HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years for Loy Norrix High School in Kalamazoo, Mich, coached by Damien Smith...Named Kalamazoo Gazette 2008-09 Class A-B Player of the Year after a senior season in which she averaged 20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per game, while leading her team to a share of the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Central Division title, the fourth such team title in her career...Added 3.8 steals, 2.5 assists and two blocks per contest as a senior to her scoring as part of a campaign in which she was named SMAC Central Player of the Year...2009 Class A All-State fourth team selection...Named 2006, 2008 and 2009 SMAC Central All-Division...A four-year varsity volleyball player, named to the SMAC Central All-Division volleyball squad in 2007 and 2008...Earned 12 varsity letters over high school career - also playing softball in addition to volleyball and basketball...Maintained a GPA of higher than 3.5...Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Academic All-State.

PERSONAL
Born Talisha Lachelle Bridges on July 8, 1991...Parents, James Jackson and Lee Bridges...Played high school basketball with Cetera Washington (Michigan State) and Janell Smith (Michigan)