College Career
In her Division I NCAA career, Price was Stephen F. Austin State University's all-time leading scorer with 2,278 career points and two-time Southland Conference player of the year. A 5'-10" guard, she was a third-team AP All-American (first team Academica All American) selection her senior season (1997–1998), averaging 22.1 points and 5.3 rebounds a game. As of 2001 Price held the record for most three-point field goals in a single championship game, with seven, in a game against the University of Toledo in 1997.
Price excelled academically as well as athletically. In high school she was second in her graduating class, and she made the Dean's List every semester she was in college.
In international competition, in 1997 her USA Basketball team won a silver medal at the R. William Jones Cup in a round-robin tournament in Taiwan, losing only to the South Korean team.
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