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  Meranne Whitney
Meranne Whitney
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Nashua, N.H.

High School:
Nashua

Last College:
St. Francis (NY)

Height:
6-0

Position:
F

2004-05:Ranked second on team in scoring with 14.8 ppg...second in three point field goals (44)...ranked third all-time at Adelphi in thee-point field goal percentage (.373)...also ranked in the top ten in career three-point field goals attempted and made.

2003-04: Team tri-captain...led team with a 77.2 free throw percentage...fourth in scoring (9.9), rebounds (4.1) and assists (55)...made 13 starts in 30 games played...recorded 16 games with 10+ points...went 4-4 from three-point range en route to a career best 24 points at C.W. Post (2/7).

2002-03: Appeared in 29 games, making 18 starts...led team in free throw percentage (78.1)...fourth on team in scoring and third in rebounds...posted 10 games in double figures, including a career-high 22 points versus St. Thomas Aquinas (2/15)...recorded a career-best eight rebounds against Philadelphia (1/4)...named to the NYCAC All-Academic Team.

At St. Francis College: A member of the women's basketball team.

At Nashua High School: Guided team to three consecutive New Hampshire State titles...team ranked 18th by USA Today in 2000 and 5th in 2001...captained team as a senior...also lettered in tennis...a member of the AAU New England Crusaders, winning an AAU U18 National Championship in 2001.

Personal: Daughter of Quincy and Elliott Whitney...born September 21, 1982...brother, Gabe, played basketball for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy-Kingspoint...mother, Quincy, played tennis at Wake Forest...a communications major.