She will provide much-needed experience and toughness to the Aggies lineup…She has served as a valuable reserve in a defensive capacity for the Aggies…With her strength, she could play anywhere from small forward to point guard this season…Her presence usually breeds success…After winning four state championships at nearby Thomasville High School, she has won two MEAC regular-season championships and an MEAC tournament title…Alford sat out the 2006-07 season after transferring from UNC-Asheville after her freshman season…She had a career game against her former team as a sophomore when she dished out a career-high eight assists…Over her career, Alford is a career .435 shooter from the field and .574 shooter from the free throw line…Has a career averages 2.3 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game…She is a strong academic figure for the Aggies…She routinely makes the Aggies scholar athlete list and she is an MEAC All-Academic team member.
2008-2009: Played in 30 games with no starts... Averaged 1.6 points, 1.1 rebounds and 8.2 minutes per game...Shot .556 from the field and .704 from the free throw line...Played a season-high 28 minutes on March 5 at Norfolk State and scored six points and grabbed four rebounds on 2-for-2 shooting in a 97-65 win...Had six points and four rebounds on 2-for-2 shooting in a 90-59 win over Norfolk State on December 6
2007-2008: She played in 31 games with 15 starts...Averaged 3.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 16.2 minutes per game...Averaged 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 22.7 minutes per game during her starts...Played 20 or more minutes 10 times…She shot .398 from the floor, .488 from the free throw line and was 3-for-10 from 3-point range...She led the Aggies in assists four times, in scoring once and in rebounding once...Recorded more than five assists twice...She had her best game of the season against her former teammates when she scored seven points, dished out eight assists, committed just two turnovers and had four rebounds on 3-for-4 shooting in a win over UNC-Asheville Nov. 23...In her first career start for the Aggies on Nov. 19, she scored a season-high eight points, recorded three assists and played 27 minutes in a win at Elon...Gave the Aggies a big boost off the bench in the MEAC Tournament Championship game on March 15...She had nine points, played 25 minutes and was 3-for-4 from the floor, including a big basket with 45 seconds remaining that cut Coppin State’s lead to two.
Thomasville High School Career: Led Thomasville High to four straight State Championships averaging 17.2 points, 6.8 assists, and 4.2 steals per game...Was a first-team All-State performer as a senior Made all-conference all four years under Thomasville coach Eric Rader...Was the MVP of the state championship game in 2004 and 2005...Earned All-Area from 2002-2005 and was a participant in the North Carolina-South Carolina All-Star Game...Was also an all-conference performer in volleyball...Graduated second in her class...Was a member of the National Honors Society, a Presidential Scholar, an Air Force Scholar, Teaching Fellows Scholar and a North Carolina Scholar...Recorded a 4.18 GPA, while being named homecoming queen and prom queen…Thomasville, she was named WXII’s Flow Athlete of the Week, a weekly feature on WXII 12 that features student-athletes for their academics and athletics.
