Sh'Toya Sanders

Photo by: Josh Gales

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-0
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School:
Wayne
Prev School:
Chicago State

• 2019-20 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• 2018-19 Summit League All-Newcomer Team

2019-20: Competed in 22 games, starting all of them ... Leaves Purdue Fort Wayne as one of the most elite rebounders and shot-blockers in program history ... Averaged 8.1 rebounds per game which is third in program history ... Blocked 1.9 shots per game, which is the most in program history by 0.6 per game ... Had 89 blocks in her two-year career, which is the third most in program history of all players ... Finished 2019-20 season ranked 30th in the country and first in the Summit League in blocked shots per game at 2.18 ... Scored in double-digits in nine games, recording six double-doubles ... Started her senior season off with a 17-point/10-rebound double-double against Purdue Northwest (Nov. 5) in 19 minutes of play ... Grabbed 14 boards against Ball State (Nov. 12) ... Had a double-double of 11 points and 15 rebounds against Southeast Missouri (Nov. 21) ... Scored 10 points against Heidelberg (Nov. 24) ... Pulled down 10 rebounds against Texas Tech (Nov. 29) and South Dakota (Jan. 1) and 14 at SIUE (Dec. 4) ... Was one rebound shy of a double-double with a career-high 19 points and nine rebounds at North Dakota (Jan. 5) ... Did the same thing again against Oral Roberts (Jan. 16) with 13 points and nine boards ... Rattled off four straight double-doubles to end the year: 12 points and 17 rebounds against North Dakota (Feb. 1), 14 points and a career-high 18 rebounds vs. Western Illinois, 11 points and 10 boards at Denver (Feb. 8), and 11 points and 10 rebounds against Omaha (Feb. 22) on Senior Day ... Became the first Mastodon to record four consecutive double-doubles in the Division I era.

2018-19: Played in 26 games with 22 starts … Had 13 double-digit scoring games … Earned at least one block in 19 games … Recorded 12 rebounds, 10 points, five blocks and two steals against Omaha (Feb. 16) … Career-high 22 points, seven rebounds, seven steals, three assists and two blocks against North Dakota State (March 2).

2017-18: Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.

Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Spent two seasons at Chicago State ... Named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 28, 2016) ... Grabbed 23 rebounds at Northern Illinois (12/22/16) to rank fifth among Division I players that season ... Recorded four double-doubles.

High School: In her final year at Wayne, she was named an IBCA/Subway Girls All-State Honorable Mention.

Personal: Daughter of Jermaine Sanders and Yohne Waller ... Has two sisters, Cortazia and Jermira, and three brothers, Timothy, Dominique and Prince ... Has a daughter, MiLeah ... Majoring in Criminal Justice.