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Gray-Lawson, the 2005-06 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, enters her third season at Cal...enthusiastically rehabbed her season-ending ACL injury suffered nine games into her sophomore season...had an outstanding rookie year...finalist for a spot on the 2006 USA Under-20 National team...had to withdraw from USA Basketball consideration due to a knee injury she sustained during the 2006 San Francisco Pro Am summer league...an iron woman on the court...physical, athletic point guard and shooting guard...shows unbelievable ballhandling ability...takes excellent care of the ball...possesses a great shooting touch...shows incredible skills with her right and left hand...her strength allows her to post up other guards.
As a sophomore in 2006-07:The 2005-06 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection started the first nine games of the season...suffered a season-ending ACL injury to her right knee after making a layup in the second half of the Kansas road game Dec. 10...had surgery to repair her ACL and meniscus Jan. 10...her injury left Cal with one scholarship point guard (Natasha Vital)...averaged 10.6 ppg (3rd on Cal), 2.9 rpg and 3.1 apg before getting injured...posted season highs of 22 points and six rebounds to lead Cal to a 71-56 season-opening win over Saint Mary's...made a career-high 10 free throws against the Gaels (10-of-12)...recorded double-digit points five times, including 17 to help Cal defeat Arkansas State, 81-62, in the championship game of the Contra Costa Times Classic...dished off a career-high nine assists to go with 10 points and six boards in the Bears' 77-62 victory over Fresno State...tallied six points and six assists vs. Harvard...averaged 1.7 spg, including swiping a season high of three at No. 14 Vanderbilt and vs. Arkansas State and Fresno State...averaged 35.3 mpg and played every minute against Saint Mary's and at Vanderbilt.
As a freshman in 2005-06: Became the first Cal player to be named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year...joined teammate Devanei Hampton on the Women's Basketball News Service All-Freshman team...selected to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team and received honorable mention all-conference...she and Ashley Walker were the only two Cal players to start all 30 contests, which was tied for sixth for starts among all freshmen in the country...ranked second on the team in scoring (14.6 ppg, 9th Pac-10), first in assists (2.7 apg), first in three-pointers made (42, 10th in Cal history in a season) first in three-point percentage (38.9, 5th in Pac-10 and T7th in Cal history) and fourth in rebounding (3.9 rpg)...during the conference season, contributed 16.2 points per game (6th in the Pac-10)...posted a career-high 30 points in the loss at No. 14 Stanford Jan. 14...tied for second on the team with 23 double-figure scoring games, including seven games with at least 20 points (tied for ninth nationally among all freshmen)...notched 21 points and a career-high seven boards vs. No. 5 Baylor...contributed 22 points and five rebounds in a home triumph over USC, completing the Bears' first sweep over UCLA and USC since 2000-01 and first in Berkeley since 1992-93...has led Cal in scoring 10 times, including a game-high 23 points in a 66-64 win over No. 13 Arizona State and with 19 in a victory at No. 23 USC...tallied 17 points and four rebounds in an NCAA first-round loss to St. John's...dished off a career-high nine assists in the win over UC Davis...ranked second in the Pac-10 in minutes played/game at 36.37...averaged 37.61 mpg in conference games (second Pac-10)...played every minute of eight games, including all 45 minutes in an overtime loss at UCLA Jan. 29...helped the East Bay team win the 2005 summer San Francisco Pro Am title, averaging 17.3 points per game (fifth in the league).
High School: Earned 2005 second team Parade All-America and all-state honors after leading Oakland Tech, along with Cal teammate Devanei Hampton, to its second consecutive state title...poured in 16 points in the 2005 state championship game...ranked No. 17 nationally by Blue Star Index and No. 25 by Mike White's All-Star Girls Report...listed No. 5 by the NorCal Scouting Report, which ranks high school seniors in Northern California...MVP of the 2004 California state championships...participant in the 2005 McDonald's All-America Game and the Senior Slam All-Star game...posted 12 points, three assists and three steals in the McDonald's All-America Game...honorable mention choice for the 2005 WBCA High School All-America Game...chosen for a 2005 CIF sportsmanship award...one of 48 athletes in the country invited to the 2004 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival and won a gold medal with the West team...invited to the 2004 adidas all-star camp...played AAU with the West Coast All-Stars...led her team to four Oakland Athletic League crowns...high school lost one game in four years at home with Gray-Lawson on the team...jersey retired at Oakland Tech and in the National High School Hall of Fame...four-time all-city recipient...averaged 17.2 points per game during her four years in high school...named to Street & Smith's All-America team as a junior, averaging 15 points, eight assists and six steals per game...prior to her junior season, named to USA Today's preseason Super 25...as a sophomore, averaged 20 points, seven assists and five steals per game...earned three all-city honors and league MVP recognition as a senior on the softball team...competed on the volleyball team as a freshman...part of the first team in Northern California to win a national AAU 14-and-under championship with the East Bay Xplosion.
Personal: Alexis Amber Gray-Lawson was born April 21, 1987, in Oakland, Calif....parents are Orlando Gray and Roslyn Lawson...has eight siblings - Kameron, Kenya, Layce, Violet, Vanessa, Kevin, William and Kenny...Jason Kidd is a close family friend...related to Willie Magee, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals...started playing basketball on a boys team in the third grade...enjoys playing a variety of sports, hanging out with friends, watching the movie Meet the Browns, writing poetry, going to church and listening to classical music...dreams of going to Harvard Law School...goals include being a partner in a law firm and going into real estate...social welfare major.
| YEAR | G-GS | MIN-AVG | FG-FGA | PCT | 3P-3PA | PCT | FT-FTA | PCT | REB | AVG | PF-D | AST | TO | BLK | ST | TP | AVG |
| 05-06 | 30-30 | 1091-36.4 | 158-377 | .419 | 42-108 | .389 | 80-129 | .620 | 117 | 3.9 | 64-0 | 80 | 120 | 2 | 41 | 438 | 14.6 |
| 06-07 | 9-9 | 286-31.8 | 34-76 | .447 | 6-23 | .261 | 21-28 | .750 | 26 | 2.9 | 16-0 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 95 | 10.6 |
| TOTALS | 39-9 | 1377-35.3 | 192-453 | .424 | 48-131 | .366 | 101-157 | .643 | 143 | 3.7 | 80-0 | 108 | 139 | 2 | 56 | 533 | 13.7 |
