2019-20 Women's Basketball

22 Kaitlyn Marenyi

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Penn High School
  • Hometown Granger, Ind.

Biography

2019-20: Third Team All-Patriot League .... Patriot League All-Academic ... Started all 30 games of her senior season ... Ranked second on the team with a career-high 13.0 ppg, 389 points total ... She also averaged a career-high 3.5 rpg and picked up a career-high 42 steals ... Pitched in 55 assists (1.5 apg) on the season ... One of the top perimeter shooters in program history, she closed her career listed in four career all-time top ten lists - No. 6 for 3-point makes (113), No. 8 for 3-point attempts (332), No. 10 for 3-point percentage (.340), and No. 9 for free throw percentage (.784) ... She also added her name to two single-season top-ten lists for 3-point makes (7th - 61) and 3-point attempts (3rd - 193) ... She scored in the double-figures in all but seven games during the season, including a team-high 16-point performance at Ohio (11/10) to kick off the season ...  Hit three consecutive 16-point games against Radford ( 12/15), George Washington (12/22) and Colgate (1/2) ... She narrowly missed a double-double against Army West Point (1/8), scoring 19 points and bringing down nine boards ... Tied her career-high with 24 points at Holy Cross (1/18) ... Picked up a new career-high during the win over Lehigh (1/29), leading the team with 26 points ... Added another 20-point performance against Bucknell (2/15) before bringing down a career-high 10 boards during the win at Navy (2/19) ... She tied that career-high during the Patriot League First Round victory over Navy (3/7), adding 14 points for her first career double-double ... Closed her career with 35 minutes in the Patriot League Quarterfinal loss to Boston University (3/9) ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19: Had a breakout junior season, starting 21 of her 25 games despite being hindered by injury … Averaged career-highs in points (11.2 ppg), rebounds (2.8 rpg), and assists (3.4 apg) … Also picked up a career-high 40 steals … Landed in the record books for the best single-season 3-point percentage in program history, shooting .464 (32-69) … Had 10 perfect games from the line, including three with 6-for-6 shooting against George Mason (11/14), Hawaii (11/23), and Lehigh (3/14) … Scored double-figures in five of the six games to open the season, including a career-high 24 during the win over George Mason (11/14) … Was back above 20 points against Florida Gulf Coast (11/25), leading the team with 21 … Added 20 points during the win over Lafayette (3/11) to open the Patriot League Tournament … Contributed a dozen against Bucknell (3/17) in the Patriot League Championship before closing against Penn (3/22) in the WNIT First Round … Pitched in a career-high seven assists against Army (2/9) and tied her career-high in rebounds (6) against FGCU … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2017-18: Played in all 33 games of the season and earned three starts … Averaged 5.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.9 apg and 1.2 steals per game … Smashed her previous career-high in points with 12 during the home opener against La Salle (11/13) … Made her first career start at home during the win over Navy (1/5), tying her career-high 12 points while bringing down four rebounds … Broke her career-record in scoring once again against Lehigh (1/14), scoring 20 points to help the team to a win … Earned career-highs in assists (6), steals (5) and rebounds (6) … Had eight perfect games from the free throw line, including a 6-or-6 effort down the stretch during the win over Penn State (12/20) … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection.

2016-17:  Played in 23 games during her freshman campaign, averaging 1.7 ppg and 1.5 rpg … Started her AU career with five points at Youngstown State (11/11) … Tied that point tally twice during the season against Lehigh (1/7) and Lafayette (2/15) … Brought down a season-high four rebounds against Delaware (11/16) and Bucknell (3/10) during the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament … Had a season-high four assists at Lafayette (1/18).

High School:  Attended Penn HS … Averaged 11.0 ppg her senior year to help her team to their first ever Indiana state title … She helped lead her team to a state runner-up finish in 2014 … Two-time Northern Indiana Second Team All-Conference … IBCA Senior Large School All-State … ICGSA Second Team All-State … Varsity captain for two years.

Personal:  Daughter of Ernie and Janice Marenyi … Has one older brother … Non-sports heroine is her grandma … Craziest ambition is to visit every continent … Career plan is to become a teacher at an urban school … Advice to youngsters is to “trust the process” … Sports hero is Peyton Manning … If she could play another sport at AU it would be soccer ... Studying elementary education.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Freshman

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    2017-18Sophomore

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    2018-19Junior

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    2019-20Senior

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