180 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEBRASKA 2,000-POINT SCORERS KAREN JENNINGS 1990-93 6-2 Forward Persia, Iowa (Tri-Center Community) 51

In March of 2015, she was named to the Jennings added 16 points and 13 rebounds inaugural class of the University of Nebraska in a 78-60 loss at Southern California in the Athletics Hall of Fame - one of 22 athletes across tournament's second round. NU finished with a all sports. 23-8 record and a second-place finish with a 10-4 Jennings was one of the top student-athletes mark in the Big Eight. in NU history. She captured CoSIDA Academic Jennings also claimed a spot on the Big Eight All-American-of-the-Year honors in 1992 and 1993, All-Tournament team after leading the Huskers to while claiming CoSIDA First-Team Academic All- the tournament championship game. America honors three times (1991, 1992, 1993). Following a career in physical therapy, Jennings A two-time Big Eight Conference Player of the became a highly successful real estate agent Year (1992, 1993) and a three-time first-team in Omaha. Jennings became the first Nebraska all-conference pick, Jennings was the Big Eight female student-athlete to be inducted into the Newcomer of the Year in 1990. CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in The captain of Nebraska's All-Century Team 2008. announced in February of 2000, Jennings closed her career as the first player in school history to score more than 2,000 points and record 1,000 rebounds. Jennings was also chosen as one of 25 2,405 POINTS (1) Women of Distinction honored during the Nebraska Athletic Department's Silver HONORS & AWARDS Anniversary celebration of 25 years of • University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame women's athletics at NU in 1999-2000. (Inaugural Class, 2015) Jennings averaged 20.2 points and 8.4 • CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame rebounds per game in her career, while Inductee (2008) ranking first in points (2,405). She also • Captain Nebraska's All-Century Team (2000) ranks fifth in career rebounds (1,000), • Nebraska Jersey Retired (1993) first in field goals made (981), second in • Margaret Wade Trophy field-goal percentage (.568), third in field Nation's Outstanding Player (1993) goals attempted (1,726), tied for fourth • WBCA/Kodak First-Team All-American (1993) in free throws attempted (570) and fifth • CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year in free throws made (426). Jennings' 810 points and 25.3 points (1992, 1993) per game average in 1991-92 rank as • CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American the top single-season totals in school (1991, 1992, 1993) history, while her 10.0 rebounds per • Big Eight Female Athlete of the Year (1993) game allowed her to average a double- • Big Eight Player of the Year (1992, 1993) double as a junior. She also owns NU's • Big Eight Newcomer of the Year (1990) single-game scoring mark with 48 points • First-Team All-Big Eight (1991, 1992, 1993) in an 87-82 win at Kansas State on Jan. • Big Eight All-Tournament Team (1993) 21, 1992. • First-Team Academic All-Big Eight In her freshman season, the Huskers (1991, 1992, 1993) struggled to a 10-18 overall record, but with Jennings as a nucleus, NU improved The most decorated women's basketball player to 17-11 the next season. She set the in school history, Karen Jennings earned the Husker sophomore record for scoring Margaret Wade Trophy as the nation's outstanding average at 20.5 points per game (574 player and WBCA/Kodak First-Team All-America points). honors in 1993. NU continued to improve in Jennings' The 6-2 forward from Persia, Iowa, was a four- record-setting junior campaign, posting a year starter and led Nebraska to the second round 21-11 mark and advancing to the National of the 1993 NCAA Tournament. The first Husker Women's Invitational Tournament. to have her jersey retired, Jennings' No. 51 was In her final season, Jennings helped retired in 1994 and formally put on display at the Nebraska to its first NCAA Tournament Devaney Center in 2006. A giant banner displaying win in history with 14 points and eight her name and No. 51 are now on permanent rebounds in an 81-58 win over San Diego display alongside Maurtice Ivy's No. 30 and Kelsey at the Sports Center on Griffin's No. 23 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. March 17, 1993. KAREN JENNINGS career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 1989-90 28-15 620 157-298 .527 0-0 .000 60-101 .594 184-6.6 79-3 35 73 11 24 374-13.4 1990-91 28-28 770 236-413 .571 0-1 .000 102-137 .745 248-8.9 77-2 57 109 11 42 574-20.5 1991-92 32-32 1,029 337-559 .603 7-20 .350 129-165 .782 319-10.0 100-4 45 130 20 42 810-25.3 1992-93 31-31 951 251-456 .550 10-32 .313 135-167 .808 249-8.0 94-2 48 101 21 58 647-20.9 Career 119-106 3,370 981-1,726 .568 17-53 .321 426-570 .747 1,000-8.4 350-11 185 413 63 166 2,405-20.2

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(Big 12, 2010), Karen Jennings (Big Eight, 1993) and The first pick of the second round of the 2014 Maurtice Ivy (Big Eight, 1988) as the only Huskers to WNBA Draft by Tulsa, Hooper averaged 5.8 points claim conference player-of-the-year awards. and 2.4 rebounds per game as a rookie, before As a senior, Hooper became the third first-team helping the Shock to the playoffs in her second WNBA All-American in Nebraska history, joining fellow season. She played for the Wings in 2016, 2,000-point scorers Jennings (1993) and Griffin (2010). before splitting time with Connecticut, Atlanta and A standout on the court, in the classroom and in the Chicago in 2017. community, Hooper was one of five Senior CLASS Hooper played for Besiktas (Turkey) in 2014-15, Award first-team All-Americans. She was a second- averaging 13.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. team All-American by the Associated Press before Hooper played 15 games for Atenienses de being selected by Tulsa with the No. 13 pick in the Manat in Puerto Rico before starring for Southeast WNBA Draft. Queensland in Australia's WNBL in 2015-16. She Hooper led the Big Red to the most successful ranked third in the league with 18.5 points and three-year stretch in school history. NU finished with seventh in the league with 8.6 rebounds per game. a 26-7 overall record during Hooper's senior season. She went back to Turkey to play for the University The Huskers played for a share of the regular-season of Istanbul Club in 2016-17, averaging 12.5 points and Big Ten title in the final game of the year for the 6.2 rebounds over 25 games, before returning to the second straight season before settling for third with WNBL to play for the Canberra Capitals in 2017-18. a 12-4 league mark in 2013-14. She is set to play professionally in Israel in 2018-19. 2,357 POINTS (2) NU played for a share of the regular-season crown Hooper earned her bachelor's degree in on the way to a 25-9 mark and a 12-4 league mark in psychology from Nebraska in May of 2014. HONORS & AWARDS 2012-13. • First-Team WBCA All-American (2014) As a sophomore, Hooper helped the • First-Team Senior CLASS All-American (2014) Huskers to a 24-9 mark and a trip to the Big Ten • Second-Team Associated Press All-American (2014) Tournament title game. • No. 13 Overall Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft After coming up short in those first three (Tulsa Shock, 1st Pick, 2nd Round) championship game appearances, Hooper • Wade Trophy Finalist (2014) and the Huskers claimed Nebraska's first-ever • Wooden Award Finalist (2014) conference tournament title with a 72-65 win over Iowa on March 9, 2014, in Indianapolis. • Senior CLASS Award Finalist (2014) Hooper also led the Big Red to three straight • Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 NCAA Tournament appearances from 2012 (2012, 2013, 2014) through 2014, including the school's second • Two-Time Honorable-Mention All-American NCAA Sweet 16 bid in 2013. The 2013 and 2014 (WBCA, AP, 2012, 2013) Huskers also became the first teams in NU history • Big Ten Player of the Year (2014) to win NCAA Tournament games in consecutive • First-Team All-Big Ten (2012, 2013, 2014) seasons. Overall, Nebraska averaged 25 wins per • Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2012, 2014) season in Hooper's last three years. Prior to her • USA Basketball World University Games arrival as a two-time Nebraska Gatorade High Gold Medalist (2013) School Player of the Year (2008, 2010), only one • Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2011) Husker team had ever won more than 23 games • Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013, 2014) in a season. • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2014) A three-time All-American by both the WBCA and the Associated Press, Hooper was a three-time candidate for the Wade and Naismith The most athletic forward in Nebraska women's trophies. She was a finalist for the Wade and basketball history, Jordan Hooper finished No. 2 at Wooden awards in 2014. She was a three-time NU in points (2,357) and third in rebounds (1,110) first-team All-Big Ten choice and a two-time Big while smashing the Husker record with 295 threes. Ten All-Tournament selection. Hooper was also The 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., not only a three-time academic All-Big Ten selection and finished in a tie for No. 4 in history NU's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner in in three-pointers made, she was also one of only two 2014. players in Big Ten history to achieve the combined As a senior, Hooper averaged 20.4 points milestones of 2,300 points and 1,100 rebounds. She and 9.1 rebounds to push her career averages was the first Husker to ever accomplish that feat. to 18.0 points and 8.5 boards per game. She Hooper, who tied Kelsey Griffin's school record started all 131 games of her career to rank third with 40 career double-doubles, became Nebraska's in NU history, while becoming one of just three first Big Ten Player of the Year in 2014, joining Griffin Huskers to play 4,000 career minutes. JORDAN HOOPER career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2010-11 31-31 908 162-447 .362 67-184 .364 63-86 .733 70-135 205-6.6 74-0 10 43 16 24 454-14.6 2011-12 33-33 979 207-522 .397 67-210 .319 143-183 .781 93-213 306-9.3 55-0 15 63 23 29 624-18.9 2012-13 34-34 1,048 215-537 .400 81-242 .335 96-117 .821 86-214 300-8.8 44-0 22 44 18 36 607-17.9 2013-14 33-33 1,095 233-533 .437 80-220 .364 126-157 .803 62-237 299-9.1 59-0 40 38 17 33 672-20.4 Career 131-131 4,030 817-2,039 .401 295-856 .345 428-543 .788 311-799 1,110-8.5 232-0 87 192 74 122 2,357-18.0

SIX ALL-AMERICA AWARDS SINCE 2010 182 2018-19 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEBRASKA 2,000-POINT SCORERS MAURTICE IVY 1985-88 5-9 Forward/Guard Omaha, Nebraska (Central) 30

earned a spot on the Big Eight All-Tournament first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1988. team in 1986-87 and 1987-88. Ivy led the Huskers in the 100-82 loss at USC A three-time first-team All-Big Eight pick, with a team-high 22 points to go along with nine Ivy's 19.2 points per game rank second on rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot and one Nebraska's career charts, while her 778 career steal in her final game in a Nebraska uniform. Ivy rebounds rank eighth on the Huskers' all-time served as an assistant coach at Nebraska-Omaha list. She is also tied for seventh in Husker history from the summer of 2004 through the end of with 21 career double-doubles, including 10 as the 2006-07 season, before becoming the head a sophomore in 1985-86. coach at Peru State College in the summer of Although Ivy was only 5-9, her outstanding 2007. She coached for six seasons at Peru State. leaping ability and court awareness made her a She currently lives in Omaha. fierce shot blocker, as she ranks sixth on Nebraska's all-time list with 104 blocked shots. Ivy also ranks, second in career field goals made (847) and attempted (1,799), third in free throws made (431), tied for fourth in free throws attempted (570) and 2,131 POINTS (3) eighth in career steals (215). Ivy's 23.6 points per game HONORS & AWARDS average in 1986-87 rank as the second-best single-season • Big Eight Player of the Year (1988) scoring average in school • Three-Time First-Team All-Big Eight history, and her 683 points as a (1986, 1987, 1988) junior rank as the fourth-highest • Two-Time Big Eight All-Tournament Team total at Nebraska. Her 153 (1987, 1988) made free throws and 196 free • Nebraska Jersey Retired (2011) throws attempted in 1986-87 • Nebraska All-Century Team (2000) were single-season Nebraska • No. 3 on Nebraska Career Scoring List (2,131) records until Kelsey Griffin and • No. 2 on Nebraska Single-Game Scoring List Dominique Kelley both eclipsed (46 vs. Illinois, Dec. 30, 1986) those marks in 2009-10. • No. 5 on Nebraska Career Blocked Shot List (104) Ivy produced one of the • Tied for No. 7 at Nebraska in Career Double-Doubles (21) greatest performances in Husker • No. 8 on Nebraska Career Rebounding List (778) history when she erupted for • No. 8 on Nebraska Career Steals List (215) 46 points in Nebraska's 100-87 loss to Illinois at Maples Pavilion One of the most athletic players in Nebraska in Stanford, Calif., on Dec. 30, history, Maurtice Ivy was the first player in Husker 1986. history to surpass the 2,000-point barrier. It was one of eight 30-point Ivy, who became the second Husker to have scoring efforts in Ivy's career, her jersey retired (Jan. 16, 2011), joins fellow including a pair of 35-point 2,000-point scorers Karen Jennings (No. 51, performances against Oklahoma 1994) and Kelsey Griffin (No. 23, 2014) in being and Kansas in 1987. honored with giant banners featuring their She added the eighth-best names and numbers on display at Pinnacle Bank rebound total in school history Arena. with 19 boards to go along with Ivy was one of five players chosen to 23 points in a 104-63 win over Nebraska's All-Century Team in February of Brigham Young at the Illinois 2000, and one of the "25 Women of Distinction" Invitational in Champaign, Ill., on selected in 1999-2000 as part of the school's Dec. 14, 1985. She also had 29 silver anniversary of women's athletics. points and 14 rebounds at Iowa The athletic wing player from Omaha Central State on Feb. 22, 1986. High School was the first Husker to earn Big Along with leading the Eight Player-of-the-Year honors after leading Huskers to their first conference Nebraska to the Big Eight title in 1988. Ivy also title, Ivy guided Nebraska to its

MAURTICE IVY career statistics

Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 1984-85 26-24 712 145-348 .417 N/A .000 73-108 .676 142-5.5 80-4 41 68 27 51 363-14.0 1985-86 27-27 808 219-500 .438 N/A .000 94-124 .758 233-8.6 93-4 70 121 27 54 532-19.7 1986-87 29-29 951 265-517 .513 N/A .000 153-196 .781 226-7.8 94-4 75 134 34 55 683-23.6 1987-88 29-27 845 218-434 .502 6-10 .600 111-142 .782 177-6.1 90-1 111 121 16 55 553-19.1 Career 111-107 3,316 847-1,799 .471 6-10 .600 431-570 .756 778-7.0 357-13 297 444 104 215 2,131-19.2

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The 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year, Griffin earned the entire season with a foot injury that required a first-team All-America honors from the WBCA, pair of surgeries. She returned to full health before Associated Press, U.S. Basketball Writers Association the start of the 2009-10 campaign. and the Wooden Award while powering Nebraska to Following her collegiate career, Griffin was the its first NCAA Sweet 16 and its first Big 12 regular- No. 3 overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the Minnesota season title. Lynx. She was quickly traded to the Connecticut Sun, Along the way, Griffin was named a finalist for where she earned one of five spots on the 2010 every major national player-of-the-year award (Wade, WNBA All-Rookie Team. Griffin spent her fifth WNBA Naismith, Wooden, Honda) and became Nebraska's season with the Connecticut Sun in 2014. In 2013, first Senior CLASS Award winner in any sport. She was Griffin started all 34 games while averaging 8.7 points also named a finalist for the V Foundation Comeback and 5.0 rebounds. She played 133 WNBA games with Award and the National Consortium on Academics 61 starts in her first four seasons, while averaging 5.0 and Sports Giant Steps Courageous Student-Athlete points and 3.9 boards per game in her career. Award. Griffin played professionally in Hungary in 2010- Griffin, who led Nebraska to its highest national 11 and Israel in 2011-12, before joining the Bendigo rankings and first NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed, Spirit in Australia's WNBL in 2012-13. She led closed her career with a then-school-record 127 Bendigo to the WNBL title and was named the MVP starts. She ranks fourth in school history with 2,033 of the championship series in both 2013 and 2014. points and 1,019 rebounds. She joins 1993 Wade Griffin was voted to the WNBL All-Star Five in 2014- Trophy winner Karen Jennings and 2014 first-team 15, after averaging 16.0 points and 9.2 rebounds per All-American Jordan Hooper as the only Huskers in game. She was also the WNBL Defensive Player of the 2,033 POINTS (4) history with 2,000 points and 1,000 boards. Griffin Year. In 2015-16, Griffin ranked fourth in the WNBL and Hooper also share the NU career record with 40 in scoring (17.9 ppg), third in rebounding (10.0 rpg), HONORS & AWARDS double-doubles. Griffin produced a single-season fourth in steals (41) and ninth in blocks (20) despite • 2010 Senior CLASS Award Winner record 20 double-doubles as a senior in 2009-10. battling a hamstring injury early in the season. In • No. 3 Overall Pick in 2010 WNBA Draft (Minnesota Lynx) A three-time first-team All-Big 12 pick, Griffin 2016-17, she averaged 15.1 points and 7.7 rebounds. earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team as a She claimed her permanent citizenship in • 2010 WNBA All-Rookie Team (1 of 5, Connecticut Sun) senior with single-season career bests of 60 steals, 26 Australia in 2015, and earned MVP honors at the 2017 • U.S. National Select Team Member (2010) blocks and a remarkable 29 charges drawn. Asia Cup in her first appearance with the Australian • National Player-of-the-Year Finalist (2010) Griffin erupted for a career-high 36 points at National Team. Griffin, who spent six WNBL seasons (Wade, Naismith, Wooden, Honda) Kansas State on March 6 to carry NU to the first as a star in Bendigo, is competing for the Canberra • First-Team All-American (AP, WBCA, USBWA, Wooden, 2010) perfect season in Big 12 history, helping the Huskers Capitals in 2018-19 while also playing for the • Big 12 Player of the Year (2010) improve to 29-0 overall and 16-0 in the league. She Australian National Team. hit 15-of-19 shots from the field against the Wildcats. • Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year (2010) She played alongside former Husker teammate It was Griffin's fifth career 30-point effort, including and Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry in Bendigo • Three-Time First-Team All-Big 12 (2007, 2008, 2010) her fourth as a senior (31 points, 11 rebounds vs. for three seasons (2012-13 to 2014-15). • Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2007, 2008, 2010) Creighton; 30/14 vs. No. 5 LSU; 30/13 at No. 11 • NU Game, Season, Career Records for Free Throws Made Oklahoma). • Big 12 Freshman of the Year (Dallas Morning News, 2006) Griffin earned six Big 12 Player-of-the-Week • Big 12 All-Rookie Team (Coaches, 2006) awards as a senior, including four straight to end the • Nine-Time Big 12 Player of the Week (March 8, 2010; season. She finished with 104 career double-figure scoring efforts, including each of Nebraska's three March 1, 2010; Feb. 22, 2010; Feb. 15, 2010; Jan. 4, 2010; games in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, when she Dec. 21, 2009; Feb. 4, 2008; Feb. 5, 2007; Jan. 8, 2007) averaged 18.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. • Nine-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll After a sensational start as a freshman, Griffin Fall, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Spring, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 battled illness down the stretch, limiting her playing • Big 12 Good Works Team (2007) time during the last half of the 2006 Big 12 season. In 2006-07, she was challenged by a breathing One of the most decorated players in Nebraska condition with effects similar to asthma. In 2007-08, history, Kelsey Griffin joined her 2,000-point scoring Griffin played the entire year with a protective vest predecessors Karen Jennings and Maurtice Ivy with after cracking a rib in an exhibition game. the honor of having her jersey retired on Jan. 29, Not even the rib injury and breathing condition 2014. A banner with Griffin's No. 23 and her name could stop Griffin from producing a strong Big 12 hang alongside Jennings' No. 51 and Ivy's No. 30 on campaign, averaging 16.8 points and 8.2 rebounds. permanent display at Pinnacle Bank Arena. They also couldn't stop her from carrying the Huskers Griffin produced one of the best senior seasons to their first NCAA Tournament victory since 1998. in school history on her way to first-team All-America Griffin erupted for 26 points going head-to- honors in 2009-10. The 6-2 forward from Eagle River, head with Xavier's post duo of 6-6 Ta'Shia Phillips Alaska, averaged 20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per and 6-5 Amber Harris to guide NU to a win over the game while leading Nebraska to its best season in Musketeers in College Park, Md. school history. However, in 2008-09 Griffin was forced to miss KELSEY GRIFFIN career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2005-06 32-32 793 151-279 .541 1-4 .250 121-174 .695 83-109 192-6.0 82-4 28 48 24 40 424-13.3 2006-07 32-32 778 177-324 .546 1-9 .111 125-173 .723 96-169 265-8.3 78-0 35 63 19 36 480-15.0 2007-08 29-29 752 158-295 .536 1-7 .143 127-176 .722 58-150 208-7.2 55-1 30 64 25 40 444-15.3 2008-09 Injured - Redshirt Season 2009-10 34-34 948 245-411 .596 6-24 .250 189-250 .756 118-236 354-10.4 72-0 63 64 26 60 685-20.1 Career 127-127 3,271 731-1,309 .558 9-44 .205 562-773 .727 355-664 1,019-8.0 287-5 156 239 94 176 2,033-16.0

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