| Becca Bruszewski |
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Overview
Five-tool player whose biggest asset is her versatility ... equally adept at taking defenders on low block or shooting over them on perimeter ... strong fundamental base combined with excellent court IQ ... hard-nosed, tenacious player who is not afraid to mix it up ... does little things to ensure team success ... also possesses numerous intangible qualities including competitiveness and mental toughness ... not intimidated by circumstance or surroundings and should adjust well to college game ... could be key component in Irish rotation during rookie season.
High School
Averaged 19.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 2.8 steals per game with .491 field goal percentage during four-year career at Wheeler High School in Wheeler, Ind. ... ranked 44th in nation (10th among small forwards) by Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report and 58th in nation by Blue Star Basketball ... three-time all-state selection, including first-team honors in 2007 ... second runner-up for 2007 Indiana Miss Basketball ... three-time Street & Smith's preseason honorable mention All-America pick ... 2007 Times of Northwest Indiana and Gary Post-Tribune Player of the Year ... four-time first-team all-area selection ... 2007 Indiana All-Star Team member (first in school history); earned MVP honors in second game of Indiana-Kentucky series after posting game-high 14 points and nine rebounds (current Irish sophomore Ashley Barlow won award in 2006) ... holds 11 school/county records, including career marks for points (1,808 - also Porter County record), rebounds (904), blocks (256) and steals (260) ... first player in school history to average double-double for three consecutive seasons (2004-05 through 2006-07) ... rang up three triple-doubles during high school career ... helped team to three Class 2A sectional titles/regional appearances ... spent three seasons with Indiana Elite AAU team (through Midwest Basketball Academy in Mishawaka, Ind.) and was two-year teammate of current Notre Dame sophomore guard Melissa Lechlitner ... also enjoyed exceptional prep volleyball career as middle blocker ... three-time all-state selection, earning first-team honors as junior and senior ... three-time first-team all-conference choice ... owns school records for career kills (2,042) and blocks (452), as well as single-season kills (657) and blocks (139) ... led Wheeler to four sectional volleyball titles and regional tournament berths.
Personal Data
Born June 7, 1988 in Merrillville, Ind. ... youngest of four children ... last name pronounced broo-SHEFF-skee ... daughter of Therese and Mark Bruszewski ... sister, Alyse, is senior at Indiana University and spent one season on Hoosiers' rowing team ... becomes 18th Indiana native to join Irish women's basketball program, but first to come from northwest Indiana ... hails from same area as current Notre Dame sophomore running back James Aldridge ... enrolled in First Year of Studies program at Notre Dame ... some former Irish players who wore No. 32 include Jane Politiski, Julie Henderson and Breona Gray.
