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University of Illinois Athletics

2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster

0 Sarah Hartwell

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Tacoma, Wash.
  • High School Bellarmine Prep
  • Prev School Georgia Tech

Biography

Honors

  • 2015 Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • WBCA Allstate Good Works Team nominee

Redshirt Senior 2015-16

  • Appeared in all 30 games, earning 29 starts for the Illini
  • Matched her career-high of four steals vs. Chicago State (Nov. 13)
  • Shot 75-percent from the free throw line in conference play
  • Dished a career-best 10 assists at Minnestoa (Jan. 26), also marking the most for an Illini on the season
  • Ranks second on the team for her 73 assists on the year
  • Averaged 5.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals in 27.5 minutes played per game on the year
  • Was nominated for the WBCA Allstate Good Works team for her contributions to the Champaign-Urbana community off the court 

Redshirt Junior 2014-15

  • Appeared in 14 games for the Illini throughout the season
  • Shot 75-percent from the free throw line for the season
  • Hit her first three-pointer of the season against Minnesota (2/5), giving her a season-high three points

Redshirt Sophomore 2013-14

  • Played in 30 games on the season, starting 20
  • Averaged 6.3 points, 2.1 assists and 1.8 rebounds per game
  • Ranked third on the team in assists
  • Scored 12 points, all in the second half, in Illinois’ 61-51 win at Michigan St. (Jan. 23)
  • Led the team in assists in seven of the first 10 games of the season
  • In her first game as an Illini, shot 8-of-10 from the field and scored a careerbest 18 points in 22 minutes at Bradley (Nov. 8)
  • Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

Sophomore - 2012-13

  • Sat out the season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules.

Freshman - 2011-12 (At Georgia Tech)

  • Appeared in 10 games for the Sweet 16-qualifying Yellow Jackets, who finished the season No. 10 in the coaches poll
  • Scored two points and grabbed four rebounds in 38 total minutes

High School

  • Named MVP of the Narrows League (4A) as a junior and senior, leading Bellarmine Prep to three straight league championships
  • Bellarmine placed fourth in the state in 2010 and sixth in the state in 2011
  • Rated a four-star prospect by HoopGurlz and the 29th-best guard in the class of 2011
  • Earned The Narrows League 4A Freshman of the Year in 2008 and first-team all-league in 2009, ’10 and ’11
  • Three-year captain
  • Four-time defensive award honoree
  • Averaged 15.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game and scored at least 20 points nine times during her senior year
  • Earned the Narrows League Academic Award
  • Helped Bellarmine to back-to-back state titles in track & field in 2008 and 2009, running on the state champion 4x100- meter relay both years and the state champion 4x400-meter relay in 2009

Personal

  • Born on Dec. 31, 1992
  • Daughter of Thomas and Bettye Hartwell
  • Majoring in communication
  • Has one brother, Thomas, who ran track at the University of Mary (Bismarck, N.D.)
  • Works as a student intern with Illini Productions, Illinois’ in-house video department, and will work on Big Ten Network Student U productions beginning in Spring 2015
  • Was the sports editor of her high school newspaper.

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    2013-14Redshirt Sophomore

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    2014-15Redshirt Junior

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    2015-16Redshirt Senior

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