2006-07 Media Guide Bio (PDF)

One of the top players in college basketball ... An All-America candidate who will also most certainly be on the preseason National Player of the Year watch lists as she enters her senior campaign ... A prolific scorer who can put the ball in the basket in many ways ... Has the ability to take the ball to the basket or can step out and shoot the three ... Also has a good knack of getting to the glass ... Dickson's 1,755 career points puts her just 66 points shy of becoming the all-time women's basketball scoring leader at USF entering the 2006-07 season ... Former Bull Wanda Guyton (1984, 1986-89) has held the mark, since her departure from USF in 1989, netting 1,820 points during her career.

Career Accolades
2006-07
? Finalist for John R. Wooden Award ? BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year (2006-07) ? Street & Smith All-American (honorable mention) (2006-07) ? Naismith Award Top 50 ? Preseason Wade Trophy list (2006-07) ? Preseason John R. Wooden Award watch ? Top Wing Player in America by ESPN.com ? ESPN.com Preseason All-American (second team) ? BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 5) ? BIG EAST Player of the Week (Jan. 2) ? BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll (Dec. 11) ? BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll (Dec. 4) ? BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll (Nov. 27) ? MVP, Best Western Roundball Classic ? MVP, Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic
2005-06
? Women's Basketball Magazine All-American (honorable mention)  (2005-06) ? Associated Press All-American (honorable mention) (2005-06) ? All-BIG EAST First Team (2005-06) ? BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 20, 2006) ? Naismith Award Midseason Top 30 (2005-06) ? BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 13, 2006) ? BIG EAST Honor Roll (Feb. 6, 2006) ? John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 (2005-06) ? BIG EAST Honor Roll (Jan. 23, 2006) ? BIG EAST Honor Roll (Jan. 16, 2006) ? BIG EAST Honor Roll (Dec. 27, 2005) ? MVP, San Juan Shootout (2005-06) ? BIG EAST Player of the Week (Dec. 11, 2005) ? BIG EAST Player of the Week (Nov. 28, 2005) ? MVP, Best Western Roundball Classic (2005-06) ? BIG EAST Honor Roll (Nov. 21, 2005) ? MVP, Image Depot Shootout (2005-06) ? Preseason All-BIG EAST (2005-06)
2004-05
? WBCA/Kodak All-America Honorable Mention (2004-05) ? WBCA/Kodak All-Region 4 (2004-05) ? First Team All-Conference USA  (2004-05) ? Conference USA Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2004) ? All-Tourney Team, Best Western Roundball Classic (2004-05) ? All-Tourney Team, Miami Jam (2004-05)
2003-04
? Freshman All-America, GBallMag.com (2003-04) ? Nation's top scoring freshman (18.6 ppg) ? Conference USA Freshman of the Year (2003-04) ? Second Team All-Conference USA (2003-04) ? Conference USA All-Freshman Team (2003-04) ? Conference USA Player of the Week (Feb. 2, 2004) ? All-Tourney Team, Best Western Roundball Classic (2003-04)

2006-07 (SENIOR): Hit a free throw with 27 seconds remaining in the Seton Hall game to score her 2,321st-career point, breaking Charlie Bradley's all-time scoring record of 2,319 career points, becoming USF's all-time leading scorer, male or female ... Ended regular season with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Seton Hall (02/26) ... Had 11 points and five rebounds against No. 3 Connecticut (02/20) ... Tallied 14th 20+ point game of the season and third consecutive double-double at West Virginia (02/17) with 28 points and 10 rebounds ... Recorded back-to-back double doubles in Pittsburgh and Providence game as she scored 20 points and had 10 boards against Providence (02/13) ... Notched 10th double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds against Pittsburgh (02/10) ... Had third consecutive game scoring 24-or-more (25) at DePaul (02/06) ... Registered 28 points and eight rebounds against St. John's (02/03) ... Notched 24 points by hitting 9-18 overall, 5-9 treys and one freethrow against Georgetown (01/30) ... Also had seven rebounds, four assists and a steal in 34 mintues ... Scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Syracuse (01/28) ... Converted 6-6 from the free throw line against Pittsburgh (01/20) for the second perfect night from the stripe ... Also hit 2-2 against Lousiville ... Missed third-straight double-double night by one rebound as she hit No. 15/15 Louisville for 15 points and nine rebounds (01/16) ... Dropped in three from long range against the nationally ranked team ... Scored 30 points, hitting seven of 15, and grabbed 11 rebounds against Notre Dame (01/13) ... Registered career-high tying 13 rebounds while scoring 13 points against Rutgers (01/09) ... Recorded three blocked shots and two assists to go along with 16 points and eight boards against Cincinnati (01/06) ... Missed a double-double by one rebound against No. 6/6 LSU (01/03) with 22 points and nine rebounds ... Earned Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic Tournament MVP for two-game performance of 59 points (23-45), 13 rebounds, five steals and four assists ... Was perfect from the charity stripe, hitting 10-10 in first round of the Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic against Vermont ... Registered back-to-back double-doubles in Villanova (12/07) and Vanderbilt (12-17) games ... Against No. 12 Vanderbilt, scored 23 points and pulled down 11 rebounds while blocking two shots and grabbing two steals ... Recorded first double-double of the season against Villanova (12/07) with 16 points and 12 rebounds ... Was one rebound shy of a double-double while adding 20 points in the eight-point loss to No. 18 Michigan State (12/3) ... Blocked three shots, four steals and two assists in 40 minutes ... Scored season-high 30 points in victory over FIU (11/30) ... Hit 10-23 from the field and 6-7 from long range and 4-6 at the line ... Also had three rebounds, two assists, one steal and one blocked shot ... Earned Best Western Roundball Classic most valuable player honor for her two-game performance of 38 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and two blocks ... Scored her 100th point of the season against UMass (11/25) on her way to a 15-point outing .. Also had two assists and five rebounds ... Scored 23 points and grabbed eight boards against St. Francis (NY) on Nov. 25 ... Hit 8-15 shots (.533 percent) and 6-8 from the stripe in the game while dishing three assists and blocking two shots ... Six minutes into the contest with Stetson (11/21), Dickson scored her fourth point of the game to set the Bulls' all-time scoring record, surpassing Wanda Guyton's 1,820 career total (1984-89) ... She ended the game with 13 points, setting the new record at 1,830 ... Also had five assists and six rebounds in the game ... Hit 7-8 free throws on her way to a 17-point game against Georgia Southern in Image Depot Shootout (11/19) ... Tallied 16 points and two steals in opening game of Image Dept Shootout (Texas Southern) held in Tampa on Nov. 18 ... Scored 29 points and grabbed six rebounds, five of which were defensive, in the season-opener against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (11/10/06), hitting 12-19 from the field and 4-4 from the charity stripe ... Started in her 93rd collegiate game out of a possible 93 outings ... Her 29 points marked the 86th time in her 93 games that she scored in double figures, and the 47th time in 93 outings that she tallied 20-plus points ... Moved into sole possession of second place on the all-time women's basketball scoring list, surpassing former Bulls Angie Snyder (1988-92) with her first field goal of the second half (11/10) ... Dickson finished the game with 1,784 career points.

2005-06 (JUNIOR): Had the best season of any women's basketball player in USF's history ... Dickson led the nation in scoring for 11 of the 17 weeks that the NCAA generated statistical reports ... Was joined only by two-time National Player of the Year Seimone Augustus of LSU as the only two players in the country to lead the nation in scoring this season ... Would eventually finish third in the nation in scoring behind Augustus (22.7 ppg) and Baylor's Sophia Young (22.3 ppg) ... Dickson's 22.0 points per game is the highest single-season average of any player at USF playing more than 20 games ... The third-place finish is the highest finish ever for a BIG EAST women's basketball player ... For her efforts, during the year, Dickson was named first team All-BIG EAST and was tabbed a Associated Press All-American honorable mention ... In addition, she was also added to the John R. Wooden Award National Player of the Year Midseason Top 20 and the Naismith National Player of the Year Midseason Top 30 lists ... Was named BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week twice during the 05-06 campaign (week ending 11/28/05 and 12/11/05) and was tabbed a BIG EAST Honor Roll selection seven times ... Set a new single-season school scoring record netting an impressive 682 points ... She surpassed Guyton (1988-89) who held the old record of 549 ... Dickson tallied double figures in 30 of 31 games this year, including 18 games of 20 points or more, and six of 30 or better ... Poured in a career-high 37 points against No. 10/9 Rutgers (1/11/06) in an epic showdown with BIG EAST Player of the Year Cappie Pondexter who recorded a career high 40 - the last three, which beat the Bulls ... Dickson was 11-23 (.478) from the field, 5-12 (.417), and 10-12 (.833) from the charity stripe against the Scarlet Knights while also grabbing nine rebounds, including six offensive ... Scored 35 points twice during the year against No. 14/13 DePaul (12/7/05) - in helping the Bulls to their first-ever BIG EAST Conference win - and against North Florida (12/28/05) ... Was 14-23 (.609) from the field and 3-5 (.600) from behind the three-point arc in the outing against the Osprey ... Also had 30-plus points in back-to-back outings against Maryland-Baltimore County (11/26/05) with 33 and 32 against Robert Morris (11/27/05), and against Cincinnati (1/15/06) netting 30 ... Her 33 points against UMBC was coupled with 10 rebounds for her first of three double doubles of the season ... Was named the Most Valuable Player of the San Juan Shootout averaging 22.3 points per contest ... That average included a 26-point effort against Northern Arizona (12/20/05) and a 24-point outing against Colorado (12/21/05) in the championship game ... Led the team in minutes played and was third in the BIG EAST logging 37.6 minutes per outing ... Played in 26 games where she recorded 25 or more minutes and 13 games of 40-plus minutes of action ... Had two separate six-game stretches - Dec. 20 to Jan. 18 and Feb. 11 to March 4 - where she played 238 and 237 minutes respectively out of a possible 240 minutes of action ... Was also the team leader in free throw shooting, and second in the conference, hitting 86.9 percent (128-148) of her shots from the charity stripe ...  Finished the season third on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.8 boards per game.