SPRINGFIELD -- The Missouri State women’s basketball team gained another newcomer Friday (May 7) with the addition of transfer Bry Snow, 6-1 forward out of Blue Springs, Mo. Snow, who played her freshman campaign at the University of Cincinnati, will have three years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2010-11 season per NCAA transfer guidelines.
“Bry will bring a great deal of athleticism and versatility to both ends of the floor,” head coach Nyla Milleson said. “She’ll give us a strong defensive presence and added depth and flexibility on the interior. We recruited her out of high school, so we’ve seen quite a bit of her and are very familiar and comfortable with what she brings to the table.”
At Cincinnati, Snow saw action in six games as a true freshman in 2009-10, averaging 1.3 points and 1.0 rebounds in just over four minutes of playing time per outing. The highlight of her year was a four-point, six-rebound effort in her UC debut against Furman on Nov. 15.
Snow was a four-year prep letterwinner at Blue Springs High School for head coaches Tony Armstrong and Mark Spigarelli. A four-time all-district and three-time all-conference selection, she was an all-state honoree her senior year and helped the Wildcats to four conference championships and a pair of district titles during her varsity career. Snow’s Blue Springs teams compiled a 73-11 record during her final three seasons, including a 28-3, Missouri Class 5 state runner-up finish in 2008-09. On the AAU circuit, Snow played for the Kansas City Select, one of the top AAU programs in the nation.
Snow also earned three letters in track and field and volleyball for the Wildcats. She comes from a family of athletes, as her father, Percy Snow, was an All-America linebacker at Michigan State and a first-round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1990. Her mother, Tyra, was also a student-athlete at Michigan State, competing on the Spartan track and field team, while her uncle, Eric Snow, played 13 seasons in the NBA.
Snow becomes the fourth addition to the Lady Bear roster this offseason, joining freshmen-to-be Karly Buer, Desiree Phillips and Hannah Wilkerson. The Lady Bears will also return 10 letterwinners and four starters from this year’s 22-11 squad that advanced to the third round of the WNIT after finishing third in the Missouri Valley Conference.
