2009-10 (Junior): Started all 32 games. …Averaged 35.9 minutes per game. …Led all NCAA women for second straight season with 134 3-point field goals. …Became only woman in NCAA history to make more than 120 3-point field goals in consecutive seasons. …Second-Team NCAA Division II All-Atlantic Region. …Second-Team All-WVIAC. …WVIAC All-Tournament Team. …Set school single-season (381) and career (870) record for 3-point field goal attempts. …Scored 440 points (13.8 ppg.) to rank second on the team. …Grabbed 109 rebounds (3.4 rpg.) and handed out 67 assists. …Shot 37 percent from the floor (147-of-400), 35 percent from the 3-point arc (134-of-381) and 71 percent from the foul line (12-of-17). …Played a school-record 53 minutes in triple-overtime win at Indiana, Pa. (Dec. 13). …Scored season-high 34 points and had season-high 10 3-point field goals vs. Salem International (Feb. 1). …Career-high 7 rebounds vs. Lake Erie (Nov. 16) and at Indiana, Pa. (Dec. 13). …Career-high 4 steals at Wheeling Jesuit (Feb. 27). …Career-high 6 assists at Indiana, Pa. (Dec. 13) and at Bluefield State (Feb. 24). …Tied career-high with 4 blocked shots vs. Alderson-Broaddus (Feb. 4). …Tied all-time NCAA women’s single-season record of 32 consecutive games with at least one 3-point field goal. …Carries active 63-game streak into 2010-11 season. …Betsy Bergdoll of Queens, N.C. holds the collegiate women’s consecutive-game record of 81. …Needs 5 3-point field goals to break Renee Farina’s WLU school record of 324. …Needs 66 3-point field goals to break NCAA Division II career record of 385, held by Lori Martinez of Texas A&M-Kingsville. …Needs 78 3-point field goals to break all-time collegiate women’s record of 397, held by Melissa Beyruti of Kean, N.J.
2008-09 (Sophomore): Played and started in all 31 games. …Set NCAA single-season women’s record (all divisions) with 146 3-point field goals. …Led NCAA (all divisions) in 3-point field goals and 3-point field goals per game (4.7). …WVIAC Tournament record 20 3-point field goals. …Second-Team All-WVIAC. …WVIAC All-Tournament Team. …School single-game record and NCAA season-high 12 3-point field goals against Seton Hill (Feb. 21). …School-record 23 3-point field goal attempts against Seton Hill (Feb. 21). …School and WVIAC single-season record 359 3-point field goal attempts. …School single-season record 9 games with 7 or more 3-point field goals. …Hit double-figures in 22 games. …Had 10 games with 20 or more points. …Career-high 36 points against Seton Hill (Feb. 21). …Career-high 5 rebounds on three occasions. …Career-high 5 assists at Lake Erie (Nov. 16). …Career-high 4 blocked shots at W.Va. State (Feb, 7). …Career-high 3 steals at Charleston (Jan. 12).
2007-08 (Freshman): Appeared in 28 games, making one start. ...Averaged 7.6 minutes per game. …Scored 138 points (4.9 ppg.). …Made 40 three-pointers to rank third on team. …Shot 88.9 percent from the foul line (8-of-9). …Scored a season-high 20 points against Georgian Court in her first career start.
High School: Played for Coach Rick Hauser at Gahanna Lincoln High School. ...Averaged 14.0 ppg. in leading Gahanna Lincoln to district championship as a senior. …First-team All-OCC and second-team All-District as a senior. …Also lettered in volleyball.
Off The Court: Laura is the daughter of Paul and Lorraine Malernee. ...She is a Secondary Education major. ...Her favorite foods are "Tacos and Cheeseburgers,” favorite movie "Wedding Crashers,” favorite celebrities "Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston,” favorite sports team "Ohio State,” favorite athlete "LeBron James,” and her favorite colors are "Blue and Pink."
Laura Malernee's Career Stats
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2007-08 28-1 212/7.6 45-143 .315 40-130 .308 8-9 .889 7-14 21 0.8 20-0 5 8 2 6 138/4.9
2008-09 31-31 984/31.7 158-381 .415 146-359 .407 21-37 .568 14-57 71 2.3 44-0 56 33 16 25 483/15.6
2009-10 32-32 1148/35.9 147-400 .368 134-381 .352 12-17 .706 13-96 109 3.4 50-0 67 30 25 31 440/13.8
TOTAL 91-64 2334/25.9 350-924 .379 320-870 .368 41-63 .651 34-167 201 2.2 114-0 128 71 43 62 1061/11.8
