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Ivana Jakubcova - Women's Basketball - University of Kentucky Athletics 2

IvanaJakubcova

  • height 6-6
  • class Senior
  • Previous School Murray State College

Possesses great size and speed and has the ability to make outside shots
… Great hands … Transferred to Kentucky after two seasons at Murray
State College in Tishomingo, Okla. … UK’s first player from Slovakia
and first international player since Melissa Langelier of Quebec, Canada
in 2000 … At 6-foot-6, she is the tallest Wildcat since 6-7 Anna Cole
in 2010.

2014-15 (Junior)
Missed the entire season due to injury.

High School/Junior College
Ranked
as the No. 20 overall junior college player, including fourth-ranked
post player …  Averaged 8.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, while
shooting 49.3 percent from the field and 71.4 percent from the free
throw line last season at Murray State College … Graduated from MSC in
May of 2014 with an associate of science … Graduated from Caney High
School in Caney, Okla., in 2011 and from Pankuchova 6 in Bratislava in
2012 … Two-time MVP for the Caney Cougars … Played on Slovakia’s U16
National Team in 2010.

Personal
Date and Place of Birth: August 20, 1994/Bratislvava,
Slovakia…
Parent(s): Peter Jakubec and Jana Jakubcova … Siblings: Roman Jakubec
… Major: Psychology … High School and Coach: Caney HS/Phil Daniel
… Shooting Hand:  Right

The Cats’ Cause
Volunteered to pack and deliver food for God’s Pantry BackPack program.

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