Norfolk State University Athletics

2011-12 (Senior Year)
Competed in all 29 games with 20 starts … Led the team with 13.9 points per game … Also added 2.0 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.7 assists in 27.8 minutes per contest … Shot 158-of-399 (39.6 percent) from the field, including 50-of-151 (33.1 percent) from 3-point range … Also connected on 74.5 percent from the free throw line on 38-of-51 shooting … Earned MEAC Player of the Week honors on Feb. 20 … Finished her career with 1,130 points, becoming the 20th player at NSU to top 1,000 when she connected on a 3-pointer at Delaware State on Feb. 4 … Posted 404 points on the year, the fourth-most in a single season in the Division I era … Also finished fourth in field goals (158), fifth in scoring average (13.9) and 3-pointers (50) and seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (.331) in D-I annals … Ranked eighth in the MEAC in scoring and sixth in both 3-point field goal percentage and 3-point field goals per game … At the end of the year ranked third all-time at NSU in 3-point field goals (142), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (.333) and free throw percentage (.753), 14th in scoring, 16th in games played (109), 17th in field goals (427) and 18th in steals (183) … Scored in double figures in 21 games … Topped 20 points on three occasions, including a career-high 32-point effort at Bethune-Cookman Feb. 25, the third-highest total in the D-I era … Had 27 points the game before in a win over Delaware State on Feb. 18 at home, the third-highest total of her career, to earn MEAC PoW accolades … Of the 59 points scored in the two games, 47 came after halftime … Also tied her career high with seven steals that game … Tallied 21 points with five rebounds, three steals and two assists against William & Mary on Nov. 28 … Started the year off with a combined 37 points in wins at Texas Southern and home against Chowan, shooting 16-of-29 from the floor with seven steals over that two-game stretch … Scored 19 points on 8-of-18 shooting at Virginia Commonwealth on Dec. 21 … Also posted 18 points in games against South Carolina State (Dec. 5), Morgan State (Jan. 28) and at North Carolina A&T (March 1) … Averaged 18.0 points per game over a seven-game stretch from Feb. 4-March 1.

2010-11 (Junior Year)
Played in all 28 games and started 12 … Recipient of the Optima Family Care Women’s Basketball Defensive Player Award at the NSU end-of-year banquet … Finished second on the team with 9.8 points per game, good for 18th in the MEAC … Also tallied 1.9 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.3 assists in 24.3 minutes per game, finishing second on the team in steals … Totaled 275 points on the season with 53 rebounds, 41 steals, 37 assists and one block … Led the conference in 3-point shooting at 41.6 percent (42-of-101) … Marked the best 3-point shooting percentage in D-I history at NSU … Also shot 38.8 percent (106-of-273) overall and 70.0 percent (21-of-30) from the charity stripe, finishing third on the team in free throw shooting for players with at least 20 attempts … Stood 11th in the conference in field goal percentage … Had 11 games of double-digit scoring, including five games with 20 or more points … In the second game of the season, hit 9-of-17 overall, including 5-of-8 from long range, for a 23-point effort against Houston Baptist on Nov. 19 … Tallied 24 points on 11-of-22 shooting with a career-high seven boards and three steals at William & Mary Dec. 15 … Tied her season high with 24 points in a home win against South Carolina State Jan. 24, hitting 9-of-11 overall and a career-high 6-of-7 3-pointers … Finished one trey short of the all-time record of seven in a game held by two players … Helped NSU snap a 24-game MEAC losing streak in the process … Scored 22 points with three rebounds and three assists against McNeese State Dec. 18, hitting 6-of-10 overall and 4-of-4 from long range … Also had 22 points on 8-of-11 attempts against Savannah State Jan. 2 … Averaged 21.0 points in a four-game stretch from Dec. 15-Jan. 2 … Shot 31-of-53 overall, 9-of-14 from long range, and 13-of-16 from the free throw line during that time … Had a season-high five assists against Central Arkansas Nov. 20 … Had a season-high four steals with nine points and three assists against North Carolina Central Jan. 22.

2009-2010 (Sophomore Year)
Played in 27 games, getting the starting nod in 16 … Led the team in scoring, averaging 9.9 points per game in 24.5 minutes … Team’s best free throw shooter at 82 percent (50-of-61) … Would have ranked third in the league in free throw shooting but did not attempt enough shots … Finished second on the team in assists (47) and steals (40) … Averaged 2.3 rebounds … Shot 96-of-248 from the floor (38.7) and 26-of-84 from 3-point range (31.0 percent) … Scored in double figures on 13 occasions … Had an outstanding game at Savannah State Dec. 15, scoring 30 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including an 11-of-12 mark from the free throw line … Scored 19 points in back-to-back games at Wofford Nov. 18 and against St. Paul’s Nov. 20 … Topped her previous career high with seven assists and also added four assists and four rebounds against St. Paul’s … Had a season-high five steals at Florida A&M Jan. 11 and at Morgan State Feb. 27 … Added 16 points and three assists against South Carolina State Feb. 22 … Was the second of four-straight games scoring in double figures … Knocked down 15 against Howard Jan. 18, also the second of four-straight games scoring in double figures … Tied her season high in rebounds with five at Wofford Nov. 18 and against Morgan State Jan. 31.

2008-2009 (Freshman Year)
Played in 25 games with four starts … Averaged 7.3 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.8 steals in 21.6 minutes per game … Leads the returning players in steals for the season (46) and steals per game … Ranks third among the returnees in assists … Scored a season- high 19 points on 8-of-20 shooting in her first collegiate game vs. Old Dominion Nov. 30 … Scored in double figures 10 times … Had her best all-around game against South Carolina State Jan. 24 with 13 points, five rebounds, seven steals, two assists and one block in 29 minutes of play … Was perfect from the free-throw line on four occasions … Set a season-high in minutes (33) at Morgan State Jan. 12 … Tallied 13 points, two steals, three assists, and was a perfect 2-for-2 from the free-throw line in that game.

High School
A three-time CAP-Seven All-Conference pick … Averaged 21.8 points, six assists and four steals per game as a senior in 2007-08 … Was named Leesville Road High’s Most Valuable Player in 2008 and amassed over 1,200 points in just three years at LRHS.

Personal
Full name is Whitney Morgan Long … Born on Jan. 29, 1990 … Daughter of Peketa Long … Has one sister, Elizabeth, and one brother, Frederick … Majoring in kinesiotherapy … Wants to become a physical therapist … Enjoys studying and hanging out with friends.