Katherine Burshiem

Center
Senior
6-2, Naperville, Ill. (North)

2009:  Played in all 27 games…averaged 15.7 minutes, 4.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game…matched her career high with 13 points in the Jan. 5 Clarke game…pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds in the Jan. 27 Augustana (Ill.) game,

2008:  Played in all 26 games and made 11 starts…averaged 16.2 minutes per game, 5.3 points per game, 4.3 rebounds (20th in the CCIW) and 0.96 blocked shots (5th in the CCIW)…scored a career-high 13 points against Clarke on Dec. 8 and matched that in the Jan. 15 Elmhurst contest.

2007:  Played in 18-of-26 games…averaged 7.7 minutes per game, 1.8 points per game and 2.1 rebounds…scored a season-high 10 points in the Jan. 13 Augustana (Ill.) game.

High School:  Named honorable mention all-state, Daily Herald all-area and All-DuPage Valley Conference her senior year and averaged 14.6 points per game, 7.4 rebounds, 2.8 blocks with a .520 field-goal percentage…a four-year all-conference honoree and a unanimous pick her junior and senior seasons…her sophomore-year team won both league and regional titles…coached by Jeff Burke.

Personal:  Elementary education major…named to the spring 2009 Carthage dean's list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director's honor roll…born Sept. 22, 1987.