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Brooke Jelniker

Class: Junior Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo. High School: Thunder Ridge HS

Height: 6-1 Position: G Experience: HS

Jelniker's Career Stats

Career Honors:

2010-11: Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2010); Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2010).

2010-11 (Freshman):

Saw action in 17 games, including three starts ... Averaged 1.4 rebounds per game and just over one point per outing ... Earned her first career start in the season opener versus South Dakota (Nov. 14, 2010) and tallied two points and two rebounds ... Recorded personal bests with eight points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals in a start versus Maine (Dec. 1, 2010) ... Pulled down two rebounds in her first Big 12 Conference appearance versus No. 1/1 Baylor (Jan. 19, 2011) ... Scored her only conference points (four) versus Colorado (Feb. 2, 2011) to go along with three boards.

High School:

A 2010 graduate of Thunder Ridge High School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., where she earned four letters in basketball ... Named First Team All-Conference in basketball following both her junior and senior seasons ... A 2010 McDonald's All-American nominee, Jelniker averaged 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 2.5 steals and 2.7 assists per game in her senior season at TRHS ... She eclipsed the 1,000 points scoring mark on February 16, with a career-best 34-point scoring effort ... Earned All-State honors by the Colorado High School Coaches Association ... Named team captain for her senior campaign and was the top scoring Grizzly on the season ... Named to the Denver Post's 2010 All Colorado Team ... Chosen to play in the Denver Nuggets' Show All-Star Game and the Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports All-State Game ... Rated the 19^th-best small forward by HoopGurlz.com and the 45^th-best prospect overall on GregSwaim.com ... Averaged 14 points, six rebounds, two blocks and two steals per game as a junior ... Was selected to attend the 2008 Nike Skills Academy ... Coached by Bill Bradley at TRHS ... Also had an outstanding high school academic career ... Was a member of the National Honor Society and a two-time member of the Academic All-State Team ... Presented with an honor cord for her academic and community service efforts at Thunder Ridge High School's graduation.

Personal:

Daughter of Kelly and Mitch Jelniker ... Born in Oklahoma ... Has one brother, Ryan Jelniker ... Grandfather, Duane Harm, played basketball at Wisconsin.