Jessica Mooney Class: Senior Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. High School: Hillsboro Height: 5-8 Position: G Birthdate: 10/30/1987

2009-10 (Senior): Graduated in May ... Selected to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... Averaged 5.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game ... Led the team with 49 steals ... Fourteen points, six assists and four steals in win over DePaul, her seventh time to score in double-figures this year... Pulled six rebounds in 18 minutes of VU's SEC Quarterfinal win over LSU... Season-high four steals against Gators at home... Nine points and team-high five assists in win at Florida... Ten points and eight rebounds in starting role against Alabama... Played a career-high 37 minutes in win over No. 6 Georgia, scoring 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting and pulling down eight rebounds... Scored 10 points in 21 minutes at No. 3 Notre Dame... Career-high nine rebounds against ETSU... Came off the bench for the first time this year against Tennessee, scoring a season-high 15 points and dishing four assists without a turnover... Also contributed two blocks, two steals and a season-high six rebounds... Two blocked shots at Quinnipiac marked a season-high... Reached double-figures for the first time of the year with 10 points in win over Western Kentucky... Nine points against N.C. State included 7-of-8 from the free throw line... Nine points in only 21 minutes against Austin Peay... Six points on a pair of three-pointers at Saint Joseph's... Six points in 22 minutes against UC Riverside... Scored seven points at Southern Illinois... Three points, three assists and two steals to open the year against Lehigh... Chosen as one of only 30 candidates nationwide for the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

2008-09 (Junior): Played in all 35 games as a junior, making 20 starts... Five assists in 85-51 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Ten points off the bench at Western Kentucky on 5-of-8 shooting... Scored 11 points in only 19 minutes against Eastern Kentucky... Game-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting against Radford... Made first start of the season and sixth of her career against Tennessee State... Her 15 points vs. TSU included 5-of-5 from the free throw stripe... Dished out three assists against no turnovers against Lady Tigers... Season-high five steals against Liberty... Season-high 17 points with five assists and three assists at Iowa State... Game-high 15 points helped defeat No. 7/11 Tennessee... One of five players in double-figures against LSU... Notched her eighth double-figures game with 14 points vs. Arkansas... Provided a key spark off the bench with 10 points, two assists and two blocks in win at Kentucky... Made all four field-goal attempts in victory over No. 3 Auburn... Three blocks and four assists in NCAA second round win over Kansas State.

2007-08 (Sophomore): Named the Southeastern Conference Co-Sixth Woman of the Year by a vote of league coaches... Scored in double-figures 15 times this season -- including eight SEC games -- leading the Commodores to a 14-1 record in those games... Career-high 19 points at Auburn included 17 in the first half on 7-of-8 shooting... Personal-best nine assists in 45-point rout of Alabama... Scored 16 points in 27 minutes off the bench to spark Vanderbilt's win at Florida... Led the Commodores in scoring with 16 points against No. 10 Duke..

2006-07 (Freshman): Only freshman to play in all 34 games for the Commodores... Scored in double-figures on three occasions, including an 11-point performance in the SEC Tournament quarters against Florida... Season-high six steals against Lipscomb... Dished a season-high four assists in the NCAA Tournament against Bowling Green... Also blocked three shots against the Falcons... Honored by the Nashville Sports Council as one of five nominees for the High School Athlete Award at the ninth-annual O'Charley's Dinner of Champions.

Prep (Hillsboro): Averaged 17.5 ppg, 5.0 apg and 3.5 spg as a four-year starter for LeMore McGill's Lady Burros... In 2006, led Hillsboro to a 32-2 record and the school's first state tournament appearance in school history... Recognized on the Tennessee Sports Writer Association's Class AAA All-State team, Mooney was also named a finalist for Tennessee's Miss Basketball... Earned honorable-mention All-South distinction from the Orlando Sentinel... Also nominated for the McDonald's All-America team... Competed for Coach Matt Insell's Tennessee Flight traveling squad.

Personal: Daughter of Carolyn and Jesse Mooney... Has one younger brother, Jaymes... Was on the honor roll for all four years of high school and was recognized as a Distinguished Scholar... Related to Vanderbilt legend Charles Davis on her father's side of the family.

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