Junior (2005-06): Saw action in all 32 of team’s games, marking 88-straight games played since the start of her freshman year... Made 28 starts while averaging 29.4 minutes a contest... Team’s second-returning scorer and free-throw shooter, averaging 8.7 points per game and 80-percent from the charity stripe... Comes into her senior year ranked 10th in career three-pointers... Scored in double figures 15 times with a season-high 17 points versus Longwood (11/19)... Posted a season-high eight boards and career-highs of six assists and three three-pointers against Miami (12/6)... Shot 34.7-percent from the field and 27.4-percent from behind the arc... Voted MVP of the Lancer Invitational after her 17-point performance versus Longwood (11/19), in which she hit 6-for-6 from the line... Played the full 40 minutes on two occasions at Miami (12/6) and at Western Kentucky (2/4).
Sophomore (2004-05): Saw action in all 29 of FIU’s games, starting 28... The team’s top returning scorer and three-point shooter, averaging 11.1 points per contest... Shot 34.2 percent from beyond the arc and following the season, was 18th in FIU history with 29 career treys... Scored in double figures 19 times, including a career-high 20-point performance at Western Kentucky (2/28)... Third on the team with 17 blocks, including a career-high five-block effort versus Elon (11/26)... Fourth on the team in rebounds with 4.5 per game... Posted first career double-double at UCF (12/19) with 12 points and a career-high 10 boards... Second on the team with 70 assists... Averaged 36.6 minutes per game ? second most on the team ? and played all 40 minutes on seven different occasions, including in three of the last four games of the season.
Freshman (2003-04): Played in all 27 games for the Golden Panthers, earning lone start in the last game of the season versus Middle Tennessee (3/1)... Averaged 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds an outing... Scored a season-high 12 points, shooting 6-of-7 from the field, and added two assists versus Denver (1/17)... Also recorded double-figure points with 11 at Old Dominion (12/15) and 10 at Western Kentucky (2/9)... Grabbed a season-high five rebounds twice ? versus Dartmouth (12/18) and at Western Kentucky (2/9).
Prep Career: Played basketball for 12 years, including for Finland’s National Team and the Espoo club team.
Personal: Born January 26, 1984... Parents are Markku and Ulla Makela... Has two siblings ? Laura (19) and Saara (11)... Full name is Eva Wilhelmina Makela... Nicknames are Eivi and Finny Finn... A Dean’s List and Honor Roll student who has been named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List for academic excellence in each of the past three seasons... Off the court, enjoys spending time with friends and shopping... An international relations major.
Career Highs
Points: 20 at Western Kentucky (2/28/05)
Field Goals: 9 at Western Kentucky (2/28/05)
Field-Goal Attempts: 20 at Miami (12/6/05)
Three-Point Goals: 3 at Miami (3/18/06)
Three-Point Attempts: 9 at Miami (12/6/05)
Rebounds: 10 at UCF (12/19/04)
Assists: 6 at Miami (12/6/05)
Steals: 3, twice, last vs. New Orleans (3/2/06)
Blocks: 5 vs. Elon (11/26/04)
Minutes: 40, nine times, last at Western Kentucky (2/4/06)
Career Statistics
Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct Reb Avg Ast Avg Blk Stl Pts Avg
03-04 27-1 408 31-87 .356 19-28 .679 2-8 .250 44 1.6 8 0.3 5 5 83 3.1
04-05 29-28 1062 129-337 .383 37-55 .673 27-79 .342 130 4.5 70 2.4 17 23 322 11.1
05-06 32-28 942 107-308 .347 32-40 .800 31-113 .274 77 2.4 59 1.8 7 19 277 8.7
Totals 88-57 2412 267-732 .365 88-123 .715 60-200 .300 251 2.9 137 1.6 29 47 682 7.8
