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24 Kara Kessans Class: Senior Hometown: Tell City, Ind. High School: Tell City Height: 5-9 Position: Guard Birthdate: 04/20/1980

Junior Year (2000-01)
Started in all 29 games...Finished the season as the third leading scorer, averaging 12.2 points per game...Ranked second on the team in rebounds, averaging 5.4 boards per game...Earned all-tournament honors in the Torneo Cancun de Basquetbol ...Tied a career-high with 24 points against Texas and Marquette...Registered three double-doubles on the season...Scored in double-figures 21 times...Scored 12 of her 24 points in the Cards' 79-74 overtime win over Marquette.

Sophomore Year (1999-00)
Saw action in all 29 games, starting in 23...Third leading scorer, averaging 8.8 points...Scored a career-high 24 points against Kansas in the Great Alaska Shootout...Knocked down a career-high seven three-pointers against Kansas...Pulled down a career-high eight rebounds against Marquette...Second leading rebounder on the team, averaging 4.3 per game...Blocked a career-high three shots against Charlotte...Tied a career-high with five steals against Arkansas State...Tied another career-high with four assists against Saint Louis...Scored in double figures 13 times...Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll...Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (1998-99)
Went down 15 games into the season with a torn ACL and MCL...Moved into a starting postion after eight games...Scored a season-high 18 points against Eastern Kentucky in the Seelbach Hilton Holiday Classic...Hit a season-high four three-pointers against Nebraska in the Seelbach Hilton Holiday Classic, earning all-tournament honors...Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Arkansas and Eastern Kentucky ...Scored in double-digits four times...Recorded a career-high five steals against Eastern Kentucky...Ranked fourth in scoring at the end of the season...Led the team in three-point field goal accuracy hitting 44.7 percent.

High School
Named All-Big Eight conference her junior and senior seasons...Named all-county her last three seasons...Named county MVP as a junior and a senior...Earned all-state honors for two seasons...Averaged 24.1 points, eight rebounds, three assists and five steals per game as a senior...Broke 15 school records as a senior...Played on the all-star team.

Personal
Birthdate is April 20, 1980...Parents are Michael and Delores Kessans...Major is business and marketing.

Clapp on Kessans
"Kara has given us steady play from the guard spot every year and I don't think this year will be any different. She has worked very hard in the off-season and wants to finish her career with a bang."