Cindy Kerns

Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Bicknell, IN
Position:
F
Height:
6-2

Summer 1998- Toured Denmark and Sweden as a member of the Big Ten Conference All-Stars team in June, averaging 5.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.

1997-98- Provided strength and agility to the Hoosiers' inside game...became a regular starter during the Big Ten season...played in all 33 games, starting 20 and the last 17-straight...averaged 6.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game...scoring averages improved to 8.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in Big Ten play...was second on the team with a 54 percent field goal percentage...scored in double-figures in eight games...collected first double-double in win over then-No. 23 Purdue with 15 points and a career-best 11 rebounds...nailed what would become the winning basket with 27 seconds left in win over Penn State...scored a career-high 16 points in win at Minnesota.

1996-97- Played in 28 games, starting nine...averaged 3.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game...grabbed a career-best 9 rebounds in loss at Michigan State...scored a career-high 13 points vs. Illinois...had 10 points and eight rebounds in 27 minutes against Penn State.

1995-96- Aggressive rebounder ... can shoot from the low post or from the behind the 3-point arc ... played in 26 of 27 games ... earned first career start vs. Illinois after impressive 13 point, 5 rebound performance at Purdue (Feb. 9) ... averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game ... just missed double-double with 9 points and 9 rebounds against Tennessee State ... one of two freshmen to have played in every Big Ten game ... averaged 11 minutes off the bench.

Prep- Played for Rick Marshall at North Knox High School ... averaged 16.7 points and 10.5 rebounds per while while shooting 81 percent from the free throw line as a senior ... 1995 USA Today's All-USA Honorable Mention selection ... was also named to Associated Press' all-State first team ... member of All-Star team ... four year varsity starter who finished her career with 1,146 points and 726 rebounds ... set the North Knox school record for free-throw percentage as a junior, shooting 86.1 percent from the charity stripe ... IHSAA all-Sectional team selection and Sectional MVP her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... named to the IHSAA all-regional tournament team her last two seasons ... two-time winner of the North Knox High School Most Valuable Player award ... was also three year starter for the volleyball team and a three year letterwinner on the track and field teams ... broke the school record in the shot put in 1995 with a throw of 36-4 ... senior class vice president ... 1994 Who's Who in Sports ... student council member for four years ... member of SADD for three years ... 1994-95 Basketball Homecoming Queen.

Personal- Business and marketing major ... born May 14, 1977 ... daughter of Rick and Brenda Kerns.