University of Portland Athletics

REDMOND HS: Earned three varsity letters in basketball before accepting a scholarship to play volleyball at Portland entering the 2000 season ... Intermountain Conference Player of the Year, 2001 ... Oregonian third team all-state, 2001 ... team co-MVP and first team all-league, 2001 ... honorable mention all-conference, 2000 ... shot 56 percent from the field as a senior, finishing No. 1 on season records list ... finished career ninth all-time in rebounding (406) and 10th in scoring (561) on school charts ... selected to the 2001 Oregon/Washington Northwest Shootout All-Star game ... an athletic middle blocker on the Pilot volleyball squad, Oakland led Portland in blocks per game and hitting percentagein 2003 before a knee injury cut her season short midway through the schedule.

PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 8, 1982 in Redmond, Ore. ... daughter of Martin and Laura Oakland ... class valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA … major is life science.