In 2016/17, senior tri-captain... has appeared in all 60 games the last two years and has started 68 of the last 69 over three years... among active players, ranks first in career rebounds (352), blocks (57) and steals (117), shares the lead in starts (68), and is second in games (82), points (588) and three-point field goals (118)... ranks third all-time in three-point FG attempts (427) and seventh in three-pointers made...
Coach Bierly: “Julia does all of things that I ask of her. I think playing against her would just be so annoying; she is just all over the place. She is a strong leader, defensively and really steps it up with steals and deflections.”
2016/17: season-highs (p-r-a-3s-b): 14-15-6-3-4
2015-16: One of four players to start all 29 games... posted career-highs in most every individual category...voted to LEC All-Defensive Team and qualified for the LEC All-Academic Team... led the team in three-pointers (46), second in blocks (26) and rebounding (7.6) and fourth in scoring (8.8)... fourth in the LEC in three-pointers and fifth in rebounding average... had three double-doubles... led or shared the team lead in steals 15 times, including the last five games and seven of the last eight... led or shared the team lead in blocks seven times... shared the team lead with five three-pointers in a game, with her six stealsd vs. Southern Maine Jan. 23 the most by a player in a game...in three LEC tournament games, averaged 11.0 points and shared the team lead in rebounding (9.0) along with six three-pointers, six assists and team-highs in steals (7) and blocks (5)...E-CLub Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award in first year of eligibility... season-highs (p-r-a-3s-b): 21-14-6-5-4...
2014/15: Moved into a role as a fulltime starter, starting 30 of the 31 games in which he appeared...third on the team by averaging 27.1 minutes per game... led the team with 46 three-pointers, nearly doubling her total from her freshman season... second on the squad in FT percentage (76.3) and in blocked shots (18)... started the year by winning a spot on the Eastern Tip-Off Tournament all-tournament team with 29 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and four assists... tied her career high with ten rebounds in the third-round NCAA win over Baruch College March 7... played a career-high 37 minutes Nov. 18 at Emmanuel, scoring 15 points and grabbing eight rebounds... had one double-double, that coming at UMass Boston Jan. 10 in a 17 point, 10 rebound performance... qualified for the LEC All-Academic Team... season-highs (p-r-a-3s): 17-10-4-5...
2013/14: One of three first-year letterwinners... second on the team in three-point field goals (26) despite playing less than half the number of minutes of the team leader... started the final nine games of the season after coming off the bench in 13 of the first 18 games... played a season-high 33 minutes in the LEC semifinal loss, scoring 13 points and grabbing six rebounds with no turnovers... exceeded her entire season total of her first seven games with a season-high 17 points (5-for-8 three-pointers) in 21 minutes against Saint Joseph (CT)... named LEC Rookie-of-the-Week Feb. 9 after totalling 24 points, ten rebounds and three assists and shooting 50.0 pct. from the floor in two victories... season-highs (p-r-a-3s): 17-10-3-5...
Career-highs (thru 16/17): 43 min., 21 pts., 15 rebs., 6 assists, 4 blocks, 6 steals, five 3-pointers...
High School: Played basketball and soccer for four years each... three-year starter in both sports... in basketball, three-time all-conference and conference all-tournament team selection and a four-time tournament MVP... three-time team MVP in basketball, where she helped Bobcats to the Class "L" final as a freshman and into the quarterfinals each season thereafter... scored over 1,000 career points... team captain two years in basketball and one in soccer... qualified for conference all-academic team a total of seven times...
Other: Played AAU for the Connecticut Mavericks, where the team won the state championship and participated in the nationals at Disney... competed in the New Haven Summer League in 2015...
PERSONAL: Born Julia F. DePoi July 19, 1995…Parents: Cheryl and Arthur…Sisters: Miranda, Brittany… Brother: David…Major: Business Information Systems… Career Plans: Beginning position as an IT project manager at Cigna this July … Residence: Brookfield, CT…
INDIVIDUAL CAREER HONORS
2013/14: LEC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 10th)
2014/15: Eastern Tip-Off Tournament All-Tournament Selection, LEC Academic Honor Roll
2015/16: LEC All-Defensive Team, LEC Academic Honor Roll, E-club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award
2016/17: LEC All-Defensive Team, LEC Academic Honor Roll, E-club Oustanding Scholar-Athlete Award
JULIA... REVEALED
Your pre-game ritual: Listen to Untouchable by Tritonal and do my handshake with Kelly
Personal goal for the season: Win LECs (again)(again) and have more double doubles than last season
Your most overused phrase: “Atta baby, Jordyn Nappi!!!”
Favorite place to stop for food after a competition: Coach’s favorite restaurant that only takes 2 hours to get to from our hotel in Arizona
Pet peeve: Negativity and bad vibes
If you could describe yourself in one word, it would be: Fun
Biggest waste of money: Spending money at any fast food place other than Taco Bell
Biggest adjustment to college life: Can’t have my parents wait on me while I watch Netflix
If you were to choose a superpower what would it be: Teleportation
If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go: Taco Bell
Biggest crisis facing the world: Not enough Taco Bell locations
Your spirit animal: Kelly Reardon if she was a dolphin
One thing you would like to do before you died: Be a millionaire
The automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: 2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus in Silve
Dream job: Rich trophy wife
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Mortician
Longest time you have watched a Netflix series: 18 hours
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Trampoline
Greatest story to come out of the 2016 Olympics: Ryan Lochte getting “robbed”
Greatest Olympian of all time: Caitlyn Jenner
Favorite Instagram filter: #nofilter
Greatest sports dynasty of all-time: Tree Hill Ravens
If you could meet anyone, who would it be: James Lafferty
If your life could be made into a movie, the title would be: Kicking and Screaming Part 2
Favorite aspect about Eastern: Hurley
One thing you would change about Eastern: Better looking guys
