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2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

15 Mikayla Venson

  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Yorktown
  • Hometown Arlington, Va.

Biography

Senior (2017-18): GU’s third-leading scorer averaging 13.2 ppg as well as hitting a squad-best 51 3-pointers … Team captain ... Won the team’s Sharp Shooter Award … Saw first action in season opening win over Howard ... Scored a Georgetown-high 20 points with four 3-pointers in victory at Loyola ... Led the Hoyas with 19 points against Auburn and had 17 points in the win over Northwestern at the Challenge in Music City ... Named to the Challenge in Music City All-Tournament Team ... Scored 18 points in the win over FIU ... Scored 17 points in the loss to Minnesota ... Managed 14 points in the loss at NC State ... Scored 19 points in win at VCU ... Tallied 19 points and three steals in the win at Providence ... Scored 17 points and six rebounds at Creighton ... Scored her 1,000th career point at Creighton ... Had 15 points and six assists in win over Xavier ... Managed 12 points in loss at St. John’s ... Tallied a career-high 28 points in the loss at Seton Hall ... Scored 16 points in win over Marquette ... Managed 17 points in a win at Butler ... Had 14 points in a win at Xavier ... Led GU with 23 points including five 3-pointers in a loss at Villanova ... Led the Hoyas in a loss to St. John’s with 17 points ... Missed DePaul game with an injury ... Had 12 points in win over Providence ... BIG EAST All-Academic.

Junior (2016-17): Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

At Virginia: Averaged 15.1 points per game to lead the Cavaliers as a sophomore ... Led the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in free throw percentage, shooting 87.4 percent from the charity stripe ... Set the program's season 3-point record with 70, and finished her career at ninth on the all-time 3-point scoring list with 131 to her credit to tie Dawn Staley ... Had eight 20-point performances as a sophomore, and posted a 12-game double-digit scoring streak ... Named to the Cavalier Classic All-Tournament Team and left Virginia with 837 points over two seasons ... Member of the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2014-15, and set the program record for made 3-pointers by a freshman with 61 ... Second in the ACC in 3-point percentage hitting 41.2 percent from beyond the arc, and averaged 11.9 ppg with four 20-point performances ... Finished the season with seven-straight double-digit scoring efforts including a 22-point performance against Virginia Tech.

Prior to Georgetown: Played one season at Yorktown High School from 2010-11 before an injury sidelined her from high school basketball ... Named the Virginia High School League (VHSL) National District Rookie of the Year and the VHSL National District Co-Player of the Year in 2011 ... Earned VHSL National District First Team All-District and VHSL National District All-Rookie honors in 2011 ... A member of the VHSL National District All-Defensive Team ... Named to the 2011 Virginia Associated Press AAA All-Northern Region First Team and Washington Post Honorable Mention All-Met ... The 2011 Arlington Sun Gazette All-Arlington High School Player of the Year and the 2010-11 Yorktown Girl's Basketball Most Outstanding Player ... Played AAU with Team Takeover in 2013 ... Named the MVP of the New Jersey Sparks Basketball Classic U-16 Tournament and the MVP of the John Smith Bracket at the Boo Williams 16U Nike Invitational Tournament ... Team won both tournaments ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Won the Virginia High School League Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award in 2011 ... Earned the Civic Coalition of Minority Affairs Academic Achievement Award and the 2013-14 National Pan-Hellenic Council Black Scholar Award ... Father, Michael, played basketball at Georgetown from 1989-90 and at James Madison from 1990-94.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2016-17Junior

    G
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2017-18Senior

    G
    5'8"
    15
  • 15

    2018-19Graduate Student

    G
    5'8"
    15