Senior Year (2010-11)
All-MVC Honorable Mention selection ... MVC All-Defensive Team Selection ... received the
team's MVP, Hustle, and Jill Hutchison Leadership awards ... started all 35 games, ending
her career with 75-consecutive games started ... finished her career tied for second in
games played (136) in Illinois State history ... led the Redbirds in assists (175), steals
(88) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.01) ... led the Valley in assists per game (4.9) and
ranked second in steals per game (2.5) and assist-to-turnover ratio ... ranked 22nd in the
nation in assist-to-turnover ratio ... scored in double-figures five times after scoring in
double-figures just twice in her first three years ... recorded at least five assists in 19
games and at least three steals in 18 games ... dished out nine assists and had four
rebounds against Ball State (12/9) ... scored a career-high 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting
against Nevada (12/20) ... recorded her first-career double-double with 11 points and a
career-high 10 assists against Missouri State (2/12), becoming the first Redbird to record
a point-assist double-double since Kristi Cirone in 2009 ... recorded nine assists, five
steals and two blocks against Drake (2/17) ... led the Redbirds with 11 points to go along
with seven assists, a career-high six steals and four rebounds against Evansville (2/24)
... averaged 6.0 assists and 3.0 steals in the WNIT ... ISU single-season
rankings: No. 8 in assists, No. 6 in steals ... 2010-11 MVC rankings: No. 1 in assists per
game, No. 2 in steals per game and assist-to-turnover ratio.
Junior Year (2009-10)
Started all 36 games ... led the team and the Valley in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.89)
... ranked 29th in the nation in the category ... second on the team in assists (117),
assists per game (3.3) steals (41) and steals per game (1.1) ... dished out 104 assists and
47 turnovers in the final 30 games of the season (2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio) ... started
the season with 13 assists and 15 turnovers (0.9 assist-to-turnover ratio) in the first six
games ... recorded a steal in nine-consecutive games (11/15-12/28), averaging 1.8 steals
per game during that span ... scored eight points on 4-of-7 shooting against Northern
Illinois (12/4) ... recorded a career-high six steals against DePaul (12/28) ... averaged
3.5 assists per game in Valley play, ranking eighth in the conference ... scored a
career-high 10 points, her first-career double-digit scoring effort, at Wichita State
(1/16) ... scored nine points and handed out four assists against Southern Illinois (1/21)
... grabbed a career-high six rebounds against Indiana State in the MVC Tournament (3/12)
... tied her career-high with 10 points, shooting 4-of-5 from the field and making a
career-best two three-pointers, against Northern Iowa in the MVC Tournament (3/13) ... also
had five assists and five rebounds against the Panthers ... dished out a career-best six
assists against Kansas in the WNIT (3/25) ... tied her career-highs with 10 points and six
rebounds against California in the WNIT (4/1).
Sophomore Year (2008-09)
Appeared in 33 games with four starts ... tied her
career-high with six points in both games of the Orange County Clash ... had six rebounds
and four assists against Western Michigan (12/21) ... had a career-high five assists and
four rebounds versus Creighton (1/1) ... dished out four assists against Drake (3/5) ...
started all four games in the WNIT, the first starts of her career ... had four points,
four assists and two steals against Indiana (3/29).
Freshman Year (2007-08)
Appeared in 32 games ... had at least one assist in 18 games,
including nine games with multiple assists ... missed the first game of the season with a
knee injury ... recorded the first field goal, assists and points of her career against
South Florida (11/18) ... scored a career-high six points, including her first-career
three-point field goal, and had three assists and one block against Loyola (11/29) ...
dished out four assists against Bradley (1/13) ... averaged 7.7 minutes per game over the
last 12 contests of the year.
Prior to ISU
Four-year starter at Rock Island Alleman Catholic and a team
captain as a junior and senior ... team MVP all four years ... holds the Alleman career
records for assists (572) and steals (369) ... second in career scoring with 1,123 points,
behind former Redbird Megan McCracken ... as a sophomore, scored 352 points (10th-best
total in school history) and set school records for assists (352) and steals (131), while
leading the Pioneers to the IHSA Class 3A State Championship title ... two-time
all-conference and three-time all-metro selection ... Illinois State Basketball Coaches
Association (IBCA) Third-Team All-State member her last three seasons ... State Farm
Classic All-Tournament team in 2005 and 2006 ... prep coach was Jay Hatch ... attended the
same high school as Redbird assistant coach Jenny Putnam ... also played volleyball and
softball ... all-metro player of the year in softball her senior year ... played AAU
basketball for the Illinois Hustle.
Personal
Amanda Kay Clifton ... born May 22, 1989, in Davenport, Iowa ...
daughter of Dennis Clifton and Eileen Clifton ... her mother played softball at St. Ambrose
... two brothers (Josh, Marcus) ... majoring in business.
