Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR IN 2006-07
Second on the team with an average of 11.5 points per game ... scored 21 points against third ranked Oklahoma ... led the team with 112 assists (3.7 per game), 10th most in a season by a Lady Colonel ... her 80 three pointers made is the third most by a Lady Colonel in program history ... shot 35.7 percent from the field and 36.7 from three-point range ... led the OVC, and ranked 17th in the nation, with an average of 2.67 made three-pointers per game ... finished with the sixth best three-point percentage in the OVC ... had the fifth best assist-to-turnover ratio in the OVC (1.29) ... her average of 34 minutes played per game was the second highest in the conference ... named OVC Player of the Week on Jan. 15 after averaging 24.5 points, four rebounds and 5.5 assists over a two game stretch ... connected on 11 of 20 three-point attempts (55 percent) and 91 percent of her free-throw attempts that week ... scored a season-high 29 points against Eastern Illinois on Jan. 13 ... made eight of 14 three-point field goal attempts in that game against EIU ... had a season high seven rebounds at Jacksonville State on Jan. 18 ... finished with four 20-plus point performances (29 vs. EIU, 23 at Tennessee State, 21 vs. Oklahoma, 20 vs. Morehead State).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2005-06 (at Monroe CC)
Averaged 15.0 points and 5.0 assists per game … helped lead team to the 2006 NJCAA Division I crown … set record for three-point baskets in a single game with a 10-of-17 performance.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2004-05 (at UTEP)
Played in 26 games, starting four … averaged 1.9 points and 1.5 rebounds per game … added 19 assists and 11 steals.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played her senior year at John F. Kennedy after playing for St. Raymond’s Academy her sophomore and junior seasons … named 2004 Bronx Player of the Year ... selected to All-City second team … averaged 17.0 points and 5.0 assists per game as a senior ... set a school record with five three-pointers made per game ... scored a career-high 36 points, including eight three-point field goals against Roosevelt ... won the city’s three-point shootout, at Madison Square Garden, with a 7-of-12 performance in the finals during the 30-second period ... selected to play in the Senior Exceptional Game and the Senior City Game … named MVP of the Senior City Game … two-year team captain.

PERSONAL
Full name is Niki Venus Avery ... born Jan. 21, 1986 ... daughter of Georgia Avery ... has one brother, Virgil.