Rebecca Lightfoot

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
G/F
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Duluth, Ga.
Prev School:
Providence Christian Academy

Back From the Island
2007-08 (Jr.): Played in 28 games and made 23 starts, prior to suffering season-ending knee injury in final regular-season contest, March 7 against Radford … set new career highs for minutes played (23.6 mpg), points (5.6 ppg) and rebounds (4.6 rpg) … moved into 45th place on Liberty's all-time rebounding list, with 307 career caroms … shared the team lead in rebounds at UNC Greensboro (11/13), pulling down nine boards … equaled her career high with 13 points versus McNeese State (11/23) … hauled in eight rebounds against Houston (11/24), the following day … scored all 11 of her points during the second half of Lady Flames' first win over James Madison (12/4), setting career bests for free throws made (6) and attempted (7) and totaling three steals … totaled six of her eight points after halftime during the championship game of the Lady Rebel Christmas Classic versus UNLV (12/21) … contributed 12 points, six caroms, a career-high five steals and three assists in victory over Presbyterian (1/26) … recorded her first career double-double (10 points, career-high 10 boards) during Big South triumph against High Point (1/29) … matched her career high with 13 points and chipped in four rebounds versus Coastal Carolina (2/16) … distributed a career-best five assists as part of 99-42 win over Charleston Southern (2/18) … ripped down 10 boards against High Point (2/23) for the second time during the 2007-08 season, tying her career high for rebounds in a game … played a career-high 37 minutes at Winthrop (2/27), nabbing six boards … scored all eight of her points during the second half and added six rebounds at UNC Asheville (3/1), enabling Liberty to clinch the Big South regular-season title.
2006-07 (So.): Appeared in all but one of Liberty's 31 contests, starting 11 times … opened season by scoring 11 points in just 13 minutes against Norfolk State (11/11) ... pulled down a then-career-high seven rebounds against Columbia Union (11/16) ... scored seven first-half points and came up with a team-best two steals, setting a career high in the category, in 75-71 win at Virginia (11/20) ... came off the bench to post eight second-half points at No. 19 George Washington (12/10) ... equaled a career high with two three-pointers during an eight-point effort in her first start of the season, against Virginia Union (12/16) ... tallied nine points versus No. 22 Pittsburgh (12/20) ... ripped down a season-best eight rebounds at High Point (1/20) ... shared the team lead with five caroms in Big South home opener versus Winthrop (1/22) ... established new career high with 13 points in key home win over Radford (1/27), making four-of-five free throws in the process ... scored in double digits for the second-straight contest, totaling 11 markers on five-of-six shooting at UNC Asheville (2/3) ... hauled in seven rebounds in home victory over Birmingham-Southern (2/5) ... totaled 11 points and four boards versus High Point at home (2/10) ... drained both of her three-point tries as part of an eight-point showing at Winthrop (2/13) ... tallied eight rebounds (including five offensive caroms) against UNC Asheville (2/24) … totaled 11 rebounds during two Big South Championship games, nabbing five boards versus Birmingham-Southern (3/8) and half a dozen caroms against Radford (3/9) … Dean's List … Big South Presidential Honor Roll member.
2005-06 (Fr.): Saw playing time in 29 contests, including seven starts … tied for fourth on the team with 10 blocked shots … Big South New Balance Freshman of the Week on Feb. 6 … appeared in the starting lineup in her first college game, tallying five points and five rebounds against Virginia Union (11/18) … eight points and four boards against William & Mary (11/26) … matched a season high with six rebounds at Virginia Tech (12/10) … had five points, six boards and two assists in a start against American (1/3) … posted a season-best three blocked shots in Big South lid-lifter against Charleston Southern (1/14) … ended up with seven points and four rebounds at Birmingham-Southern (1/28) … scored a season-best 12 points at Longwood (2/1), going four-of-five from the field, including a pair of three-pointers and was two-for-two from the foul line … contributed eight points and four rebounds at Radford (2/4) … pulled down five rebounds at Charleston Southern (2/13) … had seven points and five caroms against Birmingham-Southern (2/27) … scored five points in first round of Big South Championship versus Charleston Southern (3/7).
Prep: During her senior season, she set new overall scoring, scoring average, rebounding and blocked shot records at Providence Christian Academy … Gwinnett County Tip-Off Club Team of the Year (junior and senior season) … Region 8 AA Player of the Year … led the region in scoring and rebounding (junior and senior season) … Atlanta Journal Constitution "Super Six" … Atlanta Tip-Off Club Team of the Month (junior and senior season) … Gwinnett Daily First Team of the Year … Georgia Sports Writers honorable mention all-state … averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior … all-state honorable mention … Atlanta Tip-Off Club Team of the Year … all-region first-team … placed third at state in the 100m hurdles and fourth in the high jump as a senior … as a freshman, placed second at state in the 100m hurdles, third in the triple jump and fourth in the 300m hurdles … Wendy's High School Heisman nominee … named senior class representative … member of the Beta Club and Honor Roll … awarded the Christian Charter award … named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution "All-Around Best Senior" Cup team … awarded the senior athlete award.
Personal: Daughter of Gale, Jr. and Gail Lightfoot … birthday is on June 19 … a health promotions major.