Athelia Graham
Defender #2
Ht
5'
7"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Orem, 
Utah
Last School
Mountain View High School
Roster Years
1996-2000


Personal

  • Parents: Roberta and Ray
  • Siblings: Charles, Loftin, Stanley, William and Richard
  • Hobbies: Cooking, piano, reading
  • Sports Hero: Fikre Wondafrash
  • Most Influential Person: My parents
  • Biggest Sports Thrill: Winning a header
  • Favorite Book: The Giver
  • Favorite Music: Oldies
  • Favorite Actor: Danny Kay
  • Favorite Movie: White Christmas, Scarlet Pimpernel
  • Favorite Food: Fruits, especially mangos

Before BYU

  • 1996 honor student graduate of Mountain View HS  
  • Second-team All-State as a sophomore 
  • First-team All-State junior and senior years 
  • Team won state championship junior year  
  • Team MVP as a senior 
  • Club: Devastation

Summary

  • Played in 97 games, taking 94 shots and scoring nine goals
  • Also assisted on 11 other goals  
  • Four-year Academic All-Conference  
  • WAC Pacific Division Second Team as a sophomore and All-MWC Second Team as a senior

Stats

 

Year Games Played Shots Goals Assists Points
1996 - - - - -
1997 23 27 4 4 12
1998 25 29 2 3 7
1999 25 22 2 3 7
2000 24 16 1 1 3
Career 97 94 9 11 29

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 1997

  • Started in all 23 games 
  • Tallied 27 shots, four goals and four assists for 12 points 
  • Academic All-WAC
Sophmore Year 1998

  • Played and started in all 25 games
  • Picked up two goals and three assists for seven points on 29 shots on goal  
  • Member of Cougars defense that had 10 shutouts on the year 
  • Named to WAC Pacific Division Second Team
  • Academic All-WAC 
  • Cougar Club Scholar Athlete 
  • Academic recognition by Award Eagle Hardware Athlete of the Week
Junior Year 1999

  • Started in all 25 games 
  • Picked up two goals and three assists for seven points 
  • Academic All-MWC  
  • Cougar Club Scholar Athlete
Senior Year 2000

  • Started in all 24 games
  • MWC All-Conference Second Team  
  • MWC Academic All-Conference 
  • NCSAA Scholar Athlete All-Region
  • Cougar Club Scholar Athlete 
  • Key component to the defensive squad 
  • Summer 2000: Played for Utah Spiders, a women's premier league
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 1996

  • Cougar Club Scholar Athlete
Medical Redshirt Year 1996

  • Cougar Club Scholar Athlete