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Veronica Sheffey Season 2024-25

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PositionG
Height5-9
YearJunior
HometownWoodinville, Wash.
Previous SchoolSan Diego

Honors & Awards (at SDSU)
- Mountain West Tournament MVP (2025)
- All-Mountain West Team (2025)
- Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team (2024)

2024-25 Season
Made the All-Mountain West Team in her first season at SDSU after transferring across town from the University of San Diego… Led the Aztecs in scoring (11.2), assists (2.9) and minutes (30.5)… Was at her best in the biggest games, scoring a career-high 24 points in the Mountain West championship game against Wyoming and earning Mountain West Tournament MVP honors… Became the first player since 2017-18 to averaged 15+ points against Mountain West powerhouse UNLV, who she scored a buzzer-beating game winner against… Averaged 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.3 steals  per game and had just five turnovers in 115 minutes in the tournament… Scored in double-digits 21 times, the most on the team… Shot 81% from the line and 37% from three.

At the University of San Diego (2022-24)
Played at USD for two years where she was an All-WCC Second Team selection in 2023-24 and a WCC All-Freshman Team pick in 2022-23… As a sophomore, she started all 31 games and led USD in scoring (12.2 ppg) assists (5.1 apg), assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.4), steals (1.5 spg) and free throws made and attempted (98-133, .737)… Her 5.1 assists per game ranked third in the WCC… She scored in double-digits in 22 of USD’s 31 games… Set career-highs for points (23) and assists (8) against SDSU… As a freshman, averaged 4.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.

High School
Played at Woodinville HS where she was named the 2022 4A State Player of the Year and State Championship MVP after helping her school win the state title… Also helped her school win three KingCo titles and three district championships… Was a three-time first team all-league selection and a two-time Defensive Player of the Year… Scored over 1,000 points in high school… Played club basketball with Way to Win Gold.

Personal
Parents are Melissa and Tyrone Sheffey… Her father played football at the University of Washington… Her brother Jaden played football at George Fox University and then transferred to Washington… Her grandmother Gloria Mercer played basketball at Seattle University… Majored in marketing at USD.