The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Brooke McCarty
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Clear Springs
- Hometown:
- League City, Texas
- Major:
- Youth and Community Studies
Career Statistics [PDF] | Career Game-by-Game [PDF]
The Oklahoman: How The Big 12 Player of the Year Stands Out Without Standing Tall
Houston Chronicle: Basketball Bonds UT's Brooke McCarty, Mom
AWARDS & HONORS
• USA Today Third-Team All-American [2018]
• AP Honorable Mention All-America [2017, 2018]
• WBCA Honorable Mention All-America [2017]
• WBCA All-Region [2017, 2018]
• All-Big 12 [2016 First Team, 2017 First Team, 2018 First Team]
• Big 12 Player of the Year [2017]
• Big 12 All-Freshman Team [2015]
• Big 12 All-Tournament Team [2018]
• Academic All-Big 12 - [2015 Rookie Team, 2016 First Team, 2017 First Team, 2018 Second Team]
• South Point Shootout All-Tournament Team [2017]
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll [Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2016]
• Big 12 Player of the Week [Feb. 20, 2017, December 8, 2017]
• Big 12 Freshman of the Week [Feb. 16, 2015, Feb. 23, 2015]
• Judy Dunn Award [2017]
• High School All-American [consensus] – [2013-14]
CAREER NOTES / RECORD BOOK
• Played in 139 games with 118 starts.
• Scored in double figures 84 times in her career.
• Three career double-doubles.
• Played 4,166 minutes in her Longhorn career – more total minutes than any other player in program history. Played eight career games of 40 or more minutes.
• One of just six players in program history to earn First-Team All-Conference honors in three different season. That exclusive group includes Kamie Ethridge, Vicki Hall, Fran Harris, Tiffany Jackson and Andrea Lloyd.
• Career games played [139] ranks fifth all-time in UT history.
• Career games started [118] ranks seventh all-time in UT history.
• Career three-pointers made [245] ranks second all-time in UT history.
• Career three-point percentage of 39.8 ranks fourth all-time in UT history.
• Career assists total of 413 ranks 10th all-time in UT history.
• Career scoring total of 1,619 ranks 15th all-time in UT history.
SENIOR [2017-18]
• USA Today Third-Team All-American.
• All-Big 12 First Team selection for the third consecutive year.
• AP Honorable Mention All-America.
• Named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team.
• Played in and started 34 games, averaging a team-high 31.9 minutes per game, which ranked 13th in the Big 12 Conference.
• The Big 12 Conference leader in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.4, a ratio that ranked 30th nationally.
• Averaged 13.6 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game on the season. Led her team and ranked fifth in the Big 12 with 4.4 assists per game.
• Her team’s leader in free-throw percentage at 88.9 [56-of-63].
• Scored in double figures in 25 of 35 games on the season, including three 20-plus-point performances.
• Dished out five or more assists on 16 occasions, including a pair of double-digit assists performances.
• Charted the first three double-doubles of her career.
• In the NCAA Second Round game against Arizona State [March 19], turned in her third career double-double with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Made three three-pointers and added five assists in 35 minutes of play.
• In the Big 12 Tournament Championship game against Baylor [March 5], totaled 16 points, including four three pointers, in 27 minutes.
• Recorded a team-high 17 points to complement six rebounds, four assists and three steals in 39 minutes on Senior Night against Oklahoma [Feb. 27].
• Scored a career-high 32 points [12-of-18 FG] and made a career-high seven points against No. 3/3 Baylor. Also dished out five assists in a full 40 minutes of action.
• In a narrow loss to No. 1/1 UConn [Jan. 15], played a full 40 minutes, charting 14 points with five assists.
• Dished out a career-high 11 assists to go along with nine points at TCU [Jan. 10].
• In a comeback victory against No. 20/23 Oklahoma State [Jan. 3], recorded her first career double-double with 21 points and a then-career-high 10 assists. Also had five rebounds in 39 minutes of play. Went 8-of-16 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line.
• Scored a then-season-high 24 points with three three-pointers, six assists and three rebounds in 34 minutes to help Texas to a victory against No. 12/10 Florida State [Dec. 17]. Helped her earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors [Dec. 18].
• Named to the All-Tournament Team of the South Point Shootout [Nov. 24-25], helping the Longhorns to victories against LSU and Washington.
• In the season opener against Stetson [Nov. 12], finished with 14 points, three rebounds and two assists in 24 minutes.
JUNIOR [2016-17]
• The 2017 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, becoming the first person in program history to earn that distinction.
• An Honorable Mention All-America selection by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and the Associated Press.
• Was a first-team All-Big 12 Conference selection for the second consecutive year.
• Led her team and ranked ninth in the Big 12 in scoring with 14.1 points per game.
• Was the Big 12 Conference leader in three-point field-goal percentage at .430 [77-of-179].
• Ranked second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.2 and was eighth in the league in assists per game with 3.6.
• Played 1149 minutes during the 2016-17 season, which marked the third-most in a single season in program history. Was sixth in the Big 12 in minutes played per game at 33.8.
• Her 77 three-pointers made on the year were the second-most in a single season in school history.
• The only Texas player to start all 34 games on the season.
• Became the 42nd member of the school’s 1,000-point club on Feb. 6 at Baylor.
• Scored in double figures in 28 of her team’s 34 contests on the year. Reached the 20-point plateau on four occasions during the season.
• Knocked down four or more three-pointers in six games on the year.
• Dished out a game-high seven assists to go with eight points and six rebounds vs. No. 6/6 Stanford in the NCAA Regional Semifinal [March 24].
• Scored a team-high 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field and a 6-of-7 clip from the free-throw line against No. 17/17 NC State in the NCAA Second Round [March 19].
• Tallied a team-high 16 points to go along with four rebounds at No. 19/19 Oklahoma [Feb. 18].
• Registered a career-high 29 points to complement eight assists and played all 50 minutes in a double-overtime win at No. 5/4 Florida State [Feb. 13].
• Scored a then-season-high 22 points to go along with five rebounds and four assists to lead Texas to an 85-79 road win at No. 2/2 Baylor [Feb. 6] for the program’s first victory in Waco since the 2010 season.
• Charted 16 points and tied her career high with eight assists at Oklahoma State [Feb. 1].
• Notched a game-high 15 points and six assists vs. No. 22/22 West Virginia [Jan. 29].
• Totaled 16 points, four rebounds and three assists against No. 20/20 Oklahoma [Jan. 17].
• Scored a game-high 16 points to go along with four rebounds vs. Oklahoma State [Jan. 10].
• Tallied 13 points, four rebounds and four assists against Tennessee [Dec. 11].
• Charted a team-high 15 points to go along with three rebounds and three assists vs. No. 2/2 UConn in the Jimmy V Classic [Dec. 4].
• Notched a team-high 19 points and four assists at No. 10/9 Mississippi State [Nov. 20].
• Registered 16 points, including a 4-for-5 effort from downtown, to go with four assists against Houston Baptist [Nov. 16].
• Scored a team-high 20 points, bringing down five rebounds and coming up with a pair of steals in the team’s season opener at No. 11/10 Stanford [Nov. 14].
SOPHOMORE [2015-16]
• A First-Team All-Big 12 Selection and also named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team.
• Played in each of Texas’ 36 games with 35 starts. Led the team in points [424, 11.8 points per game], three-pointers [67-of-162, .414] and minutes played [31.1 minutes per game]. Was second in assists with 89 [2.5 assists per game].
• Scored in double figures on 24 occasions and was the team’s leading scorer on 10 occasions, which tied for the team lead.
• Contributed at least one three-pointer in 28 games this season, including the last 11 games of the year. Drained three or more triples in 12 games.
• Started all four games of the NCAA Tournament to help push Texas to its first Elite 8 since 2003. Led the team in minutes per game [34.5] and three-pointers [9], and was second in scoring [11.8 points per game] during NCAA play.
• Played all 40 minutes against UConn [March 28] in the NCAA Regional Final, scoring 15 points and connecting on four three-pointers.
• Earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament Team, starting all three games, leading the team in minutes per game [31.0] and was second in scoring [9.3 points per game].
• Posted a season-high eight assists along with 16 points vs, TCU [Feb. 27].
• Charted 16 points [6-of-8 FG] with four three-pointers [4-of-5 3FG] in 27 minutes against No. 6/7 Baylor [Jan. 17].
• Had a season-high five treys [5-of-7] in a 17-point, four-assist effort against Iowa State [Jan. 6].
• Tallied a career-high 23 points behind a 6-of-11 effort from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 effort from the line at Little Rock [Dec. 6].
• Totaled 12 points, brought down seven rebounds and dished out a pair of assists in 38 minutes of action at No. 4/5 Tennessee [Nov. 29].
• Opened the season with 22 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals against UTSA [Nov. 14].
FRESHMAN [2014-15]
• The only Longhorn to play in all 35 games of the season. Started in 15 games, including 11 starts during Big 12 Conference play. Averaged 23.2 minutes per game.
• Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Twice voted Big 12 Freshman of the Week [Feb. 16, Feb. 23].
• Led the team in three-point field goal percentage [.343]. Made a season-high five 3-point field goals on two occasions -- at UCLA [Nov. 23] and at Oklahoma State [Feb. 11]. Led Texas guards in field goal percentage [.382].
• Registered 35 or more minutes of playing time in three games. Played in a team season-high 49 minutes in an overtime victory over Oklahoma [Jan. 29].
• Led or co-lead the team in scoring during four games. Reached double figures in scoring in eight games, including two 20-point efforts.
• Second-leading scorer during the Longhorns’ run to the Sweet 16, averaging 11 points through three NCAA Championship games.
• Scored 16 points [5-of-7 FG] with two steals in 17 minutes off the bench at California [March 22] in the NCAA Championship Second Round.
• Registered 10 points in 25 minutes against WKU [March 20] in the NCAA Championship First Round.
• Scored 11 points and two steals in 31 minutes at West Virginia [March 1].
• Led the team with 13 points in 25 minutes at Texas Tech [Feb. 21].
• Notched a season-high 21 points with six rebounds and four assists in 40 minutes at Oklahoma State [Feb. 11].
• Played in a team season-high 49 minutes in an overtime victory against Oklahoma [Jan. 29]. Dished out a season-high eight assists with six rebounds.
• Paced the team in scoring with 14 points, including an 8-for-8 clip from the three-throw line, in 17 minutes at No. 3/3 Baylor [Jan. 19].
• Scored 13 points with two rebounds, two blocks and two steals in 24 minutes against Rice [Dec. 30].
• Made first career start against Northwestern State [Dec. 14].
• Came off the bench to lead the Longhorns in scoring with 20 points at UCLA [Nov. 23].
• Made her collegiate debut against UTSA [Nov. 15], recording five points, two rebounds and one steal in 23 minutes.
PREP
• Played four varsity seasons at Clear Springs High School under coach Pam Crawford.
• Ranked as No. 11 overall recruit and No. 6 guard in the country, according to ESPN.com.
• Played in the McDonald’s All American Game with UT classmate Ariel Atkins in Chicago [April 2, 2014]. Registered two points, two steals and an assist in 12 minutes of action.
• Scored more than 2,000 career points at Clear Springs High School.
• Three-time TABC first-team all-state 5A, first-team all-region, first-team all-district. Three-time district 24-5A MVP
• As a senior in 2013-14, averaged 27.3 points per game, 3.3 rebounds per game, 5.2 assists per game and 4.5 steals per game.
• As a junior in 2012-13, was TGCA first-team all-state 5A, lead her team to the UIL state semifinals in Austin and averaged 19.8 points per game, 4.9 assists per game and 4.0 steals per game.
• As a sophomore in 2011-12, averaged 18.4 points per game, 4.3 assists per game, 3.5 steals per game and shot 48 percent from three-point range.
• As a freshman in 2010-11, averaged 20.5 points per game, 3.6 assists per game, 4.9 steals per game and shot 41 percent from three-point range.
• Teammates with Ariel Atkins and Lashann Higgs on the Cy-Fair Shock AAU team that won the 2013 Nike National Championship.
ACADEMICS & COMMUNITY
• Graduated in May 2018 with a bachelor's degree in applied learning and development with a youth and social services concentration. Aspires to someday work in the field of social work.
• Three-time all-district academic first-team at Clear Springs High School.
• Academic All-Big 12 - [2015 Rookie Team, 2016 First Team, 2017 First Team, 2018 Second Team].
• Judy Dunn Award Recipient [2017].
PERSONAL
• Born Brooke Michelle McCarty on October 2, 1995 in Madisonville, Texas.
• Daughter of Lisa Garrett. Has one younger brother, Tyler.
• Engaged to Kamron Williams.
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| CATEGORY | STATISTIC | OPPONENT [MONTH/YEAR] |
| Points | 32 | vs. Baylor [02/18] |
| Rebounds | 11 | at Iowa State [02/18] |
| Assists | 11 | at TCU [01/18] |
| Steals | 5 | vs. Louisiana Tech [11/17] |
| Blocks | 2 | vs. Rice [12/14] |
| Field Goals | 12 | vs. Baylor [02/18] |
| 3-Point Field Goals | 7 | vs. Baylor [02/18] |
| Free Throws | 8 | 2x., last at Little Rock [12/15] |
| Minutes | 50 | at Florida State [02/17] |
