Biography
• Lisa Leslie Award Watch List (2019)
• All-Big Ten Second Team (2020)
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2019, Coaches)
• All-Big Ten Defensive Team (2019)
• All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2019)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/12/18; 11/19/18; 12/17/18; 12/24/17; 1/14/19)
• Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll (11/25/19)
• USBWA National Freshman of the Week (1/15/19)
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Midseason Watch List (1/25/19)
• Holds Maryland single season blocks record (89)
As a Sophomore (2019-20): Scored a career-high 18 points in season opener, also grabbing 11 rebounds, marking her 10th career double double. Added 3 steals and 2 blocks in win over Wagner (11/6)...scored 2 points and grabbed 2 rebounds against South Carolina (11/10)... Set a new career-high, scoring 20 points, inlcluding 13 in the comeback run, going 9-13 from the field. Grabbed 3 reboudnds and had 1 steal in win at JMU (11/14)...got 1st start in the 2019-20 season, scored 10 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, got a career-high 4 assists, with 1 steal and 1 block in win over Delaware (11/17)...scored 15 points, lead the team in rebounds and steals (8 rebounds, 4 steals), while also dishing out 4 assists in win over George Washington (11/20)...scored 16 points on 7-8 shooting from the field, grabbed 7 rebounds, dished 3 assists , got 3 steals and 1 block in win against Quinnipiac (11/24)...Earned Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll (11/25)...scored 17 points, grabbed 8 boards, with 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in win over Clemson (11/29)...scored 9 points, got a career-high 5 steals, grabbed 3 rebounds, and 2 assists in win over Belmont (11/30)...scored 7 points, grabbed 5 boards, and got 1 steal against #13 N.C. State (12/5)... recorded her second double-double on the season, scoring a career-high 25 points and grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds, to go along with 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in win over Loyola (12/9)...scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while tying a career-high 4 assists, tying a season-high 4 blocks, and got 4 steals in win at Georgia State (12/18)...scored 10 points, including a key 6-point run in the third quarter, grabbed 6 boards, while getting 2 steals and 2 blocks in win over Michigan (12/28)...scored 3 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and dished 1 assist at Northwestern (12/31)...scored 4 points, grabbed a team-high 9 rebounds, with a steal, an assist, and a block in win over Ohio State (1/6)...scored 11 points, tied a season-high 13 rebounds, while also tying season-highs in assists and blocks, getting 4 in each category at Iowa (1/9)...scored 9 points, grabbed 7 boards, dished out 3 assists and got 2 steals in win over Nebraska (1/17)...scored 22 points netting a career-high 10 free-throws, grabbed 5 rebounds, with 1 steal and block in win over #17 Indiana (1/20)... scored 14 points, grabbed 7 rebounds (5 offensive), to go along with 2 steals and 1 assist and block a piece in win at Illinois (1/23)... in 18 minutes of play scored 15 points, grabbed 7 boards and got 3 steals in win at Ohio State (1/30)...scored 13 points, grabbed 9 boards, got 2 blocks and steals a piece to go along with 1 assist in win over Michigan State (2/3)...scored 4 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and got 1 block in win at #18 Indiana (2/6)...scored 12 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and got 1 block in win over Rutgers (2/9)...scored 20 points, including 10 straight to start the third quarter and 18 total in the second half, with 7 boards, a career-high 5 assists, 2 steals and a block in win over #17 Iowa (2/13)...scored 16 points with 8 boards, while getting 3 steals and assists in win at Penn State (2/16)...scored 12 points, added 7 rebounds, with 3 assists and 1 steal and block a piece in win at Wisconsin (2/19)...reached 500th career rebounds in game (2/19)...recorded 5th double-double of the season, scoring 17 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, with 2 steals and 1 block and steal in win over Purdue (2/26)...added 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 assist and block in win at Minnesota (3/1)...notched a double-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists in Big Ten Quarterfinal vs. Purdue (3/6)...added 7 points with 5 boards, 3 steals, a block and an assist in Big Ten Semifinals (3/7)...went 6-7 from the floor for 14 points with 8 boards, a block, an assist and a steal in Big Ten Championship (3/8).
As a Freshman (2018-19): Earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors from the league's media panel...also voted to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team and Defensive Team by the league's head coaches...broke Maryland record for blocks in a season with 89...named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in her first two weeks as a Terp...grabbed 21 rebounds with 12 points and 7 blocks in her Maryland debut and the first player to grab 20 rebounds in first career game (11/9)...added 14 points, 6 boards, 3 steals and 2 blocks vs. Dayton (11/11)...named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week in the first week of her career (11/12)...grabbed 12 boards with 8 points, 5 blocks and 2 steals at GW (11/14)...pulled down 16 boards with 10 points and a block in win at #10 South Carolina (11/18)...earned second straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor (11/19)...grabbed 14 rebounds with 4 blocks and 8 points with win over Morgan State (11/23)...pulled down 14 bpards with 4 blocks in win over #24 Georgia (11/24)...grabbed 6 rebounds with 7 points, 2 blocks vs. Georgia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (11/29)...added 15 points with 11 boards, 2 steals vs. UMBC (12/2)...went 8-12 from the field for career-high 17 points with 13 boards, an assist and a block vs. Loyola (12/10)...named Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week with Michigan's Naz Hillmon (12/17)...in first career start, scored 17 points with 13 boards and tied the program-record 8 blocks at Delaware (12/20)...earned fourth Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor (12/24)...grabbed 11 boards with a block, an assist and 5 points in first career Big Ten game (12/28)...added 7 boards with 3 blocks vs. Rutgers (12/31)...grabbed 10 rebounds with 7 points, 2 steals, a block and an assist at Nebraska (1/8)...added 13 points with 15 rebounds and 7 blocks in win over Michigan...jumpstarted game-winning 18-4 run at the end of the third quarter with back-to-back and-1s and 3 defensive rebounds (1/12)...named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (1/14)...named USBWA National Freshman of the Week (1/15)...added 13 points with 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks in win over Penn State (1/20)...chipped in 8 points with 11 boards, 2 steals ans 2 blocks that broke the Maryland freshman blocks record of 52 by Marissa Coleman...broke the mark in just 19 games (1/24)...one of 15 players, and the only freshman, to make the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Midseason Watch List (1/25)...grabbed 7 boards with 2 steals, 2 blocks and a bucket at Indiana (1/27)...added 11 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks and a steal vs. Wisconsin (1/31)...led team with 17 points, went 6-9 from the field and 5-6 at the foul line, with 7 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks at Illinois (2/4)...added 8 points with 8 boards, an assist, a block and a steal vs. Northwestern (2/7)...went 6-8 at the foul line for 10 points, 7 boards, a block vs. Nebraska (2/14)...added 7 points with 9 boards, 3 blocks and 2 assists at #14 Iowa (2/17)...grabbed 13 boards and deflected the Gophers' inbounds pass that set up the game-winning play in win over Minnesota (2/21)...grabbed 14 boards, tied her career-high and school record 8 blocks, with 2 steals and 6 points at Purdue (2/25)...added 13 rebounds with 9 boards, 4 blocks in win over Illinois (3/2)...added 4 points, 5 boards, 3 steals and 2 blocks in Big Ten Tournament debut (3/8)...added 3 blocks to break Maryland's season blocks record, including one with 1.5 seconds to help Terps to Big Ten Semifinals win (3/9)...added 6 points with 3 boards in Big Ten Championship game (3/10)...added 12 points with 9 boards, 4 steals and a block in NCAA First Round win (3/23)...went 6-10 from the field for 15 points, 10 boards with 6 blocks and 3 steals in NCAA Second Round (3/25).
Before Maryland: Named the No. 3 overall player and No. 2 forward by ESPN ...named a McDonalds All-American, a WBCA High School All-American and to the Jordan Brand Classic Game, where she was MVP of the away team with 18 points and 14 rebounds…played junior and sophomore years at Colonial Forge High School... averaged 18.0 points and 12.3 rebounds per game as a junior and blocked 88 shots…led Colonial Forge team to Class 6A state title as a junior…named The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star Player of the Year in her junior season…played freshman year at James Monroe High School…invited to USA Basketball U18 Team Trials in May 2018.
Personal: Parents are David Austin and Jessica King...the oldest of six kids...her uncle played at Oregon and then professionally overseas...loves Elena Delle Donne and Kevin Durant's games...listens to music before games...would love to one day travel the world and taste food on her own TV show one day...came to Maryland because "Coach Frese is one of the best coaches for women’s college basketball. I loved her style of coaching and Maryland’s style of play for my game. She develops players and the team felt like a family environment. It's also a hour away from home, so the family support is an even bigger bonus"...communication major.
