Amber Harris Class: RS Junior Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind. High School: North Central Height: 6-5 Position: Forward Birthdate: 01/16/1988

Named to the 2007-08 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Watch List

Honored as a Preseason Third Team All-America Selection by The Sporting News

A 2007-08 Preseason All-Atlantic 10 First Team Pick

2006-07 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year

2006-07 Atlantic 10 First Team Selection

At Xavier: A two-time All-Atlantic 10 First Team honoree ... Harris enters the 2009-10 season with 1,039 points (20th all-time) and 598 rebounds (11th all-time) during her career at Xavier ... The 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, Harris established a new freshman scoring record at XU and became the all-time blocked shots record holder just 29 games into her career. She has since extended that record to 228 rejections. She is only the third freshman ever to be honored as an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection and she also earned a spot on the All-Rookie and All-Defensive Teams ... Harris established a new single-season rebounding record with 303 boards during the 2006-07 season. Ta'Shia Phillips broke that mark in 2008-09 but Harris' 295 rebounds during the 2007-08 season were the second-most ever by a Xavier sophomore ... Her 12 Rookie of the Week selections were the most any Atlantic 10 student athlete had received in any sport until teammate Ta'Shia Phillips came along and matched Harris' record last year ... Harris has been a member of the All-Tournament Team in both her appearances in the Atlantic 10 Championship ... Harris has scored 20 or more points 15 times in her career and has notched double-digit scoring on 53 occasions ... She has totaled 26 double-doubles in her two years at XU ... Harris was forced to sit out the entire 2008-09 season due to injury.

As a Sophomore 2007-08: Was in the starting lineup for all 33 of Xavier's contests ... Led the team in scoring at 15.3 points, second on the squad in rebounding at 8.9 and led the Atlantic 10 in blocked shots for the second straight year with 2.8 rejections per game ... She ranked 12th in the country in blocks per game ... Her 15.3 scoring average was good for seventh in the A-10 while her 8.9 rebounds per game was the second-highest total in the league ... Led the team and was 13th in the league in minutes played with 32.6 per game ... Harris notched her 1,000th point and her 500th rebound on Valentine's day at Dayton ... She finished the year with 295 rebounds, marking the third-highest single-season total in school history and the second most rebounds ever by a sophomore ... Her 505 points were the fifth-most ever scored by a Xavier sophomore ... Scored in double-figures 27 times while pulling down double-digit rebounds on 15 occasions. Harris scored at least 10 points in 15 of Xavier's last 16 contests ... Scored 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting in the season opener at Florida on November 9 and topped that performance in XU's next game. Harris poured in a season-high 30 points, snared 13 rebounds and blocked five shots against Penn State on November 15 ... Tallied 19 points and grabbed 13 boards to go along with three blocks to lead XU over No. 24 N.C. State on December 14. The win was XU's first over a ranked team since the 2000-01 season ... Destroyed Duquesne to the tune of 22 points, 15 rebounds and eight blocks in helping XU to that critical road victory on January 22 ... Scored 10 points, corralled 12 rebounds and was just three blocked shots shy of a triple-double in Xavier's victory over UMass on January 26 ... Notched 21 points and 11 boards while connecting on a career-high 11-of-14 from the free throw line, which included several clutch makes as time was winding down, in the regular-season finale at Saint Bonaventure on March 1.

2008 Postseason: Averaged 13.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game in XU's four postseason contests ... Scored 12 points and blocked five shots in Xavier's Atlantic 10 Championship Final victory over Temple on March 10 ... Tallied her second-consecutive double-double in an NCAA Tournament game with a 14-point, 10-rebound, six-block effort vs. Nebraska on March 23.

As a Freshman 2006-07: Saw action in all 34 of XU's games while starting 33 times. Harris did not start XU's regular season finale, allowing Joei Clyburn to start on senior day ... Led the Musketeers with 16.3 points per game, 8.9 rebounds per game and 4.0 blocks per game ... Her 136 rejections led the Atlantic 10 Conference and she finished the year third in the nation in blocks per game ... Established a new school single-season blocked shots mark when she swatted her 40th shot of the year vs. Morehead State (eighth game of the season) ... Established a new career-individual blocked shots mark on February 15 at Richmond. Harris has since extended the all-time mark to 136 and counting ... Established a new Xavier freshman scoring record of 553 points, destroying the previous mark of 479 held by all-time leading scorer Tara Boothe ... Finished the year sixth in the A-10 in scoring and second in rebounding and her 234 boards were the second-highest total of any freshman in XU history ... Made her collegiate debut in style by scoring 15 points, snaring eight rebounds and swatting four shots ... Harris blocked at least one shot in every game and swatted four or more shots 17 times ... XU was 15-2 when she blocked four or more shots ... Set a new school single-game record when she blocked 11 shots in Xavier's 63-53 victory at Richmond ... Scored a career-high 32 points in front of over 10,000 people in XU's 89-76 win over Cincinnati (1/17) in the annual crosstown shootout ... Harris scored 29 points on 12-of-18 shooting in the Musketeers' 75-65 victory over Loyola-Marymount in the championship game of the National City Xavier Invitational. Harris earned MVP honors on her way to leading XU to the title ... Hauled in a career-best 16 rebounds on two occasions. The first came on January 26 in XU's 59-44 triumph over Duquesne and Harris matched that output on February 25 in Xavier's 74-44 throttling of Rhode Island ... Pulled down double-digit rebounds 11 times and recorded 12 double-doubles on the year.

2007 Postseason: Averaged 16.0 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game in four postseason contests ... Came up big in the Musketeers' 64-63 A-10 quarterfinal win over Saint Louis (3/3) ... Netted 15 points and snared eight rebounds in XU's A-10 Championship clinching victory over Saint Joseph's on March 5 ... Led the team with 19 points and 10 rebounds in Xavier's NCAA Tournament First Round matchup with West Virginia (3/17) ... Made a team-best 84.2 percent (16-of-19) of her free throw attempts while also averaging 2.8 blocks per game.

Before Xavier: The most highly touted recruit Xavier has ever landed, Harris was tabbed as the No. 1 overall prospect by the Blue Star Index, the No. 4 prospect by Scout.com and the No. 5 prospect in the country by the All-Star Girls Report ... Averaged 16.5 points per game while attempting only 12 shots per contest during her senior season ... Averaged nine rebounds per game to go along with four blocks per contest ... Led North Central High School to state titles in both 2004 and 2005 ... Honored as a First Team All-USA selection by USA Today in 2006 ... Named "Miss Basketball" in the state of Indiana by the Indianapolis Star following the 2006 season ... Earned mention as a Street & Smith's and Parade Magazine First Team All-American ... Also garnered McDonald's All-American and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American honors ... Chose Xavier over Louisiana State, Rutgers and Tennessee ... Named Indianapolis Metropolitan and Area Player of the Year in both 2005 and 2006 ... An ICGSA First Team All-State pick in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... Associated Press First Team All-State honoree in 2006 and a Second Team selection in 2005 ... Earned mention as a Parade All-American Third Team pick and a Street & Smith's Third Team selection in 2004.

Personal: Mother Briggette Boyd ... Undecided on a major ... Born January 1, 1988 in Indianapolis, Ind.