Bronx, N.Y. – Recently graduated Fordham women's basketball senior standout
Mary Goulding has signed her first professional contract with the Rockhampton Cyclones of the Australia State League and has since begun play already with her new team. Goulding joins former Rams Erin Rooney and
G'mrice Davis who have graduated and signed professionally overseas.
"I am extremely excited for Mary and also very proud of her," Head coach
Stephanie Gaitley said, "She had worked very hard to achieve her goal of playing professionally. She just keeps getting better and her best is still ahead!"
Goulding graduated earlier this month after three years at Fordham and with the program, enjoying a standout senior campaign that saw the Rangiora, New Zealand native earn First Team All-Conference honors, Most Outstanding Player accolades at the Atlantic 10 Championship, Second Team All-Metropolitan, and All-ECAC Honorable Mention, among several other awards. Goulding led the Rams to the program's first-ever conference regular season crown and second-ever Atlantic 10 championship.
Goulding led the Rams in every statistical category besides scoring and overall field goal numbers. The outgoing senior averaged 12.8 points on 47.9% shooting overall and 39.8% from behind the arc, the latter mark tied for 10
th all-time in a single season, with 8.4 rebounds, which ranked third in the Atlantic 10, and a team-high 94 assists, 41 steals, and nine blocks. She was even better in league play with a near double-double of 13.4 points and 9.4 rebounds. Over the team's 12-game win streak that carried them to the title, Goulding averaged 16.6 points and 9.3 rebounds, while shooting 52.9% from the field and 45.1% from deep.
Goulding especially dominated in Pittsburgh at the A-10 Championship, averaging 20.7 points on 57.5% shooting, 56.3% from deep, and a perfect 7-of-7 from the line, plus 6.7 rebounds and seven steals over three games to be named the Championship's Most Outstanding Player. In addition to the above accolades, Goulding was also named to the A-10 All-Academic squad, was a three-time A-10 Player of the Week, and a one-time AJCU Player of the Week.
Her 35.5% career three-point rate is tied for ninth all-time in program history with current Director of Operations
Abigail Corning, while her 276 rebounds this past year rank ninth in a single campaign.
Rockhampton are currently in third in the QBL (second division) with a 5-1 record. Goulding started and played 28 minutes in a 65-60 win over Gladstone PCP on May 18, scoring 13 points and tallying a game-high five steals, five rebounds, two threes, and an assist.
The Cyclones next game is this Saturday, June 1. There are 12 more contests in the regular season, which stretches into early August.
