Alex Sharp

Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
Australian Institute of Sport
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia

Career
Finished her career with 1,149 points, ranking 21st in program history…Grabbed 921 career rebounds, finishing third in program history.

2019-20 (Senior)
Started all 32 games, averaging 12.3 points per game and 34.3 points per game…Finished the second ranked third in the ACC with 280 total rebounds and fourth with 8.8 rebounds per game…Ranked 15th among all guards in Division-I with 8.8 rebounds per game and led the Demon Deacons…Ranked ninth in Wake Forest single-season history with 280 total rebounds…Finished her career in the top-5 in program history with 21 career rebounds…Tallied a team-high seven double-doubles over the course of the season including five against ACC opponents…Tied her career-high with 15 rebounds in a victory over East Carolina (11/30)…Dropped a career-high 21 points against UNC-Greensboro (11/10) and Florida (12/21)…Recorded double-digit rebounds in 11 games including seven games against ACC opponents…Led the team in rebounding a team-best 22 times.

2018-19 (Junior)
Started 15 games, averaging 35.3 minutes with 12.7 points and a team-high 9.3 rebounds per game… Missed the first five games of the season while rehabbing offseason shoulder surgery… Suffered a broken hand prior to the Boston College game, missing 10 mid-season games… Tied for the team lead with eight games of double figure rebounds… Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds vs. Duke (2/24)…Earned her 12th career double-double and fourth of the season vs. Pitt (Feb. 28) finishing with 10 points, 11 rebounds, three steals, two assists and one block in 39 minutes…Notched her second straight double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Virginia Tech (Mar. 3), playing a season-high 40 minutes and shooting 9-for-17 from the field.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Named to the ACC All-Academic Team … Was the only Deac to appear in and start all 31 games … Averaged 10.5 points per game, which was good for fourth on the team … Led the team with 8.4 rebounds per game and 94 total assists … Averaged 33.2 minutes per game, also tops on the team … Recorded a team-best seven double-doubles … Approached a triple-double with 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists at Richmond (Nov. 15) … Had 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in first career double-double against Hofstra (Nov. 26) … Followed up that performance with second-straight double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) against Penn State (Nov. 30) … Had consecutive double-doubles again, this time during ACC play, with 11 points and 11 rebounds against No. 16/18 Duke (Jan. 11) and 11 points and 10 rebounds against North Carolina (Jan. 14) … Scored a career-high 19 points on 8-of-12 from the field against NC State (Jan. 25) … Recorded seventh double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a road win at Clemson (Feb. 22).

2016-17 (Freshman)
Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team by the Blue Ribbon Panel and the league's coaches ... Appeared in all 32 games while starting in 25 contests ... Finished the season averaging 7.4 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game, second-best on the team ... Her 2.8 offensive rebounds and 4.7 defensive rebounds per game were eighth-best in the ACC ... Brought in an average of 8.1 rebounds per game in ACC contests, sixth-best in the conference ... Averaged 36.9 minutes per game in ACC contests, the third-highest average in the league ... Scored in double figures in nine games, including a season-high 16 in a road victory over No. 15/28 NC State (2/19), going 6-of-10 from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range ... Tallied double-digit rebounding games six times ... Brought in a season-best 14 rebounds against Louisville (2/26) ... Dished out a season-high six assists against Clemson (1/12) ... Hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in the closing seconds at North Carolina (1/19) which proved to be the game-winner ... Represented Australia at the World University Games over the summer before her sophomore season.

High School
Comes to Wake Forest as a five-star recruit, according to LivonBasketball.com ... The site also ranks her the No. 1 Australian recruit in the class of 2016 ... Was a starting guard on the Australian U19 team that won a bronze medal at the FIBA World Championships in Russia in 2015 ... Attended Our Lady of Mercy for her firs three years of high school and was a three-time MVP ... Was accepted to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra in 2014, which is Australia's Olympic Sport Training Facility.

Personal
Full name is Alexandra Jane Sharp ... Born on February 4, 1997 ... Daughter of Paula and Peter Sharp ... Has two siblings, Katriece and Makenzie ... Has previously played with players now playing for the likes of Baylor, Stanford, Dayton, SMU, CSUN and Utah State.