Rutgers-Newark Athletics

HIGH SCHOOL: A 1,000-point scorer as a 4-year letterwinner at Keyport HS… earned team MVP honors as a senior for the Red Raiders… a 2-sport athlete who also was team MVP in track & field… Group I Central Jersey triple jump champion as a senior… earned four letters in track & field.

PERSONAL:  Transferred to R-N from UNC-Pembroke in the fall of 2012… did not compete in intercollegiate athletics at UNCP… daughter of Tesha and Cecil Bright… has three younger brothers (Drew, Chase and Cameron) and a younger sister (Jordan)… her father was a 3-sport student-athlete at Union College in football, basketball and track & field… plans to major in biology/zoology at R-N… loves the diversity of the R-N campus… chose R-N because of the academic reputation… wants to pursue a career in zoology specializing in ethnology and animal genetics.