just the fourth Tech player to earn All-ACC honors (Kerri Garden, Brittney Cook, Uju Ugoka) and returns to lead a team with lofty goals heading into the 2018-19 campaign. , C.E.C. www.Pro f es s i See our vintage ! See our vintage Ad!