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Amy Jaeschke

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Wilmette, Ill.

High School:
New Trier

Height:
6-5

Position:
C

2008-09: Only player to start all 30 games this season ... Second Team All-Big Ten media selection and Third Team All-Big Ten coaches' selection ... Placed on Early Season Naismith Awards list ... Garnered Co-Big Ten Player of the week honors January 6th ... Led the team with 35.9 minutes, 13.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game ... Led the team and ranked second in the Big Ten with 96 blocks ... Ranked second in the Big Ten and fifth in the Nation with 3.2 blocks per game ... Scored a career high 34 points against Clemson (12/4) and pulled down a career high 16 rebounds against Illinois (2/12)

2007-08: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten and All-Freshman team honoree ... Despite fracturing her hand in the first game of the season, Jaeschke led the `Cats in rebounds (6.8), scoring (13.5) and blocks (51) ... Started 20 of the 22 games she played in ... Second on the team with 42.2 field goal percentage ... Led the team in scoring in 11 of 22 games ... Top rebounder in 10 of 22 games ... Recorded four double-doubles on the season--Illinois (12/27), Michigan State (1/17), Purdue (2/3) and Iowa (2/24) ... Scored in double-digits in 13 of 22 games, including nine of the last 10 ... Second on the team with 150 total rebounds ... Third on the team with 69.4 free throw percentage and 34 offensive boards... Scored a career-high 26 points against Indiana (2/7) and Michigan State (1/17) ... Recorded career-high 3 assists against Michigan State (1/17) ... Ranked in the top 10 in conference games in blocks (2.5 bpg), defensive rebounds (5.56 rpg) and rebounding (7.1 rpg).

High School: Member of U19 Junior National Team that won the World Championships in 2006 ... Parade Magazine All-America second team (2007) ... McDonald's All-American (2007) ... Named WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2007) ... Recorded 2,031 points and 1,393 rebounds in high school career ... Averaged 18.0 ppg, 12.9 rpg her senior season ... Led the team in scoring 29 times and in rebounding 31 times during senior season ... Both leading scorer and rebounder in 29 out of 34 games senior year ... Chicago Tribune First-Team All-State (2006), Honorable Mention (2005), Special Mention (2004) ... Three-time All Conference selection (2004, 2005, 2006) ... USA U18 National Team Alternate (2006), Street & Smith's All-America HM, 2004, 2005 ... Adidas Top Ten Camp Upperclass All-Star (2005), Underclass All-Star (2004) ... Student Sports Freshman All-America ... Ranked No. 5 in her position and No. 27 overall by Scout.com ... Ranked No. 14 by Blue Star Basketball.

Personal: Born Amy Betsy Jaeschke ... Daughter of Robert and Betsy Jaeschke ... Cousin, Ellen, is a senior on the Wildcat squad ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jaeschke's Career Stats

Year G-GS MIN FG-A PCT 3P-A PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG A BL ST PTS AVG
2007-08 22-20 692 129-306 .422 4-12 .333 34-49 .694 150 6.8 26 51 16 296 13.5
2008-09 30-30 1078 167-390 .422 2-25 .08 80-128 .625 247 8.2 55 96 32 416 13.9
Totals 52-50 1770 296-696 .425 6-37 .162 114-177 .644 397 7.6 81 147 48 712 13.7
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