2008-09 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Jessica Halsig
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Bishop Carroll HS
- Hometown:
- Wichita, Kan.
2009 -- Appeared in 30 games for UMKC and started in five... averaged 5.1 points in 15.3 minutes per game... shot .929 percent from the free throw line (13-14) and .349 percent from the three-point line (37-106)... finished with 36 rebounds, 20 assists and 20 steals on the year... scored in double digits on three occasions... posted a career high 14 points at North Dakota State (2/16)... went 4-9 from the three-point line against the Bison and 2-2 from the free throw line... scored 10 points against Oakland (12/8) and at South Dakota State (2/14)... grabbed a career high four rebounds against Tulsa (12/3) and Central Missouri (12/31)... shot 1.000 percent from the free throw line (4-4) at IPFW (3/2)...started against Cal State Bakersfield (11/29), Tulsa (12/3), IPFW (12/6), Oakland (12/8) and in The Summit League Tournament against Oakland (3/7).
At Barton County C.C.?Posted a team-best 42.0 percent (60-143) from the three-point line...as a sophomore started and appeared in all 38 games on the season...averaged 26.3 minutes per game and averaged 9.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest...led team to a 34-4 record and a fourth-place finish in NJCAA Division I tournament, including a 16-0 record at home...named to the NJCAA Region VI all-Tournament team.
High School?Earned four varsity letters in basketball...was first team all-Class 5A, all-city and all-state, while being selected to play in the KBCA All-Star game...nominated as a McDonald’s High School All-American...averaged 17 points, five assists and four rebounds per game as a senior...led team to first state championship in school history in 2004...played for head coach Don Racine...team was also back-to-back city league champions, winning 19 consecutive games...also lettered in track and field...a member of the honor roll all four years.
Personal?Jessica Halsig was born on July 28, 1988...daughter of Herb Halsig and Debbie Halsig-Heithaus...father works for Vulcan Chemicals and mother is a dispatcher for the Wichita Police Department...has one sister, Amanda (16)...played club basketball for Lady Ice from 2000-02 and the Pacers from 2002-04 for head coach Rhonda Moore...is a pre-health major at UMKC.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 14 at North Dakota State, 2/16/09
Rebounds: 4 (twice)
FGM: 4 at North Dakota State, 2/16/09
FGA: 11 at North Dakota State, 2/16/09
3FGM: 4 at North Dakota State, 2/16/09
3FGA: 9 at North Dakota State, 2/16/09
FTM: 4 at IPFW, 3/2/09
FTA: 4 at IPFW, 3/2/09
Assists: 3 (three times)
Steals: 3 at South Dakota State, 2/14/09
Blocks: --
Minutes: 30 (twice)
