Angelei Aguirre

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-11
Class:
Freshman
Last School(s):
White Plains
Hometown:
Dallas, Texas

As a freshman in 2008-09: Played in 18 games for the Bears, averaging 3.8 minutes per game...scored the first basket of her Cal career in the third game of the Paradise Jam tournament, 11/29/08 vs. Iowa...got her first career rebound in the Virgin Islands, pulling in a defensive rebound against South Florida Nov. 27...scored a career-high four points against Saint Mary's....also had a career-high three rebounds in the Saint Mary's game...played a combined nine minutes in the Oregon/ Oregon State home contests....played a career-high 12 minutes in the Pac-10 Tournament opener against Washington...saw action in all three of the Bears' 2009 NCAA Tournament games...recorded a career-high four rebounds in the NCAA opening round game against Fresno State.

High School: Averaged 20.9 ppg, 10.2 rpg and 4.1 apg during the 2007-08 regular season for White Plains High School in White Plains, N.Y....led her school to its fourth straight Section 1-AA title and was named The Journal News' Westchester/Putnam Player of the Year as a senior...also helped her school to three league crowns...after scoring 33 points in the sectional title game, was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Girls Section 1-AA Tournament...2007-08 Section 1-AA Player of the Year...fifth member of the 2005 and 2006 state finalists to commit to a Division I program...garnered four all-state, all-league and all-section honors in high school...named the 2007-08 Con Edison White Plains High School Most Talented Female Athlete of the Year...garnered the Principal's Academic Award and was a four-year member of the honor roll.

Personal: Angelei Aguirre was born Sept. 25, 1989, in Dallas, Texas...parents are Mark and Angela Aguirre...her father played basketball at DePaul and then competed for the Dallas Mavericks (1981-89), Detroit Pistons (1989-93, won NBA titles in 1989 and 1990) and Los Angeles Clippers (1993-94)...Mark served as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks in 2007-08...after attending high school in White Plains, N.Y., her family returned to Dallas, Texas...has three younger siblings, Maschera, Alana and Michaela...Angelei was an assistant coach for Alana's, a sixth-grader, AAU basketball team...participated in a teen leadership conference...enjoys volunteering with various church and non-profit organizations and shopping...career goal is to own a non-profit organization that helps people with HIV/AIDS in Africa...undeclared major.

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