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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Albany, N.Y.
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| High School:
Albany
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| Height:
6-2
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| Position:
Forward
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High School
Named Miss Basketball New York State in her senior year…A two-time Street & Smith high school honorable mention All-America selection…The only player at Albany High School to score 2,000 points in her career; broke her sister Becky’s previous school record…Finished her schoolgirl career with 2,020 points for a career average of 22.0 points per game…Averaged 27.5 points per game in her senior year…Grabbed 1,120 rebound in her four years at Albany for a 12.0 rebounds per game average…Shot 44.0 percent from the three-point line in her senior year…Averaged 4.2 blocks per game over her career…A three-time Big Ten All-Star First Team member…Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player in 1999 and 2000…Named the Troy Record’s Player of the Year in her junior and senior year and was honored as the paper’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2000…Named Albany Times Union and Schenectady Gazette Player of the Year in 2000…Received recognition as one of New York’s Top Players from USA Today in 1998…Was a member of the 1997 New York state champion girls’ basketball team…Named to several all-tournament teams over her four years at Albany, including the 1996 Columbia Holiday Tournament, the 1997 and 1998 Capital District Holiday Hoop Fest Tournament, the 1999 Colonie Holiday Tournament, the 1998-2000 Lady Falcons Capital District Tournament and the 1997 and 1998 Section 2 Tournament…Was an All-New York State first team member in 1999 after receiving Third Team honors in 1997 and 1998…Scored her 1,000th point against Maginn High School in 1998 and then tallied her 2,000th point in 2000 against the same team…Her highest single-game point total was 40 points…Tallied a triple double in her senior year with 33 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 blocked shots in one game.
Personal
Carolyn Hope Gottstein, born January 18, 1982 in Albany, New York…She is the daughter of Linda Trimarchi-Gottstein and Carl Gottstein Sr. … Carolyn’s older sister Becky is also a member of the Boston College women’s basketball team…Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.
