Catheryn REDMON 6-3 l Junior l Center Grand Prairie, Texas (Mansfield Timberview) 44 OUTLOOK (2009-10) Williams and Katya Leick could feature the Big 12's consecutive starts to close the season. She averaged After playing limited minutes as a true freshman in deepest and most experienced inside game. 23.2 minutes per game, including 28.5 minutes in Big 2008-09, Catheryn Redmon was pressed into a starting "Catheryn is a very athletic post player who runs the 12 action. Redmon averaged 5.8 points and 6.1 boards role for Nebraska as a sophomore. Redmon assumed a floor extremely well for her size," Yori said. "She is our best in Big 12 games, while ranking third in the conference starting role late in the non-conference season and tried low-block defender as a true 5-player, which means we with 2.8 blocks. to help fill the void left by the graduation of WNBA post don't have to double the post as much when she is in the While Redmon's talent was a bit raw on the offensive player Danielle Page and season-ending injuries to two- game. That makes our team defense better." end, she wowed crowds with her dominant defense. She time All-Big 12 forward Kelsey Griffin and Nikki Bober. closed the year with 67 blocked shots - the third-highest Redmon, who played just eight minutes during Big SOPHOMORE (2008-09) total in Husker history trailing only Danielle Page's school- 12 play as a freshman, started all 16 league games as Redmon stepped into a starting role and established record 78 in 2007-08, and NU career block leader Janet a sophomore and averaged 5.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and herself as one of the best shot-blockers in Husker history. Smith's 69 in 1979-80. Redmon's block total was even 2.8 blocks per game. Her blocked shot average trailed only She started the first game of her career just days more amazing considering she had only three rejections All-Americans Courtney Paris (Oklahoma) and Danielle after two-time All-Big 12 forward Kelsey Griffin underwent in NU's first seven non-conference games while playing Wilson (Baylor) in Big 12 play. Redmon's 44 blocks in season-ending ankle surgery on Dec. 4. Redmon made her a total of just 56 minutes in those contests. league games trailed only Paris' 49. starting debut against 2008 and 2009 Big Ten Conference In her 24 games as a starter, she averaged 2.7 blocks Redmon's overall block total (67) ranked as the third- Player-of-the-Year Jantel Lavender and Big Ten champion per contest, including 3.7 blocks per game in Nebraska's best single-season blocked shot mark in school history Ohio State. final nine games of the season. During the nine-game and she vaulted into eighth on Nebraska's career list with Redmon scored 10 points, grabbed two rebounds, stretch to close the year, Redmon matched the second- 76, despite playing just 827 career minutes. blocked two shots and added a steal against Lavender best single-game block total in school history with seven Redmon ranks immediately in front of Griffin (68) and the Buckeyes. Defensively, she frustrated Lavender rejections in NU's win over No. 20 Kansas State on Feb. 25. on NU's career block chart, and Griffin has played 2,323 throughout the game until Redmon was forced to the She added four points and eight rebounds in a career-high career minutes entering the season. bench with foul trouble midway through the second half. 34 minutes against the Wildcats. Redmon is expected to benefit from Griffin, Bober and The Buckeyes, who went on to the 2009 NCAA Sweet 16, She also produced five blocked shots to go along honorable-mention All-Big 12 forward Cory Montgomery escaped from the Devaney Center with a 69-65 win. with six points and six boards in the Huskers' home win on the block. The Huskers, who also return junior center Redmon went on to average 5.7 points and 5.5 over Colorado on March 3, before adding five more blocks Jessica Periago, and welcome freshman forwards Meghin rebounds per game on the year while making 24 to go along with five points and seven rebounds in NU's 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 Career 47-24 827 86-178 .483 0-0 .000 45-73 .616 77-131 208-4.4 107-6 11 57 76 24 217-4.6 MEET THE HUSKERS | our team. our time. HUSKERS.COM | 81 loss at New Mexico in the Postseason WNIT. Overall she nation by the All-Star Girls Report and the No. 59 player produced five games with five or more blocked shots, and overall in the country by the recruiting service before her finished the year with a streak of nine straight games with senior season. at least one block. Redmon played her senior year at Mansfield Redmon scored in double figures seven times as a Timberview High School, after attending DeSoto High starter, including a career-high 13 points in a win over Cal School as a junior. In her only season at Mansfield State Bakersfield on Dec. 9. In that game, Redmon also Timberview, Redmon was named the District 4-5A MVP, produced one of the top rebounding totals in NU history while earning third-team Class 5A all-state honors from with 15 boards for her first career double-double in just the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC). her second career start. She averaged 11.5 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocked She added a double-double with 10 points and 11 shots per game. She also shot 56 percent from the field. rebounds at UTEP on Dec. 20, before contributing her A first-team all-region selection by the TABC, Redmon third career double-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds played in the TABC All-Star Game in San Antonio on May and five blocked shots at Missouri on Jan. 17. Redmon 4. Redmon led Mansfield Timberview to a 31-4 overall had 12 points and nine boards at Colorado on Jan. 31. record and a perfect 14-0 district mark for Coach Candi She also produced double-figure scoring efforts with 10 Harvey, who was the former head coach of the WNBA’s points against Ohio State, 12 points in a win over No. San Antonio Silver Stars. 24 Arizona State on Dec. 28, and 10 points on a 4-for-4 In both her sophomore and junior seasons, Redmon shooting effort at Kansas on Feb. 28. helped DeSoto High School to 33-4 records. In the 2005-06 Fullcourt Press preseason poll, DeSoto was ranked as the FRESHMAN (2007-08) No. 22 high school team nationally. DeSoto advanced to Redmon provided immediate contributions to a the Class 5A regional title game, where it lost to eventual deep and talented inside game for the Huskers as a true Texas Class 5A state champion Plano West, 50-47. freshman. She averaged 2.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per REDMON'S HONORS Redmon averaged seven points and six rebounds per • No. 2 on Nebraska Sophomore Block List (67, 2008-09) game, while appearing in 16 of NU’s 33 contests. She game as a sophomore and junior at DeSoto. • Third Player in NU History with 60 Blocks in a Season (2008-09) averaged nearly seven minutes per game and shot 53.3 Redmon played club basketball for Team Ichiban for • No. 3 on Nebraska Single-Season Block List (67, 2008-09) percent from the field. Coach Gene Watts. She also played with the Dallas Stars • No. 8 on Nebraska Career Block List (76) Redmon produced a season high with nine points in for Coach Roosevelt Riley. • Tied for No. 2 on Nebraska Single-Game Block List (7) NU’s win over Akron at the Oahu Classic on Nov. 25. She • No. 59 Overall Player in the Nation (All-Star Girls Report, 2006) added a season-best six rebounds in NU’s win at Long PERSONAL • No. 14 Post Player in the Nation (All-Star Girls Report, 2006) Beach State on Dec. 15, before adding six more boards in The daughter of Curtis and Verna Redmon, Catheryn • First-Team Class 5A All-State back-to-back wins over Denver and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 5, 1989. Catheryn (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, 2007) has two younger sisters, Camille, 17, and Carlise, 12. • Participant in TABC All-Star Game (San Antonio, May 4, 2007) HIGH SCHOOL Catheryn is majoring in animal science at Nebraska. • Texas District 4-5A MVP (TABC, 2007) Redmon was ranked as the No. 14 post player in the Redmon chose Nebraska over TCU and Colorado. REDMON'S CAREER BESTS Category Total Game Points 13 Cal State Bakersfield (12/9/08) Rebounds 15 Cal State Bakersfield (12/9/08) Assists 2 Iowa State (1/24/09) Steals 3 Oklahoma State (3/7/09) Blocks 7 Kansas State (2/25/09) FGA 14 Texas (1/14/09) FGM 6 Arizona State (12/28/08) FTA 10 Cal State Bakersfield (12/9/08) FTM 7 Cal State Bakersfield (12/9/08) 3-PT FGA 0 None 3-PT FGM 0 None FIVE FACTS ABOUT CATHERYN 1.