2 - Creighton University Bluejays

Bluejay since 2003, while she also tied her
season-high with nine boards and her careerhigh
with 18 field goal attempts against the
Sycamores ... Led all players with 17 points at
North Dakota State (Dec. 29), while draining all
four of her second-half three-point attempts ...
Dished a career-best seven assists against UC
Davis (Dec. 20) ... Topped all players with 23
points at Saint Louis (Nov. 25), draining five
three pointers and adding a career-best four
blocked shots.
2007-08 (Freshman)
Named to the MVC All-Freshman Team after
setting a league record by earning MVC
Newcomer of the Week honors six times during
her rookie campaign ... Started 19 of the 33
games in which she appeared, including the
final 18 of the season ... Tied for the team lead
with 52 three-point field goals and led the team
by shooting 84.1 percent (74-88) at the freethrow
line, which ranked third in the MVC and
sixth in single-season Creighton history ...
Established school record for consecutive freethrow
makes to start a career and a season,
making her first 23 shots at the stripe, before
missing in her ninth game at Iowa State (Dec.
5) ... Led team with 11.6 points per game in
MVC play, becoming the first Bluejay freshman
to lead the team in MVC scoring since Becky
Flynn (1992-93) ... Also shot team-best 43.6
percent from three-point range and had teamhigh
34 three-pointers in conference play ...
Scored in double figures 15 times, including
four 20-point games ... Jays went 13-2 when
she scored at least 10 points, 8-10 when she
was held to nine or fewer ... Her four 20-point
games were the most by a Bluejay freshman
since Becky Flynn had five in 1992-93 ...
Scored career-high 29 points at South Dakota
State (March 20) in the first round of the WNIT,
the highest scoring output by a Bluejay freshman
since Shannon Struby had 34 against San
Diego State on Feb. 23, 1991 ... In her 29-point
game, she made nine straight field goal
attempts in the second half and finished 11-for-
14 from the field ... Went 4-for-5 from long
range for 12 points against Indiana State
(March 2) ... Perfect 8-for-8 at the free-throw
line against Southern Illinois (Feb. 14) ...
Logged back-to-back 20-point games at
Indiana State (Jan. 31) and No. 24 Illinois State
(Feb. 2) to become the first Creighton freshman
to post consecutive 20-point games since
Becky Flynn in 1993 ... Drained five threepointers
(5-for-7) at Indiana State (Jan. 31) ...
Averaged 20 points and shot 15-of-26 (.577)
from the field that weekend, to earn both MVC
Player and Newcomer of the Week honors ...
Just the second player in league history to earn
both weekly honors in the same week, joining
Illinois State’s Kristi Cirone (Dec. 19, 2005) ...
Poured in 25 points at SIU (Jan. 20), including
Creighton’s final nine points of overtime and 13
of team’s final 15 points in the game ... Pulled
down career-high 10 rebounds and had four
three-pointers for 12 points and first career
double-double against Missouri State (Jan. 6)
... Led team with 13 points in MVC debut
against Wichita State (Jan. 4) ... Scored final
eight points of the first half and finished with
team-best 12 points at Iowa State (Dec. 16) ...
Led Jays with 13 points and six assists against
Kent State (Nov. 23).
Bellevue West High School
McDonald’s All-America Nominee ... First-
Team All-State Class A and First-Team
SuperState (all classes) as a senior ... Tabbed
female Metro Player of the Year by Boys &
Girls Club as a senior ... Earned first-team allconference
recognition three times ... Selected
second-team all-state as a sophomore, thirdteam
as a junior and honorable mention as a
freshman ... Named honorary captain of the
Nebraska State All-Tournament Team and the
Metro All-Tournament Team ... Helped lead the
Thunderbirds to a 26-3 record and the state
championship as a senior ... Averaged 14.6
points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists, while
shooting 49.4 percent from the field and 80.3
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Kelsey Woodard
Questions for Kelsey ...
Favorite Creighton basketball memory ...
Adopting Anna Grace Klock (through Friends of
Jaclyn Foundation)
Why did you choose Creighton ... The people
(teammates, coaches, professors, etc).
Favorite class at Creighton ... Managerial
finance
Favorite spot on campus ... Library basement
Favorite TV show ... Gossip Girl
Favorite movie(s) ... The Notebook, Tristan &
Isolde
Favorite vacation spot ... The beach (North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
Favorite junk food ... Chips & salsa
Favorite restaurant ... Cheesecake Factory
Any pet peeves ... Mosquito bites, hiccups
percent at the line as a senior ... Tabbed B’nai
B’rith Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in
2007 ... Averaged 14.1 points, 4.2 assists and
4.1 rebounds per game as a junior ... Played
AAU ball for the Omaha Crusaders and
Daubert-Pinnacle Bank ... All-American at Miss
Basketball Showcase ... Four-year starter and
four-time state champion in volleyball, earning
second-team all-state accolades ... Member of
the honor roll.
Personal
Daughter of Doug and Lori Woodard, Kelsey
Lynn was born Feb. 7, 1989, in Omaha, Neb.
... Has two older brothers, Ryan (34) and Aaron
(31) and an older sister, Kristi (26) ... Nickname
is Woody ... Kristi played basketball at
Creighton, also wearing No. 3, and served as
the graduate manager for the Bluejays from
2006-09 ... Lists Kristi as the athlete she most
admires ... Enjoys reading, swimming, biking,
hiking and watching movies ... Sister-in-law
Heidi Geier Woodard played softball and is in
the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame ... Father
Doug is the head boys basketball coach at
Bellevue West ... AAU teammate of fellow
senior Kellie Nelson ... Made a verbal commitment
to attend Creighton prior to her sophomore
year of high school ... Member of the
Creighton Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
... Majoring in finance ... Earned dean’s list
honors in each of her first six semesters at
Creighton.