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McKenzie Calvert - Women's Basketball - Kansas Jayhawks
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McKenzie Calvert

Position Guard
Height 5'9''
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Schertz, Texas
High School Byron P. Steele HS
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2016-17 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Earned Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors for the week of Dec. 26 … Appeared in 23 games with 12 starts … Averaged 22.7 minutes per game … Recorded 10.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game … Shot 29.4 percent from the field and 61.1 percent from the free throw line … Scored a career-high 30 points against UC Riverside (12/21) in addition to shooting a season-best 60 percent (8-of-12) from the field  … Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds against Oklahoma (12/29) … Scored in double-figures 12 times on the season, netting 20 or more points four times.

2015-16 (Sophomore)
Sat out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

2014-15 (Freshman at USC)
Started seven games and played in 27 contests while registering 25.7 minutes per game … One of three Trojans to average double figures with 10.2 points per game behind 34.1 percent shooting from the field … Connected on 34 percent of her shots from beyond the arc … Grabbed 2.1 rebounds per game and recorded a total of 29 assists and 26 steals … Opened the 2014-15 Pac-12 slate with back-to-back double-digit scoring performances to earn conference freshman of the week honors.

High School
A four-time all-state and all-region honoree at Byron P. Steele High School … A five-star recruit out of high school … Tabbed as the No. 16 prospect in the ESPN HoopGurlz 100 her senior season … A McDonald’s All-America nominee … Earned two district MVP honors, two state all-tournament accolades and three San Antonio Express News All-Area Team selections … Participated in the 2012 U-17 U.S. National Team Trials and was called into the U-16 Team Trials in 2011 … Holds the Knights’ record for most steals in a single game … Graduated cum laude … A four-time academic all-district honoree.

Personal
Daughter of Tim and April Calvert … Born in San Antonio, Texas … Has one sister, Taylor, who plays basketball at Winthrop University … Cousin, De’Andrew White, plays football at Alabama … Hopes to travel to Brazil, Russia and Hawai’i … Has not decided on a major but would like to pursue a career in medicine or law … Also aspires to play in the WNBA after graduation.