| Haiden Palmer |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Moreno Valley, Calif.
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| High School:
Vista Del Lago
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| Height:
5-8
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| Position:
Guard
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| Experience:
HS
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2009-10 Outlook: A guard who has shown the knack for a scoring touch and the ability to rebound ... is an excellent leader and helped guide her high school program to a top record as a senior ... highly lauded player who has a scoring touch and the knack for dishing off assists ... is a combo guard who can serve as shooter or at the point.
Vista del Lago High School: Earned all-league honors all four seasons and was team captain for two ... earned scholar-athlete honors all four years as well ... named athlete of the year as a senior ... led team to 25-3 record her senior year ... as a senior, led team with 16.7 points per game and averaged 7.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists ... posted 1.1 blocks and 3.1 steals on average ... scored a season-high 29 points against Vista Murrieta on January 8 ... as a junior was named to the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Division 1-A Second Team ... averaged 17.5 points per game as a junior and tallied 97 assists - 4.2 per game - to go along with 106 steals, or an average of 4.6 per contest ... ESPN's HoopGurlz.com rated as the nation's No. 72 shooting guard prior to her senior season ... also lettered in track and field as a sprinter.
Personal: Born in Riverside, Calif., but considers Moreno Valley her hometown ... is the daughter of Deborah and Chris Palmer ... has one brother, Bruce, 20 ... major is undecided ... finished high school with a 3.8 GPA and was a member of the National Honor Society and Honor Roll ... biggest athletic thrill to date is beating her rival, Canyon Springs, her senior year ... her favorite city to visit is Chicago and she wants to see New York ... on an off day, enjoys going out with friends and sleeping ... if she could invite three people to dinner, they would be Michael Jordan, Cynthia Cooper and Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Chose Oregon State because of Coach Wagner and the chance to play Pacific-10 Conference basketball.
