2008-09 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Gabriela Marginean
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- High School:
- Mt. de Chantal Academy
2008-09: Named CAA Player of the Year and First Team All-CAA…earned MVP of CAA Tournament after leading Drexel to its first CAA Championship ever…named WBCA Honorable Mention National Player of the Month four times during the season…selected conference Player of the Week seven times…voted CAA Preseason Player of the Year…named to University of Colorado Coors Classic All-Tournament Team after setting tournament record for consecutive free throws made…set Drexel’s single-season records for scoring (769 points), scoring average (23.3 ppg), field goals (252), field goal attempts (529) and free throws made (243)…scored 40 points against Old Dominion on Feb. 12 to set a single-game scoring record for a regulation 40-minute game…score 30 or more points in six games, which is the most 30-point games ever for a Drexel player…scored 33 of Drexel’s 44 points and distributed three assists in the Dragons’ win over Bucknell on Nov. 25, 2008…finished the season ranked third in the NCAA in scoring (23.3 ppg) and seventh in free-throw percentage (89.7).
2007-08: Earned First Team All-CAA honors…led the NCAA in free-throw percentage (91.5)…second in the conference in scoring (19.0)…led team in scoring, rebounds and steals…scored 1,000th career point on Feb. 28, 2008 against Towson, becoming the first Drexel sophomore to reach the mark and tying the fastest player in the CAA to score 1,000 points (58 career games)…collected six double-doubles on the season…scored 20 or more points in 15 games…scored season-high 28 points against La Salle on Nov. 17 and against Towson on Feb. 28…entering season as Drexel’s leader in career scoring average (17.8) and free-throw percentage (88.3)…set personal career marks for three-pointers attempted and made and three-point percentage during the season…enters season as the CAA’s top returning scorer for the second consecutive year.
2006-07: Named CAA Rookie of the Year…also named to All-CAA Third Team and All-Rookie Team…earned four Rookie of the Week Awards and was named Co-Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week on Feb. 26…only rookie to rank among the CAA’s top 10 in scoring and rebounding…led Drexel in scoring and rebounding and was second in steals…posted nine double-doubles, including three straight in the final three games of the season…scored more points than any freshman in the program’s history (515)…set a Drexel single-game record with 47 points in the team’s five-overtime game against Northeastern on Feb. 22, 2007, also matched the program’s single-game rebounding record with 22 boards…was second in the CAA and ranked among the top 30 nationally in free-throw shooting percentage…led the Romanian Under 20 National Team in scoring and rebounding in the European Championships over the summer of 2007.
Background: A member of the Romanian Under 20 National Team…played two seasons at Mt. de Chantal Academy in West Virginia…averaged 19.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game with the Romanian Under 20 National Team in 2006…chosen as a team captain.
Personal: A general humanities and social science major…daughter of Ioan and Iudit Marginean.
