| Whitney Hood |
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Before Clemson
Sensational post player from Mississippi, the first Lady Tiger in history to hail from the Magnolia State ...rated as the 70th player in the nation by the All Star Girls Report and #11 for a wing player ...was a top-five candidate for the Gatorade female basketball player-of-the-year award...lettered four years at Meridian High School in Meridian, MS ...led the Lady Wildcats to the Mississippi State 5-A final game in 2005 and 2006 ...scored 21 points in the 2007 South State Championship game, leading the Lady Warriors to the state title ...was a two-time Dandy Dozen selection (2006 and 2007) as one of the top 12 female basketball players in Mississippi ...named one of the top 30 players in the state as a freshman and sophomore ...earned all-state tournament honors in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 ...was also a four-time all-district selection as well as a four-time south state/north state honoree ...named the Best Offensive Player for the south team in the 2006 North/South All-Star game ...chosen to play in the 2007 Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game ... earned team MVP honors in 2006 and 2007 at Meridian ...was also named the team's best rebounder all four years and was twice selected as the Warriors' best offensive player ...chosen as the team captain for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons ...also started on the New Albany High School team as an eighth grader ...both mother and father played basketball at Mississippi State ...brother Ricky was a four-year basketball letterwinner at UT-Chattanooga ...born May 25, 1989 ...majoring in education.
