Outlook
A scoring threat who looks to regain the shooting touch of her first two seasons, in which she drilled 37 percent of her shots from the field, including 36 percent from three-point range ?can play at either the point or shooting guard spot, but will likely see most of her action at the two this season ?already one of WFU’s all-time leaders in three-pointers, scoring from behind the arc will be one of her main responsibilities this season ?a player who has shown marked improvement each year, especially in her ballhandling skills and court awareness ?has improved from the free throw line as well ?passes the ball well, as she was the Deacons?assist leader a year ago ?also the top returner in steals after recording 28 thefts last year ?owns the school record for three-pointers in a single-game (7) ?already ranks sixth all-time at Wake Forest in both career three-pointers (68) and three-point attempts (230).
1999-2000
Served as a team co-captain ?saw action in all 28 games with 23 starts ?averaged 23.9 minutes an outing, fourth-highest on the squad ?was the team’s fifth-leading scorer with 5.8 points a contest ?also contributed 2.8 rebounds and a team-best 2.2 assists per game ?dished out at least one assist in all but four games, and tallied at least two in 19 games ?posted the team’s third-best free throw percentage, connecting on 26-of-32 from the line (.813) ?hit 10-of-11 free throws in the first two outings of the season, but trips to the line became rare after that, as she took only 21 foul shots over the next 26 games ?tallied 62 assists on the season and was second on the squad with 28 steals ?posted double-figure scoring in five games ?led the Deacs four times in the point column, versus High Point (14 pts.), twice against Duke (11 pts./9 pts.), and Clemson (18 pts.) ?also led the squad in assists on 13 occasions ?tied a team season-high with four three-point field goals against Clemson on Jan. 24 ?also took a team season-high and set a new career-high with nine attempts from behind the arc in that game ?also set a new career high in steals with 5 versus LSU ?her five thefts against the Tigers were also a team season best.
1998-99
Played in 27 games ?saw limited action in the early season but earned the starting shooting guard’s position late in the year ?averaged 2.5 points per game through the first 21 outings, then went on a scoring tear ?posted five double-figure outings in the last seven games, hitting 50 percent from the floor (38-of-76) and 56 percent from three-point range (25-of-45) during that stretch ?came off the bench to score a then-career-high 13 points versus Maryland on Feb. 6 ?was almost perfect that night, hitting 5-of-6 from the floor and 3-of-4 from three-point range ?earned a starting role in the next game and never relinquished the job for the rest of the season ?collected 16 points and four steals versus Florida State the next week, hitting 5-of-8 threes ?tallied 18 points against NC State in the regular-season finale, going 7-of-14 from the floor and 4-of-8 on threes ?put on a shooting clinic in the ACC Tournament, setting four new individual tournament records ?poured in 21 points in the win over Maryland, shooting 8-of-12 from the floor and sinking five treys ?continued her torrid shooting in the Deacs?near-upset of Virginia in the quarterfinals, hitting 7-of-8 from behind the arc for a career-high 23 points ?the seven threes were a new school and ACC Tournament record ?her 12 threes in two games set a new record for most treys in an ACC tourney ?earned first-team All-Tournament honors for her dazzling performance, becoming Wake’s first all-tourney pick since ?4 and the school’s first first-teamer since ?8 ?the only player on the all-tourney team that did not play in the semifinals or finals ?dished a career-high five assists versus West Virginia and Maryland earlier in the year ?shot 38 percent from three-point range for the season.
1997-98
Primarily served as a backup to Heidi Coleman at the point guard position, coming off the bench in 26 games ?a solid three-point shooter, hitting 9-of-31 on the year (29 percent) ?a strong leader on the floor ?averaged 1.6 points and 1.0 rebounds in just under nine minutes per game ?her best outing came in the Deacs?double-OT win at James Madison, where she scored five points and grabbed five rebounds ?both season highs ?in just 12 minutes of play ?also scored five points versus both Tennessee Tech and Duke ?shot 31 percent from the floor (15-48) for the season.
High School
Helped her Charlotte Latin team to the North Carolina state championships in both her sophomore and senior years ?her 1997 championship team posted an overall season record of 30-2 ?earned first-team all-area and second-team all-county honors as a senior ?shared the team most valuable player honors her senior year ?received all-area, all-state, and second-team all-county kudos as a junior in 1996 ?a first-team all-area and third-team all-county pick as a sophomore ?also lettered in softball, helping her team to a North Carolina state title in 1996 ?won three state titles in three years between the basketball and softball teams ?named the 1997 softball player of the year for Mecklenburg County ?a first-team all-area pick in softball in 1995, 1996, and 1997 ?second-team all-county as a sophomore and a first-team choice as a junior and senior ?also an all-state choice in softball as a junior ?two of her high school classmates were also varsity letterwinners at Wake Forest - Rachael Lewis, who is currently a senior on the Deacon women’s soccer team, and Sara Kryder, who played volleyball from 1996-99.
Personal
Full name is Ungelia Janae Whiteside ?born July 7, 1979 in Charlotte, N.C. ?majoring in Political Science with a minor in Sociology ?was selected from a pool of student-athletes from around the country to participate in the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference last summer in Florida ?the daughter of James and Cassandra Whiteside of Charlotte, N.C.
