Ariel Hearn

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
Prev School:
Arlington HS

Career

Has played in 125 games, making 116 starts … Has 1,945 points and is in the No. 8 spot on the all-time scoring chart … Averaging 15.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists … Has 441 assists, which is fourth on the program’s career list … Also has 234 steals and 45 blocked shots … Shot 38.6 percent from the floor, 32.7 percent from the three-point arc and 67.1 percent from the free throw line … Has two double-doubles (one points-rebounds; one points-assists).

Honors

Two-time All-American Athletic Conference selection (2013-14 first team; 2014-15 second team) … Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll a total of six times ... Member of the Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2014 fall semester ... Selected to the 2013 Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team ... Named to the 2012-13 Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... Selected the Conference USA Freshman of the Week three times ... Earned CollegeSportsMadness.com Conference USA Player of the Week once.

2014-15 (Junior)

Saw action in all 31 games … One of three Tigers to make 30 starts … Led team with 34.0 minutes played … Had 25 games in which she played 30 or more minutes, including four 40-minute contests … Team leader in scoring (16.1 ppg), assists (101 total; 3.3 apg) and steals (58 total; 1.9 spg) … Had 12 games with four or more assists … Ranked among American Athletic Conference leaders in minutes played (4th), scoring (5th), assists (6th), steals (4th), treys made per game (4th) and assist-turnover ratio (9th) … Shot 37.9 percent from the floor and 33.8 percent from the three-point line … Recorded 26 double-figure scoring games, including eight 20-point performances … Netted a career-best 30 points in home loss to USF … Also had four rebounds and four steals (tied season high) vs. the Bulls … Tied a career-high with 24 FG attempts vs. USF … Set career highs for 3P made (7) and 3P attempts (16) in a home loss to Minnesota … Scored 28 points vs. the Golden Gophers … Other 20-point games came against Southern Illinois (23), Little Rock (22), East Carolina (26), Houston (21), Temple (24) and SMU (25) … Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in a road win at UCF … Dished out a season-best seven assists twice (Tulsa, SMU) … Had a season-high four steals five times … Hit three or more treys in 11 games.

2013-14 (Sophomore)

Led Memphis in scoring with 17.8 ppg ... Ranked among American Athletic Conference leaders in scoring (3rd; 17.8 ppg), assists (8th; 3.5 apg), steals (5th; 2.0 spg), three-point field goals made (4th; 2.2) and three-point field goal percentage (4th; 37.3) ... Also led the league in minutes (35.3 mpg) ... Her 553 points scored are the fifth-most scored by a sophomore in the program’s history ... Capped her second collegiate season with 995 career points, needing just five more to become the 23rd player in Memphis history to score 1,000 points ... Her 69 three-point field goals made in 2013-14 ranks second in school history, one off Alex Winchell’s school record of 70 made during 2009-10 ... Played in all 31 games with 30 starts ... Scored double digits in all but four games ... Scored 20 or more points 13 times, including a season-best 27 points in the conference tournament loss to Houston ... Knocked down four or more three-point field goals in a game seven times, including three of the last five outings ... Posted a double-double of 15 points and 10 assists against Louisville in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse for her second career double-digit assist performance ... Had a second-straight 100-plus assists season, finishing with 109 and becoming the first Tiger since LaToya Bullard to have back-to-back 100 assists seasons ... At the 2013 Paradise Jam, averaged 16.3 ppg and shot 55.0 percent from three-point range against three teams that qualified for the 2014 NCAA Tournament (Texas, Texas A&M, Syracuse).

2012-13 (Freshman)

Led Memphis with 109 assists ... Started 29 of 32 games ... Filled in at the starting point guard spot after junior Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir suffered a broken hand in the win at UT Arlington and manned the point for the Tigers in Abdul-Qaadir’s absence .... Her 109 assists marked the first time since 1982-83 that a Memphis freshman had 100 assists in a single season ... Also one of the Tigers’ leading scorers, averaging 13.8 points ... Also averaged 4.8 rebounds and had 48 steals ... Averaged 32.3 minutes per game ... Netted double-figures scoring in 24 of 32 games, scoring a season-best 23 points in the win over Tennessee Tech...Scored 22 points apiece in two road wins at Seton Hall and Southern Miss ... Played 40 of the 45 minutes in the road victory at Southern Miss ... Dished out a career-high 12 assists in her first collegiate game against Grambling State in the Preseason WNIT ... That was her only double-digit assists game ... Scored in double figures in three of her first five collegiate games, including 17 in the win at UT Arlington ... Scored 20 or more points four times, including the Conference USA Tournament quarterfinal loss to Southern Miss ... Had double-digit rebounds in the win over Tennessee Tech for her only double-double performance ... Averaged 15.7 points over the season’s final seven games, scoring double digits in six of the last seven contests ... Had an assist in all but two games ... Her 48 steals were third and her 27 three-point field goals made ranked second on the team.

High School

Played basketball at Arlington High School under coach David Offerle and club ball with the Memphis Elite team coached by Jeff Little that finished as the national runner-up at the AAU 11th grade Division 1 tournament in Orlando ... Named a Commercial Appeal Best of Preps All-Metro pick who averaged 15 points and five assists a game as a junior ... Helped her Tiger team to their first District 14-AAA regular season and tournament titles and a 27-4 record ... In the District 14-AAA game, she hit a layup at the buzzer to force overtime, then knocked down a free throw with 1.8 seconds left for the 55-54 overtime win ... In her senior campaign, she helped Arlington to its first 7-AAA basketball title and a 27-4 record.

Personal

Daughter of Sultaire and Sonya Hearn ... Birthday is April 1 ... Also considered Ole Miss and Arkansas ... A communication major.