2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 21
Brooke Kissinger
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Minden, Neb.
- High School:
- Minden
Sophomore - 2015-16
- Appeared in all 30 of Illinois games, averaging 19.5 minutes per game and earning four starts
- Knocked down a career-best five three-pointers on her way to setting her career high at 15 points against No. 7 Ohio State (Feb. 1)
- Went 3-for-3 from distance against Wisconsin (Feb. 17), helping the Illini to their first road win of the year
- Shot better than 40-percent from three-point range on the season, a number that ranks seventh in the Big Ten.
- Her 48 triples on the year rank second on the team
- Knocked down 31 threes in Big Ten play after netting just 17 in non-conference games
- Her 204 total points on the season rank fourth on the team
Freshman - 2014-15
- Played in 21 games during her freshman campaign, averaging almost six minutes on the court per contest
- Put up a career-best performance against Robert Morris on Nov. 18 as she tallied 10 points and two assists.
- Grabbed her career-best three rebounds against Southern on. Nov. 23
- Had four points and two rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench against IPFW in her Illini debut (11/14)
High School
- Ranked the No. 19 guard nationally in 2014 class by ESPN Hoopgurlz
- Holds Nebraska’s all-time three-pointers record (363) and finished 19th on the career scoring list (1,851 points)
- Her 110 three-pointers in 2011 are the Nebraska single-season record and she holds three of the top seven seasons in state history (5th, 90, 2014; 7th, 85, 2013)
- Named to the Associated Press 2013 All-Nebraska second team and Class C-1 first team
- Named to the Associated Press Nebraska Class C-1 first team
- Shared Kearney Hub Territory Player of the Year honors with her twin sister, Jamie
- Led Minden to the 2014 Class C-1 state title game, where the Whippets lost to Pierce, 69-60
- Tied her own state tournament record of seven three-pointers with seven treys in the state championship game
- Minden broke the Class C-1 record for points in a state tournament with 211 in the three-game event
- Averaged 22.7 points per game during the 2014 Class C-1 state tournament and was named to both the All-Class and All-Class C-1 all-tournament teams
- Nebraska Girls C-1 state tournament threepoint record holder (15)
- Averaged 19.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in leading Minden to the Class C-1 state tournament in 2012-13
- Played with the Cornhusker Shooting Stars AAU team
- High school coach was Rick Chramosta
Personal
- Born Nov. 3, 1995
- Daughter of Brian and Amy Kissinger
- Has a brother, Derek, and two sisters, Jamie and Taylor
- Enrolled in the Division of General Studies
- Her fraternal twin sister, Jamie, is a freshman on San Diego’s basketball team
- Brother, Derek, plays basketball at Hastings College
- Father, Brian, played basketball at Nebraska-Kearney
- Mother, Amy, played volleyball at Nebraska-Kearney
- Was a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Business Leaders of America, art club and SLC
- Credits her father, Brian, as the biggest influence on her athletic career: "He was the one who really pushed me to be the best I could be. He worked out with me every day and helped me achieve my goal of becoming a Division I basketball player.”
- Member of Minden’s honor roll
- Her favorite basketball memory was playing in the state championship game her senior year, alongside her twin sister for the last time
Illinois Women's Basketball | HC Shauna Green Selection Sunday Availability (3/15/26)
Monday, March 16
Illinois Women's Basketball | HC Shauna Green, B. Wallace, J. Brown-Hagger Presser (3/6/26)
Saturday, March 07
Illinois Women's Basketball | Highlights vs. No. 9/9 Iowa - Big Ten Tournament (3/6/26)
Saturday, March 07
Illinois Women's Basketball | Highlights vs. [7] No. 18/17 Michigan State (3/5/26)
Friday, March 06
