The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Whitley, Margaret
Jersey Number 1
Margaret Whitley
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Geneva, Ill.
- High School:
- Geneva
- Major:
- Business
Bio
2021-22 (Covid Junior)
2020-21 (Junior)
2019-20 (Sophomore)
2018-19 (Freshman)
High School
- Played and started all 31 games
- Seventh in C-USA with 56 3-pointers
- Fifth in C-USA with 1,038 minutes played
- 20 double-figure games
- Season-high 23 points against Old Dominion
- 21 points and tied career-high 13 free throws made at Southern Miss
- Season-high seven FG and a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range for 19 points vs. UTEP
- Tied career-high with eight rebounds at Mercer and vs. WKU
- Season-high six assists vs. Mississippi Valley State
- Scored 1,000th career point vs. LA Tech in Conference USA quarterfinals
2020-21 (Junior)
- Named to the C-USA All-Conference Second Team
- Played and started all 23 games
- Led C-USA in 3-point field goals made (72), second in free-throw percentage (85.9%), fourth in scoring (19.39 PPG)
- Had team-high 19.39 PPG, free-throw percentage (85.9%), assists (78), steals (20)
- 13 20-point games, second-most of any player in the league
- Two 30-point performances: 34 vs. Chattanooga (Dec. 6) and 35 vs. North Texas (Jan. 1)
- Named C-USA Player of the Week on Dec. 7, the first weekly honor of her career
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (Sophomore)
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
- Played in 30 games averaging 12.8 minutes per game as a sophomore
- Recorded a career high 19 points with a career high six triples and three steals against UAH (Nov. 27)
- Scored double-figures in three games: 19 against UAH (Nov. 27), 13 against Tuskegee (Dec. 30), 10 against Southern Miss (March 7)
- Recorded 30 3-pointers, the most of any UAB non-starter, while shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc
- Helped UAB set a single-season school record for 3-point FG percentage (38.1%)
- Averaged 4.5 points off the bench for the Blazers with 23 assists and 14 steals
2018-19 (Freshman)
- Appeared in 27 games, the second most by a freshman on the squad
- Netted a career high 12 points against Coppin State (Dec. 20) and UAH (Dec. 30)
- Finished with three double figure scoring games
- Led the Blazers in assists against UAH (Dec. 30)
- Recorded a career-best four made 3-pointers against Coppin State Dec. 20), helping the Blazer set the program record for 3-pointers made in a game (18)
- Helped UAB to setting the program record for 3-pointers in a season (291), 3-point field goals attempted (811), the third best field goal percentage from long range (35.9 percent) and fifth best free throw percentage (72.0 percent)
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
High School
- Illinois Class 4A State Champion in 2017 and 2018
- Named the Upstate Eight Co-Player of the Year as a junior and senior
- Named IBCA First Team All-State in her final two seasons
- Named First Team All-Area all four years
- 2018 Illinois Queen of the Hill
- Montini Christmas Tournament MVP in 2017
- Had a career record of 115-16
- Shot over 40 percent from long range and over 80 percent from the charity stripe in her career
- Broke the 1,000-point mark her junior season, finishing her career with over 1,500 points
- Holds the school record for most 3-pointers made and highest career free throw percentage
Personal
- Daughter of Cindy and Jim Whitley
- Has three sisters, Caty, Taylor and Kelly
- Sister Taylor played basketball at Indiana State, while her other sister, Kelly, ran cross and country/track at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Her father, Jim, played golf at Miami (Ohio)
- Born on Dec. 7, 1999
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