With hundreds of Division I women's college basketball teams with thousands of student-athletes on their rosters, ESPN.com wants to give you a quick look inside the lives of the players we cover. Every Tuesday throughout the season, we'll feature a new student-athlete who has taken the time to answer our 20 Questions.

Monica Bates, N.C. State

	Bates

Vitals: 6-2 junior forward
Stats to know: Started 27 of 29 games, averaging 23.8 minutes, 5.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists during 1999-2000 season. Recipient of the team's Most Improved Award following her freshman year. Tallied 1,491 points, 630 rebounds, 154 assists and 95 steals during her three-year prep career at Coffee County High School, where she was the first player to score 1,000 career points.

20 QUESTIONS
1	If you could be a cartoon character or super hero, who would you be and why? Smurfette. She's the only girl in a village with all male Smurfs.
2	What was your parents' favorite saying? "If you don't have to work for it, it ain't worth having."
3	Who's the best player you've ever faced? Chasity Melvin.
4	Who's the one player, man or woman, you'd want to take one-on-one? Jason Williams. I want him to teach me some dribbling moves.
5	What's your favorite movie? The Green Mile.
6	What's the last CD you bought? Dixie Chicks.
7	If you weren't a basketball player, what would you be? A softball player.
8	How did you get started playing basketball? I was going to try out for every sport until I made a team in sixth grade. Basketball tryouts were first, and I made it.
9	If a movie was made about you, which actress would you like to see cast to play you? Catherine Zeta-Jones.
10	Why do you wear your jersey number? Because assistant coach Stephanie Glance wore number 25 in college.
11	What's your favorite pre-game meal? Barbecue chicken.
12	What's your favorite junk food? Chocolate.
13	If you were stuck on a deserted island, what's the only thing you'd take with you? Music.
14	When you think of St. Louis, what do you think of (other than the Final Four)? A chance to have the best senior year ever and the chance to live a dream every college basketball player has.
15	What's your favorite TV show? Friends.
16	If you could invite any three people (dead or alive) to dinner, who would they be? My mom, dad and grandma.
17	What is the one thing you can't get through the day without? Praying.
18	What's something we don't know about you? I love kids.
19	If you changed your name, what would you change it to? Alexus.
20	What does ESPN stand for? Exciting Sports Publically Noticed.