70 | nebraska women's | 2010-11 Catheryn redmon 6-3 l Senior l Center Grand Prairie, Texas (Mansfield Timberview)

Outlook (2010-11) to third on NU’s career list with 139, while setting and the Buckeyes. Defensively, she frustrated Lavender Catheryn Redmon enters her senior season as one of NU’s single-season mark for juniors with 63 on the year. throughout the game until Redmon was forced to the the top shot-blockers in school history. Redmon, who came She had a career-high 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting bench with foul trouble midway through the second half. off the bench for all 34 games last season in support of in a win over South Dakota on Dec. 3. She added seven The Buckeyes, who went on to the 2009 NCAA Sweet 16, All-Big 12 forwards Kelsey Griffin and Cory Montgomery, rebounds, three blocks and an in just 18 minutes. escaped from the Devaney Center with a 69-65 win. has a chance to return to the starting role she occupied Redmon had 12 points, four boards, three blocks and two Redmon went on to average 5.7 points and 5.5 as a sophomore in 2008-09. steals in NU’s win at Miami, again hitting 6-of-7 shots rebounds per game on the year while making 24 The Huskers will look for Redmon to continue to be from the field. She had eight points, 10 boards and four consecutive starts to close the season. She averaged a defensive force, while adding rebounding and scoring blocks against Washington State, and eight points and 23.2 minutes per game, including 28.5 minutes in Big production inside. nine rebounds at UNLV. She added eight points, eight 12 action. Redmon averaged 5.8 points and 6.1 boards "Catheryn is a very athletic post player who runs the boards and four blocks against Northern Illinois. She had in Big 12 games, while ranking third in the conference floor extremely well for her size," Nebraska Coach Connie eight points, five rebounds and two blocks in 15 minutes with 2.8 blocks. Yori said. "She is our best low-block defender as a true against No. 12 Texas A&M. While Redmon's talent was a bit raw on the offensive 5-player, which means we don't have to double the post end, she wowed crowds with her dominant defense. She as much. That makes our team defense better." Sophomore (2008-09) closed the year with 67 blocked shots - the third-highest Redmon stepped into a starting role and established total in Husker history trailing only Danielle Page's school- Junior (2009-10) herself as one of the best shot-blockers in Husker history. record 78 in 2007-08, and NU career block leader Janet Redmon returned to a reserve role with the return of She started the first game of her career just days Smith's 69 in 1979-80. Redmon's block total was even All-American forward Kelsey Griffin. after two-time All-Big 12 forward Kelsey Griffin underwent more amazing considering she had only three rejections Redmon averaged 4.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and a season-ending ankle surgery on Dec. 4. Redmon made her in NU's first seven non-conference games while playing team-leading 1.9 blocks per contest, which ranked 51st starting debut against 2008 and 2009 Big Ten Conference a total of just 56 minutes in those contests. nationally and tied for third in the Big 12. Player-of-the-Year Jantel Lavender and Big Ten champion In her 24 games as a starter, she averaged 2.7 blocks Redmon enjoyed a 10-point, eight-, seven- Ohio State. per contest, including 3.7 blocks per game in Nebraska's block effort in just 18 minutes in a win over Albany on Dec. Redmon scored 10 points, grabbed two rebounds, final nine games of the season. During the nine-game 30. Her seven rejections tied her career high. She moved blocked two shots and added a against Lavender stretch to close the year, Redmon matched the second-

REDMON's Career Statistics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2007-08 16-0 108 16-30 .533 0-0 .000 7-12 .583 12-24 36-2.3 22-1 2 11 9 4 39-2.4 2008-09 31-24 719 70-148 .473 0-0 .000 38-61 .633 65-107 172-5.5 85-5 9 46 67 20 178-5.7 2009-10 34-0 529 64-103 .621 0-0 .000 16-53 .302 56-94 150-4.4 81-0 6 26 63 14 144-4.2 Career 81-24 1,356 150-281 .534 0-0 .000 61-126 .484 133-225 358-4.4 188-6 17 83 139 38 361-4.5

meet the Huskers | 2010 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS HUskers.com | 71 best single-game block total in school history with seven team Class 5A all-state honors from the Texas Association rejections in NU's win over No. 20 Kansas State on Feb. 25. of Basketball Coaches (TABC). She averaged 11.5 points, She added four points and eight rebounds in a career-high 9.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocked shots per game. She also 34 minutes against the Wildcats. shot 56 percent from the field. She also produced five blocked shots to go along A first-team all-region selection by the TABC, Redmon with six points and six boards in the Huskers' home win played in the TABC All-Star Game in San Antonio on May over Colorado on March 3, before adding five more blocks 4. Redmon led Mansfield Timberview to a 31-4 overall to go along with five points and seven rebounds in NU's record and a perfect 14-0 district mark for Coach Candi loss at New Mexico in the Postseason WNIT. Overall she Harvey, who was the former head coach of the WNBA’s produced five games with five or more blocked shots, and San Antonio Silver Stars. finished the year with a streak of nine straight games with In both her sophomore and junior seasons, Redmon at least one block. helped DeSoto High School to 33-4 records. In the 2005-06 Redmon scored in double figures seven times as a Fullcourt Press preseason poll, DeSoto was ranked as the starter, including a season-high 13 points in a win over No. 22 high school team nationally. DeSoto advanced to Cal State Bakersfield Dec. 9. In that game, she notched the Class 5A regional title game, where it lost to eventual one of the top rebounding totals in NU history with 15 Texas Class 5A state champion Plano West, 50-47. boards for her first career double-double. Redmon averaged seven points and six rebounds per She added a double-double with 10 points and 11 game as a sophomore and junior at DeSoto. rebounds at UTEP on Dec. 20, before contributing her Redmon played club basketball for Team Ichiban for third career double-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds Coach Gene Watts. She also played with the Dallas Stars and five blocked shots at Missouri on Jan. 17. Redmon for Coach Roosevelt Riley. had 12 points and nine boards at Colorado on Jan. 31. 44 Personal She also produced double-figure scoring efforts with 10 redmon's Honors The daughter of Curtis and Verna Redmon, Catheryn points against Ohio State, 12 points in a win over No. • No. 3 on Nebraska Career Block List (139) was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 5, 1989. Catheryn 24 Arizona State on Dec. 28, and 10 points on a 4-for-4 • No. 1 on Nebraska Junior Block List (63, 2009-10) has two younger sisters, Camille, 18, and Carlise, 13. shooting effort at Kansas on Feb. 28. • No. 3 on Nebraska Single-Season Block List (67, 2008-09) Catheryn is majoring in animal science at Nebraska. • Tied for No. 2 on Nebraska Single-Game Block List (7, twice) freshman (2007-08) Redmon chose Nebraska over TCU and Colorado. • No. 2 on Nebraska Sophomore Block List (67, 2008-09) Redmon provided immediate • Third Player in NU History with 60 Blocks in a Season (2009, 2010) contributions to a deep and • No. 59 Overall Player in the Nation (All-Star Girls Report, 2006) talented inside game for the • No. 14 Post Player in the Nation (All-Star Girls Report, 2006) Huskers as a true freshman. • First-Team Class 5A All-State She averaged 2.4 points and (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, 2007) 2.3 rebounds per game, while appearing in 16 of NU’s 33 redmon's Career Bests contests. She averaged nearly Category Total Game seven minutes per game and shot Points 14 South Dakota (12/3/09) 53.3 percent from the field. Rebounds 15 Cal State Bakersfield (12/9/08) Assists 2 Idaho State (11/19/09) Redmon produced a season Iowa State (1/24/09) high with nine points in NU’s win Steals 3 Oklahoma State (3/7/09) over Akron at the Oahu Classic on Blocks 7 Albany (12/30/09) Nov. 25. She added a season-best Kansas State (2/25/09) six rebounds in NU’s win at Long FGA 14 Texas (1/14/09) Beach State on Dec. 15, before FGM 6 Three Times, most recently adding six more boards in back- Miami (12/5/09) to-back wins over Denver and FTA 10 Cal State Bakersfield (12/9/08) Arkansas-Pine Bluff. FTM 7 Cal State Bakersfield (12/9/08) 3-PT FGA 0 None High School 3-PT FGM 0 None Redmon was ranked as the No. 14 post player in the nation Five Facts About catheryn by the All-Star Girls Report and 1. Catheryn is the No. 3 shot-blocker in Nebraska history. the No. 59 player overall in the She needs 99 to catch No. 1 Janet Smith and 68 to catch country by the recruiting service No. 2 Danielle Page on the school's all-time list. before her senior season. 2. Catheryn loves animals and a major reason why she Redmon played her senior came to Nebraska was to study veterinary medicine. year at Mansfield Timberview High 3. As a senior in high school in 2006-07, Catheryn was School, after attending DeSoto coached by former WNBA Coach Candi Harvey (San Antonio Stars) at Mansfield Timberview. High School as a junior. In her only 4. Catheryn's sister Camille is playing at Grayson (Texas) season at Mansfield Timberview, Community College this season. Redmon was named the District 5. Catheryn had a double-double (13 points, 15 rebounds) 4-5A MVP, while earning third- in her second career start (CS Bakersfield, Dec. 9, 2008).

redmon's Big 12 Statistics -- Rebounds -- Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg. 2007-08 5-0 8 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-3 3-0.6 2-0 1 1 2 0 6-1.2 2008-09 16-16 456 37-90 .411 0-0 .000 19-29 .655 37-61 98-6.1 49-2 5 23 44 11 93-5.8 2009-10 16-0 217 23-35 .657 0-0 .000 7-18 .389 26-21 47-2.9 39-0 1 11 21 5 53-3.3 Career 37-16 681 62-127 .488 0-0 .000 28-49 .571 63-85 148-4.0 90-2 7 35 67 16 152-4.1

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