Desiree Wooten

Photo by: Zach Del Bello / Mean Green Sports

DesiRay Kernal & Desiree Wooten vs. UAPB

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Mansfield Timberview
Hometown:
Dallas, Texas
Pronounced:
Dez-er-ray

2024-25 Second Team All-AAC
2024-25 All-AAC Defensive Team

2024-25:
Averaged 29.4 minutes per game, while starting 33 games on the season ... Earned her first all-conference honor as a second-team selection ... Second on the team with 11.5 points per game ... Also posted 3.5 rebounds, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals per contest ... Continued to show a prowess on the defensive end with 58 steals and a spot on the conference's All-Defensive Team ... Her 58 steals is the fourth-most by a sophomore in program history ... Scored 20 points in her first career start against Alcorn State to go along five rebounds, three assists and three steals in the game ... Posted a career high at the time 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting in the win over Houston ... Put together a stat line against Wichita State of 12 PTS, 8 RBS, 6 AST, 3 BLK, 2 STL that hasn't been done at UNT since at least the 2001-02 season ... Scored a career-high 25 points in the win over Memphis on Feb. 12 ... Posted 11 points and a career-high seven assists in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament.

2023-24:
Appeared in all 32 games as a redshirt freshman ... Was typically one of the first two players off the bench and guarded the opposing team's best guard ... Averaged 5.7 points per game, 2.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game ... second on the team with a 1.78 AST/TO ratio ... second on the team with 41 steals and fourth with 64 assists ... Had a career high 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the 4OT victory over East Carolina ... Reached double figures scoring in eight games with five of them coming against conference foes ... produced a team-high +/- of 26 when her defense sparked the comeback win over Pepperdine ... played a large role in holding UAB’s all-conference backcourt tandem of Denim DeShields and Mia Moore to 13-of-32 shooting on Jan. 28 ... posted 10 points and six rebounds in back-to-back games against FAU and UTSA ... Set a career high with four steals in three games this season.

2022-23:
Did not see game action due to injury, redshirted.

High School:
Attended Mansfield Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas ... Was named the MVP of District 5-5A her sophomore season when she was also the MVP of the Region I 5A Tournament ... Helped lead Timberview to the Regional Semifinal her senior season.