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FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR (2022-23): All-Pac-12 Team…Katrina McClain Award Top 10 List…Became the second player in program history to be a four-time All-Pac-12 Team selection…Ranks in the top 10 in program history in career rebounds (second - 961), games started and games played (second - 153), career minutes (third - 4101), career made field goals (third - 759), career double-doubles (fourth - 22), career points (fifth - 1,951), career made free throws (sixth - 372) and career blocked shots (ninth - 80)…Only player in program history to score 1900+ points and grab 950+ rebounds…Second on the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game and rebounding with 5.8 per game…Fourteenth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage, making 45.0% of her shots...Scored a career-best 33 points in the double-overtime win at USC and hauled in seven rebounds…Totaled 22 double-digit scoring performances to bring her career total to 102…Led Arizona in scoring in 11 games…Started all 32 games…Tallied four 20+ point performances of which three were 25 points or more…Recorded double-doubles in back-to-back games against Texas Southern and Baylor…Scored 25 points, grabbed six rebounds and made three assists in Arizona’s NCAA Tournament First Round matchup with West Virginia...Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.

SENIOR (2021-22): Honorable Mention AP All-American…Voted to All-Pac-12 Team for a third consecutive season…Member of Naismith Trophy Midseason Watch List…Pac-12 Player of the Week for opening week of the season by averaging 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the floor in wins over CSUN and No. 6 Louisville…Recorded 19 double-doubles, the sixth most by a Wildcat in a season…Ended the season in the top ten of the program record books in points (1,528) and (774) while becoming third player in program history to score 1,500 points and grab 750 rebounds or more in a career (Adia Barnes and Ify Ibekwe the others)…Led the team in scoring and rebounding at 14.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, which ranked eighth and 15^th in the Pac-12 respectively…Season-high 29 points at USC was one shy of her career high…Grabbed season-high 12 rebounds in win over New Mexico.

JUNIOR (2020-21): Started every game and finished second on the team in scoring (10.9) and third on the team in rebounds per game (5.1)…Named All-Pac-12 for the second year in a row…Was named Pac-12 Player of the Week after scoring a season-high 25 points on 11-14 shooting at Oregon (2/8)…Had three 20-point games…Has scored at least 20 points in all three season openers…Had a double-double in the season opener…Scored her 1,000th-career point vs. Utah (1/22)…Scored 16 points in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament…Scored in double-figures 16 times…Shot 46% from three in the NCAA Tournament and 41% on the season.

SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Was named All-Pac-12...Was a two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week in the month of December...Was named a Katrina McClain Award finalist for the top power forward in the nation...Was on the Pac-12 Winter Honor Roll...Started all 31 games of the season...Finished second on the team with 13.6 points per game and led the team with 7.5 rebounds per game...Was sixth in the Pac-12 in rebounds per game and 14th in scoring...Shot 49% from the field, the sixth-best in the Pac-12...Was fifth in the Pac-12 and best on the team in free throw pct. (80.2%)...Had eight double-doubles, the sixth-most in the Pac-12...Scored a career-high 30 points on 13-15 shooting in the Pac-12 Tournament Quarterfinals vs. Cal (Mar. 6)...Grabbed 17 rebounds twice, once at UTEP (Dec. 7) and once vs. USC (Feb. 2)...Was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 9 after averaging 17.5 points and 14 rebounds per game on 59% shooting...Was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 30 after a 17-point, 11-rebound performance in a road win over Arizona State (Dec. 29)...Scored in double-figures in 23 games...Scored at least 20 points in five games.

FRESHMAN (2018-19): Played and started in 37 games, the most by a freshman in school history...Was second on the team with 11.8 points per game and first on the team with 6.8 rebounds per game...Was named Pac-12 All-Freshman and was a three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week...Became Arizona’s first Pac-12 Freshman of the Week...Had the most double-doubles of any freshman in the Pac-12 (7)...Was the leading scorer and rebounder among all freshmen in the Pac-12...Secured the most rebounds (250) since Ify Ibekwe (2011)...Adia Barnes, Shawntinice Polk and Davellyn Whyte are the only freshmen in school history to score more points than Reese...Is the first freshman in school history to score 20 points in a postseason game...Became the first freshman since Polk (2003) to have a double-double in their first career postseason game...Scored a season-high 21 points three times, including the first game of the season in which she also had 10 rebounds...Grabbed 18 rebounds against Montana (12/5/18), the most of any freshman since Polk (2002)...Averaged 14.2 points per game in the WNIT.

HIGH SCHOOL: Cate Reese became Arizona's first McDonald's All-American in school history and was also named an honorable mention All-American by the Naismith Trophy while being named the 17-6A District MVP. Reese wass tabbed as a five-star recruit and the fourth-best post player in the country by ESPN. Coming in as the 14th-best prospect in the country, Reese will be the highest ranked prospect Arizona women's basketball has ever signed. During her senior season season, she averaged 30.6 points and 15.3 rebounds per game for Cypress Woods High school. The Cypress, Texas native has been named TABC 6A All-State three times during her high school career. During her junior year year, the 6'3" forward scored 22.3 points per game and grabbed 13.2 rebounds per game. Not only was Reese a standout on the basketball court, but she was also a force on the volleyball court.

PERSONAL: The daughter of William and Cheryl Reese ... Has two older brothers, Billy and Danny and has two older sisters, Karen and Ali ... Plans to study Business at the University of Arizona.