Devereaux Peters

Position: Forward
Height: 6-2 • 189 cms
Weight:  164 lbs • 74 kgs
School: University of Notre Dame '11
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

USA Basketball Notes:

• Named to the 2011 USA World University Games Team on Aug. 3, 2011.

College Honors:

• Named as a finalist for the 2011 USA World University Games Team on May 25, 2011.
• NCAA All-Final Four Team (2011), recorded 21 points and 11 rebounds in the title game against Texas A&M.
• WBCA/State Farm All-America honorable mention and All-Region 1 (2011).
• All-Big East Conference first team (2011).
• Big East Defensive Player of the Year (2011).
• Big East All-Freshman Team (2008).

College Notes:

• As a senior in 2010-11, aided Notre Dame to a 31-8 record and the NCAA championship game; started all 39 games and averaged career-highs of 11.9 ppg., 7.5 rpg. and 1.7 bpg.
• As a junior in 2009-10, helped Notre Dame to a 29-6 slate, including 16-1 at home, and the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen; missed the beginning of the season while rehabbing her knee, played in 25 games and averaged 6.7 ppg. and 5.6 rpg.
• Played in three games, in which UND was 3-0, and was averaging 7.3 ppg. and 4.3 rpg. in 2008-09, before being sidelined for the remainder of the season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee.
• As a freshman in 2007-08, Notre Dame posted a 25-9 record and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen; started two of 23 games played and averaged 9.0 ppg. and 5.6 rpg. and a team-best 2.0 bpg.; suffered a torm ACL in her left knee on 2/10/08 and missed the remainder of the season.
• Scored in double figures 25 times and had 10 double-doubles in 2010-11.
• Ranked fifth among 2010-11 NCAA Division I leaders in field goal percentage (.593).
• Posted career-highs of 23 points versus New Hampshire (11/12/10), 14 rebounds versus St. John’s (2/16/10), six assists versus Creighton (12/11/10), seven steals versus Villanova (1/16/08) and six blocked shots twice, last versus Louisville (3/6/11).
• Has applied to Notre Dame's Faculty Board on Athletics for a fifth year of eligibility and is awaiting the Board's decision on her application to return for 2011-12.

High School Notes:

• Attended Fenwick High School (Ill.), where she averaged 12.7 ppg. and 7.1 rpg. during her four-year prep career.
• McDonald’s All-American, also was Parade Magazine All-America third team and USA Today All-USA third team (2007).
• Two-time all-state first team and was MVP of the 2007 Illinois Class 2A Tournament after leading Fenwick to the state championship.

Personal Notes:

• Born on Oct. 8, 1989 in Chicago, Ill.
• Daughter of Denise Gladden-Peters and R. Delacy Peters, Jr.; has one brother, R. Delacy Peters, III.
• Is missing graduation, scheduled for May 22, in order to attend the 2011 USA World University Games Team Trials. Earned her bachelor's degree in film, television & theater from Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters.
• Uncle, Thomas Seabron, played football at the University of Michigan and for the San Francisco 49ers.
• Has a 77-inch wingspan.

The Inside Scoop:

• Has post-basketball ambitions of: working in sports broadcasting.
• Last book read for pleasure: “The Coldest Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah.
• Favorite class: intro to African studies.
• Least favorite class: economics.
• Favorite takeout food: Portillos: cheeseburger, cheese fries, chocolate.
• Favorite meal to make at home: Bertolli pasta.
• If not for basketball, would want to excel at: tennis.
• When she was five, wanted to be: a paleontologist.
• If she could live in any city, it would be: Nice, France.
• Next big purchase will be: a plane ticket.
• Most read online newspaper: Chicago Tribune.
• Favorite magazine: Vibe.
• Favorite Facebook account: KevinHart4real.
• Favorite piece of clothing: sweats.
• Most prized possession: a necklace that has her dad and brother’s name in Arabic that her uncle purchased for her when he was stationed in Bahrain.
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Dirk Nowitzki.
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
• Strangest place ever played basketball: in her dad’s office in the Sears Tower with a stick-on-the-wall basket.
• Best hoops game ever watched: Memphis versus Kansas in the 2008 NCAA title game.
• Best player ever faced: Maya Moore.
• Wants to go one-on-one against: Justin Bieber, the MVP of the Celebrity All-Star Game.
• Most impressive person ever met: Roderick West, CEO of Entergy service in New Orleans, because of all that he has accomplished and the position of power he is in.
• Favorite basketball announcer: Charles Barkley.
• Away from the court, enjoys: watching movies.
• Most people don’t know: she is deathly afraid of spiders.
• Most interesting place ever visited: Monte Carlo, Monaco, because of the overall culture and having to pay a tax to enter the city.
• First basketball memory: playing with her dad on their driveway court.
• This right-hander wears No. 14 because: when she was playing YMCA, they gave out numbers at random. She got No. 14 three straight years, decided it was fate and kept the number ever since.
• Superstitious about: how she wears her hair during a game. It all depends on what it looked like last time she played well.
• First overseas trip was: in the summer of 2009, her team went to France and Italy. In addition to being a great overall experience, they won all four games.

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