2021-22 Women's Basketball

15 Karla Vres

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • High School Jensen Gymnasium Sodra (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Hometown Zagreb, Croatia

Biography

2021-22: Started in two of her 21 games during the Patriot League Championship season ... Closed the season with 73 points and a career-high 26 rebounds ... Had her first start of the season during the win over Radford (12/5), scoring six points and adding three rebounds and a block ... Posted 12 points during the win over Boston University (2/12) ... Scored a season-high 13 points during her start at Army West Point (2/19), including the final trey to send the game into overtime ... Closed the season with a rebound at Michigan (3/19) during the NCAA Tournament First Round ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2020-2021: Started in seven of her 10 games as a sophomore… Averaged a career-high of 8.6 ppg and 2.4 rpg … Led the team in blocks with 14 ... Worked as one of the Eagles' top performers from the field, leading the team with a .603 field goal percentage, including 61.9 percent from long range ... That field goal percentage ranks second in the single-season program record books ... Earned a pair of career-highs in her first career start against Loyola Maryland (1/23), scoring 14 points alongside seven rebounds and four blocks … Ended the season with 11 points, two blocks and two rebounds at Boston University (3/11)...Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2019-20: Played in 24 games during her freshman season ... Averaged 1.5 ppg, 1.2 rpg, and had 11 blocks ... Brought down a rebound in her first outing as an Eagle against Ohio (11/10) ... Posted her first career points with a pair of free throws against High Point (11/18) before adding her first field goal the following game against George Mason (11/21) ... Had a season-best seven rebounds against Bucknell (1/15) ... Also added four points to tie her season-high ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Before AU: Played in Zagreb, Croatia ... Three-time national gold medalist ... Three-time national silver medalist ... Two-time Adriatic League gold medalist.

Personal: Parents are Marina Tafra and Igor Vres ... Has an older brother, Domagoj ... Most interesting accomplishment was playing for the Croatian National Team - "To be on the court wearing a uniform with my name and number, but also the Croatian flag on it is a different feeling of pride and I hope to do it again" ... Biggest challenge she had to overcome was moving from Croatia to Sweden when she was 15, and went from not speaking the language at all to being valedictorian her senior year ... Non-sports heroine is her mom "for raising two kids, working two jobs and studying at a university all at the same time. She keeps inspiring me to learn and keep growing in every aspect of my life" ... Most influential people in her life are her mom, her first coach Hrvoje Karin, and her mentor and teammate Janel McCarville ... Studying business administration and specializing in marketing.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019-20Freshman

    F
    6'3"
    15
  • 15

    2020-21Sophomore

    F
    6'3"
    15
  • 15

    2021-22Junior

    F
    6'3"
    15