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  Jessica Kielpinski

Jessica Kielpinski

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Mandan, N.D.

High School:
Mandan HS

Height:
6-1

Position:
Forward

Experience:
2L

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JUNIOR (2009-10): One of two post players with college experience and will be relied upon this season...improved conditioning and is returning to her freshman form...playing well with her back to the basket and expanding range...physical player who should compete for a starting position.

SOPHOMORE (2008-09): Played in 35 games and made her only start at UNLV...averaged 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per contest...second on the team with a 81.4 free throw shooting percentage...had a season-high 13 points against Air Force and reached double figures against Idaho State with 11 points...pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds against William and Mary...played against her sister, Rebecca, during the preseason exhibition schedule...named Academic All-MWC.

FRESHMAN (2007-08): Played in every game and made her first career start on Jan. 19 at Air Force...chipped in a career-high 10 points twice during the year including at No. 12 California...shot 44.1 percent from the field and went 24-of-41 at the free throw line...averaged 5.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game...recorded her first double-figure rebound game with 10 against TCU, which was also a season-high...scored 10 or more points three times...named Academic All-MWC.

HIGH SCHOOL: North Dakota's Miss Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year after leading Mandan High School to a 24-1 record and the school's fifth-straight state championship...a four-year starter who came off the bench for the varsity as an eighth grader...playing center, averaged 19.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 assists a game as a senior...scored more than 1,500 points during her high school career...head coach Greg Amundson says Kielpinski is "probably the best player I've ever coached and probably the most highly recruited player in state history."...Mandan was 94-6 in Kielpinski's four years as a starter...also a two-time all-state volleyball player and she tossed the shot in track...McDonald's All-America nominee.

PERSONAL: Born April 14, 1989, in Bismark, N.D...full name is Jessica Marie Kielpinski...father, Mark, is 6-8, and mother, Nancy, is a physical education teacher...older sister, Rebecca, was a two-time Division II All-America basketball player at Alaska-Anchorage...favorite food is pasta...also has a brother, Bryan...majoring in Exercise Science.