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Alyssa Kamphaus & Sarah Nelson<br />
Alyssa Kamphaus<br />
6-3 / Freshman / Center / Seward, Neb. / Seward 55<br />
Questions for Alyssa ...<br />
Favorite basketball memory ... Winning back-to-back<br />
undefeated state championships.<br />
Why did you choose <strong>Creighton</strong> ... I loved the coaches<br />
and I loved the family atmosphere.<br />
Career aspiration ... Physical therapist<br />
Game day superstition ... I put my right sock, ankle brace<br />
and shoe on before my left.<br />
Favorite TV show ... Man, Woman, Wild<br />
Favorite movie ... The Blind Side<br />
Favorite vacation spot ... South Dakota<br />
Favorite junk food ... Cheez-Its<br />
Favorite restaurant ... Spaghetti Works<br />
Hobbies ... Riding bikes, swimming, shopping, camping<br />
Any pet peeves ... People who brag about themselves<br />
Seward High School<br />
Named first-team Class B All-State and second-team SuperState (all<br />
classes) by the Omaha World-Herald following both her junior and senior<br />
seasons ... Named second-team all-state as a sophomore and honorable<br />
mention all-state as a freshman (at Malcolm High School) ... Tabbed firstteam<br />
all-conference her final three prep seasons, as her team captured<br />
the conference title each season ... Led her team to consecutive undefeated<br />
state championships as a junior and senior, earning all-tournament<br />
honors at the state tournament as a senior ... Owns school record<br />
for career rebounds (585), doing so in just three seasons ... Set school<br />
mark for two-point field goals in a game (14) and two-pointers made in a<br />
season (130) ... Scored 28 points and had 12 rebounds in the state title<br />
game as a senior ... Served as team captain as a junior and senior ...<br />
Averaged 12 points and 8.9 rebounds as a senior ... Averaged 12.8 points<br />
and 7.4 rebounds per game as a junior when she shot 61 percent from the<br />
field ... Averaged 13 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore<br />
... Played in the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game ... Earned<br />
four letters in volleyball and track and field ... Threw discus and shot put,<br />
finishing fifth in the state discus as a senior ... Finished first in Class B and<br />
all classes in shot put as a junior and senior, following third place finish as<br />
a sophomore and second place finish as a freshman ... Member of<br />
National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.<br />
Personal<br />
Daughter of Alvin and Karen Kamphaus, Alyssa Lee was born May 28,<br />
1992, in Lincoln, Neb. ... One of three children, Patrick (20) and Lauren<br />
(11) ... Nicknames include House, Kampie and Kamp ... Lists Olympians<br />
Usain Bolt and Apolo Ohno as athletes she admires most ... Plans to<br />
major in exercise science.<br />
Sarah Nelson<br />
6-0 / Freshman / Forward / Omaha, Neb. / Westside 42<br />
Questions for Sarah ...<br />
Favorite basketball memory ... Making the game-winning<br />
shot at a tournament when I was 12-years-old, here at<br />
<strong>Creighton</strong> inside the Kiewit Fitness Center.<br />
Why did you choose <strong>Creighton</strong> ... I loved all my future<br />
teammates and it’s a great school. I also wanted to play<br />
with my sister.<br />
Favorite spot on campus ... Skutt Student Center<br />
Game day superstition ... Eating a sandwich<br />
Favorite TV show(s) ... The Vampire Diaries or any VH1<br />
dating show<br />
Favorite movie ... Ferris Bueller’s Day Off<br />
Favorite vacation spot ... Anywhere with a beach<br />
Favorite junk food ... Chips & salsa<br />
Favorite restaurant ... Blue Sushi<br />
Westside High School<br />
McDonald’s All-America Nominee as a senior ... B’nai B’rith Female<br />
Athlete of the Year and Omaha Boys & Girls Club Basketball Player of the<br />
Year as a senior ... Named first-team All-State Class A and first-team<br />
SuperState (all classes) as both a junior and senior by the Omaha World-<br />
Herald ... Tabbed the honorary captain of Class A All-State team as a<br />
senior ... Earned first-team All-State Class A and second-team SuperState<br />
as a sophomore ... Named first-team all-conference her final three seasons,<br />
including honorary captain of the team as a senior ... Served as a<br />
team captain in her final three seasons ... Played in the Nebraska<br />
Coaches Association All-Star Game and the Metro Coaches All-Star<br />
Game ... Leading scorer in school history with 1,418 points ... Set school<br />
record with 467 points as a senior (19.5 per game) ... Also added 9.6<br />
rebounds per game as a senior ... Set school-record with 41 points in a<br />
game against Omaha Burke as a senior ... Averaged 17.6 points and 9.8<br />
rebounds per game as a junior and 14.4 points and 9.8 boards as a<br />
sophomore ... Pulled in 920 career rebounds ... Averaged 14.1 points and<br />
9.0 rebounds per game in her career ... Owns school records with 16 twopointers<br />
in a game and 180 two-pointers in a season ... Once pulled down<br />
21 rebounds in a game as a junior ... A standout soccer player, earned<br />
first-team All-State Class A and SuperState as both a junior and senior ...<br />
Also earned first-team all-state honors as a sophomore and three-time<br />
first-team all-conference on the soccer pitch ... Named the MVP of the<br />
Shrine Soccer Classic All-Star Game ... Four-year letterwinner in both<br />
basketball and soccer ... Played AAU basketball for the Omaha Crusaders<br />
and Pinnacle Bank All-Stars.<br />
Personal<br />
Daughter of Kevin and Faye Nelson, Sarah Elizabeth was born Dec. 30,<br />
1991, in Omaha, Neb. … Younger sister of Bluejay senior center, Kellie …<br />
Nickname is Snelson ... Father played basketball at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Nebraska-Omaha … Intends to major in business and minor in biology.<br />
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