2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Vanessa Barajas
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Mesquite
- Hometown:
- Gilbert, Ariz.
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015)
Summit League Distinuighed Scholar (2015)
2015-16 (Sophomore) Season Statistics
Appeared in all 30 games and made 12 starts…averaged 2.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game…set a Omaha single game record with nine blocks against Illinois State (Nov. 29)…posted a season high eight points against Houston Baptist (Nov. 27)…twice grabbed a season-best six rebounds against Central Florida (Nov. 14) and Houston Baptist.
2014-15 (Freshman) - Season Statistics
Appeared in 22 games and started seven…averaged 1.5 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game...posted a season high six points three times against Graceland (Nov. 21), at Oral Roberts (Jan. 24) and against Denver (Feb. 28)...grabbed a season high nine rebounds against Peru State (Dec. 1).
Before UNO:
A graduate of Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Ariz., averaged 4.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots per game in her senior season on a talented Mesquite team that went 26-6 overall and 12-2 in its league and reached the state quarterfinals in Arizona's largest class...strong, mobile 6-3 center who is in just her fifth year of playing organized basketball...defensive-minded center with good hands and has battled against some of the nation's top post players during her time at Mesquite.
Personal:
Born June 21, 1996...daughter of Ray Barajas and Julie Avalos...has one sister, Angela...majoring in exercise science.
