Lexi Eaton Rydalch Athlete Profile - WBKB

Lexi Eaton Rydalch

Guard #21

10"

Class

Senior

Hometown

Mapleton,

Utah

Last School

Springville High School

Roster Years

2011-2016

Before BYU:

Four-year letterwinner in basketball
Two-time Female Athlete of the Year (2010, 2011)
All-time leading scorer at high school with 1, 697 career points
State’s leading scorer (2010, 2011)
Holds record for third most points scored in a state tournament (120)
Holds record for fourth most free-throws made in a game (17)
Nebo School District Female Athlete of the Year
Nebo School District Award of Athletic Excellence
National MS Society (Utah-Southern Idaho) Female Athlete of the Year, 2011
Two-time Region MVP
First Team All-Region, 2009
All-Region, 2008
Two-time Utah Gatorade Player of the Year (2010, 2011)
Two-time Salt Lake Tribune Female Athlete of the Year (2010, 2011)
Two-time Salt Lake Tribune 4A MVP (2010, 2011)
Deseret News 4A MVP, 2011
Two-time Utah Valley Player of the Year (2010, 2011)
Two-time state tournament MVP (2010, 2011)
First-Team All-State, 2009
State All-Tournament Team, 2009
All-Valley Team, 2009
All-State Honorable Mention, 2008
Parade All-American, 2011
McDonald’s All-American Nominee, 2011
ESPN Rise Underclass All-America Team, 2010
Sporting News College Basketball All-America Team, 2010
Two-time team was Region Champion (2010, 2011)
Two-time team was 4A State Champs (2010, 2011)
Played club basketball with Salt Lake Metro
End of the Oregon Trail All-Tournament Team Salt Lake Metro, 2009
Four-year letterwinner in soccer
Two-time First Team All-State (2010, 2011)
Leading scorer in 4A (2.0 gpg), 2011
Two-time Utah Valley Offensive Player of the Year (2010, 2011)
Second Team All-State, 2009
Honorable Mention All-State, 2008
Team was region champs twice (2010, 2011)
Four-year letterwinner in track
Third highest jump in the nation (5’10.5”), 2011
High Jump State Champion, 2011
Holds school record in high jump, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay
Three-time First Team All-State (2009, 2010, 2011)
Two-time Third Place in state high jump (2008, 2010)
Second Place state high jump (2009)
Team was high school 4A state champions, 2011
Three-time team second place finish at 4A state champions (2008, 2009, 2010)
Two-time team was region champs (2010, 2011)
Two-time 4x100m relay state champs (2010, 2011)
Four-time High Honors Roll (2008-2011)

Personal:

Parents are Alan and Aleisa
Has six siblings
Married to Trevor Rydalch

Get to know Lexi Eaton

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2011-2012

Finished her first season as the team's second leading scorer averaging 10.5 points per game and fourth in field goal percentage .458 (131-286) after starting every game
Recorded season highs in points with 26 to lead the Cougars over San Diego in the semifinals of the WCC Championships, the points were the most scored by a BYU player in a single game this season and mark the 20th time this year that she's scored in double digits
Named WCC Co-Newcomer of the Year and made the WCC All-Freshman Team
Was named Female Rookie of the Year by Cougar Club
In the WCC concluded the season ranked seventh in field goal percentage and 18th in scoring
Was perfect from the free throw line going 4-for-4 in the road game at Gonzaga marking the 12th time on the year that she put in all shots from the charity stripe
Grabbed a season best eight rebounds in the home game vs. Santa Clara
Tied her season high in blocks with two in the road game at San Diego
Had career bests in assists with five in the home game vs. Portland
Recorded four steals for career bests in the home game vs. Nevada
Started her first ever collegiate game vs. No. 8 Duke in the team’s home opener contributing 10 points while also grabbing two rebounds and dishing out two assists
Named to the WCC Commissioner's Silver Honor Roll

Sophmore Year 2013-2014

Finished the season as the team’s second leading scorer averaging 16.8 points per game ... was the team’s best free throw shooter, .834 (171-205) ... averages 4.5 boards, 2.3 assists and ranks second in steals with a .90 average per game
Honored as the Comeback Player of the Year at the annual Y Awards, athletic event at BYU that recognizes team/player accomplishments during 2013-14 sports season
Scored eight points, pulled down two rebounds and had one assist in the Sweet 16 game vs. UConn
Picked up 27th game and sixth straight with double digits in points with 15 in the second round game vs. Nebraska ... for the 13th time this year was perfect at the line going 6 for 6 ... had six rebounds
Had a game-high 25 points for 26th game with double digits in points and the ninth with 20-plus points in the first round game vs. NC State ... pulled down eight boards, had three assists, one block and a team-best two steals
In WCC championship game vs. Gonzaga on 3/11/14 went 11 of 11 from charity stripe, making it the 12th game this year that she’s been perfect at the free throw line ... tied for team-bests in rebounds with seven ... scored 15 points to be the 26th player in BYU history to enter the 1,000 Point Club
Named to the 2013-14 College Sports Madness WCC Second Team
2013-14 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
Garnered 2013-14 All-WCC First Team accolades on Mar. 3
Had game-high 25 points, recording 21st double figure game in points, the eighth time she’s had 20-plus points in the road game at Pepperdine, the five made treys were career highs ... tied career bests in assists with five
Picked up second double-double of the year from 15 points and a team-best 10 rebounds in the home game vs. Gonzaga, the boards tied her career high ... had three assists, one steal and one block
Tallied 22 points in the home game vs. Portland for the 19th game with double digits in points, the 22 points also mark the seventh contest with 20-plus points this year
Career-and game-high 31 points in the road game at Santa Clara while going 11 of 13 from the charity stripe ... it was the 17th game putting up double digits in points and the seventh with 20-plus points
For the second straight and the 14th time this season picked up double figures in points with a game-high 23 points in the home win over USF ... was perfect from the free throw line going 8 for 8 ... pulled down three boards, had two assists, one block and one steal
Picked up her first career double-double from 19 points and 10 rebounds in the home overtime win vs. Saint Mary’s on 1/4/13 ... the boards were career highs and tied for team bests, the points were team highs while the four assists tied for team bests
Recorded game highs in points with 25 in the road win at Weber State marking the seventh time she has scored in double digits this year ... shot 10 of 12 from the charity stripe for career bests while grabbing three rebounds and two steals
Named to the WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll

Junior Year 2014-2015

Named 2014-15 AP Women's Basketball All-America Honorable Mention
Named West Coast Conference Championhips MVP
Garnered WCC First Team accolades
Recieved the Crowd Pleaser Award presented by the Cougar Club
Recorded 30 games with at least 10-plus points and in 16 games had at least 20-plus points ... also tallied three double-doubles
Had season bests in points with 37, in rebounds with 14, in assists with eight, in steals with four and in blocks with two
Named to the 2014-15 WCC Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team
Named WCC Player of the Week on Feb. 9
Finished the season with at least three assists in a ttoal of 18 games
Was scoring leader in 29 games, rebound leader in four and assist leader in three
Led the team in scoring, averaging 20.5 points and was third in rebounds, averaging 6.5 boards per contest
Named to the 2014-15 WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll

Senior Year 2015-2016

Named 2015-16 AP Women’s Basketball All-America Honorable Mention
Finished 2015-16 with 32 double figure scoring games 116 in career, including four with 30-plus points
Team’s scoring leader averaging 24.2 points per game; ranked second in rebounds with a 5.8 average
Had career highs in points with 38, in assists with eight; in steals with 5 and in blocks with 3
Grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds twice
Had four double-doubles on the year, eight in career; recorded 17 games with 3-plus assists, 60 in career; had 7 games with 3-plus steals, 16 in career; 15 games with 3-plus 3-pointers, 32 in career; scoring leader in 26 games in 2015-16, 69 in career
Named WCC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year
Became WCC all-time leading scorer for both men and women with 2,535 career points
Ranks second all-time at BYU in scoring with 2,535 career points
Named WCC Women’s Basketball First Team
Named to the WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll
Named to the WCC 2016 Women’s Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team
Garnered three WCC Player of the Week honors in 2015-16; four in career
Named to the WCC All-Academic Team; twice in career
Nationally ranked fifth in points per game
Nationally ranked fifth in final points
Nationally ranked eighth in free throw attempts
Nationally ranked ninth in field goals made
Nationally ranked 12th in field goals attempted
Nationally ranked 15th in free throws made
Nationally ranked tied for 32nd in 3-point field goals made
Nationally ranked tied for 47th in 3-point field goal percentage
Nationally ranked tied for 47th in 3-point field goals per game
Ranks second all-time at BYU in games played with 142
Ranks fifth all-time at BYU in scoring average, 17.9 points per game
Ranks fifth all-time at BYU in 3-pointers made with 227
Ranks sixth all-time in free throw percentage .753 (596-791)
Ranks ninth all-time at BYU in rebounds with 695
Ranks 12th all-time at BYU in field goal percentage .432 (856-1982)
Ranks 15th all-time at BYU in assists with 341
Tom Weston Classic All-Tournament Team and MVP
Radisson Chatsworth Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 2012-2013

Medical Redshirt Year 2012-2013

\r\n Suffered season-ending ACL injury to right knee during the home game vs. Utah State
\r\n Had team highs in points and in rebounds with 18 and 9 respectively vs. Creighton, the points mark the 7th time on the year that she’s finished the game in double figure points, the rebounds were season and career bests
\r\n Led the team in points with 13 at Washington State marking her 6th straight double figure outing in points
\r\n Finished the game at Arizona with 12 points for her 5th straight double figure contest while going 6-for 6 from the free throw line
\r\n Led all scorers with 17 points at Boston College while grabbing 5 boards and 3 assists
\r\n Recorded second straight double figure outing in points at Dartmouth with 19 leading all scorers
\r\n In the game at Dartmouth shot .833, 5-6 from the charity stripe
\r\n Led all scorers with 24 points in the home opener vs. Weber State while dishing out 4 assists and getting 1 block

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