University of South Alabama Athletics

AT SHELTON STATE (ALA.) COMMUNITY COLLEGE:  Lettered two seasons at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for head coach Madonna Thompson…Averaged 10.3 points and 4.7 assists per game, while also grabbing 2.7 boards per outing for the Buccaneers as a sophomore in 22.2 minutes of action…Was a second-team all-Alabama Community College Conference North Division selection…Also named the league tournament MVP after leading SSCC to its second-straight conference title with a 75-65 win over Gadsden State CC…Guided the Buccaneers to a 30-4 overall mark and an 8-2 record in conference action during the 2013-14 season…Scored double figures 19 times throughout the 2013-14 campaign, including a season high 25 points in an 80-65 win at GSCC where she was 8-of-13 from the field, including 5-of-7 from the three-point line…Averaged 12.2 ppg in ACCC play…Ranked 39th in the NJCAA in assists and was also 22nd in steals…Dished out 135 assists and committed just 89 turnovers for a 1.52 assists-turnover ratio…Recorded 204 steals in her two seasons at Shelton State…Averaged 2.75 per contest as a sophomore and as a freshman ranked 20th nationally in the NJCAA with a 3.33 steals per game average…Had 110 total steals that season, posting a season-best 10 versus Wallace Community College-Selma…Helped Shelton State to a 33-1 overall record and a 21-0 mark in conference play during the 2012-13 season, advancing to the quarterfinals of the NJCAA national tournament.

AT DAPHNE HIGH SCHOOL:  Lettered four seasons in basketball at Daphne High School in Daphne, Ala…Rated as a three-star player by ESPN coming out of high school…Broke the 1,000-point mark as a junior …Consistently led the team in many categories both offensively and defensively throughout her four-year prep career … Helped lead the Lady Trojans to the 6A Area 3 title and the 6A Southwest Regional as a senior under first-year coach Tereance Pinkney…Named to the Southwest all-tournament team … Ended her career with over 1,500 points…Selected to play in the North/South All-Star Game in 2011…Also lettered in track and volleyball for the Trojans…Played three years for her AAU club, the Alabama Twisters…Led the club to three state championships, while also guiding them to a third-place finish at the national tournament in 2011.

PERSONAL: Amber LaShae Yelding…Born in Fairhope, Ala…Daughter of Cedric and Phyllis Yelding…Has one younger brother, Cedric Jr…Comes from an athletic family…Father, Cedric, played basketball (1990-93) and was an all-conference player as a senior at South Alabama…He also set the school record for steals in a single season (84) which still stands today, and led the Jags in both assists and steals three-straight years…Cousin, Eric Yelding, played for both the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs, while cousin Pat White was a four-year starting (2005-08) quarterback at West Virginia and was drafted 44th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft…He was also drafted to play baseball by three different organizations…Grandfather, Bailey Yelding Jr., was also mayor of Daphne, Ala…Favorite movie is “Love and Basketball”…Favorite professional team is the Los Angeles Clippers…Favorite athlete is Maya Moore…Favorite musical artist is Jhene Aiko…Favorite food is spaghetti…Favorite class is math…Majoring in exercise science.