Chrystal Baptist

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Farmville, N.C.

2002-03 season notes: Averaged 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in 12.9 minutes of play ... Missed nine games due to various injuries ... Sprained her ankle early in the opener against Davidson and missed the following game, against East Tennessee State ... Also missed the Charleston Southern and American games because of a strained back and neck sustained when her car was rear-ended in a minor auto accident on Dec. 28, a day before the Charleston Southern game and less than a week after she had earned her driver’s license ... Missed five games (Wake Forest, FSU, Clemson, Duke, Coastal Carolina) with a knee injury, a sprained MCL in her right knee, suffered at NC State on Feb. 7 ... After seeing limited time against Maryland on Feb. 27, did not play at Virginia because of the same injury ... Against NC State on Jan. 5, scored seven points and added three rebounds in a then-season-high 21 minutes of play off the bench. Also had a very good defensive afternoon, taking three charges ... Against Duke on Jan. 20, came off the bench to register a double-double with a season-high 11 points and 11 rebounds. She was 5-for-7 from the field and tied her career high with 31 minutes on the floor ... Against Austin Peay in the NCAA Tournament first round, grabbed 11 rebounds, all of them offensive. The total tied her season high and marked the highest offensive rebounding total by a Tar Heel this season. She also scored nine points (2-for-4 from the field, 5-for-6 from the foul line) in 16 minutes off the bench

2001-02 season notes: Established or tied career highs in every statistical category during her sophomore season ... Appeared in 34 games, starting 19 ... Led the team with 7.7 rebounds per game ... Had a team-best seven double-doubles on the season, fourth in the ACC ... Scored 11 points and added eight rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench in the ACC Championship game ... Came of the bench for a double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) against Minnesota in the NCAA Tournament second-round win ... Her put-back with 17 seconds to play against the Gophers gave UNC its largest lead of the game and final margin of victory

2000-01 season notes: As a freshman, came off the bench to appear in 24 of the team's 29 games ... Had her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in just 11 minutes of play against North Carolina A&T on Nov. 21 ... Also had 10 points against Duke (Jan. 25) and NC State (Feb. 22) ... All 10 points against the Wolfpack came in the second half. In her 17 minutes of play, also contributed eight rebounds, two blocks and two steals ... Against NC State on Jan. 14, had seven points, three rebounds, a steal and a block in 13 minutes of play ... High in minutes was 22 at Clemson on Feb. 8, when she had eight points and nine rebounds

At Charlotte Christian School in Charlotte, N.C.: Coached by Bob Angley and Eddie Rollins ... Averaged 20.6 points and 16.7 rebounds as a senior ... Led her school to the 2000 state championship with 38 points and 27 rebounds in the title game ... Hit the winning shot in that game, a triple overtime victory ... North Carolina Associated Press Player of the Year as a senior ... Also named North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year ... North Carolina Miss Basketball ... First-team all-state as a junior and a senior ... Adidas All-America team ... Played her freshman through junior years at Farmville (N.C.) Central High ... First-team all-state by AP after averaging 23.4 points as a junior

Personal: Born Chrystal Denice Baptist on June 18, 1982, in Greenville, N.C. ... The daughter of Denise Baptist ... She has two younger sisters, Ebonie and Chelsea, and a younger brother, Kenneth Gorham ... Has a son, Jamien, who is 2 ... Majoring in communication studies