Women's Basketball



#34 - Carleen Orawsky
Position: F
Year: Junior
Hometown: Worcester, Mass.
High School: Holy Name
Height: 6-0

Profile: Forward who passes well out of the post...Very alert defensively when lending help on dribble penetration.

2008-09: Played in nine games, averaging 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game... Was 4-for-4 at the free throw line... Had eight points vs. Franklin Pierce on 2-16-09... Had a season-high four rebounds in four games... Played 26 minutes vs. Southern Connecticut on 2-4-09... Had a season-high two steals vs. Saint Rose on 2-24-09.

2007-08: Played in 26 games for the Hawks, starting 12...Averaged 4.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 19 minutes a game for the Hawks...Had 10 or more points five times on the season including a career-high 11 points on 12-29-07 versus NYIT...Pulled down a caree-high nine rebounds against Pace University on 12-15-07...Had two assists on three occasions.

2006-07: Played in 22 games...Averaged 2.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game...Went a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor and 2-for-3 from the free throw line for a career-high eight points against Saint Michael's on 1-13-07...Nabbed eight rebounds, scored five points, and had four assists against Saint Rose on 1-9-07...Had two steals on three occasions.

Previous: Was a five-year member of the varsity at Holy Name, competing on the team as an eighth grader...Averaged 10.7 points per game as the team captain in 2006, helping the squad to a 21-3 final record...Her team captured the Central Mass. Conference Championship four times (2003-06), the Division I District title in 2006 and advanced to the 2006 Division I State Semifinals...Was a three-time Central Mass. Conference All-Star (2004-06)...A Worcester Telegram & Gazette "Super Team" Classic All-Star in 2004...Member in 2005 and 2006...Was the Acton-Boxborough Round Ball Classic Tournament MVP in 2006...A New England Catholic Classic All-Star in 2004.

Personal: Daughter of George and Jean Orawsky...Has one sister, Christine...Finished high school with a 3.87 grade point average and was third in her graduating class of 180...Was a member of the Student Council and National Honor Society, serving as NHS vice-president in 2006...Received three awards from the US Achievement Academy (Math, All-American Scholar, Leadership)...Majoring in nursing.

Coach Leazier on Orawsky: "Carleen has good intuitions on the defensive end. In our team defense the priority is on stopping the ball. Throughout the 2007-2008 season, Carleen showed that she understood this priority."