23 Selena Castillo
23 - Selena Castillo
Height: 5-6
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Tampa, FL
High School: Academy of the Holy Names
Position: G
Major: Middle Eastern Studies
Parents: Daniel & Michelle

Career:
Four-year member of the program who appeared in 100 games (tied for the fifth most in program history), 53 as a starter ... Closed out her collegiate career as the program's all-time leader with 229 steals ... No. 4 on the program's all-time chart in steals average (2.3 spg) ... No. 7 on the Emory career list with 230 steals and tied for the No. 12 spot with 68 three-point field goals ... Recorded 30 ouble-figure scoring games ... 59 contests of two or more steals ... Holds the program's top two seasonal marks in steals (83 in 2013-14 & 80 in 2012-13).

Senior (2013-14):
Played in all 25 Emory contests and made 23 starts ... Captued Honorable Mention All-UAA acclaim ... Averaged 26.7 minutes per outing and ranked third on the team and 12th among UAA players in scoring (12.2 ppg) ...  Led the UAA with a school-record 83 steals ... Topped the UAA, ranked 17th among all D-III players and set a school seasonal mark with a 3.32 steals-per game average ... 83 steals represented a school record, bettering the 80 thefts she recorded the previous season ... 18 contests of two or more thefts ... Scored in double figures on 16 occasions ...  Five outings of 20 or more points ... 12th in the league with a 2.8 assists-per-game average ... Second on the squad and 10th in the league with a 12.1 per-game scoring effort in conference play ... Tied her career high with a team-leading 26-point (15 in the first half) afternoon, hitting nine-of-18 from the field, including a personal-best five treys in eight attempts, and finished with a team-high seven rebounds in a 76-52 win at home vs. Case Western (Jan. 19) -- hit a pair of triples in a 63-second stretch in helping Emory to a 16-4 lead ... Totaled 14 of her team-high 18 points in the second half and registered a team-high six steals and six assists vs. NYU (Jan. 24) ... Led the team and recorded her first 26-point contest in a 68-67 win vs. Maryville (Dec. 1), draining a career-best 11-of-20 from the floor while adding seven steals that tied her career high and tied for the No. 4 position on the Eagles' single-game list ... Sank a season-high nine-of-11 from the foul line and finished as Emory's No. 2 scorer with 21 points in a 92-61 decision over LaGrange (Nov. 26) ... Chalked up 14 of her game-high 20 points in the opening stanza at Brandeis (Jan. 26), 11 of which came over the final 6:42 of the half that helped the Eagles to a 34-27 lead at the break ... First career double-double was a 20-point, career-high 11 rebound performance in the season finale vs. Rochester (Mar. 1) --- also finished with four steals in that game that allowed her to establish both career (229) and season records in that category ... Tied for team scoring honors with 14 points and paced the club with six boards and six steals in a 74-43 triumph over Rochester (Jan. 11) ... 25-minute stint off the bench vs. NYU (Feb. 21) and tied her career best with seven steals, while adding nine points and six rebounds, tying for the team's No. 2 spot in that department ... Tied with Hannah Lilly for game honors with eight rebounds and contributed 11 points and six steals in a 77-50 victory over Oglethorpe ... Team-high nine rebounds vs. Randolph (Dec. 21) would tie her second-highest career showing ... Topped all players with five steals and led the team with five rebounds vs. Johns Hopkins (Jan. 4).

Junior (2012-13)
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Started all 28 games and averaged 26.4 minutes and 7.6 points per outing ... Honorable Mention All-UAA selection ... Established a school season record with 80 steals ... Led the UAA and ranked 82nd among all D-III players with a school-record tying 2.9 steals per game ... Recorded 24 games of two or more steals including 15 performances of three or more ... Compiled eight double-figure scoring contests ... Helped Emory post a season-best 21 steals vs. NYU (Feb. 3) by registering a career-high seven thefts of her own (six in the first half), tying the fourth-highest individual game total in school annals ... Poured in a career-high 17 points, second high on the squad, and dished out a team-leading four assists in an 80-65 win at Chicago (Feb. 10) ... Solid effort vs. Whitman in the NCAA Sectional Semifinals where she hit five-of-eight from the floor, including a career-high tying three three-point field goals, en route to a 15-point effort, second high on the team, including accounting for five points in a 6-0 run that gave Emory a 60-57 advantage with 6:11 remaining ... Scored all 10 of her points in the second half in the Eagles' 66-64 win at Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 30) ... Finished third on the conference chart with a .378 three-point shooting percentage (34-of-90) ... Closed out the year with a seven-game streak of two or more steals ... Team's No. 2 scorer with 13 points, seven in the first half as Emory claimed a 40-21 halftime lead, and ended the game hitting four-of-eight from the floor and a season-high five-of-seven from the charity stripe in a 73-49 win vs. NYU (Jan. 27) ... 10-game streak (Dec. 5 - Jan. 25) of at least one three-point field goal goal tied for the team's second-longest showing of the year ... Had three consecutive contests of three three pointers (Jan. 11 - Jan. 18) ... Shot .467 (14-of-30) from beyond the arc over a six-game stretch, helping the Eagles to a 5-1 record ... Topped the Eagles' scoring effort with a then career-high tying 15 points, converting six-of-13 from the floor, including three treys, and chipped in three steals, in a home overtime battle vs. No. 3 Washington University (Jan. 11) -- in that game against the Bears, one of her triples came with 1:51 left in regulation that gave Emory a 49-47 lead ... Played a big role in a 73-67 double-overtime triumph at Rochester (Jan. 5) by chalking up a game-high six steals (tying the 12th-highest game total in school history) and four rebounds in 35 minutes -- her lone trey in that game came in the second overtime and lifted the Eagles to a five-point cushion ... Led Emory with a career-high nine boards and contributed three steals vs. Maryville (Dec. 8) ... Game-high five steals in 25 minutes vs. Agnes Scott (Dec. 3) ... Knocked down five-of-eight field goal tries, including both three-point attempts, en route to picking up 13 points, while also managing to add a game-high four steals and eight rebounds, second high on the team, in a 72-54 verdict over Piedmont (Nov. 17) ...  Ranked 21st in the league with an 8.8 per-game scoring average in conference play ... Averaged 2.9 steals in league action, second highest on the UAA ladder. 

Sophomore (2011-12):
Saw action as a reserve in all 23 games that she saw action in ... Averaged 14.7 minutes, 3.6 points, 1.4 assists and 1.3 steals per contest ... Scored in 17 and recorded steals in 18 games ... Posted three performances of double-figure scoring ... Paced the Eagles in scoring with a career-high 15 points, sinking seven-of-10 from the field, and contributed four rebounds and two steals in 22 minutes of action vs. Oglethorpe (Nov. 15) ... Converted five-of-nine of her field goal opportunities en route to an 11-point effort vs. Sewanee (Nov. 29) that also included a career-high tying six rebounds ... Tied her longest playing stint with a 23-minute performance at Huntingdon College (Dec. 28) that saw her produce seven points, six caroms and three assists in an 80-48 triumph ... Career-high tying four steals vs. LaGrange (Nov. 23) in an 80-58 victory ... Shot 50 percent or better from the floor on 10 occasions ... Team's second-leading rebounder with her six boards topping all reserves in a 21-minute outing at NYU (Jan. 13).

Freshman (2010-11):
Played in 24 games and drew two starting assignments ... Averaged 12.8 minutes, 4.5 points and 2.4 assists per outing ... No. 2 on the team and ranked 12th among UAA players in assists average ... Scored and recorded assists in 20 games ... Chalked up double-figure scoring on three occasions including a season-high 13-point performance that the led the Eagles vs. Rochester (Jan. 18) ... Went four-of-four from the field and sank a triple en route to totaling 11 points, while registering a season-high six rebounds, vs. Sewanee (Nov. 19) ... Dished out five assists and chipped in a pair of steals in 16 minutes vs. Spelman (Dec. 7) ... Made her first start and logged 21 minutes in an 84-46 win over Agnes Scott (Dec. 31), picking up nine points on four-of-four field goal shooting and coming up with four of Emory's 12 steals ... Made her other start in the following game vs. Maryville (Jan. 2) where she was successful on all three of her tries from the floor and finishing with six points in 14 minutes ... Fourth on the team with 37 steals and was 14th in the UAA with a 1.5 steals per-game average ... 10 contests of two or more thefts ... Two assists and four steals in 18 minutes vs. No. 6-ranked Washington University (Feb. 11).

High School:
Four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for the Academy of the Holy Names program ... Was coached by Casey Higgins and Chris Kumka ... Was named her team's MVP as a senior after pacing it in scoring (13.5 ppg), assists (5.1 apg), rebounding (5.5 rpg) and steals (4.6 spg) ... Scored in double figures on 20 occasions in helping the club to a 17-7 record ... Earned All-Hillsborough County recognition on three occasions ... Named her squad's Defensive MVP as a junior ... Was a member of her team's run to the state semifinals as a freshman ... AHN posted an overall slate of 76-33 during her four years there ... Fine all-around athlete who lettered in cross country, track, softball and volleyball.

Personal:
Born May 7, 1992 ... Daughter of Daniel Castillo and Michelle Gilbert ... Majors in Middle Eastern Studies.

Career Stats

Year GP-GS FG-FGA PCT 3pt
FG-FGA
PCT FT-FTA PTS AVG ST AVG
2013-14 25-23 117-330 .355 26-103 .252 45-68 305 12.2 83 3.3
2012-13 28-28 79-200 .395 34-90 .378 22-36 214 7.6 80 2.8
2011-12 23-0 34-87 .391  3-27 .111 12-17  83 3.6 29 1.2
2010-11 24-2 38-95 .400  5-15 .333 28-42 109 4.5 37 1.5
TOTAL 100-53 268-712 .376 68-235 .289 107-163 711  7.1 229 2.3


Career Highs

Points 26 Case Western Reserve, Jan. 19, 2014
  26 Maryville College, Dec. 1, 2013
  21 LaGrange College, Nov. 26, 2013
Rebounds 11 at Rochester, Mar. 1, 2014
  9 vs. Randolph, Dec. 21, 2013
  9 at Maryville College, Dec. 8, 2012
Field Goals 11  Maryville College, Dec. 1, 2013
  9 Case Western Reserve, Jan. 19, 2014
  8 at Brandeis University, Jan. 26, 2014
3 pt. FGs Case Western Reserve, Jan. 19, 2014
  3 on five occasions
Assists 7 Carnegie Mellon University, Feb. 17, 2013
  7 Spelman College,  Nov. 16, 2012
Steals New York University, Feb. 21, 2014
  7 University of chicago, Jan. 31, 2014
  7 Maryville College, Dec. 1, 2013
  7 at New York University, Feb. 3, 2013
Minutes 36  on two occasions

 

Quote:
I selected Emory for its excellence academics and the opportunities that it will provide me in medicine.  The talented coaching staff, the great athletic facilities and the opportunity to play basketball were also huge factors."