Biography
CAREER HIGHS - As of 3/11/23
Career High Points: 21, vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3/13/21)
Career High Made Field Goals: 8, vs. Peru State (11/17/21)
Career High Made Free Throws: 8, vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3/13/21)
Career High Made 3's: 5, vs. Northeastern State (1/12/19)
Career High Rebounds: 16, three times
Career High Assists: 7, vs. Lincoln (2/13/19) & vs. Pitt State (1/20/22)
Career High Steals: 7, at Central Oklahoma (12/12/20)
CAREER NOTES
4-time All-MIAA ... 5-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... 3-time MIAA Scholar Athlete ... UNK's all-time leading rebounder (1,211) ... 148 games (145 starts) ... 7.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game ... 158 made 3's ... 21st on the career scoring list (1,180) ... tied for second in double doubles (23), third in steals (229) and assists (369) and ninth in 3's made ... joins Loper men's players and UNK Hall of Famers Tom Kropp and Dusty Jura as the only 1,000-1,000 basketball players
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2022-23)
MIAA All-Defensive Team … Second-Team All MIAA … MIAA Scholar Athlete … MIAA Academic Honor Roll … UNK’s Female Student Athlete of the Year … D2CCA Tip-Off Classic All-Tourney Team ... first UNK women’s player to reach the 1,000 career rebounding mark ... milestone came at Missouri Western in early December … cracked the 1,000 career point mark in home win over Newman … one of four Lopers to start all 33 games … 31.2 minutes per night … finished at 8.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.7 steals per game ... shot 40% (46/115) from the arc … five double doubles and five other games with at least 10 boards … 272 rebounds to rank fourth on UNK's single season top 10 list … led UNK in rebounds, rebounds per game, defensive rebounds, and steals (56) … second in minutes, 3’s made, and assists (73) … fourth in scoring … season-best 15 rebounds at UCO … season-best 19 points at home vs UCO ... season-best six assists in MIAA tourney win over NW Missouri … 4-4 from the arc in a big home win vs. Missouri Western
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021-22)
Honorable mention All-MIAA ... MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... was at 8.4 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game ... rebound average ranks seventh highest in UNK history ... also shot 49% from the field ... missed five games due to injury ... 30.5 minutes per game ranked second on the Lopers ... seven double doubles including one (10 points, 16 rebounds) in the NCAA Tourney win vs. Minn.-Duluth ... seven other games with a double digit rebounding total ... eight points, 13 boards in the season-finale vs. Missouri Western ... season-high 19 points in a home win over Peru State ... 17 points in a win at UCO ... became UNK's career rebounding leader in the MIAA Tourney second round game vs. Fort Hays
AS A JUNIOR (2020-21)
Honorable mention All-MIAA ... MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... NCAA All-Tournament team ... set a new Loper single season records for rebounds per game (9.52) ... total of 257 ranks seventh in a single season ... came in at 9.5 rebounds, 7.9 points, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game ... led UNK in rebounds, assists, steals and minutes (32.1) ... third in scoring and tied for second min made FT's (40) ... second in made threes (19) ... team-best four double doubles ... eight double digit efforts ... went for 21 points and 15 rebounds in the NCAA win vs. Minn.-Duluth ... made 8 of 10 free throws and 6 of 14 shots ... 15 boards all came at the defensive end ... went all 40 minutes in MIAA tourney final win at Fort Hays ... 15 rebounds and three assists ... one of three games where she went the distance ... 18 points and nine boards vs. Northeastern State .... 7 of 11 from the field ... 16 points and 15 rebounds in home loss to Central Missouri
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Honorable mention All-MIAA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... one of five Lopers to start all 32 games ... 27minutes a night ... 7.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.6 steals per game ... 2.2 assist/turnover ratio ... ranked third in the league in rebounds per game ... tops in defensive caroms (226) ... the next closest player came in with 53 fewer ... overall tally of 267 rebounds fourth most in school history ... 11 games with a double digit carom total ... team-best five double doubles ... also led UNK in steals (52), was second in assists (86), and third in made 3's (32) ... one of the Lopers top defenders ... 16 boards (13 defensive) and 12 points in a home win vs. Fort Hays ... 12 rebounds, nine points two nights later at Emporia State ... 13 points, 13 rebounds and three times at home vs. Pitt State ... a combined 28 points, 16 rebounds, nine assists and four steals in a home weekend vs. Emporia State and Washburn ... had a double digit rebounding total in six of the last nine games ... 13 boards, seven points in MIAA tourney win over Missouri Western
AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... one of four Lopers to play all 29 games ... 27 starts and 27 minutes a night ... finished up at 7.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game ... led UNK in both assists (82) and steals (45) ... second in rebounding (5.9) and first in d-boards (158) ... seven double digit efforts ... season-best 18 came in road loss at Central Oklahoma ... made seven shots four being threes ... also had nine boards and five dimes in the setback ... 14 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in win at Emporia State ... part of a three-game stretch where she averaged 13.6 a night ... grabbed 13 rebounds (12 defensive) in just 15 minutes in win over Bethel College ... 10 games with at least 10 steals ... season-best six came in home loss to Pittsburg State ... nine games with at least four assistsÂ
HIGH SCHOOL
Played an integral part on one of South Dakota’s most dominant high school programs … Cavaliers won five straight Class A state championships (2014-18), going 94-6 during Kirsch’s four years, including a 58-game win streak … as a senior, averaged 9.4 points, 4.8 boards, 2.4 assist, and 2.3 steals ... named MVP of the Corn Palace Classic for her 17-point effort against Ethan ... three-time All-Black Hills Conference … made dozens of twenty-hour round trips to play two seasons of AAU ball for North Tartan in Minneapolis … three time all-state in cross country, including two top-10 finishes and a state team title … member of five state champion track and field teams, qualifying in seven events ... gold medals in the medley and 4x100 relays and top-four finishes in 800 and 1,600 meter runs … National Honor Society member
PERSONAL
Daughter of Craig and Trisha ... siblings include Kamp, Kaitlyn, Kourtney, Kassidy and Karsen ... Kassidy was a UNK soccer playerÂ
