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2008-09 (as of Dec. 6, 2008)
Averaging 2.8 points and 1.6 rebounds ... scored a season-high six points vs. Detroit ... hit back-to-back three-point field goals, just 36 seconds apart, in the second half ... also had season-high totals in rebounds (four), assists (three) and three-point field goals made (two), tying her career bests in the latter two categories ... scored five points vs. Winston-Salem State ... had a career-high two blocks in that win, and tied her career best with 16 minutes played ... missed the Lipscomb and SFU games due to an ankle injury ... hit a three-pointer and grabbed two rebounds in five minutes at Valparaiso ... two minutes in the season opener at Temple ... scored five points on 2-of-2 shooting, including a three-pointer, in exhibition vs. Findlay.
2007-08 // Clapper's Final 2007-08 Stats in PDF Format
Played in 21 games before sitting out the month of March ... averaged 1.3 ppg and 0.9 rpg ... vs. Florida Gulf Coast (Nov. 30), made three of four attempts from the floor en route to eight points ... was 2-of-2 from behind the arc in that game, and also recorded a defensive rebound ... against Notre Dame (Dec. 5) hit a trey and a field goal for five points while grabbing two defensive boards ... followed that performance with another two defensive boards at Indiana (Dec. 16) ... had a strong 13 minutes vs. Chicago State (Jan. 5) to close the non-conference season with three rebounds, an assist and a perfect 1-of-1 shooting day ... made a three-point field goal and snatched a career-high five rebounds at Kent State (Jan. 16) ... also blocked one shot that night and had an assist ... two rebounds at Buffalo (Jan. 19).
2006-07
Played in 13 of the Falcons' first 18 games off the bench, before suffering a season-ending injury in practice on Jan. 22 ... averaged 2.2 points and 1.2 rebounds, shooting 41.4% from the field ... BG was a perfect 13-0 in games in which she saw action ... played nine minutes in her collegiate debut, scoring two points and grabbing two rebounds at Detroit ... had five points vs. Albany, draining her first collegiate three-pointer ... was 2-for-3 from the floor in that game ... scored six points in the Robert Morris game on New Year's Eve, going 2-for-3 from three-point land ... had six points in both the RMU game and the Central Michigan contest ... was 3-for-6 and pulled down a season-high four rebounds vs. the Chippewas ... CMU game was her last contest before suffering the injury ... had a season-high three assists in home win over Buffalo ... played double-digit minutes in four of her last five games, including 12 minutes against both Robert Morris and UB ... averaged 2.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in the four MAC contests in which she saw action.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters for coach Matt Schmelzer at Newark Catholic High School ... an All-Ohio First-Team pick as both a sophomore and a senior, and earned special mention in her junior year ... finished her career as the school's second-leading scorer with 1,640 points and all-time leading rebounder with 794 ... helped the Green Wave to three consecutive Mid-State League titles, with a perfect 14-0 league record each year ... team competed as an independent her freshman year, and posted a four-year record of 85-14 ... three-time MSL Player of the Year ... played in the Ohio North-South All-Star game ... ranked the 11th-best player in the state as a senior by the Ohio Girls Basketball Report, which called her "the best pure shooter in this class" ... also earned four volleyball letters, helping that team to the 2004 state championship and a state runner-up finish the next year ... earned First-Team All-MSL honors in that sport in all three seasons the team was in the league ... National Honor Society ... 2005-06 homecoming queen.
PERSONAL
Sarah Elizabeth Clapper was born March 21, 1988, in Newark, Ohio ... sport management major with a 3.51 cumulative GPA through her first two years at BGSU ... daughter of Chris and Cheryl Clapper ... has two younger sisters ... sister, Amy, is a freshman on the UNC Greensboro women's basketball team in 2008-09 ... father played football at Otterbein College ... played AAU ball for the Queen City Jaguars and the Ohio Slam.
