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Jersey Number 32
Kate Rodgers
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- F
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Wenonah HS
- Prev School:
- Ole Miss
Bio
Senior (2019-20)
Played in 27 games making 23 starts while helping Troy win its first-ever Sun Belt Regular Season Title ... Averaged 3.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while earning 15 assists, 16 steals and 24 blocked shots ... Kate's 24 blocked shots led the team and ranked seventh in the Sun Belt ... She totaled 169 rebounds, the third-most on the team with 68 offensive boards and 101 defensive rebounds ... She was one of three Trojans to grab at least 100 defensive rebounds ... Posted a season best 12 rebounds at Louisiana and recorded double-digit rebounds in two games ... Posted a season best three blocked shots twice, at Ga. Southern and Texas State while having at least two blocks in seven games ... Was a member of the senior class that earned 87 victories between 2016-20, the most wins by a senior class in program history
*Had season cut short in March due to COVID-19 before SBC Tournament
Junior (2018-19)
Rodgers started 10 of the 29 games she played in ... averaged 4.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and just under and block and a steal per contest ... scored a season-high 11-points against Arkansas State (Jan. 12) ... Posted a season best 13 boards at Coastal Carolina (Jan. 13) while reaching double-digit rebounds in three games ... from the free throw line she shot the ball at a 76 percent clip
Ole Miss
Played in 23 games, started three as a sophomore … Averaged 2.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game … Finished the season shooting 43.4 percent (23-53) from the field … Hauled in 90 rebounds, seventh most on the team … As a freshman, Rodgers averaged 1.1 points per game and 2.0 rebounds per game in 18 appearances with one start … Grabbed a rebound in eight of her last 14 games … Tallied 5+ rebounds on four occasions … Career-high six points vs. ULM … Nabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. Wisconsin; most rebounds by an Ole Miss freshman this season … Earned first career start against Jackson State; was the first Ole Miss freshman to make a start that season.
High School
Rodgers played her high school basketball at Wenonah High School in Birmingham … Ranked in Top 50 and the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2016 according to Prospects Nation … Averaged 11.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks a game for the three-time AHSAA Class 5A state champion Dragons … 2016 All-Metro Birmingham Player of the Year … Super Five selection … Led her prep squad to a 121-20 in four years, including 65-3 over her last two seasons … Named Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 5A Player of the Year and the AL.com Birmingham Region Player of the Year … Averaged 7.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks a game for the Class 5A champion Dragons as a junior… ASWA Super Five and a first-team selection … As a junior, in the state tournament semifinals and championship, Rodgers scored 23 points, grabbed 20 rebounds, blocked 14 shots and added nine steals … Named Class 5A state tournament MVP as a junior for her third straight selection to the All-Tournament team.
Personal
Full name is Kaitlyn Chanel Rodgers … Daughter of Lashaundra Lewis … Has four siblings, (Kenneth, Kerrick, Khylen and Kennedi) … Played AAU with the Alabama Roadrunners … Notable teammates include: Charity Brown (Samford) and Jaylyn Maddox (VCU)
Played in 27 games making 23 starts while helping Troy win its first-ever Sun Belt Regular Season Title ... Averaged 3.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while earning 15 assists, 16 steals and 24 blocked shots ... Kate's 24 blocked shots led the team and ranked seventh in the Sun Belt ... She totaled 169 rebounds, the third-most on the team with 68 offensive boards and 101 defensive rebounds ... She was one of three Trojans to grab at least 100 defensive rebounds ... Posted a season best 12 rebounds at Louisiana and recorded double-digit rebounds in two games ... Posted a season best three blocked shots twice, at Ga. Southern and Texas State while having at least two blocks in seven games ... Was a member of the senior class that earned 87 victories between 2016-20, the most wins by a senior class in program history
*Had season cut short in March due to COVID-19 before SBC Tournament
Junior (2018-19)
Rodgers started 10 of the 29 games she played in ... averaged 4.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and just under and block and a steal per contest ... scored a season-high 11-points against Arkansas State (Jan. 12) ... Posted a season best 13 boards at Coastal Carolina (Jan. 13) while reaching double-digit rebounds in three games ... from the free throw line she shot the ball at a 76 percent clip
Ole Miss
Played in 23 games, started three as a sophomore … Averaged 2.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game … Finished the season shooting 43.4 percent (23-53) from the field … Hauled in 90 rebounds, seventh most on the team … As a freshman, Rodgers averaged 1.1 points per game and 2.0 rebounds per game in 18 appearances with one start … Grabbed a rebound in eight of her last 14 games … Tallied 5+ rebounds on four occasions … Career-high six points vs. ULM … Nabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. Wisconsin; most rebounds by an Ole Miss freshman this season … Earned first career start against Jackson State; was the first Ole Miss freshman to make a start that season.
High School
Rodgers played her high school basketball at Wenonah High School in Birmingham … Ranked in Top 50 and the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2016 according to Prospects Nation … Averaged 11.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks a game for the three-time AHSAA Class 5A state champion Dragons … 2016 All-Metro Birmingham Player of the Year … Super Five selection … Led her prep squad to a 121-20 in four years, including 65-3 over her last two seasons … Named Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 5A Player of the Year and the AL.com Birmingham Region Player of the Year … Averaged 7.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks a game for the Class 5A champion Dragons as a junior… ASWA Super Five and a first-team selection … As a junior, in the state tournament semifinals and championship, Rodgers scored 23 points, grabbed 20 rebounds, blocked 14 shots and added nine steals … Named Class 5A state tournament MVP as a junior for her third straight selection to the All-Tournament team.
Personal
Full name is Kaitlyn Chanel Rodgers … Daughter of Lashaundra Lewis … Has four siblings, (Kenneth, Kerrick, Khylen and Kennedi) … Played AAU with the Alabama Roadrunners … Notable teammates include: Charity Brown (Samford) and Jaylyn Maddox (VCU)
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