2011-12 (Freshman): Played in all 29 games, including 28 starts in the regular season, to earn her first letter … Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll … Averaged 5.3 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game … Posted 28 steals on the year, while averaging 22.6 minutes per game … Scored in double figures four times, including a career-high 12 points against Samford (Dec. 3) … Hit a career-high three 3-pointers against UAB (Dec. 6) … Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in back-to-back games against Furman (Jan. 21) and Elon (Jan. 23) … Posted a career-high three steals against North Carolina Central (Jan. 26) and Georgia Southern (Jan. 15). 

High school
Graduated as North Cobb (Ga.) High School’s all-time leading scorer with 1,214 career points … was an all-region performer and the Class AAAAA South Player of the Year … earned first-team all-state honors from the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association and the Georgia Sportswriters Association … was named second-team all-metro by the Atlanta Tipoff Club … played in the GACA North-South All-Star Game as a senior … named the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Cobb Player of the Year and first-team all-metro in 2010-11 … helped North Cobb to the top four single-season win totals in school history and a state quarterfinals appearance in 2010-11 … was named the Marietta Daily Journal/Cobb County Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2009-10 … North Cobb’s team MVP and Female Athlete of the Year … three-time Scholar Athlete for North Cobb … member of the Silver Honor Roll … took third place in her age group and weight class in the 2009 USA Weightlifting National Schoolage Championships.

Personal
Jarae Clarice Savage … born May 23, 1993, in Lincoln, Neb. … daughter of Rodney and Leslie Savage … has an older brother, Cornelius … majoring in kinesiology.