Jess Petrie

Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Gold Coast, Australia
Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2

Pronounced PEA-tree

AT NEBRASKA
HONORS
CSC Academic All-District VII (2025)
Academic All-Big Ten (2025, 2026)
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar (2025)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023, 2024, 2025; Spring 2024, 2025)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)
Australian U19 National Team (FIBA World Cup, Spain, July 2023)
Australian U18 National Team (FIBA Asian Championships, India, September 2022)
Australian U17 National Team (FIBA World Cup, Hungary, July 2022)
Australian U16 National Team (FIBA Asian Championships, Jordan, June 2022)
Australian Schools Championship Defensive MVP (2022)
Australian Schools Championship All-Star Five (2022)

JUNIOR YEAR (2025-26)
Started in 23 games and made 30 appearances in Nebraska's 32 games and helped the Huskers to their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance … ranked third among the Huskers in scoring (11.3 ppg) and second in rebounding (4.8 rpg), while leading the Big Red with a career-high 32 blocked shots … scored double figures 20 times on the year this year, closed her Husker career with 10 points in a loss to No. 21 Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Durham, N.C … added eight points, four rebounds and four assists in an NCAA First Four win over Richmond at Cameron Indoor Stadium … erupted for a career-high 20 points to go with six rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal in an 80-46 win over eventual NCAA Tournament-qualifier Samford … added 18 points and seven rebounds in a Big Ten win over Indiana .. had 17 points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block at No. 14 Iowa … also had 17 points, four rebounds and two steals in an 87-56 run past eventual NCAA Tournament-qualifier at WAC Tournament champion Cal Baptist to close non-conference play … closed the regular season with 16 points and six rebounds off the bench in a win over Rutgers … notched her first double-double of the year with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a 92-53 win over Bradley … added her second double-double of the season and third of her career with 10 points and 10 rebounds against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament … also had 15 points and six rebounds in a win over NCAA qualifier Illinois (Jan. 24). She had 14 points with a career-high four three-pointers while adding a career-best three steals at Minnesota … also had 14 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in an 87-35 run past Omaha … put up 12 points off the bench at Oregon and 12 points, three rebounds, four assists and two blocks in a win over Summit League regular-season champion North Dakota State … notched 11 points, four rebounds and two blocks in a 66-65 win at Washington. .. recorded 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block in an 84-50 win over Creighton … added 11-point efforts in a season-opening win over Northwestern State (Nov. 3) and in a win over eventual NCAA Sweet Sixteen participant Virginia in the Emerald Coast Classic Beach Bracket championship … produced 10 points against No. 4 UCLA, at Penn State and against ORU.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2024-25)
Petrie averaged 6.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists over 33 games with 23 starts … produced three solid efforts in the Big Ten Tournament, including 11 points, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks in a win over Illinois … scored nine points in the fourth quarter including the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:36 left to help the Huskers rally from a nine-point third-quarter deficit … averaged 8.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in the tournament while hitting 12-of-19 shots (.632) from the field … closed the season with six points and three assists against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament first round … surged in the heart of conference play, producing her third straight double-figure scoring effort with a career-high 15 points to go with seven rebounds and three assists in a win over Wisconsin … hit 6-of-8 shots, including a career-best 3-of-4 three-pointers against the Badgers … it followed a 13-point, six-board effort in a road win at Iowa and started the stretch with 12 points and nine rebounds in a win at Rutgers … closed the regular season with back-to-back double-digit scoring efforts, including 11 points, eight rebounds and a career-high seven assists in a win at Northwestern … followed her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds against Washington … had an 11-point, six-rebound effort in NU's upset at No. 17 Maryland (Feb. 13). She added a career-high five blocks - all in the second half - to go with three points and six rebounds in NU's win over Oregon … ranked second among the Huskers in conference-only rebounding (5.4 rpg) while adding 7.4 points per game. … put up 14 points and two blocks to go with five rebounds in just 16 minutes in a win over North Alabama … followed with her first career start at Creighton where she finished with nine points, two rebounds and two assists against the Jays … added her second start against Kansas City before making her third start at No. 1 UCLA, where she had eight points, three rebounds and a career-high two steals in a start against the Trojans … added six points and three rebounds while making a third consecutive start in a Big Ten win over Penn State .. put up six more points and three rebounds in NU's win over No. 20 Michigan State.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2023-24)
Petrie produced back-to-back season-high 11-point efforts in wins over UNCW and Michigan State … she scored 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting in 12 first-half minutes in a win at MSU … established her then-career high with 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting, while adding four rebounds, an assist and a steal in a win over UNCW … had nine points and her first career steal in a win over Florida Atlantic (Nov. 29). She added eight points and a season-best six rebounds in a win over Alcorn State (Nov. 14), after tipping the season with seven points and three boards in a win over Northwestern State … She averaged 3.8 points and 2.0 rebounds in nearly 11 minutes per game on the season. She had a strong seven-point effort in a road win at Michigan .. it came after a nine-point performance against Rutgers … closed the regular season with a solid seven-point performance at Illinois … competed for Australia in three different age divisions (U16, U17, U18) in the summer of 2022 and at the U19 World Cup in Madrid, Spain (July 15-23, 2023) … averaged 17.6 points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals through seven games for the Basketball Centre of Excellence in Australia’s semi-professional NBL1 East Division in 2023.

PREP
Petrie starred at three levels for the Australian National Team in the summer of 2022 … averaged 7.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists over five games for the Australian U18 National Team at the FIBA Asian Championship in Bengaluru, India … helped the Australia Gems to a gold medal with a championship game win over China … in a semifinal victory over Taipei, Petrie produced 11 points and three rebounds, after getting eight points, eight rebounds and three assists in a win over Korea … her performance at the U18 level followed a seven-game stint with the Australian U17 National Team at the World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, July 9-17, 2022. She averaged 12.3 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists, posting double-doubles against both Belgium and Spain before capping the World Cup with 15 points and nine rebounds in a win over Hungary … at the 2022 FIBA U16 Asian Championship in Amman, Jordan, June 24-30, 2022, Petrie averaged eight points, five rebounds and four assists … in the championship game against Japan, Petrie finished with 12 points, six rebounds and a game-high six assists to help the Sapphires to a 59-58 victory. Her performance against Japan followed a near triple-double in a semifinal win over Korea, when she produced 13 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists … also starred at Lake Ginninderra College, leading the Lakers to the Australian Schools Championship at Gold Coast in December of 2022. Petrie was named to the tournament's all-star five and was the Defensive MVP of the tournament. She averaged 23.8 points, 16.8 rebounds and 6.4 assists at the tournament.

Personal
Birth date is May 17 … daughter of Anthony and Sarah (Berry) Petrie … father, Anthony, was a forward in Australia’s NBL (2007-18) and is now the head coach of Gold Coast Rollers in NBL1 … has a younger sisters, Emma and Holly, and a younger brother, William … sister Emma is a freshman at Utah … major is liberal studies.

Career Highs (through 2025-26)

Points	20, vs. Samford (11/8/25)
Rebounds	10, 3x, last vs. Indian (3/4/26)
Assists	7, at Northwestern (3/2/25)
Steals	3, at Minnesota, (2/12/26)
Blocks	5, vs. Oregon (2/19/25)
FG Made	9, vs. Samford (11/8/25)
FG Attempts	17, vs. Samford (11/8/25)
3FG Made	4, at Minnesota (2/12/26)
3FG Attempts	8, at Iowa (1/1/26)
FT Made	6, vs. Oral Roberts (11/19/25)
FT Attempts	8, 2x, last vs. Alcorn State (11/14/23)