LAPPE'S LINE: "Alyssa is not your typical freshman. She catches on quickly and is very coachable. She has a scorer's mentality and keeps getting better defensively."

MINNETONKA HIGH: A three-year letterwinner at Minnetonka High School, from which she graduated from in 2007...Named the Minnetonka High Female Athlete of the Year as a 2007 senior...Ranks fifth on the Skippers' career list for three-pointers made (40) and is ninth in career scoring (712)...Named honorable mention all-State as a senior...An all-Classic Lake Conference performer as a 2007 senior and a 2006 junior...Skippers won the Classic Lake championship as a senior...Coached by Bart Inniger...Also lettered in track and volleyball.

PERSONAL: Born June 22, 1989, to Brad and Suzanne Benson...Has a brother, Andrew...Enjoys wakeboarding and riding horses...Cousin, Brett Nylander, plays hockey at Air Force.

Career Stats

2007-08
29 GP, 2 GS, 494-17.0 min, 51-151, .338 FG, 19-63, .302 3pt, 20-26, .769 FT, 41-1.4 reb, 32 PF, 42 asst, 26 TO, 2 blk, 12 stl, 141-4.9 pts