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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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15 Sierra McDermed

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Claudia Taylor Johnson
  • Hometown San Antonio, TX
  • Major Physics and Applied Mathematics

Biography

2024-25 Vassar Athletics Iron Brewer Award Finalist
2024-25 Second Team All-Met Writers
2024-25 First Team All-Liberty League
2024-25 Liberty League Performer of the Week - 11/18, 2/17, 2/24
2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024-25 Liberty League All-Academic Team 
2023-24 Vassar Athletics Iron Brewer Award Winner
2023-24 Third Team All-Region III
2023-24 First Team All-Liberty League
2023-24 Academic All-District
2023-24 Liberty League All-Academic Team

2022-23 Vassar Athletics Iron Brewer Award Finalist
2022-23 Liberty League Rookie of the Week - 12/12

 
2024-25: One of three players to start all 28 games…Team leader in minutes played per game at 36.1…Team leader in field goals attempted with 406…Team leader in assists with 98…Team leader in blocked shots with 35…Second on the team in total points with 490…Second on the team in points per game with 17.5…Second on the team in total rebounds with 185…Second on the team in rebounds per game with 6.6…Second on the team in field goals made with 183…Second on the team in three-point field goals made with 39…Second on the team in three-point field goals attempted with 126…Second on the team in free-throws attempted with 107…Second on the team in field goal percentage at 45.1…Second on the team in steals with 45…Second on the team in double-doubles with five…Third on the team in free-throws made with 85…Third on the team in free-throw percentage at 79.4…Fourth on the team in three-point field goal percentage at 31.0…Led the Liberty League in minutes played per game…Finished second in the conference in scoring average…Ranked third in the league in assists…Finished third in the conference in field goal percentage…Ranked fourth in the league in free-throw percentage…Finished sixth in the Liberty League in blocked shots…Ranked eighth in the league in rebounding and three-point field goals per game…Ranked 10th in the conference in steals…Scored in double-figures 23 times…Reached at least 20 points in a game 10 times…Scored at least 30 points in a game on three occasions…Collected double-figure rebounds in a game five times…Scored 1,000th career point against RPI on 2/15…Scored a season-high 33 points against St. Lawrence on 1/10…Collected a season-high 11 rebounds in a game twice…Handed out a season-high seven assists against Bard on 2/7…Blocked a season-high seven shots against Mount Saint Mary (NY) on 1/4…Swiped a season-high four steals against Amherst on 3/7…Made a season-high 12 field goals against St. Lawrence on 1/10…Attempted a season-high 26 field goals against RIT on 1/18…Knocked down a season-high four three-point field goals against RPI on 2/15…Attempted a season-high 10 three-point field goals against RPI on 2/15…Converted a season-high 10 free-throws against William Paterson on 11/9…Attempted a season-high 13 free-throws against William Paterson on 11/9…Played a season-high 45 minutes in a game three times.

2023-24: Started 27 of 28 games this season...Led the team with 33.2 minutes per game, 409 total points, 14.6 points per game, 49 3-pointers, and 36 blocks...Recorded a 45% field goal percentage and 39.5% accuracy from three point territory...Posted season-best 26 points twice against Union (1/19, 2/3), also adding 15 rebounds in one of those contests and a 5 for 8 three point tally in the other...Totaled 3 double-doubles on the season, and nearly got a fourth with 9 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, and 3 steals in a victory over Clarkson (1/26)...

2022-23: Played in all 27 games for the Brewers ... Averaged 8.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per contest ... Added 23 assists with 31 steals while averaging 18.1 minutes per game ... Posted career-high 28 points, including six 3-pointers, in a victory over Nazareth (11/11) ... Had 22 points and three rebounds versus Clarkson (1/28) ... Added nine points with 11 rebounds and five assists at home against Bard (1/21) ... Dropped 17 points on Union, 15 of them coming from beyond the arc, and also adding three steals (12/6)

BEFORE VASSAR: Member of the Jaguars basketball team at Claudia Taylor Johnson High School … Captain all four years … Two-time team Most Improved … Three-time All-District First Team … Team finished second in the District in sophomore season … Were Area Playoff Champions as a senior … Averaged 10.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game in career … Recorded over 1000 points in 102 games played … Two-year member of the softball team … Two-time All-District Honorable Mention … Member of the track team … Posted fourth in the long jump and triple jump at District Championships as a junior … Johnson HS Athlete of the Year as a rookie … 10-time Academic All-District … Two-time Team Scholar Award … TASCO Academic All-District in soccer … Graduated Summa Cum Laude … AP Scholar Award … Senior Class Superintendents Award … Senior Class Officer – Secretary/Treasurer … National Honor Society … NHS Officer as a senior … Texas Congressman Chip Roy Exceptional Senior Award … Played for SA Unite Basketball … SA Finest Basketball … SA United Soccer Club … SA Sting Soccer Club …
 
PERSONAL: Child of Kimberly McDermed.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2022-23First Year

    Guard
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2023-24Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    15
  • 15

    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    15