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25 Kelly Jekot
25 KELLY JEKOT G • 6-0 • Gr./Sr.+ Enola, Pa. • Cumberland Valley • Villanova Graduate Program: Educational Leadership
2020-21 • GRADUATE SEASON
Awards: CoSIDA Academic All-District…Academic All-Big Ten…Big Ten Sportsmanship Award...Big Ten Distinguished Scholar. Season: Was Penn State’s leading scorer, second-leading rebounder and leader in minutes played nine games into the season before suffering a season-ending injury…Averaged 15.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 34.6 minutes per game in her nine games before injury… Scored in double figures in every game that she played, including two 20-plus point games and three double-doubles.
Coppin State (11/25): Registered second-career doubledouble and scored 1,000th career point in Penn State debut. Finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds and scored 1,000th career point as the third quarter expired. St. Francis (PA) (11/30): Notched second-straight double-double with a teamleading 24 points and 10 rebounds behind a 69.2 percent (9-13) shooting performance. at Syracuse (12/6): Finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Maryland (12/31): Tallied third double-double of the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds, including a perfect 10-for-10 effort from the free throw line. at Ohio State (1/4): Finished with 19 points and six rebounds. at Minnesota (1/10): Registered a team-best 15 points to go along with eight rebounds and two steals. 2019-20 • Joined Penn State in January 2020 as a graduate transfer
AT VILLANOVA (2016-19) 2018-219 (Junior Season)
Named to the Big East Academic All-Star Team…Garnered firstteam All-Philadelphia Big 5 honors…Started all 30 games she played in and averaged 13.8 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per contest in 34.6 minutes per game…Shot .459 from the field (157-of-342), .403 from 3-point range (69-of-171) and .681 from the foul line (30-of-44)…Tallied 74 assists, 19 blocks and 17 steals…Scored double figures in 24 of the 30 games…Had five games of 20 points or more…Scored a season-high 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including a 5-of-7 effort from 3-point range to go with six rebounds and two assists at Lehigh…Tallied 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting (5-of-11 from 3-point range), six rebounds and three assists versus Xavier…Went 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-5 from long distance for 22 points versus Virginia Tech… Scored 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting to go with five assists and three rebounds versus Georgetown…Posted a double-double with 18 points and a career-high 11 rebounds at Penn…Credited with 15 point and nine rebounds versus Creighton…Had 17 points at Central Florida…Tallied 17 points, five rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal at St. John’s…Scored 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting to go with five rebounds versus DePaul.
2017-2018 (Sophomore Season)
Named the Philadelphia Big 5 Most Improved Player…Earned second-team All-Big 5 honors…Started all 32 games she played in and averaged 11.3 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per contest in 32.7 minutes per game…Tallied 68 assists, 16 steals and 12 blocks… Made 133-of-322 from the field (.413), 49-of-134 from 3-point range (.366) and 48-of-59 from the foul line (.814)…Registered 17 double figure scoring games, including five games of 20 points or more…Named Big East Player of the Week on Nov. 20 for her performance versus Duke when she scored 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including a 7-of-9 effort from 3-point range…Scored a careerhigh 27 points versus Saint Joseph’s on 11-of-17 shooting to go with six assists, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal…Registered 21 points, six assists and five rebounds against Xavier…Had 21 points at Seton Hall…Recorded 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting at La Salle…Tallied 17 points on 7-of-18 shooting, including a 3-of-5 performance from 3-point range at DePaul…Totaled 15 points against Providence…Posted 10 points and eight rebounds versus Penn…Recorded 10 points and seven rebounds at Hartford.
2016-2017 (Freshman Season)
Named the Philadelphia Big Five Rookie of the Year…Started four of the 35 games she played in and averaged 22.1 minutes per game… Averaged 6.1 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per contest…Shot .333 from the field (71-of-213), .294 from 3-point range (30-of-102) and .724 from the foul line (42-of-58)…Registered 50 assists, 12 steals and 10 blocks…Credited with 12 points against Mississippi State in her first career game…Scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-16 shooting, including a 4-of-9 effort from 3-point range in first career start versus Seton Hall…Had 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting, including a 3-of-7 effort from behind the arc and a 2-of-2 performance from the foul line to go with four assists at Xavier…Posted 12 points and four rebounds versus Troy…Totaled eight points and a season-high nine rebounds versus DePaul…Tallied 10 points and five rebounds against Georgetown…Recorded 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field, a 2-of-3 effort from 3-point range and a 2-of-2 effort from the foul line at Seton Hall… Registered 12 points and eight rebounds at Princeton in first round of the WNIT…Scored 13 points, including a perfect 8-of-8 effort from the free throw versus Drexel in the WNIT second round.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year out of Cumberland Valley High School… Pennsylvania AAAA Player of the Year… USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year… Three-time first-team All-State honoree… first-team All-Conference… District 3 MVP… Led team to three consecutive state championships…Scored 2,141 career points…Senior Academic Excellence honoree.
PERSONAL
Oldest of four girls of John and Jennifer Jekot…Father played basketball at Lock Haven University…Mother played field hockey at Lock Haven University...Sister, Katie, is currently a member of the Saint Joseph’s University women’s basketball team.
OVERALL
Penn St. Women's Basketball Individual Career Summaries CAREER STATISTICS All games
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as of Nov 04, 2021
JEKOT, Kelly
Field Goals 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG
2016-17 VU 35-4 773/22.1 71-213 .333 30-102 .294 42-58 .724 37 86 123 3.5 37-0 50 28 10 12 214 6.1 2017-18 VU 32-32 1047/32.7 133-322 .413 49-134 .366 48-59 .814 30 97 127 4.0 39-0 68 47 12 16 363 11.3 2018-19 VU 30-30 1037/34.6 157-342 .459 69-171 .404 30-44 .682 33 105 138 4.6 46-0 74 47 19 17 413 13.8 2020-21 PSU 9-9 312/34.6 50-127 .394 11-44 .250 32-39 .821 18 43 61 6.8 12-0 19 29 4 6 143 15.9
