East Tennessee State University

Awards & Honors
» 2025 SoCon All-Defensive Team

2024-25 (Junior)
The lone Buccaneer to start all 30 games … averaged 6.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks on 24.7 minutes per game and 41.4% shooting from the field … set the ETSU single-season blocks record with 70 … ranked as high as 10th in the NCAA in blocks  … finished No. 17 in the country in total blocks and No. 14 in blocks per game … led the SoCon in both of those stats … finished fourth in the SoCon in rebounding … anchored a defense that finished No. 17 nationally in scoring defense (55.8 points per game) … scored in double-digits five times … posted eight double-digit rebound games … had three double-doubles … had 13 games with 3+ blocks and seven with 4+ blocks … first three block game came in the Bucs’ first win of the season at Gardner-Webb (Nov. 12) … blocked back-to-back 3-point attempts with time expiring to seal the two-point win over the Runnin’ Bulldogs … posted her first double-double with 12 points and a season-high 15 rebounds against Lipscomb (Nov. 15) … had four blocks in two straight games for the first time in 2024-25 when she swatted four shots in an upset win over Memphis (Dec. 1) and at West Virginia (Dec. 6) … scored ten points in a rout of Samford (Jan. 18) … had back-to-back games with four blocks again at Chattanooga (Jan. 25) and at Furman (Jan. 30) while also grabbing ten rebounds against the Mocs … scored 8 and tallied 11 rebounds in a win over Western Carolina (Feb. 6) … played the best game of her career at Freedom Hall against UNCG (Feb. 8) … scored a career-high 18 points on 7-12 shooting from the field and 3-3 from 3-point range for her first game with multiple made 3-pointers … also had ten rebounds for a double-double and tied her career high with five blocks in the overtime loss to the Spartans … took the single-season ETSU blocks record at Samford (Feb. 13) with her 52nd block of the season … blocked a shot with 50 seconds left in the third quarter to pass the previous single-season record of 51, held by both Serena Clark and Candace Gibson, and added two more in the game for her third occasion of back-to-back games with four or more blocks … notched a 13 point, eight rebound outing in a win at Mercer (Feb. 15) … finished the season with a 16 point, ten rebound, five block performance in the opening round of the SoCon Tournament against Furman.

2023-24 (Sophomore)
Downing saw her role expand as her sophomore season wore on … played 29 games and started 13 … concluded the season with 144 points scored, 128 rebounds, 15 steals and a team-high 33 blocks … scored in double figures six times as a sophomore, including a season-high 18-point effort vs. Mercer in the SoCon Tournament … stuffed the stat sheet in a victory over Coker on December 30 where she scored 10 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked five shots … also grabbed ten rebounds at Furman in the regular season finale … shot 52 percent from the field … shot 60 percent or better from the field over the final four games of the season … paced the Bucs with 50 offensive rebounds in 2023-24 …  tied for second in the SoCon averaging 1.1 blocks per game. 

2022-23 (Freshman)
Played in 23 games off the bench as a backup post player … had season highs of eight points and three blocks over nine minutes in a record-breaking 95-26 win over Virginia-Lynchburg, helping ETSU break the school records for margin of victory and fewest points allowed in her Brooks Gym debut (Dec. 4) … averaged 1.8 rebounds and 1.2 points per contest … ranked fourth on the team with 14 blocks, serving as a defensive presence in the paint … saw her first conference action on the road at Furman and Wofford during an important road swing, scoring six points and grabbing eight boards playing valuable minutes as a backup to Jakhia Davis following a season-ending injury to Jayla Ruffus-Milner … scored in three of the last four games … averaged 8.9 minutes per contest.

High School
Prepped at Tri-Village in New Madison, Ohio ... Lettered in basketball for Coach Brad Gray and volleyball for Coach Chris Brewer ... Was a 1,000 point scorer in high school while earning all-state, all-district and all-conference honors over a four-year career from 2018-22 ... Finished with 1,200 career points and 850 career rebounds.

Personal
Born on Jan. 15 … from New Madison, Ohio … majoring in Elementary Education … daughter of Scott and Rachelle Downing … sister, Allie, played at Belmont Abbey from 2017-2021 … other sister, Maddie, played two seasons at Northwestern Ohio (UNOH).