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Amanda Gifford '12

Position: G
High School: Lee Academy
Hometown: Lee, Maine


2008-09: Started 11 of the 23 games she played in.... Averaged 11.9 minutes per game.... Scored 66 points including 29 field goals and 3 three-point field goals.... Had 29 rebounds and 23 assists.... Made 16 steals....

High School: 2008 McDonald’s All-American Nominee.... 2008 Scholar Athlete Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Regional Semi-Finalist.... 2008 Miss Maine Basketball Semi-Finalist.... 2008 Maine McDonald's Senior All-Star.... 2008 Maine McDonald's Academic All-State Team.... 2008 Maine McDonald’s Academic All-State Scholarship Selection.... 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 starting guard for the three-time basketball state champions and three-time Eastern Maine champions.... Led team with over 300 career steals, over 300 career assists and was the second leading scorer for the 2007-08 season with almost 14 points per game average.... Recorded a double-double in the 2008 State Championship 18 points and 12 rebounds along with 6 steals on her way to being named the State championship's Most Valuable Player.... Scored her 1,000th point in the 2008 Penobscot Valley Conference all-star game.... Started in more than 130 career contests.... Was named a three-time Penobscot Valley Conference First Team selection (2008, 2007, 2006) and was an Honorable Mention selection as a first-year.... Also recognized concurrently as a two-time 2006, 2007 Penobscot Valley Conference All-Defensive Team Selection.... 2008 Class C Basketball State Champions; 2008 Class C Eastern Maine Basketball Champions; 2007, 2005 Class D Basketball State Champions; 2007, 2005 Class D Eastern Maine Basketball Champions.... 2008, 2007 Bangor Daily Newspaper All-Tournament Basketball First Team selection.... 2006 Bangor Daily Newspaper All-Tournament Basketball Honorable Mention.... 2008 Bangor Daily Newspaper All-State Basketball Honorable Mention.... 2008 Portland Press Herald All-State Basketball Honorable Mention.... 2008 Penobscot Valley Conference Academic All-Star.... December 2005 WABI TV5 Basketball Player of the Week.... 2007 WABI TV5 Hoops Scholar Athlete.... WABI TV5 March 2008 Player of the Week.... WABI TV5 February 2008 Player of the Week Nominee.... 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Maine Basketball Report Top 10 All-Star.... 2007 Kentucky Blue Chip National Invitee.... In 2006 tied the school record for most 3-pointers in a single contest (6).... Played AAU basketball for the Maine Elite and the Maine Starzz.

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