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25   Marah Strickland
Marah Strickland

Class:
Graduate Student

Hometown:
Mt. Airy, Md.

High School:
Towson Catholic

Last College:
South Carolina

Position:
F

Graduated:
2013


05/14/2013

Marah Strickland Named Recipient of the Claire & Jack Hobbs Memorial Award; Stephanie Gaitley Named Coach of the Year

Entire 2012-2013 team named MVP at 79th Annual Block F Awards Dinner

05/02/2013

Fordham Athletics Host 79th Block F Dinner

Patrick Murray, Brienne Ryan, Marah Strickland and Stephanie Gaitley Win Top Awards at 2013 Awards Dinner

04/16/2013

Gaitley, Rooney and Strickland Honored at 80th Annual Haggerty Awards Dinner

Gaitley Named Coach of the Year; Rooney and Strickland Named to First and Second Teams, Respectively

04/12/2013

Rams Rake In All-Met Honors

Gaitley Named Coach of the Year; Rooney and Strickland Named to First and Second Teams, Respectively

03/27/2013

Rams Fall to JMU, End Best Season in 30 Years

Fordham Loses in WNIT Round of 16.

03/21/2013

Women's Basketball vs. Army

Photos from WNIT First Round Victory Over Army

03/16/2013

Women's Basketball A-10 Championship Game

Fordham-Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 women's basketball championship game photos from the Barclays Center on Match 16, 2013

02/27/2013

Women's Basketball vs. St. Bonaventure

Photos from Fordham's 62-50 victory over the Bonnies

02/24/2013

Women's Basketball vs. Saint Joseph's

Check out the photos from Fordham's thrilling overtime victory over Saint Joe's.

02/13/2013

Women's Basketball vs. GW

Photos from Fordham's 66-56 Win over GW

2012-13: Had an immeasurable impact in her one season at Rose Hill, captaining a Fordham squad that turned in the program's best record since 1978-1979... Averaged a team-best 15.1 points per game... Finished the season with 499 points, falling just one point shy of becoming Fordham's first 500 point scorer since 1988-1989... Named Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and Second Team All-Met... Led the Atlantic 10 in free throw percentage (86.2%)... Third highest single season three point field goal total in school history (69)... Scored a game-high 15 points at San Francisco, which included an 8-8 performance from the free throw line (11/21)... Scored a game-high 17 against Lafayette (12/29)... Scored 18 points in back-to-back games against Colorado State and American (12/30 and 1/4)... Netted 14 of her 16 points in the second half against Holy Cross (1/6)... Scored her 1,000th career point against Richmond (1/20)... Tallied a team-high 18 points against VCU (2/2)... Tied a career-high with 21 points vs. Dayton (2/10)... Had 16 points and five assists vs. GW (2/13). Scored a career-high 31 points against Saint Joe's on Senior Day (2/24)... Netted 22 against SLU (3/9)... Scored 15 points in WNIT First Round against Army (3/21)... Closed out her collegiate career with a 24 point effort against James Madison (3/27).

2011-12: Transferred from South Carolina, but missed the entire season... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

At South Carolina: Played in 19 games and scored in double figures nine times ...Hit a season-best 3-of-6 from 3-point range while tallying 11 points in a comeback win against LSU (1/6)...Tied her season high with four rebounds at Georgia (1/2)...Netted a season-best six free throws en route to 10 points against South Carolina State (12/30)...Paced all scorers with 18 points against No. 10/11 North Carolina (12/19)...Poured in 17 points against NC State, hitting 6-of-12 from the field, including 3-of-7 from 3-point range (12/12)...Scored in double digits for the second-straight game, collecting 16 against Charleston Southern (12/1)...Hit 5-of-11 from 3-point range en route to a team-best 19 points at UC Davis (11/28)...Was second on the team with nine points against Clemson (11/18)...Finished with a team-high 13 points against Illinois (11/15).

At Maryland: Started 59 of 70 games in two seasons with the Terrapins...Etched her name among Maryland's top 10 in career 3-point field goals attempted and made...Finished seventh in the ACC in 3-point field goal percentage (.375) and 10th in 3-point field goals made per game (2.35) as a sophomore...Led team in scoring three times in 2008-09, including a career-high 21 points against UNC Asheville...Earned Honorable Mention ACC All-Freshman selection after ranking second in the league in 3-point field goal percentage (.407) and 10th in three-point field goals made per game (1.54)...Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds against Princeton in the first round of the 2008 WNIT.

High School: Played her final two seasons at Towson Catholic after starting her career at St. John's at Prospect Hall...Earned Parade, McDonald's and WBCA All-America status after her senior season, when she averaged 22.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.4 steals...Named 2007 Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year...Ranked third-best shooting guard in the 2007 class by All-Star Girls Report ... Tabbed Baltimore Sun Metro and County Player of the Year each of her final two seasons ...Led Towson Catholic to its first IAAM A Conference regular-season championship in 21 years as a junior ...Two-time honorable mention All-America by Street & Smith's and first-team all-conference choice both her freshman and sophomore years.

Personal: Daughter of Joanna and Marshall...Has a sister, Marche, and a brother, Marshall...Received a Masters Degree in Urban Studies.

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 31, vs. Saint Joe's (2/24/13)
Field Goals: 9, vs. Saint Joe's (2/24/13)
3-Ptrs Made: 4, 5x, last vs. Saint Louis (3/9/13)
Rebounds: 8, 2x, last vs. Saint Louis (3/9/13)
Assists: 5, vs. GW (2/13/13)
Steals: 3, at La Salle (2/6/13)
Blocks: 1, 4x, last vs. Saint Louis (3/9/13)
Minutes: 42, vs. Colorado State (12/30/12)