SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... SPU MVP in 2013 and 2014; co-MVP in 2012. ... Team co-captain in 2013-14 season. ... GNAC co-Freshman of the Year in 2011. ... WBCA All-American honorable mention in 2014. ... Daktronics All-Region 2nd team in 2014. ... All-GNAC 1st team in 2013 and 2014; 2nd team in 2012. ... CoSIDA Academic All-America 2nd team and Academic All-District in 2014. ... 3-time GNAC All-Academic (2012, 2013, 2014).
Senior (2013-14): Started all 27 games and posted career-best averages of 19.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, and .499 field goal shooting. ... Topped 500 points in a single season for the first time (522), and also had single-season bests in field goals made and attempted (195 of 391), free throws made and attempted (121 of 157), rebounds (245), assists (49), blocked shots (38), and steals (49). ... Tied single-game career high of 17 rebounds on Nov. 16against Point Loma Nazarene. ... Set career high of 5 steals on Nov. 15 against Montana Tech. ... Had 8 double-doubles for the season, giving her 18 for her career. ... Final career total of 1,645 points ranked No. 5 all-time for SPU and No. 4 in the GNAC. ... Her 756 total rebounds was No. 9 for SPU, and her 598 field goals made was No. 4 all-time in the GNAC. ... Won GNAC Player of the Week award two weeks in a row (Nov. 11-17 and Nov. 18-24). ... MVP of Seattle Pacific's Sodexo Tip-Off Classic.
Junior (2012-13): Started all 28 games, averaging 28.3 minutes per game. SPU's leading scorer (16.4) and rebounder (7.6), both career highs. ... Also led the team in blocked shots with 24. ... Established career-best marks of .448 from 3-point range (26 of 58) and .792 from the foul line (99 of 125). Set single-season bests of 792 minutes, 167 field goals, 26 treys, 213 rebounds, and 46 steals. ... Set two milestones in one night, scoring a career-high 32 points in a 70-60 victory against No. 8 Simon Fraser in Brougham Pavilion, thereby passing 1,000 points for her career. She became the 20th player in SPU history to break 1,000. ... Collected a career-high 17 rebounds on Jan. 12 at home against Alaska Anchorage, matching it on Jan. 26 at Montana State Billings. ... Passed 500 career rebounds with 7 against Billings in the first round of the GNAC Tournament. ... Set career highs of 6 assists against Billings on March 6 at GNAC, 4 blocked shots at Alaska Fairbanks on Feb. 9, and 4 steals in that same game at Fairbanks. ... Had 6 double-doubles for the season, giving her 10 for her career. ... GNAC Player of the Week for Feb. 11-16. ... All-Tournament team at West Region Crossover Classic and at CCAA-GNAC Challenge.
Sophomore (2011-12): The only Falcon to start all 27 games. ... SPU's leading scorer at 14.7 points per game (No. 8 in GNAC), and second-leading rebounder at 6.6 (No. 12 in GNAC). ... Recorded four double-doubles. ... Shot .780 from the foul line to rank No. 11 in GNAC. ... Scored a career-high 24 points on Dec. 3 to help the Falcons beat Western Washington in Bellingham, 82-66, the first victory against the Vikings on their home court since 2008. ... Grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds in three different games. ... Earned all-tournament honors at CCAA-GNAC Challenge in San Francisco, and at Sodexo Tip-Off Classic in Brougham Pavilion.
Freshman (2010-11): Got into action after a knee injury sidelined her for the entire 2009-10 season. ... Played in all 29 games for SPU. Stepped in as a starter on Feb. 17 at Western Oregon when Melissa Reich was out with a minor injury. ... Averaged 9.2 points and 4.1 rebounds. ... Led the Falcons and ranked 6th in GNAC field goal percentage at .474. ... Ranked No. 2 on SPU and No. 8 in the GNAC in free throw percentage at .786. ... Had a career high of 21 points (in just 17 minutes) at Central Washington on Jan. 13, and 10 rebounds in a GNAC first-round playoff game against Western Oregon on Feb. 28. Also had 13 points in that playoff game against WOU for her first career double-double.
Snohomish High School: Helped Panthers to a runner-up finish in the Class 4A state tournament in 2009. .. Also in ’09, named the Everett Herald Player of the Year, was a member of the Seattle Times’ Star Times team, named first team all-state, named to the all-tournament team at state, was All-Wesco, and was a McDonald’s All-American nominee. ... Named first-team All-Wesco in 2008 and second team in 2007.
Personal: Katie Frances Benson. Communications major.
Fun facts: Basketball is the only sport she has played, but said if she wasn’t doing that, she probably would play soccer. … Loves to watch tennis – especially Wimbledon. Favorite junk food is sour gummy worms. … Book she just couldn’t put down was “Twilight.” … If she could be any action hero or heroine, would be Optimus Prime, “because he is just the best and most amazing action hero ever made.”
STATISTICS
Year GP FG 3FG FT Reb Avg PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
10-11 29 .474 .397 .786 119 4.1 57 17 48 15 19 266 9.2
11-12 27 .447 .225 .780 179 6.6 72 47 66 29 26 398 14.7
12-13 28 .472 .448 .792 213 7.6 66 42 66 24 46 459 16.4
13-14 27 .499 .224 .771 245 9.1 77 49 66 38 49 522 19.3
TOT 111 .474 .330 .781 756 6.8 272 155 246 106 140 1645 14.8
