Missouri State

Honors: MVC Academic Honor Roll (2016).

2015-16: Saw time in 25 games as a true freshman, averaging 9.1 minutes per contest...Ended the year with 40 points, 31 rebounds, 21 assists and nine steals...Scored a season-high eight points against MidAmerica Nazarene (Nov. 17)...Made the first nine free throws of her career and shot 71 percent for the year from the line...Had multiple rebounds in eight games, including four at Ole Miss (Nov. 19)...Had two assists and two steals against No. 13 Stanford (Nov. 27)...Handed out three assists at Loyola (Jan. 17)...Hit three treys on the season.

Background: Started four seasons at Valley High as both a point guard and a wing, and was ranked as high as the No. 1 recruit in Iowa by both Rivals.com and Iowa Preps...Iowa Class 5A Player of the Year and first-team all-state pick as a senior after averaging 18 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game...Also posted a 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio as Valley High advanced to the state championship game and won a school-record 23 games...Helped team to 22 wins as a junior, averaging 18.7 points per game as a first-team all-state selection by the Des Moines Register...Finalist for Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year that season, and set a school record for free throw percentage by making 80 of 87 tries (.920) from the charity stripe...Second-team all-state pick by the coaches as a sophomore, hitting a school-record seven 3-pointers in a game that season...Helped Valley to an 18-6 record her freshman year as an honorable mention all-conference pick...Honored with the Presidential Academic Award all four years of high school.

Personal: Grace Vander Weide is the daughter of Doug and Dawn Vander Weide...Born in Des Moines, Iowa...Has five siblings...International Business major...Turned 20 in October.