Dara Burke

Guard, So., 5-9, Richmond, VA

A speedy player with a super work ethic… one of Guilford's top defenders... looking to return to the court after having ACL surgery last spring... 2001-02: Played in 16 of the 29 games... sat out five games due to injury... had her best game in the Quakers' 78-72 win Hollins... she totaled six points, six steals and two assists... she averaged 2.1 points and 1.5 rebounds per game and had 14 assists. 2000-01: Finished the season with an average of 3.9 points and 2.4 rebounds per game... One of Guilford's top defenders... ranked fourth on the team with 47 steals... played in all 29 games, starting 18... had a team-and a career-high eight steals, which is also the third best total in school's history, and four assists in Guilford’s February 17 win over Emory & Henry... led the team in its December 19 loss to Hanover with a team- and career-high five assists... scored a career-high 11 points in Guilford's February 15 win over Hollins... missed the team's final three games with a torn anterior cruciate ligament... High School: Captain and two-time All-League of Independent Schools (LIS) player for Coach Mary Kay Widhelm’s St. Catherine’s School team… four-year basketball letter winner… captained the track team and earned all-state honors as a sprinter… lettered one season with the tennis team… Personal: Academic All-ODAC honoree... played eight years with the James River Blaze AAU team… helped the team to a ninth-place finish at the 1997 AAU National Tournament… born Dara Rhani Burke 5/28/82 in Richmond… daughter of Ronald and Henri-Etta Burke… niece of former New York Knicks point guard Edmund Sherod… sports management major.