2002-03 Basketball - W Roster
Roster
Kedzie Gunderson
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Bellevue
- Hometown:
- Bellevue, Wash.
At Oregon
Fearless on both ends of the floor ... voted the team’s Best Defensive Player at the annual awards banquet in 2004 ... athletic and versatile with a consistent baseline jump shot ... can play either forward or guard ... usually defends the opposing team’s best perimeter player ... a gritty rebounder for her size.
2004-05
Suffered a torn ACL in her right knee prior to the season in a non-basketball related incident.
2003-04
Helped set the tone defensively for the Ducks with 21 steals, which ranked fifth on the team ... saw action in each of Oregon’s 29 games, including 26 starts ... shot 37 percent from the field and 66 percent from the foul line ... her 37 assists were tied for the fourth highest on the team ... averaged 5.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game ... scored in double-figures seven times, including tying a career-high with 13 points in a win over Washington State in addition to a career-best-tying seven rebounds and three assists ... made 7-of-10 free throws, grabbed four rebounds and notched two steals in a win over Final Four-bound LSU (Nov. 16) ... the next game at Gonzaga (Nov. 25), hit 4-of-6 shots for 11 points and passed out a season-high four assists in the victory ... a key factor in the Oregon Classic title game against N.C. State, scoring 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting and dishing out three assists ... had one of her best overall games in her career in a win over No. 10-ranked Stanford (Feb. 26), scoring 10 points, including 2-of-2 from three-point range, collecting four rebounds and holding All-American Nicole Powell to 4-of-14 shooting ... had six points and seven rebounds in a home win over Montana (Dec. 12) ... dropped in 12 points and again had seven rebounds along with her only blocked shot of the season against California (Feb. 28) on Senior Day.
2002-03
Played in all 28 of the Ducks’ games, making 21 starts at the wing position ... played the third-most minutes on the team (23.4 avg.) ... after starting the season slowly, became more of an offensive threat as it progressed ... notched her first double-figure scoring game of the year with 12 at Arizona State (Jan. 4) ... averaged 4.9 points per game in the first 13 contests ... averaged 9.5 points the rest of the season and finished with eight double-figure scoring games, all in Pac-10 play ... became a three-point shooting threat by hitting 18-of-50 (36 percent) from long range ... made the third-most three-pointers on the team behind Brandi Davis and since-graduated Alissa Edwards ... also had the third-most offensive rebounds (28) ... scored a career-high 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting and grabbed six rebounds in a one-point loss to Stanford (Jan. 11) ... notched 12 points, hitting 8-of-9 from the foul line, and a career-high five assists in a win over Oregon State (Feb. 15) ... broke her nose at Montana (Dec. 19) and played with a protective mask for the ensuing two weeks ... held scoreless in only one game?against California (Feb. 8) ... although sparked the team to victory over Cal with hustle plays, two assists and a steal despite taking a forearm to her already-broken nose ... scored 10 points, passed out four assists and tied a career-high with three steals in a close loss to nationally-ranked Arizona (Feb. 1) ... had seven points on 3-of-4 shooting, three steals along with three rebounds in a loss to nationally-ranked South Carolina (Nov. 28) ... recorded five double-digit scoring efforts in the month of January, including a stretch with four straight ... in the first 12 games, she had 12 assists and 31 turnovers combined ... in the last 16 games, she had 37 assists and 31 turnovers.
2001-02
Competed in 32 of the team’s 35 games, all in a reserve role ... all-around player averaged 3.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game ... shot 43 percent (38-of-89) from the field and 68 percent (21-of-31) on free throws ... played the second-most minutes (8.7 mpg) of the freshman class, behind teammate Andrea Bills (19.9 mpg) ... scored in double-figures twice, including season-bests of 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting and seven rebounds in 16 minutes of play at Washington State (Feb. 21) ... dropped in 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the floor and 3-of-4 from the foul line in just 10 minutes of action against Arizona State (Jan. 6) ... in second collegiate game, scored eight points in six minutes of play on 4-of-5 shooting against Miami (Nov. 18) ... passed out season-highs of three assists in back-to-back wins over USC (Jan. 24) and UCLA (Jan. 26) ... hit on 17 percent (5-of-29) of her three-point attempts ... an aggressive defender who fouled out two times.
High School
The MVP of the KingCo Conference averaged 14.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.9 steals per game her senior year ... also shot 42 percent from the floor, 70 percent from the foul line and 39 percent on three-pointers ... selected to first team all-state after senior season by the Associated Press, Seattle Times and Tacoma News-Tribune ... led Bellevue High to an unprecedented three straight KingCo titles ... picked to the Eastside Journal’s All-Eastside Team and first-team All-KingCo her sophomore, junior and senior years ... averaged 14 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game her junior season en route to second-team all-state honors ... made the 3A state tournament second team junior and senior years ... led Bellevue in scoring her final three seasons ... earned Prep Athlete of the Week honors three different times from the Seattle Times and Eastside Journal ... played for the Washington Northwest Shootout Tournament team senior year ... voted team MVP her final two seasons ... helped team to a 25-4 record (fifth in state) as a sophomore after it went 4-16 the previous year ... went 26-3 (fifth in state) as a junior and 24-5 (sixth) her senior year, including a 26-0 league record the final two seasons ... averaged 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and hit 45 percent on treys in the state tourney her junior year ... member of AAU Seattle Magic for six years ... lettered in swimming and diving ... earned the Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award and President’s Award for Academic Achievement.
Personal
Born Kedzie Alexis Gunderson on Aug. 26, 1983, in Port Townsend, Wash. ... parents are Jim and Gail Gunderson ... father played football for Puget Sound ... graduated from Bellevue High in 2001 ... high school coach was Alan Russell ... majoring in Sociology.
