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Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection
SOPHOMORE (2009-10)
Played in 31 games and garnered her first career start at BYU (11/27/09)... Averaged a career-high 18.0 minutes per game and tallied a career-high 29 minutes against VCU (12/20/09)... Averaged a career-high 3.1 points (95 total points), grabbed a career-high 4.3 rebounds per game (133 total rebounds)... Snared 53 offensive rebounds... Led the team in blocked shots with a career-high 19... Dished out a career-high 16 assists... Scored a career-high 12 points, on a career-best 5-of-9 shooting and pulled in eight rebounds against UTSA (12/21/09)... First time Brown has reached double figures... Averaged 4.8 points and 5.3 rebounds during final six games of the season... Hauled in a career-high 11 rebounds against Nebraska (3/6/10)... Recorded seven points and six rebounds at Iowa State (2/27/10)... Pulled in 10 rebounds against Northwestern (12/13/09)... Also rejected a career-high three shots against Northwestern and at Iowa State (2/27/10)... Tallied three steals against Northwestern... Scored four points and pulled in seven rebounds against Arkansas State (11/16/09)... Also pulled in seven rebounds and blocked two shots at Creighton (11/23/09)... Tallied four points, six rebounds and a blocked shot against Washington State (11/20/09).
FRESHMAN (2008-09)
Finished debut season by averaging 1.4 points (44), 1.8 rebounds (57) and 0.3 blocks (8) in 6.6 minutes per game (205)... Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds and scored six points against UTSA (11/23/08)... First freshman to pull in at least 10 rebounds since Ashley Sweat grabbed 11 boards on Jan. 31, 2007 at Colorado... Registered a career-high eight points, pulled in eight rebounds and dished out a career-high two assists against Central Arkansas (1/3/09)... Carded three points and four rebounds against Alcorn State (12/5/08)... Recorded two points, four rebounds and an assist at Iowa State (1/31/09).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
2007-08 South Carolina Basketball Coaches' Association All-State selection for Class 4A... Chosen to play in the Carolinas All-Star Classic at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC... Two-time Class 4A All-State selection in 2007 and 2008... 2007 Charleston Post & Courier Player of the Year... Two-time Region 8 Class 4A Player of the Year... ESPN/Rise Magazine South Carolina Player of the Year finalist... Four-time All-Region 8 4A selection... South Carolina Basketball Officials District Player of the Year in 2008... Two-time Low Country Player of the Year... Walterboro Press and Standard Player of the Year... Two-time team MVP... Tallied 1,400 career points and 1,226 career rebounds... Holds the school record for blocks and rebounds in a season with 126 and 436... Most wins in a career in school history by an individual with 72... For the 2007-08 season registered 15.4 points, 16.1 rebounds, 4.8 blocks, 3.1 assists and 4.1 steals per game... Also a two-time letterwinner in softball and was team MVP during sophomore season.
PERSONAL
Born November 11, 1989 in Walterboro, SC... Daughter of Shawn and Dawna Brown... Father played football at Wingate University... Major is elementary education.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
2010 All-Sunflower League first team... 2010 All-Area Player of the Year... 2010 All-Area first team... 2010 Class 6A All-State first team by the Topeka Capital-Journal... 2010 Class 6A All-State second team by the Wichita Eagle... 2010 Firebird Classic All-Tournament Team and Most Valuable Player... 2010 Bonner Springs Metro Classic All-Tournament Team... Participated in the Hy-Vee/Pepsi All-Star Challenge presented by the GKCBCA... Set the school record for points in a career (827) and career field goals made (291)... Registered a school record 88 free throws made in 2010... 2009-10 Sporting News High School All-American honorable mention selection...2010 McDonald's All-American nominee and is a four-time All-State honorable mention recipient... 2010 All-Sunflower League first team honoree... Three-time All-Area first team honors from the Lawrence Journal World... Carded 14.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals during her senior season... Averaged 14.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in her junior season and 9.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in her sophomore campaign... Played in the 2007 and 2008 Miss Basketball Showcase and was a two-time selection to the Miss Basketball All-American team... During her junior campaign at Free State, established a school record for points (36) and field goals made (13) in a game... Also holds the school record for free throws made in a game with 12... In her first season with the Firebirds in 2006-07, Caron averaged 11.6 points per game, including a high of 22. She also carded 9.3 rebounds per game... Teammates with Brianna Kulas and Taelor Karr on the Missouri Valley Eclipse AAU squad... Three-sport star, as she was an honorable mention All-State selection in volleyball... At the conclusion of her senior year, played in the 2009 Mo-Kan All-Star volleyball game and earned MVP honors... Led the Sunflower League and Great Kansas City Area in hitting percentage and blocks... Following her junior season, Caron registered first team All-Area honors from the Lawrence Journal World and was a first team All-Sunflower League selection... Played in the Greater Kansas City Volleyball Coaches' Association's Mo-KAN All-Star game during the fall of 2009... Garnered 2008 All-Area Volleyball Player of the Year honors... Ran track and set the Lawrence Free State records for the 200- and 400-meter dashes... Started her high school basketball career at Ottawa High School and averaged 11.6 points and 9.8 rebounds... Earned All-Area first team honors from the Ottawa Herald... Also earned state track medalist honors at Ottawa in the 100, 200 and 400.
PERSONAL
Born on Sept. 15, 1991... Daughter of Tina Caron and father figure Tim Gaines... Has five stepbrothers: Jehren (32), Jonathon (29), Kyle (22), Brewster (20) and Cameron (15)... Mother, Tina, played volleyball and ran track at Ottawa University... Stepbrother, Jonathon is an assistant men's basketball coach at Fort Hays State... Major is early childhood education.
2010 Waco Tribune All-Big 12 Freshman Team; Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
FRESHMAN (2009-10)
Named to the Waco Tribune Herald All-Big 12 freshman team... Earned Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors on Dec. 7, 2009... Named to Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Appeared in all 32 games and started 28 games, including the final 27 games of the season... Averaged 31.0 minutes per game... Was the only freshman in the Big 12 to achieve the combination of 350+ points, 180+ rebounds and 80+ assists... Finished second on the team and 20th in the Big 12 with a 12.1 points per game average (388 total points), which was the highest points per game average by a K-State freshman since the 2001-02 season... Her 388 total points were the fourth-highest in school history by a freshman and the most since the 2001-02 season... Scored in doubles figures in 22 of 32 games, including seven straight from Feb. 13-March 11... Registered a field goal percentage of .413 (129-of-312)... Tallied a team-leading 5.8 rebounds per game (185 total rebounds) and is the first freshman to lead the Wildcats in rebounding since 2005-06... Ranked 19th in the Big 12 for rebounding in all games and tied for 12th in rebounding (6.6 rpg; 106) for Big 12 contests... Only Wildcat to grab 100+ rebounds in Big 12 action... Carded 18 games with five or more rebounds and three games with 10 or more, including a career-high 14 at Colorado (3/3/10)... In her final 21 games, she averaged 6.9 rebounds per game... Led the team in defensive rebounds per game (4.1) and ranked 10th in the Big 12 for defensive rebounds in Big 12 contests with 4.8 per game... Finished second on the team with 2.5 assists per contest (80 assists) and ranked 13th in Big 12 with 2.7 assists in league contests... Led the Wildcats in three-point field goals made (65) and attempted (171) and was second on the team and eighth in the Big 12 in three-point field goal percentage (.380)... Her 65 made three-point field goals were the third-highest by a freshman in school history... Made a three-point field goal in 28 of 32 games, including 13 straight from Nov. 16, 2009 - Jan. 2, 2010... Made three or more 3-point field goals in 12 games, including a career-high five against Hawaii... At Creighton (11/23/09), Chambers tallied a perfect 4-of-4 from beyond the three-point line and tie the school record for three-point field goal percentage in a game... Finished her debut season by leading the team in free throw percentage and recording the eighth-highest free throw percentage for a season in school history (.844, 65-of-77)... Was 27-of-29 (.931) from the foul line in Big 12 contests... Registered her career-high of 20 points twice, against Arkansas State (11/16/09) and against Hawaii in Las Vegas (12/19/09)... Against Arkansas State, Chambers tallied her 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 4-of-6 from beyond the arc... Against Hawaii in the Duel in the Desert, she was 5-of-9 from beyond the three-point line and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe... Named to Duel in the Desert All-Tournament team after averaging 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists... During the Duel in the Desert, she tallied 17 points, six rebounds and four assists against VCU (12/20/09) and eight points, nine rebounds and six assists against UTSA (12/21/09)... Named to Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic All-Tournament team after averaging 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.5 steals... Notched first career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, including six offensive boards, at Colorado (3/3/10)... Reached her Big 12 high of 18 points twice, at Missouri (1/13/10) and at Nebraska (1/23/10)... At Missouri, she was 7-of-10 from the field, including 3-of-3 from the three-point line... At Nebraska, she was 6-of-10 from the field including 4-of-7 from the three-point line... She also hauled in eight rebounds against the Cornhuskers... Carded 17 points and nine rebounds at Texas A&M (2/13/10)... Scored 16 points and pulled in seven rebounds against Colorado (1/20/10)... Registered eight points and 10 rebounds against Nebraska in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championships (3/12/10).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Two-time All-State selection (2008 and 2009)... Associated Press Minnesota All-State first team... Three-time All-State Tournament team selection (2007, 2008 and 2009)... 2008-09 Minnesota Class 2A Girls Basketball Player of the Year...McDonald's All-American nominee...Minnesota Ms. Basketball nominee... Named to the 2008-09 gPrep All-State first team...Garnered first team All-Metro honors... Four-time All-Minnesota River Conference (MRC) selection... Two-time MRC Player of the Year (2007 and 2009)... Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a "fab 5" player in the state of Minnesota... Two-time KARE 11 Player of the Week... Finished basketball career at Jordan High as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,828 career points... Averaged 23.0 points and 7.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists (158 assists) and 3.7 steals (116 steals) during her senior season...Registered 23.9 points and 8.3 rebounds during her junior season... Notched an average of 23.5 points and 8.7 rebounds in her sophomore year... In her freshman season with the Jaguars, she averaged 15.9 points and 5.9 rebounds... Scored a Minnesota high school tournament record 47 points against Crookston High in the semifinals of the Class 2A state tournament in 2008... Four-time All-State and Minnesota State Tournament team selection in volleyball... Named a 2008 All-American by Prep Volleyball... 2007 Sophomore National Player of the Year by Prep Volleyball... Was a 2008 Gatorade Player of the Year nominee for volleyball... Named the Minnesota Class 2A Girls Volleyball Player of the Year... Four-time All-State selection in volleyball... Four-time All-State Tournament team honoree... 2008 Star Tribune All-Metro first team selection... Four-time All-MRC selection... Four-time MRC Player of the Year selection in volleyball... Finished career ranked second in Minnesota high school volleyball history for career and single-season kills... Led Jordan High to a pair of Class 2A state titles in 2006 and 2008.
PERSONAL
Born April 3, 1991 in Crosby, Minn... Daughter of Lance and Colleen Chambers... Has two younger sisters: Kelsey (14) and Alexis (9)... Father played baseball and football at Bemidji State... Mother played basketball at Brainerd Community College and coached Brittany in volleyball at Jordan High... National Honor Society selection... Major is open option.
2009-10 Academic All-Big 12 first team; Four-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection
SOPHOMORE (2009-10)
2009-10 Academic All-Big 12 first team selection... Named to Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Played in all 32 games and started 31 games, including the final 27 games of the season... Led the Wildcats in field goal percentage (.427, 103-of-241)... Set career-highs in six statistical categories... Averaged a career-high 7.3 points (235 total points) and hauled in a career-high 4.4 rebounds (142 total rebounds)... Scored in double figures in 12 games... Grabbed a team-high 66 offensive rebounds, which was 46 percent of her total rebounds... Snagged five or more rebounds in 14 games... Finished third on the team with a career-high 17 blocked shots... Dished out a new career-high 28 assists... Set a new career-high with 15 points and seven made field goals against Kansas (1/9/10)... Scored 14 points, pulled in eight rebounds and dished out a career-high four assists against Indiana State (11/14/09)... Registered 10 points, seven rebounds and a new career-high three blocks at Arkansas (12/2/09)... Carded 10 points, hauled in eight rebounds and blocked a pair of shots against Missouri State (12/5/09)... Also blocked two shots at Iowa State (2/27/10)... Tallied 12 points and six rebounds against UTSA (12/21/09).
FRESHMAN (2008-09)
Finished first season in Manhattan averaging 3.2 points (105), 1.7 rebounds (55) and 0.3 assists (10) in 9.5 minutes per game (313)... Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week for Feb. 16, 2009... Made first career start against Oklahoma State (2/15/09) and responded with first career double-double with career-highs of 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting and a career-high 16 rebounds... The 16 boards were the most by a Wildcat during the 2008-09 season and the highest by a freshman since Shalee Lehning pulled down a school record-tying 20 against Louisiana Tech on Dec. 6, 2005... Tallied 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting against UTSA (11/23/08)... Registered eight points on 4-of-6 shooting and four rebounds in her second career start at Missouri (2/18/09)... Carded eight points and five rebounds in 21 minutes of action at Nebraska (2/25/09)... In first NCAA Tournament game, recorded six points, a rebound, an assist and a blocked shot against Drexel (3/21/09)... Notched six points, a rebound, an assist and a steal at Jacksonville (11/28/08)... Scored five points in Big 12 debut against Kansas (1/10/09)... Pulled in five rebounds in consecutive games against Alcorn State (12/5/08) and Arkansas (12/6/08).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
2007 All-Metro County selection... 2005-06 All-Orange County second team selection... Averaged 17 points per game with a field goal percentage of .600 and 14 rebounds per contest in 2006-07... Registered single game career-highs of 35 points and 19 rebounds, both during her junior season.
PERSONAL
Born April 13, 1990 in Detroit, Mich... Daughter of Leon Cobb and Ramona Salter... Has two brothers: Payton Franklin (14) and Lloyd Cobb (19)... Also has a sister, Jennifer Salter (20)... Major is hotel and restaurant management.
Joins the team following the conclusion of her senior season with the K-State volleyball team
JUNIOR (2009)
Played 112 sets and led the team with 342 kills to average 3.05... CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Third Team with a perfect 4.0 GPA... CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District First Team... Academic All-Big 12 First Team... opened season with 19 kills on .264 hitting clip and four blocks against No. 11 Minnesota at Runza/AVCA Showcase... named to Nike BYU Classic All-Tournament Team... averaged 3.75 kills during tournament's three matches while hitting .218... had 18 kills and just one error in win over Cal Poly during Nike Classic... posted first double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs in win over Portland (9/12)... tallied career-high 22 kills in loss at Oklahoma (10/31).
SOPHOMORE (2008)
Played in 54 sets for Wildcats posting 73 kills... had a career-high 11 kills in come-from-behind win at Missouri (11/19)... had eight kills and four digs while hitting .318 in sweep of Northern Iowa (9/12)... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
FRESHMAN (2007)
Played in 33 games, including 21 Big 12 games, during her debut season with the Wildcats... Tallied 50 kills (1.52 kpg) on a .088 hitting percentage, 22 digs (0.67 dpg), seven total blocks (0.21 bpg), one service ace and 55 total points... Registered a career-high 10 kills and 11.0 points and added four digs to her stat line at Oklahoma (10/19)... Notched eight kills on a career-high .462 hitting percentage against Texas Tech (10/17)... Recorded a career-high seven digs and two blocks to go with seven kills against Texas (10/6)...Carded seven kills and her only service ace of the season against Fresno State (9/8)... Tallied six kills along with one block and one dig against North Texas (8/25).
HILLSBORO HIGH SCHOOL(2003-07)
2006 Class 3A State All-Tournament Team selection... Three-time unanimous selection to the All-Mid-Central Activities Association (MCAA) first team... Finished the 2006 season with 381 kills on a .448 hitting percentage, 242 digs, 126 total blocks and 40 service aces in 38 matches and 80 games played... Registered a personal season-high of 21 kills and 19 digs against Canton-Galva on Sept. 30... Following the 2005 season, she was chosen to the Kansas Volleyball Association (KVA) Class 3A All-State first team.... Earned All-Class 3A honors and the MVP award from the Hutchinson News, as well as first team All-Class from the publication... Also earned Class 3A first team honors from the Wichita Eagle and first team All-Area honors from the Salina Journal... Four-year letterwinner in volleyball, basketball and track... Two-time All-MCAA first team selection in basketball (2004-2005)... KBCA First (2006) ... Earned two Class 3A honorable mention citations from the Wichita Eagle in basketball (2004, 2005)... Seven-time Class 3A State gold medalist in track (3x in the high jump; 2x in the 300-meter hurdles; 2x in the 4x400-meter relay)... Holds the school records in the high jump (5-09.00), the 100-meter hurdles (14.77), 300-meter hurdles (45.93) and 1,600-meter run (5:34.60).
PERSONAL
JuliAnne Renee Chisholm was born Sept. 28, 1988... Daughter of Kem and Autumn Chisholm... She has four older siblings: Chris, Keli, Kara and Steven... Majoring in kinesiology.
2008-09 Academic All-Big 12 first team; Six-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
JUNIOR (2009-10)
Missed entire 2009-10 season after suffering a torn ACL in an October practice... Named to Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
SOPHOMORE (2008-09)
2008-09 Academic All-Big 12 first team... Three-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient... Carded 0.9 points per game (18), 0.4 rebounds (8) and 0.2 assists (4) per game... Registered career-highs in minutes (15), points (9), field goals made and attempted (3-of-4) and 3-point field goals made and attempted (3-of-4) against Alcorn State (12/5/08)... Saw action in a career-high 20 games, including nine Big 12 contests... Averaged 4.5 minutes per game (89)... Registered five points against Kansas (1/10/09) with 2-of-2 shooting from the field... Pulled in two rebounds in two games at Northwestern (11/17/08) and against Alcorn State... Notched three points and an assist against UTSA (11/23/08).
FRESHMAN (2007-08)
Played in 12 games during her rookie campaign, averaging 5.9 minutes... Tallied 1.3 points per game and shot .375 from the field (6-of-16), including .364 from beyond the three-point line (4-of-11)... Connected on a three-point field goal in four games, including one in three straight appearances... Registered a career-high five points on two occasions, against Lipscomb (11/30/07) and against Iowa State (1/23/08)... Named to the Fall 2007 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-year letterwinner for coach Rick Hetzel at St. Thomas Aquinas High School and one-year letterwinner at Blue Valley North High School...Averaged 13.0 points and 4.0 assists per game her senior year...Named 2007 KBCA all-state third team, Kansas City Star all-metro honorable mention, Metro Sports second team, Eastern Kansas League first team, Topeka Capitol Journal second team all-state and Wichita Eagle second team...Averaged 10.0 points, 3.9 assists and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 51.0 percent from the floor, 84.9 percent from the free-throw line and 45 percent from the three-point range her junior year...Kansas Basketball Coaches Association all-state honorable mention and Topeka Capitol Journal second team all-state her junior year...Also earned 2006 second team All-Eastern Kansas League honors and helped the team to a second-place finish at Kansas 5A State Tournament... Named St. Thomas Aquinas newcomer of the year and Eastern Kansas League scholar athlete in 2004-05...2004 Metro Sports/Hy-Vee Shootout "Featured Freshman of the Year"...Averaged 16.5 points and 3.4 assists playing AAU basketball.
PERSONAL
Kelsey Paige Hill... Born May 28, 1989 in Overland Park, Kan... Daughter of Kevin and Cheryl Hill... Has two brothers, Kyle (24) and Connor (12)... Majoring in agricultural communications.
Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection
FRESHMAN (2009-10)
Earned Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors on Jan. 18, 2010... Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient... Appeared in all 32 games and started 30 including the final 23 contests of the season... Averaged 29.8 minutes per game... Finished third on the team in scoring (9.1 ppg), rebounding (4.5 rpg) and assists (1.7 apg)... Ranked 28th in Big 12 for points per game (9.8) in league contests... Scored in double figures in 16 career games, including six straight from Dec. 29 - Jan. 23... Led the team in steals with 49 and was the first freshman to do so since the 2005-06 season... Notched 16 games with two or more steals and six games with three or more... Led the team and ranked seventh in the Big 12 in three-point field goal percentage (.386) for all games... Ranked ninth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.353) for Big 12 contests... Had 18 games with two or more made three-point field goals, including six games with four or more conversions... Registered first career double-double during first round of the 2010 Big 12 Championships against Texas Tech (3/11/10) with 16 points and 12 rebounds... Tallied a career-high 19 points and three steals at Texas A&M (2/13/10)... Carded 17 points, six rebounds and three steals at BYU (11/27/09)... Scored 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting, including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc against Nebraska (3/6/10)... Registered 15 points, five rebounds and three steals at Missouri (1/13/10)... Notched 15 points on a career-high 5-of-8 shooting from the 3-point line against Yale (1/2/10)... Most 3-point field goals made in a game by a freshman since 2001-02.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Named to the 2009 Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team... Selected the to the 2009 Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team... Kansas All-State second team selection in 2009... Garnered 2009 Tri-County Co-Player of the Year honors... Tri-County first team selection in 2007 and 2009... Tri-County second team recipient in 2006... One of 64 players from 17 states to play in the 2008 Miss Basketball Showcase... Team, the Missouri Valley Eclipse, captured the tournament title and Karr was named the tournament MVP... Concluded senior season at Paola High by averaging 14.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 1.8 assists per game... Helped Paola to a fourth-place finish at the 2009 Kansas State Championships... Led Paola to two Kansas Sub-State titles (2007 and 2009)... Lost entire junior season to an ACL injury... Averaged 14 points and 4.4 assists in her sophomore season... Three-year letterwinner in track and participated in volleyball for three seasons.
PERSONAL
Born on November 14, 1990... Daughter of John and Lisa Karr and Mark and Toni Bradley... Has three siblings: Bryce (22), half-sister Chandler (9) and half-brother Jake (5)... Father, John, played football and ran track at Pittsburg State from 1981-85... Majoring in business administration.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
2010 Sporting News High School All-American honorable mention recipient... Played in the 2010 Hy-Vee/Pepsi Challenge and scored 16 points... Two-time All-Sunflower League first team recipient... Earned All-Sunflower League second team honors following her sophomore season... 2009 All-Kansas City Metro honorable mention selection... Registered 16.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, 1.4 steals and 1.2 assists during her senior season at Shawnee Mission North... Carded 17.4 points per game on a .540 field goal percentage and also hauled in 4.9 rebounds per game during her junior campaign... In her sophomore year under head coach Kelly Dennis, Kulas registered 12.2 points on a .470 field goal percentage and also pulled in 2.1 rebounds... Teammates with Chantay Caron on the Missouri Valley Eclipse AAU squad... Garnered Scholar-Athlete Award... Also named to the National Honor Society and named to the academic honor roll.
PERSONAL
Born on June 2, 1992... Daughter of Gregory Jordan and Kelly Williams... Has one sibling: Kiara Williams... Major is open option.
CLOUD COUNTY CC
During her time with the Thunderbirds, she aided the squad to a 50-14 record and a pair of Region 6 tournament appearances... In her first season under coach Brett Erkenbrack, Ostermann averaged 10.0 points on a .380 field goal percentage, including a .350 three-point field goal percent... She also pulled in 2.5 rebounds per contest and shot .750 from the foul line... During the 2009-10 season, she tallied 8.0 points on a .390 field goal percentage and a .360 field goal percentage... She also notched 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Named to the All-Class 4A team and was a third team All-State selection following the 2008 season with the Cowgirls... Helped Abilene to a third place finish at state with a 25-1 record under head coach Janelle Geist... Played in the 2008 Kansas Basketball Coaches' Association All-Star Game... Three-time All-North Central Kansas League selection... Three-time All-DK Classic team recipient and was named the MVP of the tournament during the 2007-08 season... Two-time All-Tournament team selection for the Southeast of Saline tournament and was chosen as the tournament MVP during the 2007-08 event... Averaged 16.0 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.5 steals during her senior campaign... In her junior season, Ostermann was named an All-Class 4A third team selection after recording 13.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.1 steals... In her sophomore season, Ostermann tallied 10.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.7 steals... She was also a four-year letterwinner in track and cross country... Reached state all four years as a member of the 4x800 meter relay team.
PERSONAL
Born on July 11, 1990... Daughter of Chris and Scott Ostermann... Has one sibling: Neil... Majoring in kinesiology.
2009-10 Academic All-Big 12 first team; 2008-09 Academic All-Big 12 first team
JUNIOR (2009-10)
2009-10 Academic All-Big 12 first team... Named to Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Suffered a torn ACL in a March practice... Saw action in a career-high 28 games and started five... Averaged 17.2 minutes per game, including a career-high 38 minutes against Indiana State (11/14/09)... Averaged a career-high 4.0 points per game (113 total points)... Hauled in an average of 1.5 rebounds per game (42 total rebounds)... Dished out 0.5 assists per game (15 assists), which included a career-high three against Grambling State (12/4/09)... Shot a career-best .358 from the three-point line (24-of-67)... Had six games with two or more makes from beyond the 3-point line... Scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including a career-high 5-of-8 from the 3-point line against Hawaii (12/19/09)... Opened 2009-10 season with 15 points, four rebounds and two assists against Indiana State... Scored 11 points at UC Davis (12/29/09) on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the three-point line.
SOPHOMORE (2008-09)
2008-09 Academic All-Big 12 first team... Three-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient... Finished the season with career-highs in points per game (3.9, 98 points), rebounds per game (1.8 45 rebounds), field goals made and attempted (28-of-8), three-point field goals made and attempted (21-of-68) and free throws made and attempted (21-of-24)... Played in a career-high 25 games and 348 minutes (13.9 per game)... Season ended by knee injury... Tallied a career-high 16 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the field, including a career-high 8-of-8 from the free throw line against Alcorn State (12/5/08)... Opened 2008-09 with 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc at UTEP (11/14/08)... Boosted K-State with 11 points in a career-high 30 minutes of action against Missouri (2/4/09)... Notched nine points and five rebounds off the bench against Nebraska (1/27/09)... Registered eight points in 15 minutes against Kansas (1/10/09)... Tallied eight points and a career-high-tying five rebounds at Indiana State (12/20/08)... Carded seven points and three rebounds against Central Arkansas (1/3/09).
FRESHMAN (2007-08)
Played in 24 games during her debut season in a Wildcat uniform, averaging 9.0 minutes... Recorded 1.5 points per game and 1.2 rebounds per game... Shot .387 from the field (12-of-31), including .364 from beyond the three-point line (8-of-22)... Named to Fall 2007 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Scored a career-high seven points against UTEP (12/1/07) on 2-of-2 shooting and one-of-one from beyond the arc... Scored six points against Iowa State (1/23/08), including 2-of-4 from beyond the arc... Tallied a key three-point field goal to close out the first half at Texas A&M (1/13/08) for her only points in the game... Secured a career-high four rebounds at Missouri (2/1/7/08)... Carded four points, two rebounds and two assists at Creighton (12/18/07)... Had three points, three rebounds and two assists against Lipscomb (11/30/07).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Four-year letterwinner and starter for coach Gary Spani at Metro Academy...Shalin led Metro Academy to the NCHBC National Championship her junior year...A three-time NCHBC All-American...She earned 2005 Street & Smith's High School All-American honorable mention in 2006... 2006 McDonald's High School All-American nominee... 2004 Miss Basketball Showcase All-American...Also selected first team all-state in 2006 and first team all-region in 2004 and 2005...Averaged 24.0 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 4.5 steals per game as a junior...She holds school records in career points (2,467), career three-point shots (248), career field goal percentage (.513), career three-point field goal percentage (.390), points in a season (936), three-point field goals in a season (118), points in a game (43), rebounds in a game (18) and three-point field goals in a game (12)...Also holds the state of Kansas record for three-point shots made in a game (12)...2006 NCHBS National Tournament MVP...2006 Missouri Regional State Championship MVP...2005 5-State Regional MVP... Two-time NCHBS National Tournament leading scorer... 2005 Blue-Star all-star...Missouri Valley AAU Player of the Year...Spani holds an impressive 4.00 grade-point average.
PERSONAL
Shalin Bree Spani...Born July 20, 1988 in Independence, Mo... Daughter of Gary and Stacey Spani... Has four sisters, Taber (20), Tanis (18), Sajel (15) and Taris (13)... Father, Gary, was an All-American in football at Kansas State and was inducted into the College Football and Kansas State Halls of Fame... Sister, Taber, plays basketball at Tennessee... He also played for the Kansas City Chiefs... Majoring in journalism and mass communications with a focus on public relations.
SOPHOMORE (2009-10)
Underwent surgery on both feet to repair plantar fasciitis in January... Played in just seven games and averaged 6.9 minutes... Scored a career-high seven points on a career-high 3-of-8 shooting against Grambling State (12/4/09)... Pulled in a career-high three rebounds and blocked a shot against Indiana State (11/14/09)... Scored three points against the Sycamores in the season-opener... Tallied two points at Creighton (11/23/09).
FRESHMAN (2008-09)
Registered 13 points in 16 games played in her rookie season in Manhattan... Played a total of 56 minutes, including a career-high 12 minutes on two separate occasions, against Alcorn State (12/5/08) and Central Arkansas (1/3/09)... Scored a career-high five points and pulled in a career-high two rebounds against Alcorn State... Recorded three points against Central Arkansas... Tallied a made free throw in debut at UTEP (11/14/08)... Carded two points on a pair of free throws against Colorado (2/21/09)... Scored two points against UTA (12/14/08).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Ranked 53rd in the nation for overall players for the class of 2008 and the 17th best guard in the nation by hoopgurlz.com... Named to the 2007 Associated Press Class 2 All-State team, the 2007 MBCA Class 2 All-State team and was a 2007 Class 2 All-State selection by the Missouri Sportscasters' Association... Two-time KMZU "Dream Team"... During her time with the Tigers, Voronenko tallied 1,784 career points including a career single-game high of 32... During 2007-08 season, Voronenko averaged 21.2 points and 12.7 rebounds per game... Dished out 116 assists (4.1 per game), shot 56 percent from the field and .835 from the free throw line.
PERSONAL
Born March 9, 1990 in Riga, Latvia... Daughter of Ivan and Lyubov Voronenko... Has seven siblings: Lilia, Vital, Alex, Andrey, Pavel, Olga and Kirill... Mother, Lyubov, was a competitive snow skier... Major is mass communications.
Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient
FRESHMAN (2009-10)
Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient... Appeared in 31 contests, including one start at BYU (11/27/09)... Played 10.9 minutes per game... Registered 1.3 points per game (41 total points), 1.8 rebounds (56 total rebounds), and 1.2 assists (36 assists)... Had four games with five or more rebounds... Carded five games with three or more assists... Scored a career-high nine points on a career-high 4-of-5 shooting against Washington State (11/20/09)... Dished out a career-high five assists against Colorado (1/20/10)... Pulled in a career-high six rebounds at Creighton (11/23/09).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
KTRX Springfield All-Tourney Team... Oklahoma All-Star Game... 2008-09 Mid-State Conference Defensive Player of the Year... Three-time All-Mid-State Conference selection, two first team honors and a second team honor... 2009 Oklahoma 6A State Tournament first team selection... 2009 Big All-City first team recipient... 2009 Oklahoma Basketball Girls Coaches Association (OBGCA) All-State team member... 2009 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State team... 2009 Tulsa World All-State second team honoree... super 5 Oklahoma All-State second team selection... Finished senior season at Midwest City High by averaging 7.7 points, 4.1 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals... Junior season cut short in January by an ACL injury... Registered career averages of 8.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals... Helped the AAU team of Oklahoma Select capture two AAU national titles.
PERSONAL
Born on April 3, 1991... Daughter of Trevor and Toni White... Has two siblings: Derrick (20) and Adrianna (14)... Derrick was recruited by Kansas to play basketball, but was diagnosed with heart disease and was forced to quit the game... Major is open option.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Rated as the No. 37 guard in the nation for the class of 2010 by ESPN HoopGurlz... Before the start of the 2010 season, earned Sporting News High School All-American honorable mention honors... 2010 All-District 27-4A first team... Played in the 2010 Lonestar All-Star Game... Named to the Harlandale All-Tournament Team in 2009... Recorded 15.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals during her senior year... Led Alamo Heights in points, assists, three-point field goal percentage (.300) and overall field goal percentage (.460)... Averaged 20.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game during her junior season... Wittman tallied a season and career-high for a single game with 27 points during her junior campaign.... In her sophomore year with the Mules, Wittman averaged 11.3 points and 7.6 rebounds.
PERSONAL
Born on March 18, 1992... Daughter of Bill and Ludi Wittman... Has six siblings: Luis, Jeff, Randy, Richard, Josh and Isaiah... Major is business.
