2021-2022 Women's Basketball Roster
Steele, Clair
Jersey Number 3
Clair Steele
- Position:
- G
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Management and Marketing
- Hometown:
- Orinda, Calif.
Bio
2021-22 (Senior Season)
Finished final season wearing brown and white as one of the nation's leading ball distributors, pacing the Patriot League in assists per game (5.5) and finishing first in all of NCAA Division I in assist to turnover ratio (3.97), finishing well ahead of second-place Kylie Jimenez of Nevada (3.19)...tallied a total of 133 assists to just 33 turnovers and had 15 games of five or more assists on the year, leading her teammates a team-high 20 times in that category...played 24 games, making a total of 22 starts after missing a brief period of time due to injury...tied her career-high for assists with nine for the fourth time against Navy (3/2) on the road, committing just one turnover...chipped in a team-high seven assists with seven points and two rebounds in a road victory at archrival Lafayette (2/12)...tied her career-high assist total for the third time (9) on zero turnovers with five rebounds against Colgate (2/9)...scored a season-high 11 points with eight assists, going 6-for-8 from the free throw line in a home win over Holy Cross (1/28)...recorded a career-high tying nine assists with a season-high tying eight points vs. Boston U. (1/22)...finished with a team-high six assists vs. Navy (1/19)...scored a season-high eight points, went 5-for-6 from the free throw line and grabbed three boards with two assists at Loyola Maryland (1/15)...got her assist total back up to five against Bucknell (1/12), also making her first start since Thanksgiving weekend and added five points...tallied four assists with two rebounds and a steal at Holy Cross (1/8) in her second game back from injury, playing 27 minutes...returned to action vs. Army (1/5) for the first time in over a month and had a team-high four assists with three rebounds and a three points off the bench...picked up her sixth consecutive game with five or more assists to start the season, tallying six against Rider (11/27)...registered a career-high nine assists with three rebounds and two steals in a victory over Merrimack (11/21) at home...had five assists in 26 minutes against Mount St. Mary’s (11/19). Totaled five or more assists in four straight games to open the year...continued to dominate distributing the ball, tallying a team-high seven assists...starred on defense in a victory over Saint Peter’s (11/12), registering five steals and six assists, while scoring six in 27 minutes of action...tallied a team-high five assists with three steals in the season opener vs. ESU (11/9) at Grace Hall.
2020-21 (Junior Season)
Made a start in all 16 games at point guard, leading the Patriot League and team in assists per game (4.4)...Also finished first among Lehigh players in steals per game (1.5)...Averaged a team-high 31.4 minutes per contest...Notched a career-high 15 points on 4-for-7 shooting in a season-opening victory over Lafayette (1/2) on the road...Also had four steals, three rebounds and three assists in 26 minutes, making her first career start...Registered a career-high six assists in a home victory over American (1/9)...Set a new career-high for assists with eight along with nine points and three rebounds in another home victory against American (1/11)...Contributed six assists with eight points vs. Bucknell (1/16)...Tied her career-high with eight assists for the second time on the year vs. Holy Cross (1/23)...Scored 13 points and went 5-for-6 from the free throw line with three assists at Bucknell (1/30)...Had eight points and went 6-for-6 from the foul line against Bucknell (1/30)...Scored 10 points and added three assists and four steals against Lafayette (2/21)...Registered 10 points and five assists, while playing a career-high 35 minutes in a semifinal round victory at No. 1 Bucknell (3/11)...Dished out five assists in a Patriot League-clinching win over Boston University (3/14). Was her third straight game with at least five assists...had six assists in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 vs. West Virginia (3/21).
2019-20 (Sophomore Season)
Played 28 games, averaging 13.3 minutes per game as the team's back-up point guard...was 71.2 percent from the free throw line...Season-high 11 points with three rebounds, going 3-for-4 from the foul line in a win over Army West Point (2/15) at home...Scored five points with four steals in 19 minutes off the bench against American (1/29)...Notched seven points, went 1-for-3 from beyond, had two assists and two rebounds in 19 minutes in a win over Navy (1/2) to open Patriot League play...Scored nine points in 22 minutes and went 6-of-8 from the free throw ine with two assists and two boards vs. Fordham (11/30) to conclude the Bahamas Hoopfest...Played 17 minutes off the bench and tallied a season-best 10 points against Ball State (11/28) in the Bahamas...Scored seven points in 11 minutes with two rebounds and a steal vs. CCSU (11/18)...Registered a career-high five assists in 19 minutes vs. GW on Education Day (11/13)...Played a career-high 28 minutes, scored seven points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds with three assists and two steals in an OT win over Merrimack (11/9)...Went 4-for-4 from the line and added a bucket, finishing with six points, an assist and a steal in 15 minutes off the bench at Delaware State (11/6) in the season opener.
2018-19 (First-Year Season)
Made an appearance in all 31 games, off the bench as the team’s backup point guard...Averaged 4.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and an assist per game while playing 11.1 minutes per game…Shot 38.0 percent (41-for-108) from the field, 33.3 percent (15-for-45) from the 3-point line and was 69.8 percent (37-for-53) on free throws…Scored seven point in 13 minutes against Central Connecticut State (11/10) and went 4-for-4 from the foul line…Played extended minutes against LIU-Brooklyn (12/20), scoring five points and brought in four rebounds and tallied four assists…Scored in double-digits for the first time against Lafayette (1/3) in the Patriot League opener with 11 points on 3-for-5 shooting, including 3-for-4 from the line…Scored a season-high 14 points in 21 minutes against Navy (1/6) with two assists, a rebound, a block and a steal en route to being named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (1/7)…Matched a season-high 14 points against Army (2/23) on 5-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-3 from beyond-the-arc…Scored eight points in 16 minutes with two assists, a rebound and a block in the regular season finale at Holy Cross (3/6)...Tallied three assists and grabbed two boards in 16 minutes against American (3/14) in Patriot League semifinals…Named a Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection.
BEFORE LEHIGH
CalHiSports Second Team All-State selection in 2017-18…First Team Prep2Prep All-North Coast Section honoree in 2017-18…Four-time All-DAL (Diablo Athletic League) selection, including two First Team honors in 2016-17 and 2017-18…San Francisco Chronicle Second Team All-Metro (2017-18)...All-Bay Area News Group Second Team (2017-18)…Named Third Team All-NorCal by SportsStars Magazine…Played in all 134 games in her high school career, averaged 16.9 ppg, 5.3 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game as a senior in 2017-18…Served as team captain for two seasons…Helped lead Miramonte to four league championships and an overall record of 120-14 during her career…Tallied a 4.2 GPA as a senior, earning All-DAL Academic Honors in 2017-18… Played for the Cal Stars EYBL AAU program.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Mary and John Steele…Has a brother Jacob, and a sister, Jackie.
WHY I CHOSE LEHIGH?
"I chose Lehigh because the team is like a family. The coaching staff and my teammates made me feel welcome into their family and so excited to become a Mountain Hawk! Lehigh is also a place that offered me the balance of an amazing education coupled with playing basketball at a high level."
Finished final season wearing brown and white as one of the nation's leading ball distributors, pacing the Patriot League in assists per game (5.5) and finishing first in all of NCAA Division I in assist to turnover ratio (3.97), finishing well ahead of second-place Kylie Jimenez of Nevada (3.19)...tallied a total of 133 assists to just 33 turnovers and had 15 games of five or more assists on the year, leading her teammates a team-high 20 times in that category...played 24 games, making a total of 22 starts after missing a brief period of time due to injury...tied her career-high for assists with nine for the fourth time against Navy (3/2) on the road, committing just one turnover...chipped in a team-high seven assists with seven points and two rebounds in a road victory at archrival Lafayette (2/12)...tied her career-high assist total for the third time (9) on zero turnovers with five rebounds against Colgate (2/9)...scored a season-high 11 points with eight assists, going 6-for-8 from the free throw line in a home win over Holy Cross (1/28)...recorded a career-high tying nine assists with a season-high tying eight points vs. Boston U. (1/22)...finished with a team-high six assists vs. Navy (1/19)...scored a season-high eight points, went 5-for-6 from the free throw line and grabbed three boards with two assists at Loyola Maryland (1/15)...got her assist total back up to five against Bucknell (1/12), also making her first start since Thanksgiving weekend and added five points...tallied four assists with two rebounds and a steal at Holy Cross (1/8) in her second game back from injury, playing 27 minutes...returned to action vs. Army (1/5) for the first time in over a month and had a team-high four assists with three rebounds and a three points off the bench...picked up her sixth consecutive game with five or more assists to start the season, tallying six against Rider (11/27)...registered a career-high nine assists with three rebounds and two steals in a victory over Merrimack (11/21) at home...had five assists in 26 minutes against Mount St. Mary’s (11/19). Totaled five or more assists in four straight games to open the year...continued to dominate distributing the ball, tallying a team-high seven assists...starred on defense in a victory over Saint Peter’s (11/12), registering five steals and six assists, while scoring six in 27 minutes of action...tallied a team-high five assists with three steals in the season opener vs. ESU (11/9) at Grace Hall.
2020-21 (Junior Season)
Made a start in all 16 games at point guard, leading the Patriot League and team in assists per game (4.4)...Also finished first among Lehigh players in steals per game (1.5)...Averaged a team-high 31.4 minutes per contest...Notched a career-high 15 points on 4-for-7 shooting in a season-opening victory over Lafayette (1/2) on the road...Also had four steals, three rebounds and three assists in 26 minutes, making her first career start...Registered a career-high six assists in a home victory over American (1/9)...Set a new career-high for assists with eight along with nine points and three rebounds in another home victory against American (1/11)...Contributed six assists with eight points vs. Bucknell (1/16)...Tied her career-high with eight assists for the second time on the year vs. Holy Cross (1/23)...Scored 13 points and went 5-for-6 from the free throw line with three assists at Bucknell (1/30)...Had eight points and went 6-for-6 from the foul line against Bucknell (1/30)...Scored 10 points and added three assists and four steals against Lafayette (2/21)...Registered 10 points and five assists, while playing a career-high 35 minutes in a semifinal round victory at No. 1 Bucknell (3/11)...Dished out five assists in a Patriot League-clinching win over Boston University (3/14). Was her third straight game with at least five assists...had six assists in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 vs. West Virginia (3/21).
2019-20 (Sophomore Season)
Played 28 games, averaging 13.3 minutes per game as the team's back-up point guard...was 71.2 percent from the free throw line...Season-high 11 points with three rebounds, going 3-for-4 from the foul line in a win over Army West Point (2/15) at home...Scored five points with four steals in 19 minutes off the bench against American (1/29)...Notched seven points, went 1-for-3 from beyond, had two assists and two rebounds in 19 minutes in a win over Navy (1/2) to open Patriot League play...Scored nine points in 22 minutes and went 6-of-8 from the free throw ine with two assists and two boards vs. Fordham (11/30) to conclude the Bahamas Hoopfest...Played 17 minutes off the bench and tallied a season-best 10 points against Ball State (11/28) in the Bahamas...Scored seven points in 11 minutes with two rebounds and a steal vs. CCSU (11/18)...Registered a career-high five assists in 19 minutes vs. GW on Education Day (11/13)...Played a career-high 28 minutes, scored seven points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds with three assists and two steals in an OT win over Merrimack (11/9)...Went 4-for-4 from the line and added a bucket, finishing with six points, an assist and a steal in 15 minutes off the bench at Delaware State (11/6) in the season opener.
2018-19 (First-Year Season)
Made an appearance in all 31 games, off the bench as the team’s backup point guard...Averaged 4.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and an assist per game while playing 11.1 minutes per game…Shot 38.0 percent (41-for-108) from the field, 33.3 percent (15-for-45) from the 3-point line and was 69.8 percent (37-for-53) on free throws…Scored seven point in 13 minutes against Central Connecticut State (11/10) and went 4-for-4 from the foul line…Played extended minutes against LIU-Brooklyn (12/20), scoring five points and brought in four rebounds and tallied four assists…Scored in double-digits for the first time against Lafayette (1/3) in the Patriot League opener with 11 points on 3-for-5 shooting, including 3-for-4 from the line…Scored a season-high 14 points in 21 minutes against Navy (1/6) with two assists, a rebound, a block and a steal en route to being named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (1/7)…Matched a season-high 14 points against Army (2/23) on 5-of-8 shooting, including 2-of-3 from beyond-the-arc…Scored eight points in 16 minutes with two assists, a rebound and a block in the regular season finale at Holy Cross (3/6)...Tallied three assists and grabbed two boards in 16 minutes against American (3/14) in Patriot League semifinals…Named a Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection.
BEFORE LEHIGH
CalHiSports Second Team All-State selection in 2017-18…First Team Prep2Prep All-North Coast Section honoree in 2017-18…Four-time All-DAL (Diablo Athletic League) selection, including two First Team honors in 2016-17 and 2017-18…San Francisco Chronicle Second Team All-Metro (2017-18)...All-Bay Area News Group Second Team (2017-18)…Named Third Team All-NorCal by SportsStars Magazine…Played in all 134 games in her high school career, averaged 16.9 ppg, 5.3 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game as a senior in 2017-18…Served as team captain for two seasons…Helped lead Miramonte to four league championships and an overall record of 120-14 during her career…Tallied a 4.2 GPA as a senior, earning All-DAL Academic Honors in 2017-18… Played for the Cal Stars EYBL AAU program.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Mary and John Steele…Has a brother Jacob, and a sister, Jackie.
WHY I CHOSE LEHIGH?
"I chose Lehigh because the team is like a family. The coaching staff and my teammates made me feel welcome into their family and so excited to become a Mountain Hawk! Lehigh is also a place that offered me the balance of an amazing education coupled with playing basketball at a high level."
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