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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 '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

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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 in 2016, before splitting time All-Americans. She was a second-team All-American with , 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 (, 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. A three-time All-American by both The most athletic forward in Nebraska women's the WBCA and the Associated Press, basketball history, Jordan Hooper finished No. 2 at NU Hooper was a three-time candidate for in points (2,357) and third in rebounds (1,110) while the Wade and Naismith trophies. She smashing the Husker record with 295 threes. was a finalist for the Wade and Wooden The 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., not only awards in 2014. She was a three-time finished in a tie for No. 4 in Big Ten Conference history first-team All-Big Ten choice and a two- in three-pointers made, she was also one of only two time Big Ten All-Tournament selection. players in Big Ten history to achieve the combined Hooper was also a three-time academic milestones of 2,300 points and 1,100 rebounds. She All-Big Ten selection and NU's Big Ten was the first Husker to ever accomplish that feat. Sportsmanship Award winner in 2014. Hooper, who tied Kelsey Griffin's school record with As a senior, Hooper averaged 20.4 40 career double-doubles, became Nebraska's first Big points and 9.1 rebounds to push her Ten Player of the Year in 2014, joining Griffin (Big 12, career averages to 18.0 points and 8.5 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 2017-18 NEBRASKA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEBRASKA 2,000-POINT SCORERS MAURTICE IVY 1985-88 5-9 Forward/Guard Omaha, Nebraska (Central) 30

the Big Eight All-Tournament team in 1986-87 and Ivy led the Huskers in the 100-82 loss at USC 1987-88. with a team-high 22 points to go along with nine A three-time first-team All-Big Eight pick, Ivy's rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot and one 19.2 points per game rank second on Nebraska's in her final game in a Nebraska uniform. Ivy career charts, while her 778 career rebounds rank served as an assistant coach at Nebraska-Omaha eighth on the Huskers' all-time list. She is also tied from the summer of 2004 through the end of the for seventh in Husker history with 21 career double- 2006-07 season, before becoming the head coach doubles, including 10 as a sophomore in 1985-86. at Peru State College in the summer of 2007. She Although Ivy was only 5-9, her outstanding coached for six seasons at Peru State. She currently leaping ability and court awareness made her a fierce lives in Omaha. 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 eighth in career steals (215). 2,131 POINTS (3) Ivy's 23.6 points per game average in 1986-87 rank as the HONORS & AWARDS second-best single-season scoring • Big Eight Player of the Year (1988) average in school history, and her • Three-Time First-Team All-Big Eight 683 points as a junior rank as the (1986, 1987, 1988) fourth-highest total at Nebraska. • Two-Time Big Eight All-Tournament Team Her 153 made free throws and 196 (1987, 1988) free throws attempted in 1986- • Nebraska Jersey Retired (2011) 87 were single-season Nebraska • Nebraska All-Century Team (2000) records until Kelsey Griffin and • No. 3 on Nebraska Career Scoring List (2,131) Dominique Kelley both eclipsed • No. 2 on Nebraska Single-Game Scoring List those marks in 2009-10. (46 vs. Illinois, Dec. 30, 1986) Ivy produced one of the • No. 5 on Nebraska Career Blocked Shot List (104) greatest performances in Husker • Tied for No. 7 at Nebraska in Career Double-Doubles (21) history when she erupted for 46 • No. 8 on Nebraska Career Rebounding List (778) points in Nebraska's 100-87 loss • No. 8 on Nebraska Career Steals List (215) to Illinois at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., on Dec. 30, 1986. One of the most athletic players in Nebraska It was one of eight 30-point history, Maurtice Ivy was the first player in Husker scoring efforts in Ivy's career, history to surpass the 2,000-point barrier. including a pair of 35-point Ivy, who became the second Husker to have her performances against Oklahoma jersey retired (Jan. 16, 2011), joins fellow 2,000-point and Kansas in 1987. scorers Karen Jennings (No. 51, 1994) and Kelsey She added the eighth-best Griffin (No. 23, 2014) in being honored with giant total in school history banners featuring their names and numbers on with 19 boards to go along with display at Pinnacle Bank Arena. 23 points in a 104-63 win over Ivy was one of five players chosen to Nebraska's Brigham Young at the Illinois All-Century Team in February of 2000, and one of the Invitational in Champaign, Ill., on "25 Women of Distinction" selected in 1999-2000 as Dec. 14, 1985. She also had 29 part of the school's silver anniversary of women's points and 14 rebounds at Iowa athletics. State on Feb. 22, 1986. The athletic wing player from Omaha Central Along with leading the Huskers High School was the first Husker to earn Big Eight to their first conference title, Ivy Player-of-the-Year honors after leading Nebraska to guided Nebraska to its first NCAA the Big Eight title in 1988. Ivy also earned a spot on Tournament appearance in 1988. 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 entire season with a foot injury that required a pair of first-team All-America honors from the WBCA, surgeries. She returned to full health before the start Associated Press, U.S. Basketball Writers Association of the 2009-10 campaign. and the Wooden Award while powering Nebraska to Following her collegiate career, Griffin was the No. its first NCAA Sweet 16 and its first Big 12 regular- 3 overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the . season title. She was quickly traded to the , where Along the way, Griffin was named a finalist for she earned one of five spots on the 2010 WNBA All- every major national player-of-the-year award (Wade, Rookie Team. Griffin spent her fifth WNBA season with Naismith, Wooden, Honda) and became Nebraska's the Connecticut Sun in 2014. In 2013, Griffin started all first Senior CLASS Award winner in any sport. She was 34 games while averaging 8.7 points and 5.0 rebounds. also named a finalist for the V Foundation Comeback She played 133 WNBA games with 61 starts in her first Award and the National Consortium on Academics and four seasons, while averaging 5.0 points and 3.9 boards Sports Giant Steps Courageous Student-Athlete Award. per game in her career. Griffin, who led Nebraska to its highest national Griffin played professionally in Hungary in 2010- rankings and first NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed, closed 11 and Israel in 2011-12, before joining the Bendigo her career with a then-school-record 127 starts. She Spirit in Australia's WNBL in 2012-13. She led Bendigo ranks fourth in school history with 2,033 points and to the WNBL title and was named the MVP of the 1,019 rebounds. She joins 1993 Wade Trophy winner championship series in both 2013 and 2014. Griffin Karen Jennings and 2014 first-team All-American Jordan was voted to the WNBL All-Star Five in 2014-15, after Hooper as the only Huskers in history with 2,000 points averaging 16.0 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. She 2,033 POINTS (4) and 1,000 boards. Griffin and Hooper also share the NU was also the WNBL Defensive Player of the Year. career record with 40 double-doubles. Griffin produced In 2015-16, Griffin ranked fourth in the WNBL in a single-season record 20 double-doubles as a senior scoring (17.9 ppg), third in rebounding (10.0 rpg), fourth HONORS & AWARDS in 2009-10. in steals (41) and ninth in blocks (20) despite battling • 2010 Senior CLASS Award Winner A three-time first-team All-Big 12 pick, Griffin a hamstring injury early in the season. In 2016-17, she • No. 3 Overall Pick in 2010 WNBA Draft (Minnesota Lynx) earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team as a averaged 15.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and a career-high • 2010 WNBA All-Rookie Team (1 of 5, Connecticut Sun) senior with single-season career bests of 60 steals, 26 2.8 assists per game for Bendigo. • U.S. National Select Team Member (2010) blocks and a remarkable 29 charges drawn. She earned her permanent citizenship in Australia • National Player-of-the-Year Finalist (2010) Griffin erupted for a career-high 36 points at Kansas in 2015, and earned MVP honors at the 2017 Asia Cup in (Wade, Naismith, Wooden, Honda) State on March 6 to carry NU to the first perfect season her first appearance with the Australian National Team. in Big 12 history, helping the Huskers improve to 29-0 • First-Team All-American (AP, WBCA, USBWA, Wooden, 2010) Griffin is entering her sixth season as a star in the WNBL overall and 16-0 in the league. She hit 15-of-19 shots with the Bendigo Spirit in 2017-18. • Big 12 Player of the Year (2010) from the field against the Wildcats. It was Griffin's fifth She played alongside former Husker teammate and • Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year (2010) career 30-point effort, including her fourth as a senior Canadian Olympian Chelsea Aubry in Bendigo for three • Three-Time First-Team All-Big 12 (2007, 2008, 2010) (31 points, 11 rebounds vs. Creighton; 30/14 vs. No. 5 seasons (2012-13 to 2014-15). • Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2007, 2008, 2010) LSU; 30/13 at No. 11 Oklahoma). • NU Game, Season, Career Records for Free Throws Made Griffin earned six Big 12 Player-of-the-Week awards • Big 12 Freshman of the Year (Dallas Morning News, 2006) as a senior, including four straight to end the season. She • Big 12 All-Rookie Team (Coaches, 2006) finished with 104 career double-figure scoring efforts, including each of Nebraska's three games in the 2010 • Nine-Time Big 12 Player of the Week (March 8, 2010; NCAA Tournament, when she averaged 18.3 points and March 1, 2010; Feb. 22, 2010; Feb. 15, 2010; Jan. 4, 2010; 11.7 rebounds per game. Dec. 21, 2009; Feb. 4, 2008; Feb. 5, 2007; Jan. 8, 2007) After a sensational start as a freshman, Griffin • Nine-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll battled illness down the stretch, limiting her playing Fall, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Spring, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 time during the last half of the 2006 Big 12 season. • Big 12 Good Works Team (2007) In 2006-07, she was challenged by a breathing condition with effects similar to asthma. In 2007-08, Griffin played the entire year with a protective vest One of the most decorated players in Nebraska after cracking a rib in an exhibition game. history, Kelsey Griffin joined her 2,000-point scoring Not even the rib injury and breathing condition predecessors Karen Jennings and Maurtice Ivy with could stop Griffin from producing a strong Big 12 the honor of having her jersey retired on Jan. 29, campaign by averaging 16.8 points and 8.2 rebounds 2014. A banner with Griffin's No. 23 and her name per game. They also couldn't stop her from carrying hang alongside Jennings' No. 51 and Ivy's No. 30 on the Huskers to their first NCAA Tournament victory permanent display at Pinnacle Bank Arena. since 1998. Griffin produced one of the best senior seasons Griffin erupted for 26 points going head-to-head in school history on her way to first-team All-America with Xavier's post duo of 6-6 Ta'Shia Phillips and 6-5 honors in 2009-10. The 6-2 forward from Eagle River, Amber Harris to guide NU to a win over the Musketeers Alaska, averaged 20.1 points and 10.4 rebounds per in College Park, Md. game while leading Nebraska to its best season in school However, in 2008-09 Griffin was forced to miss the history. 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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