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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

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20 Makaila Sanders

20 Makaila Sanders

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Major:
    Anthropology
  • Hometown:
    Sacramento, Calif.
  • High School:
    Foothill HS '18

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
• 2020 Big West Conference All-Academic Team

2022-23: Appeared in 28 games with one start in her senior season...Averaged 1.9 ppg on 34.5% shooting and 26.8% from three-point range...Scored a season-high eight points against UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 11...Played a season-high 23 minutes on Feb. 25 against Cal Poly, racking up six points in the win over the Mustangs.

2021-22: Appeared in 24 of the team's 28 games off the bench... Averaged 1.5 ppg and 0.9 rpg, shooting .286 from the floor and .313 from beyond the arc... Played a season-high 19 minutes at Cal Poly on Feb. 17, scoring three points and grabbing a pair of rebounds... Finished with a season-high nine points at Sacramento State on Nov. 23 while collecting a season-high three rebounds and dishing out a season-high three assists.

2020-21: Sat out the entire season due to injury.

2019-20: Appeared in 24 of the team’s 29 games off the bench… Averaged 4.3 ppg and 1.5 rpg, shooting .387 from the floor overall, .400 from beyond the arc, and 8-for-11 from the line… Ranked fourth in the Big West Conference in three-point percentage and made 24 total from long distance… Finished with double-digit points four times, including a season-high 19 against William Jessup (1/1), hitting 8-of-10 from the field in 20 minutes… Followed that performance up with 11 points at UC Riverside (1/9) and 15 against Hawai’i (1/11)… Added 10 points against CSUN (1/29)… Grabbed a season-high five rebounds against UC Irvine (2/15).

2018-19: Appeared in 13 games in her debut season... Made her Division I debut in the season opener at nationally ranked Stanford, draining her first career basket (a three-pointer) in three minutes against the Cardinal... Tied that season high in points against Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly... Added a season-high four rebounds against the Mustangs.

FOOTHILL HS '18
Averaged a prep-best 26.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game as a senior, dishing out 4.4 assists per game and 2.6 steals per game in her final season... Finished her prep career with more than 2,000 points in only three seasons, including a single-game high of 50 points... Ranked No. 15 in the state of California in scoring and No. 5 in the state in free throws... Helped her team to a Pioneer Valley League title and a section quarterfinals berth... League MVP, all-league first team, all-state first team, and All-Metro first team honoree to cap her high school career... Earned All-Metro honors from the Sacramento Bee as a junior, averaging 23.1 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 6.8 apg, and 4.1 spg, in 31 contests, shooting 40 percent from the floor… Helped the Mustangs advance to the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV championships with a 27-6 overall record… Earned Pioneer Valley League MVP, all-league first team honors, and All-Metro second team laurels, along the way… Began her prep career at Rio Linda HS, averaging 20.5 ppg and 8.4 rpg as a freshman for the varsity squad, leading the Lady Knights to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III finals… Was named the Tri-County Conference MVP as a freshman, adding all-state and all-conference honors, as well as third-team All-Metro recognition from the Sacramento Bee.

PERSONAL
Earned the Varsity Student-Athlete Award as a junior and senior at Foothill HS, also playing volleyball and soccer… Four-year honor roll student... Lists visiting Maccu Picchu, rappelling down a waterfall, and horseback riding on the beach among her bucket list items... Chose UC Davis "because not only is the university the best and close to home, but the team chemistry and coaching staff are the best fit for me and my style of play."
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Historical Player Information

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    2018-19Freshman

    Guard
    5'8"
    20
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    2019-20Sophomore

    Guard
    5'8"
    20
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    2020-21Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    20
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    2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    20
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    2022-23Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    20