2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

Joshua Gateley
Ron Irby
Matt Pendleton
Matt Pendleton
Tim Casey

15 Sydney Searcy

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Nease
  • Hometown Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Biography

Major: Telecommunications-Production
Name Pronunciation: SIR-see
 
OF NOTE:
  • Took courses and trained on campus beginning with the Summer B session (began June 27, 2016)
  • Learned to tie her shoes at the age of two
  • Claims to be ‘addicted’ to raw carrots
  • Uncle is Ciatrick Fason, a three-year running back for the Gators (2002-04) who started as a sophomore and junior and became a fourth-round selection in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2017-18)
  • Scored in every game appeared in except four
  • Second career start vs. Savannah State = career-best 20 pts (6-12 threes)
  • First career start vs. Stetson and tied then career-high w/ 11 pts
  • Left the team for personal reasons midway through the 2017-18 season

2016-17 SEASON/CAREER STAT NOTES:
  • Played in all 31 games
  • Scored in 16 games
  • 1 double-figure scoring game
  • Consecutive made free throws: 4 (twice)
  • 3-point-play (traditional) free throws: 1-1
 
FRESHMAN YEAR (2016-17)
  • First double-figure scoring game came at Arizona State (Dec. 4) - 11 pts (4-4 FG)
  • Sparked UF early in win vs. LBSU (Dec. 3) with 9 pts
  • Two points in each of first 4 games until netted 9 at Northwestern (Nov. 25)
  • Gator debut: 2 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals [1st bucket was outside jumper - 7:27 left in 3Q]
  • Season-opener in Jacksonville was 23 miles from home
 
HIGH SCHOOL:
  • St. Augustine Record’s 2015 Co-Player of the Year
  • 2014, 2015 & 2016 First Team Florida Association of Basketball Coaches (FABC) 6A All-State
  • Named to North Team in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association 2016 All Star Girls/Boys Basketball Classic that played in March 2016
  • Compiled 1,961 career points
  • Senior Year (2015-16): averaged 19.6 ppg
  • Junior Year (2014-15): averaged 23 points, 5 rebounds, 6 steals and four assists
  • Coached by the legendary Sherri Anthony at Nease HS
  • FGB 15U won the 2013 Deep South championship
  • Only other girl’s basketball players from St. John’s county to play collegiately at an SEC school are Gator great Steffi Sorensen and Kelly Stevenson
  • Verbally committed to UF as a sophomore
  • 2014 All-First Coast Team
  • Evaluation on ESPN: “Apache Paschal Memorial-July 2015: Athletic combo-guard handles and creates in up-tempo game; converts off turnovers in pressure; developing perimeter game consistency. (Olson)”
 

Statistics

Season:
2017-18

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2016-17Freshman

    G
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2017-18Sophomore

    Guard
    5'7"
    15

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