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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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35 Amanda Kalin

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Gibsonia, Pa.
  • High School Pine-Richland

Biography

As a Graduate Student (2021-22)

  • Played in four games and started in just one due to injury
  • Scoring 18 points in her season debut at Richmond on Jan. 1, going 5-for-11 from the field, 3-for-5 from deep and 5-for-6 from the free throw line

As a Senior (2020-21)

  • Started each of the first six games, before suffering a season-ending injury
  • Led team with 15.5 points per game and scored in double figures four times
  • Finished with 25 points and a season-high seven rebounds at Saint Francis (Pa.)
  • Tallied 11 points and a season-best five assists versus Saint Bonaventure
  • Dropped a career-high 32 points on 11-of-17 shooting, including a career-best five three-point shots, at Toledo
  • Posted 15 points with four assists at Kent State

As a Junior (2019-20)

  • One of three Dukes to start in all 31 games
  • Averaged 10.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 0.94 blocks per game
  • Among all Dukes, led team in blocks, ranked second in assists, third in scoring, tied for third in rebounding, and ranked second in field goal percentage (.471)
  • In the Atlantic 10, finished season ranked eight in field goal percentage (.470), eight in assists (3.7), fourth in assist/turnover ratio (2.0), seventh in blocks and 10th in minutes played (34.0)
  • Posted fourth triple-double in program history with 15 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in win over La Salle. One of 23 players in the nation and only A-10 player to accomplish the feat during the 2019-20 season
  • Reached double-figures in scoring 15 contests
  • Totaled five-plus rebounds in 12 games
  • Registered five-plus assists in nine games
  • Posted career-best 24 points (11-13 FG, 2-4 3PT) and earned seven rebounds and distributed three assists in A-10 Championship First Round win over Rhode Island
  • Named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week, after averaging 15 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists in the two games, while going a perfect 17-for-17 attempts against Iona and Lafayette  
  • Scored 20 points, while shooting 7-of-11 from the field in win over Toledo
  • Shot at or above 50 percent in 14 games
As a Sophomore (2018-19)
  • Appeared in 32 games, making 13 starts
  • Averaged 5.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per contest
  • Shot 71.9 percent from the charity stripe
  • Posted a career-high 17 points against UMass (6-12 FG, 4-5 3-PT)
  • Also reached double figures in scoring against Toledo (11 pts.) Kent State (10 pts.), Penn State (15 pts.) and St. Bonaventure (12 pts.)
  • Brought down eight rebounds on three separate occasions
As a Freshman (2017-18)
  • Played in 24 games
  • 11 points in collegiate debut at Charlotte
  • 10 points at St. Bonaventure
  • Missed nine games due to injury
High School
  • 6A PIAA Player of the Year and First-Team All-State
  • Averaged 23.2 ppg as a senior
  • Led Pine-Richland to a 22-2 record and regular season co-section championship as a senior
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous Five
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Female Athlete of Year
  • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Female Athlete of Year
  • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Girls All-Stars
  • Pennsylvania Sports Writers First-Team All-State
  • Career-high 41 points in a WPIAL first-round game
  • Played AAU ball for the Western PA Bruins
  • Participated in the Roundball Classic

Personal

  • Full name is Amanda Leigh Kalin
  • Plans on majoring in psychology
  • Had offers from several schools to play soccer 
  • Dean's List
  • Director of Athletic's Honor Roll
  • Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
Career-High Games entering 2020-21
Points - 32, at Toledo (12/18/20)
Rebounds - 12, La Salle (1/11/20)
Assists - 10, La Salle (1/11/20)
Steals - 4, CCSU (11/26/19)
Blocks - 3, 5 times
3-Pointers - 5, at Toldeo (12/18/20)

Superlatives
Double-Digit Scoring Games - 27 (2 Fr., 5 So.,15 Jr., 4 Sr., 1 Gr.)
20-Point Games - 4 (2 Jr., 2 Sr.)
10-Rebound Games - 1 (1 Jr.)
5-Assist Games - 10 (9 Jr., 1 Sr.)
Double-Doubles - 1  (1 Jr.)
Triple-Doubles - 1 (1 Jr.)
5 or More 3-Pointers - 1 (1 Sr.)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2017-18Freshman

    Guard
    5'8"
    35
  • 35

    2018-19Sophomore

    Guard
    5'8"
    35
  • 35

    2019-20Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    35
  • 35

    2020-21Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    35
  • 35

    2021-22Graduate Student

    Guard
    5'8"
    35

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