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Katie Smith - Women's Basketball - Kansas Jayhawks
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Katie Smith

Position G
Height 5'10''
Class Junior
Hometown Omaha, Neb.
High School Skutt Catholic HS
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Katie Smith[apos]s 2008-09 Game-by-Game, Career Stats and Career Highs in PDF Format

Career Honors:
•2008-09 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
•2008-09 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll
•2008-09 Ms. Jayhawk Award
•2007-08 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll
•2007-08 Ms. Jayhawk Award
•2006-07 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll
•2006-07 Ms. Jayhawk Award
•2005-06 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll

2008-09 (Senior):
Saw action in a career-best 11 games, beforesuffering a season-ending injuryat Kansas State (Jan. 10, 2009) … Averaged 1.5 points and 1.0 rebounds per game prior to herinjury … Scored a career-highsix points and pulled down a career-best five rebounds in a win over New MexicoState (Jan. 4, 2009) … Had four points to go along with one assist and one steal in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 3, 2008) … Made 4-of-9 shots from the field (44.4 percent) and 7-of-10 free throws (70.0 percent) on the season … Earned the Ms. JayhawkAward as the player who embodies the spirit and vision of the Kansas women[apos]s basketball program for the third-straight season … Tabbed First Team Academic All-Big 12 … Named to the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll for the fourth-straight year.

2007-08 (Junior):
Earned the Ms. Jayhawk Award for the second-straight season … Played in four games on the season… Did not record any points, but pulled down one rebound at Nebraska (Jan. 12, 2008) … Also saw action versus Creighton (Nov. 27, 2007), Saint Louis (Dec. 2, 2007) and Evansville (March 24, 2008) … Named to the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll for the third-consecutive year.

2006-07 (Sophomore):
Earned the Ms. Jayhawk Award at the postseason banquet … Played in three games over the course of the season … Scored her first career point on a free throw against Sacramento State (Jan. 17, 2007) … Pulled down two rebounds, dished out two assists and tallied one steal during the year … Named to the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll for the second straight year.

2005-06 (Freshman):
A walk-on who saw action in three games … Played two minutes in the season-opener against Binghamton and registered one rebound and one field goal attempt … Played back-to-back games against New Orleans (Dec. 3, 2005) and UMKC (Dec. 7, 2005) … Logged six minutes against UNO and contributed a rebound, two assists and a steal … Played two minutes against UMKC … Named to the Athletic Director[apos]s 3.0-3.99 Honor Roll.

High School:
A 2005 graduate of Skutt Catholic HS in Omaha, Neb. … Helped her team to a Class B runner-up finish at the state tournament as a junior and senior … Named all-state first team captain Class B … Member of the 2005 All-Nebraska basketball team … First team All-Omaha as a sophomore, junior and senior … Captain All-Omaha team senior year … Set school records in several categories including points, steals and assists … Notched a single game best of 27 points on her way to over 1,200 career points … Coached by Mark Zulkoski … Also lettered in track and field … An excellent student who was named Academic All-Conference for four years.

Personal:
Daughter of Mike and Lucy Smith … Born in Omaha, Neb. … Father played football at the University of Nebraska … Sister, Jessica, also attended KU … Majoring in Exercise Science.