Career Notes
One of the Braves more consistent players, she has started 37 games over the last two seasons at forward ... A solid shooter she ranks among the Braves career leaders in three-point percentage ... Should play a big role in Bradley’s rotation of forwards.
2004 European Exhibtion
Posted a double-double, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the Braves 96-63 win against BBC Deinze ... Averaged 4.0 and 4.2 rebounds per game, playing in all five contests.
2003-04 Season (Junior)
Ranked third on the team in scoring, averaging a career best 8.2 points per game ... Was second on the squad in three-pointers made (28) and rebounding (4.4 per game) while ranking fourth in starts (23), minutes played (623) ... Shot a team-best .396 from three-point range against Missouri Valley Conference foes ... Closed the year averaging 11.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game over the last three games of the season ... Posted second career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Indiana State ... Scored a career-high 20 points at Creighton and nearly had a double-double finishing with nine boards ... Reached double figures in scoring 11 times, including seven of the last 14 outings of the year ... Hit at least one three-pointer in the last eight games of the season and 12 of the final 14 tilts ... Heated up during the course of the season hitting 18 of her final 39 three-point attempts (46.2 percent) ... Tied a career-high with five assists at Southern Illinois.
2002-03 Season (Sophomore)
Started the final 14 games of the season, averaging 9.0 points and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 41.5 percent from beyond the three-point arc ... After hitting just one of her first 15 three-point attempts on the year, nailed 24-of-56 to close the year (42.9 percent) ... Scored in double figures nine times, including a stretch of six times in eight games, where she averaged 12.3 points per tilt ... Had a career-high 19 points, to go along with six rebounds and career-highs of five assists and four steals against Evansville ... Bradley posted an 8-6 record with Waterman in the starting lineup and 6-3 mark when Waterman scored in double figures ... Ranked fourth on the squad with a 6.9 points per game average and led the team in three-point percentage, shooting 35.2 percent from beyond the arc ... Averaged 9.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, after averaging 3.6 points and 2.8 boards per game in non-conference action.
2001-02 Season (Freshman)
Appeared in 23 games as a reserve, averaging 6.0 points and 2.6 rebounds per game ... Tossed in 11 points in her first career game at Western Illinois, helping Bradley to an overtime victory against the Westerwinds ... Scored in double figures seven times, including five times in a six-game span ... Posted her first career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a double-overtime loss at Southwest Missouri State ... Forced the first overtime at SMS after rebounding a Bradley miss and nailing a turn-around 3-point attempt as time expired to tie the score at 66 ... Scored a season-high 16 points and added a then season-best nine rebounds against Illinois-Chicago, helping Bradley complete the non-conference slate with a perfect 9-0 record ... Led the Braves with a 48.6 percent shooting percentage from beyond the 3-point arc and also owned a team-best 49.5 shooting percentage from the field.
High School
Led the team with averages of 25.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a senior, helping Nokomis to a 28-5 record ... The all-time leading scorer in Nokomis history, Waterman scored 2,384 points and shot 50 percent from the field during her four-year career ... Helped the team to a 123-13 record over the last four seasons ... Nailed 75 3-pointers and shot 52 percent from the field, while knocking down 78 percent of her free throw attempts during her senior season ... Finished second in voting to Marshall’s Cappie Pondexter in Chicago Tribune’s Miss Basketball voting ... Averaged 21.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a junior at Nokomis ... Member of the Redskins Illinois Class A state championship teams in 1997-98 and 1998-99 ... A three-time first-team Prairie State All-Conference selection ... Selected as a first-team Class A all-state pick as a junior and senior ... Named the Class A Female Athlete of the Year by The State Journal-Register (2001) ... Gained second team all-state honors from the Champaign News Gazette as a junior ... Named MVP of the Class A IBCA All-Star game ... Also played softball and volleyball ... Earned all-conference honors in all three sports and set a new career kills record in volleyball.
Personal
Working on a double major, Waterman is studying criminal justice and sociology ... Born March 27, 1983, in Springfield, Ill. ... Parents are Ivan and Patty Waterman ... Has one sister, Sarah (25), and one brother, Monte (20), who is enlisted in the Army ... Named to the Bradley Athletic Director’s Honor Roll each of her first six semesters at Bradley.
