2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES 2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES Khadijah Coakley 44 6-1 • Center • Senior/3V San Diego, CA • Kearny HS
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Senior Guard Kristin Iwanaga 2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES 2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES Khadijah Coakley 44 6-1 • Center • Senior/3V San Diego, CA • Kearny HS Coakley enters her senior season after showing great development over the last three years…came to Cal as a diamond in the rough with great potential…has shown promise as a rebounder and has developed her offensive UP CLOSE footwork…a fast athlete who runs the floor well...one of the team’s most athletic players. What I like most about As a junior in 2003-04: Played in 15 games, more than both her previous two seasons…displayed an excellent Cal: People. work ethic coming off ACL surgery in March 2003…averaged 1.3 points and 0.7 rebounds per game…shot a career- best 72.7 percent from the free throw line…posted a career-high six points in a season-high 13 minutes of action My teammates say I’m: Always good for a joke, vs. UCLA Feb. 19…also added one rebound and an assist against the Bruins…had four points, two rebounds and passionate, hardworking and a steal in Cal’s Pac-10 Tournament second-round game against Stanford…earned honorable mention Pac-10 All- old school. Academic recognition. As a sophomore in 2002-03: Named the team’s Most Improved Player…saw minutes in 14 contests, almost Last summer, I: Worked at Wells Fargo and spent most doubling her minutes per game from her freshman (3.6) to sophomore season (7.0)…played double-digit minutes days in the city. four times, including a career best of 15 minutes at Georgia…tallied four points and three boards in that game against the Bulldogs…showed efficiency on the glass, grabbing 2.1 rebounds per outing, while more than doubling (1.6 Interests outside of ppg from 0.6 ppg) her scoring average from the previous season…top performance of the year came at Oregon basketball: Music, State on Jan. 11 when she tallied then-career bests for points (5), rebounds (6) and blocks (2)…coralled at least technology, dance, theater, arts and business. three rebounds in five contests…injured her knee during the shoot around prior to the Feb. 27 Arizona State game. As a freshman in 2001-02: Participated in 13 games and earned the starting nod at Washington Jan. Favorite sports 17…contributed 0.6 points and 1.4 rebounds personality: Charles per game…snared a then-career-high five Barkley. rebounds in Cal’s home win over Central When I was little, I Connecticut State Dec. 1 and vs. Stanford at wanted to be: home Feb. 2…tied Amber White for team-high Neonatologist. rebounding honors in that Stanford game, while Favorite inspirational playing a then-career-high 11 minutes. quote: I never knew how far High School: As a senior at Kearny High I was from my goal until I was School, contributed approximately 10 points, standing next to it. 12 rebounds, three assists, three steals and five People would be surprised blocks per game…garnered second team all- to know: I hate league and second team all-academic confrontation. honors...selected an NCAA Top 60 athlete in Favorite community San Diego...two-time state Defensive Player service activity: Basketball of the Year…helped her team to three CIF clinics at YMCA. titles…set school game records for rebounds (25) and blocks (11)…participated in a San Favorite Cal road trip memory: Bahamas. Diego All-Star tournament…also competed on the volleyball team. Greatest athletic moment Personal: Khadijah Alia Coakley was born of my career: Broke my May 13, 1984, in Pasadena, CA...parents are high school’s record for rebounds in a game (27) and Calbert Coakley and Patricia Dean- blocks (9) in a playoff game. Coakley…has two siblings, Giselle and Anisa...her cousin, Calvin Bradley, played Favorite foods: Mexican, football at Wisconsin…economics major. Italian, Japanese and Indian. COAKLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT 3P-3PA PCT FT-FTA PCT REB AVG PF-D AST TO BLK ST TP AVG 01-02 13-1 47-3.6 3-12 .250 0-0 .000 2-6 .333 18 1.4 5-0 0 6 1 0 8 0.6 02-03 14-0 98-7.0 10-22 .455 0-0 .000 3-7 .429 29 2.1 10-0 2 9 4 6 23 1.6 03-04 15-0 63-4.2 6-17 .353 0-0 .000 8-11 .727 11 0.7 6-0 2 8 0 1 20 1.3 Totals 42-1 208-5.9 19-51 .373 0-0 .000 13-24 .542 58 1.4 21-0 4 23 5 7 51 1.2 18 2004-05 California Basketball Media Guide 2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES COAKLEY’S CAREER HIGHS 6 POINTS vs. UCLA, 2/19/04 6 REBOUNDS at Oregon State, 1/11/03 1 ASSISTS four times last vs. USC, 2/21/04 2 BLOCKED SHOTS at Oregon State, 1/11/03 2 STEALS at Georgia, 1/4/03 15 MINUTES PLAYED at Georgia, 1/4/03 2004-05 California Basketball Media Guide 19 2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES Emmelie Geraedts 11 6-2 • Forward/Center • Sophomore/1V Weert, The Netherlands • Philips van Horne S.G. Geraedts, a member of the Dutch national team, begins her second season at Cal after gaining valuable experience as a freshman…will continue to see minutes at power forward and at center…has a good touch out to about 15 UP CLOSE feet…a quick learner and has a great work ethic…possesses sound fundamentals. What I like most about As a freshman in 2003-04: Saw action in 26 games as a reserve…averaged 1.5 points and 0.5 rebounds per Cal: People and facilities to game…contributed four blocks and two steals…shot 41.7 percent from the floor…her best outings came at home combine school with sports. against both UCLA (eight points, three rebounds) and Oregon (seven points, one rebound and two blocks)…also The best part about being had a career-high three boards in Cal’s win over Lehigh Nov. 28…played a career-high 19 minutes in Cal’s Pac- a Golden Bear: Being part 10 season-opening win over No. 22 Oregon Dec. 27…saw action in 17 minutes against UCLA Feb. 19. of the Bear family. International Experience: The youngest member of the Dutch national team…competed in the European Championships qualification tournament in Madeira, Portugal…with the Dutch national team, also played against My teammates say I’m: Caring and always smiling. college teams from the United States, including the University of Last summer, I: Went San Francisco…attended a home to the Netherlands and basketball camp in the United played on the national team. States near Philadelphia…won Interests outside of division titles while playing with basketball: Music, movies three amateur European teams – and playing the piano. B.C. Aeternitas, P.S.V. Almonte Greatest talent off the (first division in The Netherlands court: Playing the piano. for under-20 athletes) and B.C. When I was little, I Houthalen 2000 (second division wanted to be: Musical in Belgium). actress. High School: Attended Philips van Horne S.G. in Weert. Before every game, I Personal: Emmelie Geraedts must: Put my left shoe on before my right one. was born Feb. 20, 1985, in Weert, The Netherlands...American Favorite inspirational favorites include the movie quote: Pain is weakness Remember the Titans and the leaving the body. television shows Friends and People would be surprised ER…parents are Tom and to know: I had a chicken as a Wilhelmin Geraedts…has an older pet when I was little. brother, Dick, and an older sister, Earliest sports memory: Steffie…hobbies include First basketball practice where music…undeclared major. I was the only girl in a group of 20 kids. Greatest athletic moment of my career: European championships with the Dutch national team. Favorite food: Sweet and sour chicken. GERAEDTS’ CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT 3P-3PA PCT FT-FTA PCT REB AVG PF-D AST TO BLK ST TP AVG 03-04 26-0 153-5.9 15-36 .417 0-1 .000 9-14 .643 12 0.5 16-0 1 32 4 2 39 1.5 20 2004-05 California Basketball Media Guide 2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES GERAEDTS’ CAREER HIGHS 8 POINTS vs. UCLA, 2/19/04 3 REBOUNDS vs. UCLA, 2/19/04 vs. Lehigh, 11/28/03 1 ASSISTS vs. San Jose State, 11/25/03 2 BLOCKED SHOTS vs. Oregon, 12/27/03 1 STEALS vs. Oregon, 3/5/04 vs. South Carolina State, 11/23/03 19 MINUTES PLAYED vs. Oregon, 12/27/03 2004-05 California Basketball Media Guide 21 2004-05 PLAYER PROFILES Leigh Gregory 22 6-0 • Forward • Senior/3V Pleasant Hill, CA • Carondelet HS Gregory enters her senior season as a three-year starter at power forward...tri-captain...looks to become Cal’s 17th 1,000-point scorer…led the 2004 San Francisco Bay Area Pro-Am in scoring (22.5 ppg)…one of the Pac- UP CLOSE 10’s hardest workers and a go-to player for Cal…smart, agile player who runs the floor well…shown improvement What I like most about as a perimeter and post defender…received the 2004 Walter A. Haas Jr., Award for Community Service. Cal: Academics. As a junior in 2003-04: Started all 29 games and hasn’t missed a start since her freshman year…tri- captain…finished second on the team in scoring with a career-best 11.5 ppg average…led the Bears in rebounding The best thing about being a Golden Bear: Playing in at 4.9 rpg…averaged a career-high 1.8 apg (52 total)…contributed a career-high 1.5 spg…had 43 total steals (2nd the Pac-10.