Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors
2019-20 OVC All-Newcomer Team
OVC Freshman of the Week: March 2 (2019-20)
OVC Academic Medal of Honor: 2019-20
OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll: 2019-20, 2020-21
Dean’s List: F19, S20, S21, F21, S22
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: F20

Career Recap: Austin Peay

2021-22 (Junior Season)
One of two Governors to start all 33 games – matching the program record for games played and games started in a single season – while playing 27.5 minutes per contest… led the Govs with a career-high eight assists and a then career-high five steals against Bellarmine, Dec. 12… recorded 12 points, seven rebounds, and six assists at UNC Asheville, Dec. 16… grabbed a season-high nine rebounds and led the Govs on the glass – one of the eight times she led the way on the boards – against Eastern Illinois, Jan. 15… narrowly missed out on a double-double when she matched her season-high with nine rebounds and scored 10 points against Tennessee State, Feb. 12… scored a season-best 15 points against Tennessee Tech, Feb. 19… led the Governors in assists for the 13th and final time when she dished out five assists at SIUE, Feb. 24… pulled down six boards against Saint Mary’s, March 18, and five boards against Furman, March 19, to finish the season with at least three rebounds in 28 of 33 games and a dozen games with five five-or-more rebounds… dished out three assists in the Women’s Basketball Invitational finale against Davidson, March 20, and finished the season with at least three assists in 19 of 33 games… averaged 5.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game… her 99 assists ranked second on the team and seventh in the OVC… her 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio was the ninth-best mark in the OVC… also ranked 14th in the conference in steals (1.5 per game) and 19th in rebounding. 

2020-21 (Sophomore Season)
Played in 14 games and made nine starts, averaging 29.3 minutes per game… scored a season-high 15 points in her first game of the season against Murray State, Dec. 19… blocked a career-high three shots in both contests against Eastern Kentucky, Jan. 1 and Feb. 22… grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds against Jacksonville State, Jan. 23… matched her career-high with six assists against Southeast Missouri, Feb. 13, and Eastern Kentucky, Feb. 22… averaged a team-high 3.1 assists per game and led the Govs in assists a team-best seven times during the 2020-21 season.

2019-20 (Freshman Season)
An OVC All-Newcomer selection, she started in all 30 games and averaged a team-high 26 minutes per contest… was the fifth freshman in program history to start every game in a season and the first to do so since Ashley Haynes in 2002-03… stuffed the stat sheet in her Austin Peay debut against Kentucky Wesleyan, Nov. 5, scoring 16 points with five rebounds, four assists, and three steals… scored 16 points and dished out a career-high six assists in her first OVC game against Southeast Missouri, Jan. 2… knocked down a career-high six three-pointers en route to a career-high 26 points in the regular-season finale at Murray State, Feb. 29… averaged 23.5 points per game, while shooting 61.5 percent from the floor and 57.1 percent from downtown in the final week of the regular season to win the OVC Freshman of the Week award… led the Governors with 80 assists in her debut season… shot 38.6 percent from three-point range, which ranked seventh in the OVC and was the tenth-best single-season mark in program history… was the Govs second-leading scorer and ranked third-best among OVC freshmen, averaging 9.5 points per game… was the 20^th OVC All-Newcomer selection in program history and the first since 2013-14.

Career Recap: Cabra Dominican College
Austin Peay’s first foreign-born player since 2008-09, she led her team to eight straight South Australian State titles… represented South Australia on the national level from the U16 to U20 level… helped her team to the U18 Australian Junior Classics title, where she was named Most Valuable Player of the finals.

Personal
Daughter of Paul and Joanne Sawyer… has two siblings, Mikaela and Georgina… born March 9… an Education major.