2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Paige Pipkin
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Henderson, Tenn.
- Previous School:
- Chester County HS
Awards and Honors
- Yearly Honors
- All-OVC second team (2021-22)
- Preseason Honors
- Preseason All-OVC (2022-23)
- Academic Honors
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll: (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll: (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022)
2022-23: Played in 23 games for the Skyhawks while starting 15 contests…Averaged 10.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocks in 27.0 minutes per game…Shot 42.9 percent from the field, 37.9 percent from beyond the arc and 77.3 percent from the free throw line…Missed seven games with injury…Scored in double figures 13 games, including a season-high 23 points against Arkansas State (Nov. 14)…Also eclipsed 20 points against Tennessee Tech after making a season-best five three-pointers (Feb. 18)…Tallied five or more rebounds in three games against Troy (Nov. 10), Arkansas State (Nov. 14) and Tennessee State (Feb. 23)…Dished out multiple assists in 12 contests, including a season-best five assists against SIUE (Feb. 16)…Tallied multiple steals in eight games, including a season-best four steals against SIUE (Feb. 16)…Named to Preseason All-OVC team…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall semester.
2021-22: Named to All-OVC second team…Played and started in 28 games for the Skyhawks…Averaged 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.3 blocks in 32.6 minutes per game…Ranked amongst OVC leaders in minutes played (32.6, fourth), free throw percentage (82.5, fifth), steals (1.7, eighth) and three-point field goals made (1.4, 10th)…Scored in double figures in 16 contests…Eclipsed 20 points three times against No. 24 Virginia Tech (Nov. 27), Austin Peay (Dec. 30) and Eastern Illinois (Jan. 27)…Scored career-high 33 points – knocking down 11 field goals – at Austin Peay (Dec. 30)…Tabbed to Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team after averaging 9.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game…Made multiple three-pointers in 11 games…Made a season-high four three-pointers against No. 24 Virginia Tech (Nov. 27)…Went 8-for-9 at the free throw line at Austin Peay (Dec. 30)…Tallied five or more rebounds in 12 games, including notching a season-high nine rebounds against No. 24 Virginia Tech (Nov. 27)…Dished out multiple assists in 15 games, including a season-best seven assists against Morehead State (Jan. 24)…Notched multiple steals in 13 games…Tallied a season-high five steals in three games against Bowling Green (Dec. 21), Eastern Illinois (Feb. 12) and SIUE (March 2)…Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in fall and spring semester.
2020-21: Played in 26 games while starting in 25 for the Skyhawks…Averaged 7.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks in 26.4 minutes per game…Shot 40.9 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from beyond the arc and 73.2 percent from the free throw line…Scored in double figures in eight contests, including one 20-point outing….Tallied a career-high 20 points against Morehead State (2/18) after knocking down six three-pointers…Scored in double figures in back-to-back contests three times…Made a season-high six field goals against Morehead State (1/23 and 2/18), Tennessee Tech (3/5) and Belmont (3/6)…Made three or more three-pointers in four games against Eastern Illinois (1/28), Morehead State (2/18), Eastern Illinois (2/27) and Belmont (3/6)…Tallied five or more rebounds in six games, including a season-high seven rebounds against Jacksonville State (2/4)…Dished out three assists or more in 12 games, including a season-high six assists against Eastern Kentucky (2/20) and Eastern Illinois (3/3)…Recorded two or more steals in eight games, including a season-high four steals against Jacksonville State (12/30)…Posted season-high two blocks against Morehead State (1/23)…Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
2019-20: Missed the season due to injury...Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll in both fall and spring semesters.
2018-19: Played and started three games for the Skyhawks before suffering a season-ending injury…Averaged 2.7 points, 1.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 0.3 steals in 18.3 minutes per game…Tallied eight points, three rebounds, eight assists and one steal…Shot 25.0 percent from the floor…Scored a season-high four points against Southern Illinois (Nov. 9) and IUPI (Nov. 13)…Recorded three rebounds against Southern Illinois…Tallied four assists against IUPUI (Nov. 13)...Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2017-18:Â Granted medical redshirt.
High School: Pipkin joins the Skyhawks from Chester County High School where she played for her mother Lee Pipkin…During her senior year she averaged 20.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game while shooting 46.7 percent from the floor…Named to the All-West Tennessee Girls Basketball first team along with being tabbed the 2017 All-West Tennessee Female Athlete of the Year…Averaged 21.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.7 steals and 3.5 assists as a junior en route to yet another All-West Tennessee first team selection…A two-time TSWA Class AA all-state honoree, she was also heralded as a Jackson Sun Super Senior…Pipkin also softball, volleyball and soccer – where she was also an all-state performer.
Personal: Born on Oct. 4, 1998...Daughter of Brandon and Lee Pipkin...Has two siblings, Kara and Hunt...Graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting in May of 2021...Currently pursuing a Master's in business administration with an expected graduate of Dec. 2022...Granddaughter of Julian Nunamaker who is in the UT Martin Athletics Hall of Fame for his decorated football career.
