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KAREN JENNINGS 1990-93 6-2 Forward Persia, Iowa (Tri-Center Community) 51 180 2017-18 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 inaugural the Bob Devaney Sports Center on March 17, 1993. class of the University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Jennings added 16 points and 13 rebounds in a Fame - one of 22 athletes across all sports. 78-60 loss at Southern California in the tournament's Jennings was one of the top student-athletes second round. NU finished with a 23-8 record and a in NU history. She captured CoSIDA Academic All- second-place finish with a 10-4 mark in the Big Eight. American-of-the-Year honors in 1992 and 1993, while Jennings also claimed a spot on the Big Eight All- claiming CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America Tournament team after leading the Huskers to the honors three times (1991, 1992, 1993). A two-time tournament championship game. Big Eight Conference Player of the Year (1992, 1993) Following a career in physical therapy, Jennings and a three-time first-team all-conference pick, became a highly successful real estate agent in Jennings was the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year in Omaha. Jennings became the first Nebraska female 1990. student-athlete to be inducted into the CoSIDA The captain of Nebraska's All-Century Team Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 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 Inductee (2008) rebounds per game in her career, while • Captain Nebraska's All-Century Team (2000) ranking first in points (2,405). She also • Nebraska Jersey Retired (1993) ranks fifth in career rebounds (1,000), first • Margaret Wade Trophy in field goals made (981), second in field- Nation's Outstanding Player (1993) goal percentage (.568), third in field goals • WBCA/Kodak First-Team All-American (1993) attempted (1,726), tied for fourth in free • CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year throws attempted (570) and fifth in free (1992, 1993) throws made (426). • CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American Jennings' 810 points and 25.3 points per (1991, 1992, 1993) game average in 1991-92 rank as the top • Big Eight Female Athlete of the Year (1993) single-season totals in school history, while • Big Eight Player of the Year (1992, 1993) her 10.0 rebounds per game allowed her • Big Eight Newcomer of the Year (1990) to average a double-double as a junior. She • First-Team All-Big Eight (1991, 1992, 1993) also owns NU's single-game scoring mark • Big Eight All-Tournament Team (1993) with 48 points in an 87-82 win at Kansas • First-Team Academic All-Big Eight State on Jan. 21, 1992. (1991, 1992, 1993) In her freshman season, the Huskers struggled to a 10-18 overall record, but The most decorated women's basketball player in with Jennings as a nucleus, NU improved to school history, Karen Jennings earned the Margaret 17-11 the next season. She set the Husker Wade Trophy as the nation's outstanding player and sophomore record for scoring average at WBCA/Kodak First-Team All-America honors in 1993. 20.5 points per game (574 points). The 6-2 forward from Persia, Iowa, was a four- NU continued to improve in Jennings' year starter and led Nebraska to the second round record-setting junior campaign, posting a of the 1993 NCAA Tournament. The first Husker to 21-11 mark and advancing to the National have her jersey retired, Jennings' No. 51 was retired Women's Invitational Tournament. in 1994 and formally put on display at the Devaney In her final season, Jennings helped Center in 2006. A giant banner displaying her name Nebraska to its first NCAA Tournament and No. 51 are now on permanent display alongside win in history with 14 points and eight Maurtice Ivy's No. 30 and Kelsey Griffin's No. 23 at rebounds in an 81-58 win over San Diego at Pinnacle Bank Arena. 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 INTRODUCTION . THIS IS NEBRASKA . ADMINISTRATION . COACHES . MEET THE HUSKERS . OPPONENTS . REVIEW . RECORDS . TRADITION HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERSWBB #HUSKERS 181 NEBRASKA 2,000-POINT SCORERS JORDAN HOOPER 2011-14 6-2 Forward Alliance, Nebraska (Alliance) 35 2010), Karen Jennings (Big Eight, 1993) and Maurtice Ivy boards per game. She started all 131 games of her (Big Eight, 1988) as the only Huskers to claim conference career to rank third in NU history, while becoming one player-of-the-year awards. of just three Huskers to play 4,000 career minutes. As a senior, Hooper became the third first-team All- The first pick of the second round of the 2014 American in Nebraska history, joining fellow 2,000-point WNBA Draft by Tulsa, Hooper averaged 5.8 points and scorers Jennings (1993) and Griffin (2010). A standout 2.4 rebounds per game as a rookie, before helping the on the court, in the classroom and in the community, Shock to the playoffs in her second WNBA season. She Hooper was one of five Senior CLASS Award first-team played for the Dallas Wings in 2016, before splitting time All-Americans. She was a second-team All-American with Connecticut, Atlanta and Chicago in 2017. by the Associated Press before being selected by Tulsa Hooper played for Besiktas (Turkey) in 2014-15, with the No. 13 pick in the WNBA Draft. averaging 13.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Hooper led the Big Red to the most successful Hooper played 15 games for Atenienses de Manat three-year stretch in school history. NU finished with a in Puerto Rico before starring for Southeast Queensland 26-7 overall record during Hooper's senior season. The in Australia's WNBL in 2015-16. She ranked third in the Huskers played for a share of the regular-season Big Ten league with 18.5 points and seventh in the league with title in the final game of the year for the second straight 8.6 rebounds per game. season before settling for third with a 12-4 league mark She went back to Turkey to play for the University in 2013-14. of Istanbul Club in 2016-17, averaging 12.5 points and NU played for a share of the regular-season crown 6.2 rebounds over 25 games, before returning to the 2,357 POINTS (2) on the way to a 25-9 mark and a 12-4 league mark in WNBL to play for the Canberra Capitals in 2017-18. 2012-13. Hooper earned her bachelor's degree in psychology HONORS & AWARDS As a sophomore, Hooper helped the Huskers to from Nebraska in May of 2014. • First-Team WBCA All-American (2014) a 24-9 mark and a trip to the Big Ten • First-Team Senior CLASS All-American (2014) Tournament title game. • Second-Team Associated Press All-American (2014) After coming up short in those • No. 13 Overall Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft first three championship game (Tulsa Shock, 1st Pick, 2nd Round) appearances, Hooper and the Huskers • Wade Trophy Finalist (2014) claimed Nebraska's first-ever conference • Wooden Award Finalist (2014) 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 • Naismith Trophy Midseason Top 30 straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2012, 2013, 2014) from 2012 through 2014, including the • Two-Time Honorable-Mention All-American school's second NCAA Sweet 16 bid in (WBCA, AP, 2012, 2013) 2013. The 2013 and 2014 Huskers also • Big Ten Player of the Year (2014) became the first teams in NU history • First-Team All-Big Ten (2012, 2013, 2014) to win NCAA Tournament games in • Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2012, 2014) consecutive seasons. Overall, Nebraska • USA Basketball World University Games averaged 25 wins per season in Hooper's Gold Medalist (2013) last three years. Prior to her arrival as a • Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2011) two-time Nebraska Gatorade High School • Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013, 2014) Player of the Year (2008, 2010), only one • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2014) Husker team had ever won more than 23 games in a season.
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