Academic Notes: Majoring in exercisescience...3.89 high school GPA and graduated third in herclass.

High School: Four year starter and letterwinner and two year team captain in basketball at Buckeye Unionhigh school...Named 4A Skyline Region Player of the Year 2010-2012and was 4A second team All-State 2010-11...Also named Division IIIsecond team All-State in 2011-12 and was a 4A Skyline RegionScholar Athlete...Averaged 18.3 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds.and 3.0 steals per game...Team was 4A Skyline Region champions andreached the 4A Division II Elite Eight in 2010-11 ...Team went 24-8in 2011-12 and was Division III Section III runner up...Played inArizona Coaches Basketball Association All-Star game...Also playedvolleyball for three years and ran track for two years...Was on the4 x 100 relay team that was a state finalist.

Personal: Nancy Marie Carranza was born Feb.19, 1994 in Phoenix, Ariz...Daughter of Francisco and MariaCarranza...Three older brothers, Frank, Sergio and Noe...Sergio andNoe also attended NAU and Frank played basketball at Grand CanyonUniversity...Noe ran cross country at William Penn Universitybefore going to NAU...Aspires to be a physical therapist...Hobbiesinclude scrapbooking, watching sports, and taking pictures...Alsoconsidered Grand Canyon University before choosing NorthernArizona.