Women's Basketball

 


Brigid Hegarty

So.   G   5-5

North Andover, Mass.
Central Catholic

 

Will see significant time at the two guard – a position she filled last season – with some spot duty at the point, if necessary ... tough competitor and deadly 3-point shooter ... As a freshman: Started first 19 games at shooting guard ... hit a three in 21 of 29 games ... career high of 15 points came in first collegiate game on Nov. 23 against Roberts Wesleyan during the Radisson Tip-Off Tournament ... knocked down 5-of-12 3-point attempts and collected four assists and three boards versus Roberts Wesleyan ... collected 14 points on Nov. 26 against Southern Connecticut thanks to 4-of-10 3-point shooting ... also contributed four boards, two steals and a block ... scored 14 points on 4-of-8 3-point shooting on Dec. 4 against Assumption ... went 3-of-5 on 3-pointers on Dec. 10 against Southern New Hampshire ... knocked down 3-of-4 3-point attempts on Feb. 8 at Pace while collecting nine points and five boards ... hit 4-of-6 3-pointers on Feb. 19 against Le Moyne ... had nine points and five boards on Feb. 22 at Saint Anselm ... set SMC freshman record by connecting on 34.3 percent of her 3-pointers, good for another freshman record of 48 3-pointers ... shortest SMC freshman to block a shot since Anne Marie McLoughlin ’91 (5-foot-5) blocked three in 1987-88 ... attempted only 10 free throws in 655 minutes of action, the fewest in as many minutes by a player since the early 1980s ... first SMC player to hit at least one three in first nine collegiate games ... High School: Played four years of varsity basketball for Sue Downer at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Mass. ... became first Central Catholic female to score 1,000 points ... scored 1,148 career points and averaged 17.8 points as a senior ... captained her team to a 20-5 mark and the state title game at Boston’s FleetCenter her senior year ... team won North Massachusetts Championship her senior year ... led Merrimack Valley Conference in 3-pointers as a senior, setting a school record with 70 ... MVC All-Conference selection as a junior and senior, and MVC all-star as a sophomore ... all-scholastic selection by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald as a senior … named to the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune Super Team as a senior … named Lawrence Eagle-Tribune All-Star during her final two seasons … team MVP during senior season, “Toughest Offensive Player” as a junior, and “Most Improved Player” as a freshman ... her AAU basketball team was state champ from 1997 to 2001 … participated for four years each in varsity soccer and track at Central Catholic ... led track team to Class B state title as a junior ... Class B state champ in discus as a senior ... was captain as team won conference title and finished second in the state during senior season ... threw discus and was named team’s “Thrower of the Year” as a junior and senior ... named Lawrence Eagle-Tribune All-Star as a junior and senior for 4x100 relay ... conference all-star for discus (junior) and 4x100 relay (junior and senior) ... all-conference selection for discus (senior) and 4x100 relay (junior and senior) ... soccer team was state semifinalist her junior year and won league title her senior year ... Lawrence Eagle-Tribune All-Star as a senior ... captain and all-conference selection as a senior when she led the team with 18 goals and 15 assists ... conference all-star as a junior ... named to honor roll all four years at Central Catholic ... received Principal’s Scholarship and Thomas G. Sabbagh Scholarship as a senior ... won Central Catholic’s female student-athlete award as a senior ... Personal: Brigid Anne Hegarty was born on January 11, 1984 ... daughter of Cornelius and Susan Hegarty ... double-majoring in elementary education and psychology.