Sylare Starks

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Position:
Guard
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School:
Homestead
Prev School:
Detroit Mercy

• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

2022-23: Played in 29 games with eight starts ... Tied for fourth on the team with 30 3-pointers, including four against Green Bay (Jan. 12) ... Had six games with double-digit points ... Led the team in free throw percentage, going 24-of-27 (88.9 percent) ... Had a career-best with 19 steals , including two against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 18) ... Went 100 percent from the free throw line in the first 17 games (18-of-18) until her first miss from the line came at Detroit Mercy (Jan. 26) ... Went 3-for-5 against Green Bay in the Horizon League Championship semifinal (March 6).

2021-22: Played in 27 games with 25 starts ... Led Purdue Fort Wayne in scoring at 11.7 points ... Scored a season-high 33 points at Detroit Mercy (Feb. 17), which was the most by a Horizon League player in a league game this season ... Also ranked 85th in the country in single-game scoring ... Shot 34.4 percent (55-of-160) from beyond the arc and 92.0 percent (23-of-25) from the free throw line ... Scored in double-digits in 15 games, including four 20+ point games ... Scored 21 vs. Manchester (Nov. 9), 23 vs. Evansville (Nov. 24), 20 at Cleveland State (Jan. 20), and 33 at Detroit Mercy (Feb. 17) ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds against the Titans (Feb. 17).

Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Played two seasons with Horizon League member Detroit Mercy ... Selected as Horizon League All-Freshman Team member in her first year ... Started 42 of her 44 games ... Averaged 10.1 points per game and 2.6 rebounds as a freshman ... Grabbed 3.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore ... Had a season-high 18 points at Michigan State in 2020.

High School: Played two years at Concordia Lutheran and two at Homestead ... Three-time First Team All-Conference player and a two-time Indiana Coaches of Girls' Sports Association All-State Second Team honoree ... Set Concordia Lutheran records as a sophomore by recording the most 3-pointers made and the highest 3-point shooting percentage ... Led Homestead to a Summit Athletic Conference regular season title as a junior, then followed it up with a 25-5 campaign and a regional championship berth in her senior season ... One of six players ever in Indiana to be named All-Area at two different schools.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Sylvia Starks ... Father Michael ran track at South Carolina ... Has one brother, Michael... Majoring in General Studies.