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Katie Smith

Class: Senior Hometown: Omaha, Neb. High School: Skutt Catholic HS

Height: 5-10 Position: G Experience: 4L

Katie Smith'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's Honor Roll
•2008-09 Ms. Jayhawk Award
•2007-08 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
•2007-08 Ms. Jayhawk Award
•2006-07 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
•2006-07 Ms. Jayhawk Award
•2005-06 Athletic Director'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's basketball program for the third-straight season ... Tabbed First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Named to the Athletic Director'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'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'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'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.