Sophomore (2017-18)
Started 24 of the 27 games she played ... lead the team in 3-point field goal percentage (38.5), free throws made (27 for 79), rebounds (249) and rebound average (9.2), defensive and offensive rebounds and steals (41) last season ... averaged 14.2 points per game ... had a 46.1 field goal percentage ... posted a career-high 26 points against FIU (Feb. 14) ... ranks 36 in UTSA history for career points (527) ... posted 11 double-doubles, five of those in conference play.
Freshman (2016-17)
Appeared in 27 games with 14 starts, totaling 508 minutes of action…averaged 6.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per outing…made collegiate debut against Angelo State (Nov.11) where she recorded seven rebounds (3 offensive/4 defensive)…totaled a career-high 15 points against Marshall (Jan. 26) and at Charlotte (March 2)…was honored at the Conference USA Freshman of the Week after registering double-doubles versus Charlotte (15 points/10 rebounds) and Old Dominion (11 points/11 rebounds)…Earned her first C-USA Freshman of the Week recognition after posting 10 points and four blocks against Abilene Christian (Nov. 29) and six points and six rebounds against Texas State (Dec. 1)…scored points against UAB (Feb. 4)…posted 11 rebounds against North Texas (Feb.18)…finished the season with a .673 free-throw percentage that was by four games with a 1.000 free-throw percentage.
High School
Four-year letter winner at Midway High School in Waco, Texas … averaged 17 points, four rebounds, two assists and two blocks during her senior campaign … garnered Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-State 12-6A honors in 2016 … earned academic all-district honors as a junior and was named Newcomer of the Year in 2014 … named to the Good Grades, Good Hoops All-Star roster in 2016 … helped her team to a second place finish in district and the semi finals round in the playoffs.
Personal
Born Marie Elise Benson on Oct. 22, 1997 in Amarillo, Texas … daughter of Les Benson and Sheris Clark … father, Les, played college football at Baylor and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills … majoring in health.
Started 24 of the 27 games she played ... lead the team in 3-point field goal percentage (38.5), free throws made (27 for 79), rebounds (249) and rebound average (9.2), defensive and offensive rebounds and steals (41) last season ... averaged 14.2 points per game ... had a 46.1 field goal percentage ... posted a career-high 26 points against FIU (Feb. 14) ... ranks 36 in UTSA history for career points (527) ... posted 11 double-doubles, five of those in conference play.
Freshman (2016-17)
Appeared in 27 games with 14 starts, totaling 508 minutes of action…averaged 6.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per outing…made collegiate debut against Angelo State (Nov.11) where she recorded seven rebounds (3 offensive/4 defensive)…totaled a career-high 15 points against Marshall (Jan. 26) and at Charlotte (March 2)…was honored at the Conference USA Freshman of the Week after registering double-doubles versus Charlotte (15 points/10 rebounds) and Old Dominion (11 points/11 rebounds)…Earned her first C-USA Freshman of the Week recognition after posting 10 points and four blocks against Abilene Christian (Nov. 29) and six points and six rebounds against Texas State (Dec. 1)…scored points against UAB (Feb. 4)…posted 11 rebounds against North Texas (Feb.18)…finished the season with a .673 free-throw percentage that was by four games with a 1.000 free-throw percentage.
High School
Four-year letter winner at Midway High School in Waco, Texas … averaged 17 points, four rebounds, two assists and two blocks during her senior campaign … garnered Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-State 12-6A honors in 2016 … earned academic all-district honors as a junior and was named Newcomer of the Year in 2014 … named to the Good Grades, Good Hoops All-Star roster in 2016 … helped her team to a second place finish in district and the semi finals round in the playoffs.
Personal
Born Marie Elise Benson on Oct. 22, 1997 in Amarillo, Texas … daughter of Les Benson and Sheris Clark … father, Les, played college football at Baylor and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills … majoring in health.