2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 20
Kate Connolly
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Harleysville, Pa.
- High School:
- Souderton Area
Bio
2021-22 / Senior
Started all 31 games she appeared in for Drexel…part of a Dragons team that won a program best 28 games and the CAA Regular Season Championship…averaged 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, also blocking 20 shots…reached double figures four times with a season-high 15 points at James Madison (Mar. 3) that included a career-best 5-for-7 performance from beyond the arc…scored 14 against Longwood (Dec. 11)…hit a buzzer-beater from the left baseline as time expired to force overtime at UNCW (Jan. 9).
2020-21 / Junior
Appeared in 19 of 23 games as a junior and got the start in all but three of them…averaged 7.2 points, 1.1 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game…held the third highest field goal percentage (.409) and free throw percentage (.889) …shot 40.9% from the field (54-132), 26.7% from three (12-45) and 88.9% from the free throw line (16-18)…led the team in blocks with 18…closed out the year with 136 points, putting her two points short of the 300-career points mark… put up a career-high 16 points and nine rebounds against Monmouth (Dec. 5)…recorded double digit points in six contests…tied her career-high assists (4) against Elon in the CAA Quarterfinals…accounted for 31 points during the CAA tournament, including double digit performances in both the quarterfinals (13) and semifinals (11)…named to the 2020 Fall CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll… named an Iron Dragon for the team’s season-end awards.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Played in 28 of 30 games as a reserve…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 5.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.3 blocks and 14.7 minutes in her 28 appearances…shot 42.5% (54-of-127) from the field, 38.5% (30-of-78) from three-point range and 71.4% (10-of-14) from the free-throw line for 148 points…scored a season-high 12 points in the win over La Salle (Dec. 17) and matched it with 12 points in the win at Northeastern (Feb. 9)…had four double-digit scoring performances on the year…grabbed a season-high eight rebounds vs. Penn (Dec. 20)…dished out a career-high four assists twice: vs. Maine (Dec. 30) and vs. Hofstra (Jan. 12)…made at least three field goals in 11 games on the campaign…part of the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…named an Iron Dragon for the team’s season-end awards…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Freshman
Appeared in 16 games, averaging 5.6 minutes per game...knocked down her only three point attempt in her career debut against Quinnipiac (11/9)...scored in back-to-back CAA games against Hofstra (2/15) and Northeastern, adding two rebounds against the Huskies (2/17)...a CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient.
Background
A graduate of Souderton Area High after spending her first two high school years at Archbishop Wood…led her team to the Suburban One regular season and tournament championships as a senior in 2018…named the league’s Player of the Year and the Montgomery County Intelligencer Player of the Year that season…Suburban One First Team in each of her two seasons at Souderton…Jim Church Classic MVP as a junior and All-Tournament Team as a senior…led the team to a PIAA 6A state semifinalist appearance in both of her Souderton seasons…teamed with current Drexel teammates Aubree Brown (one year) and Bailey Greenberg (two years) at Archbishop Wood, winning a Philadelphia Catholic League title as a sophomore in 2015…helped the team to District 12 and PIAA AAA state titles that year as well…the District 12 champions, PCL runners up and PIAA AAA state runners up in 2014…Honorable Mention All-PCL performer in both of her seasons at Wood...also played two years of high school lacrosse, one at each school.
Personal
Daughter of Terry and Jim…father, Jim, played basketball at La Salle from 1976-80…brothers, Mike and Ryan, played basketball at Kutztown University, while brother, Jim, played at Philadelphia University…general business major.
Started all 31 games she appeared in for Drexel…part of a Dragons team that won a program best 28 games and the CAA Regular Season Championship…averaged 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, also blocking 20 shots…reached double figures four times with a season-high 15 points at James Madison (Mar. 3) that included a career-best 5-for-7 performance from beyond the arc…scored 14 against Longwood (Dec. 11)…hit a buzzer-beater from the left baseline as time expired to force overtime at UNCW (Jan. 9).
2020-21 / Junior
Appeared in 19 of 23 games as a junior and got the start in all but three of them…averaged 7.2 points, 1.1 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game…held the third highest field goal percentage (.409) and free throw percentage (.889) …shot 40.9% from the field (54-132), 26.7% from three (12-45) and 88.9% from the free throw line (16-18)…led the team in blocks with 18…closed out the year with 136 points, putting her two points short of the 300-career points mark… put up a career-high 16 points and nine rebounds against Monmouth (Dec. 5)…recorded double digit points in six contests…tied her career-high assists (4) against Elon in the CAA Quarterfinals…accounted for 31 points during the CAA tournament, including double digit performances in both the quarterfinals (13) and semifinals (11)…named to the 2020 Fall CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll… named an Iron Dragon for the team’s season-end awards.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Played in 28 of 30 games as a reserve…part of the team that earned the No. 1 seed in the CAA Championship and a share of the regular-season conference title…the conference and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic…averaged 5.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.3 blocks and 14.7 minutes in her 28 appearances…shot 42.5% (54-of-127) from the field, 38.5% (30-of-78) from three-point range and 71.4% (10-of-14) from the free-throw line for 148 points…scored a season-high 12 points in the win over La Salle (Dec. 17) and matched it with 12 points in the win at Northeastern (Feb. 9)…had four double-digit scoring performances on the year…grabbed a season-high eight rebounds vs. Penn (Dec. 20)…dished out a career-high four assists twice: vs. Maine (Dec. 30) and vs. Hofstra (Jan. 12)…made at least three field goals in 11 games on the campaign…part of the team’s 13 game winning-streak during the conference slate from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 for the third-longest winning streak in program history…named an Iron Dragon for the team’s season-end awards…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
2018-19 / Freshman
Appeared in 16 games, averaging 5.6 minutes per game...knocked down her only three point attempt in her career debut against Quinnipiac (11/9)...scored in back-to-back CAA games against Hofstra (2/15) and Northeastern, adding two rebounds against the Huskies (2/17)...a CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient.
Background
A graduate of Souderton Area High after spending her first two high school years at Archbishop Wood…led her team to the Suburban One regular season and tournament championships as a senior in 2018…named the league’s Player of the Year and the Montgomery County Intelligencer Player of the Year that season…Suburban One First Team in each of her two seasons at Souderton…Jim Church Classic MVP as a junior and All-Tournament Team as a senior…led the team to a PIAA 6A state semifinalist appearance in both of her Souderton seasons…teamed with current Drexel teammates Aubree Brown (one year) and Bailey Greenberg (two years) at Archbishop Wood, winning a Philadelphia Catholic League title as a sophomore in 2015…helped the team to District 12 and PIAA AAA state titles that year as well…the District 12 champions, PCL runners up and PIAA AAA state runners up in 2014…Honorable Mention All-PCL performer in both of her seasons at Wood...also played two years of high school lacrosse, one at each school.
Personal
Daughter of Terry and Jim…father, Jim, played basketball at La Salle from 1976-80…brothers, Mike and Ryan, played basketball at Kutztown University, while brother, Jim, played at Philadelphia University…general business major.
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