Crystal Kemp
2005-06 (Senior)
Named All-Big 12 First Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII … Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 12) (Jan. 3) … Ended her career among the top players to ever don the Crimson and Blue as she became just the sixth Jayhawk to accumulate over 1,600 career points and 800 career rebounds, which she did in the Big 12 Championship against Kansas State … Finished with 1,637 career points and 826 career boards … Led KU with 18.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game … Added 1.3 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.7 steals per game in an average of 35.9 minutes per outing … Scored 20 or more points on 12 occasions, reaching double figures in all 30 games … Joined Kaylee Brown as the only two players to start every game … Posted 11 double-doubles … Led the team in scoring 11 times … Improved her career-high to 28 points against Wisconsin on Dec. 11 … Finished her career ranked in the all-time KU top-10 in points (7th-1,637), rebounds (8th-826), field goals made (6th-654), field goals attempted (7th-1,285), field goal percentage (10th-50.9), free throws made (T-8th-323), free throws attempted (10th-439), free throw percentage (8th-73.6), blocked shots (7th-90) and minutes (6th-3,620).
2004-05 (Junior)
An honorable mention All-Big 12 selection … Named third-team All-Big 12 by the Kansas City Star … A first-team Academic All-Big 12 student-athlete … Became the 18th player in KU history to amass over 1,000 career points on Feb. 16 against Texas Tech, also making her the 11th player in KU history to accumulate 1,000 points and 500 career boards … Reached 500 rebounds on Feb. 9 against Oklahoma State … Posted team-highs of 13.8 points and 8.8 boards per game to go with 1.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.9 blocks in 33.3 minutes per contest … Played in all 28 games with 26 starting nods … Scored in double figures in 20 games including four games in which she posted 20 or more points … Season-high numbers included 27 points against Missouri in the Big 12 Tournament and 18 rebounds at Ball State … Recorded 10 double-doubles — tied for fourth-most in the Big 12 … Ranked 11th in the conference in scoring (13.8 ppg), third in rebounding (8.8 rpg), sixth in field goal percentage (50.5 %), sixth in offensive rebounding (3.07 orpg), fifth in defensive rebounding (5.93 drpg) and ninth in minutes (33.29 mpg) … Led the Jayhawks in scoring in 11 games, rebounding in 17 contests and assists on two occasions … Drew six charges … Finished the season ranked 15th on the all-time KU scoring list with 1,080 career points.
2003-04 (Sophomore)
Earned several awards at the postseason banquet including the Lynette Woodard Most Valuable Player Award, the Angela Aycock Free Throw Award and the team Academic Achievement Award … Named to all-tournament teams at the Oregon Classic and Denver Wells Fargo Tournament … Won the MVP award at the Holiday Inn Jayhawk Classic … An Academic All-Big 12 first team honoree … Named to the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA … One of only two players on the team to play and start in all 28 games … Averaged a team-best 13.4 points per game to go with 5.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game … Also added 23 steals and 18 blocked shots … Ranked 12th in the Big 12 in scoring … Led the team in field goals made (150), field goal attempts (301), free throws made (74) and free throw attempts (98) … Scored 20 or more points on six occasions, including a season-high 24-point effort vs. Oklahoma State on Jan. 31 and vs. Nebraska on Feb. 28 … Reached double figures in scoring 23 times, including a streak of 12 straight games between Dec. 20 and Jan. 31 … Led the team in scoring in 10 games and rebounding in six contests … Recorded three double-doubles … Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds to go with 15 points vs. Colorado on Jan. 13 … Blocked two or more shots in four games … Improved her career free throw percentage to 74.9 percent (158-of-211) to move into fifth place on the all-time KU list.
2002-03 (Freshman)
Earned two awards at the postseason banquet including the Freshman Academic Award and the Angela Aycock Free Throw Award … Named to the Waco Tribune-Herald Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Appeared in all 29 games and started 27 times … Recorded three of Kansas[apos] top four single-game scoring outputs including her season-high 26 points versus Nebraska on Jan. 29 … Tied for the team lead in scoring with 10.9 points per game … Second in rebounding (5.8 rpg), field goal percentage (49.6 percent) and blocked shots (26) … Led the Jayhawks in scoring on eight occasions and rebounding on nine occasions … The Jayhawks[apos] top free throw shooter at 74.3 percent, sinking 84-of-113 attempts … Notched four double-doubles and scored in double figures 13 times … Scored an impressive team-leading 15.7 points per game in KU[apos]s 11 wins … Grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds at Texas A&M on Jan. 25 and against Iowa State on March 11 in the Big 12 Tournament … Blocked two or more shots in eight games … Knocked in 11-of-12 free throws at Texas A&M on Jan. 25 and followed that with 9-of-11 from the line against Nebraska on Jan. 29.
High School
A four-year letterwinner at Topeka High School, averaged a team-best 21.7 points and 11.4 rebounds as a senior, and also shot a team-best 54.4 percent from the field and 57.6 percent from the free throw line … Led her team to the state playoffs for the first time in 16 years, the I-70 league championship and to a 19-4 overall record as a senior … Named to the Topeka Capital-Journal all-state first team and was the Topeka Capital-Journal co-city Player of the Year … Was a two-time Topeka Capital-Journal all-city first team member as a senior and junior … Averaged 22.6 points as a junior at Topeka High School … Named to the all-city and all-I-70 league teams in addition to being named second-team all-class 6A as a junior … Also a three-year letterwinner in track, won the Kansas state discus title with a throw of 145-6 as a senior, which broke the school record … Chose KU over Iowa … A McDonald[apos]s All-American nominee … Named All-Tournament and All-American at the 18 and under National AAU Tournament … A Kansas Honor Scholar and member of National Honor Society, finished in the top five percent in her class.
Personal
Born June 24, 1984, in Dallas, Texas … Daughter of Janice Kemp … Brother Christopher Kemp played basketball at Sterling Christian College … Majoring in speech language and hearing.
Career Honors
2005-06: All-Big 12 First Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII … Athletic Director[apos]s 3.0-3.99 Honor Roll … Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 12) (Jan. 3) … Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Dallas Morning News All-Big 12 Second Team … Fort Worth Star-Telegram All-Big 12 Second Team … Waco Tribune All-Big 12 Second Team … Kansas City Star All-Big 12 Second Team … Kansas City Star Big 12 All-Improved Team.
2004-05: Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll 3.0-3.99 GPA; Academic All-Big 12 First Team; Honorable Mention All-Big 12; Kansas City Star Third Team All-Big 12.
2003-04: Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll 4.0 GPA; Academic All-Big 12 First Team; Oregon Classic All-Tournament Team; Holiday Inn Jayhawk Classic MVP; Denver Wells Fargo All-Tournament Team; Lynette Woodard MVP Award; Academic Achievement Award; Angela Aycock Free Throw Award.
2002-03: Jayhawk Scholar; Team Freshman Academic Award; Angela Aycock Free Throw Award; Waco Tribune-Herald Big 12 All-Freshman Team.