Corinne Groves

Height:
6-3
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Owen
Hometown:
Black Mountain, N.C.

2007-08 (Junior)
Named to Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team ... ACC Honor Roll ... Played in 30 games with 26 starts ... Started all ACC contests ... Led returning Deacons in field goal percentage with .466 ... Led the team in rebounds with 7.3 per game ... Led the team in points per game with an 11.5 average ... Posted double-doubles against Indiana (Nov. 22) and Miami (Feb. 24) ... Posted 22 points in back-to-back games, against Indiana (Nov. 22) and James Madison (Nov. 28) ... Put an individual game-high 10 field goals against Georgia Tech (Jan. 10) which was also a career record ... Pulled more than ten boards in three consecutive conference games: NC State (Feb. 27), Miami (Feb. 24) and Virginia Tech (March 2) ... Tied career high in points (22) against JMU and Indiana ... Placed fifth in ACC play in the defensive rebounds category with 77 ... Placed in the ACC[apos]s top 15 in offensive rebounds with 34 in league play ... Placed in the ACC[apos]s top 20 in minutes played with 898 total (28.93 p. game average) ... Seventh overall in rebounding in conference contests (111) ... Ranked in ACC[apos]s top 25 in scoring with 153 points through the season ... Seventh in league field goal percentage with a .493 in ACC games.

2006-07 (Sophomore)
Appeared and started in 26 games ... Missed last three games of the season due to a back injury suffered vs. Boston College ... Averaged 34.8 minutes per games ... Averaged 10.4 points per game and led team with 9.2 rebounds per game ... Ranked third in the ACC in rebounds (9.2 rpg) ... Ranks sixth in Wake[apos]s all-time single-season record of rebounding average ... Led team in total rebounds (239) including a team high 155 defensive rebounds ... Tied for seventh for a single-season record of 239 rebounds ... Scored in double digits in 15 games, including a stretch of seven straight games ... Poured in a career high 22 points (7-of-10 shooting, 8-of-10 free throws) vs. local rival Winston-Salem State ... Recorded eight double-doubles ... Tallied career high three steals vs. Charleston Southern ... Pulled down a team season-high-tying 17 rebounds vs. Virginia (1/18).

2005-06 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 28 games with 26 starts ... Led the team in field goal percentage, shooting .483 (85-of-176) on the year ... Also finished second on the squad in offensive rebounds (51), third in total rebounds (4.8 per game) and fourth in scoring (7.5 per game) ... Posted two double-doubles and scored in double figures nine times ... Mercer (Nov. 18) - Started in her collegiate debut and played 19 minutes ... Notched a season-best two blocks ... St. John[apos]s (Dec. 2) - Returned to the starting lineup after coming off the bench for the previous two games ... Scored four points and pulled down six boards ... Miami (Ohio) (Dec. 3) - Scored in double figures for the first time in her career, tallying 10 points in the victory ... Lipscomb (Dec. 19) - Shot a season-best .857 (6-of-7) from the floor and finished with a team-high 14 points ... at Richmond (Dec. 28) - Had eight points on six rebounds ... Kentucky (Dec. 31) - Went a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line, finishing the night with 14 points ... Morgan State (Jan. 11) - Scored in double figures for the fourth time, recording 10 points ... Virginia Tech (Jan. 19) - Played 35 minutes in Wake Forest[apos]s overtime win and had her best statistical game of the season ... Posted her first career double-double with a season-best 20 points and 10 rebounds ... Shot 9-of-11 from the floor ... at Georgia Tech (Jan. 22) - Led the team with seven rebounds ... Maryland (Jan. 29) - Played in a season-high 39 minutes, scoring 11 points in the game ... at Boston College (Feb. 2) - Scored 16 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the floor and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe ... Miami (Feb. 5) - Posted her second career double-double with 15 points and a season-best 11 rebounds ... Virginia (2/18) - Took a season-high 12 shots from the floor, scoring 11 points total ... at Florida State (Feb. 23) - Pulled down nine rebounds in 34 minutes of action.

Prior to Wake Forest
Ranked as the No. 81 top recruit by the All-Star Girls Report ... Ranked No. 100 by the Blue Star Report ... Honored as the Western Highlands Conference player of the year in 2004 and 2005 ... Averaged 21.0 points per game and 9.9 rebounds per game in 2004 ... Named the Owen High School varsity basketball player of the year in 2003, 2004 and 2005... Selected to the Western Highlands Conference All-Tournament team all four years in high school ... First team All-Western North Carolina Basketball selection in 2004 and 2005... NCHSSA Miss Basketball 2-A runner-up in 2004 ... Earned a total of eight varsity letters in high school (four in basketball, three in volleyball and one in track) ... Played AAU ball for Lisa Carter-Parham and Bob Holcomb of the WNC Lady Aces ... Made it to the national tournament all three years ... Also played with the East-West All-Stars, North-South All-Stars and the 2004 Junior Olympic Team (NC) ... Member of the Vocational Honors Society and the Beta Club.

Personal
Major is elementary education ... Born Feb. 16, 1987 in Greer, S.C. ... Full name is Gena Corrine Groves ... Daughter of Gene and Connie Groves ... Has three brothers: Joshua, Jered and Avery ... Has eight high school and AAU teammates that are playing basketball in the collegiate ranks ... Chose Wake Forest over North Carolina and Virginia ... Selected Wake Forest because it was the best school in the ACC and the best rising program.