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Alexis Jennings - Women's Basketball - University of Kentucky Athletics 35

AlexisJennings

  • height 6-2
  • class Freshman
  • High school Sparkman

Extremely versatile post player … Has the ability to run the floor and
has 3-point shooting range … Mother, Tracy McCall, was a four-year
starter at the University of North Alabama and was inducted in the UNA
Hall of Fame in 2003.

•  SEC All-Freshman Team (2015)
•  SEC Freshman of the Week (2014, 2015)

2014-15 (FRESHMAN)
Named
to the SEC All-Freshman Team … Averaged 7.8 points per game and 3.8
rebounds per game in 17.3 minutes per game … In SEC play, upped her
average to 8.4 ppg (sixth on the team) to go along with 4.6 rpg … Hit
11 3-pointers (fifth on the team) … Scored in double figures 14 times,
and had at least one point in 30 of 34 games … Hit 34 of her last 43
free throw attempts … Started in three SEC games, her first against
Auburn (1/8/15) … Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the
second time after scoring a career-high 27 points vs. Tennessee State
… Also had career highs in minutes (29), field goals made (8),
3-pointers (3) and rebounds (8) … Collected her first career
double-double at LSU (1/18/15) with 13 points and 11 rebounds, including
a career-high seven offensive boards … Had back-to-back 20-point
games after scoring 27 vs. Tennessee State and 21 vs. Alabama … First
UK freshman to accomplish that feat since A’dia Mathies in 2010 …
Named SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 15 after setting then career
highs in points, rebounds, blocks, and recording her first back-to-back
double-figure games … Scored a then career-high 17 points at Duke
(12/21/14), for her third-straight double-figure scoring game.

High School
Rated
as the ninth-best forward in the 2014 class by ESPN.com … Named
Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year and 6A Player of the Year after
averaging 22.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.9 blocks, 3.2 steals per game
and shooting 81 percent from the free throw line during the Senators’
run to the state championship game … Also named Class 6A and Tennessee
Valley Player of the Year … Three-time First-Team All-State selection …
Named to the 2014 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association High School
All-America Team … During her junior year she was named the Huntsville
Times Player of the Year and was a finalist for the 6A Player of the
Year and Miss Basketball after averaging 22.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.3
blocks and 3.2 steals per game … Earned Class 6A All-State First Team
honors along with being named to the ASWA Super 5 and the AL.com after
leading Sparkman to a 33-1 record … 42 percent career 3-point shooter
and finished second in the state as a sophomore in the 3-point shooting
competition … Helped Sparkman compile a 117-15 overall record during
her prep career … Chose UK over Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Florida
State and Middle Tennessee … Teammate of Jaycee Coe on the Tennessee
Flight AAU team.

Personal
Date
and Place of Birth: March 7, 1996/Huntsville, Ala. … Parent(s): Tracy
McCall … Siblings: Kendal and Jauan … Major: Kinesiology … High
School and Coach: Sparkman HS/Patrick Delay … Shooting Hand:  Right

The Cats’ Cause
Volunteered
to pack and deliver food for God’s Pantry BackPack program … Part of a
group that helped collect blankets for UK Children’s Hospital.

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