USD Women's Basketball 1996-1997

Returning Player Biographies

6

#21

Kari Ambrose

5-6

JUNIOR

G

Bellingham, WA / Sehome HS

Career Highs : Poin ts - 18 at Pepperdine, Jan. 12, 1996; Reh. - 8 at Santa C lara, Feb. 3, 1996; Ast. - 8 vs. Pepperdine, Feb. 24, 1996. Sophomore: Appeared in all 28 games and started in 27 ... Ranked 2 1st in WCC in scoring and third on th e team with a 9.3 average ... Ranked fourth in th e leag ue and first o n the team in free th row perce nt age (82.3% )... Led team with 89 ass ists... Scored in doub le fi gures in 14 games... Ca reer high 18 point s versus Pepperdi ne ( 1- 12-96)... WCC Sc ho lar Athl ete ... US D Hu stle Award w inner. Freshman: Fini shed second on the team in fi eld goal percen tage (5 1.3).. Led US O fres hman in minutes pl ayed... Appeared in all 26 games... Scored season high nine point s versus Southwest Texas State. High School: Averaged 12 po ints, 5 rebounds, 5 ass ists and 3.1 steals a game to pace Sehome to a 4th-pl ace fini sh in the C lass AA state tourn ament. .. Establi shed a state tourn ament record w ith 22 ass ists in fo ur games .. . A ll-Nort hwest League First Team member. .. Named as a Whatom Sc ho lar by the Bellingham Hrnrld, an honor given to the co unty's top 20 graduating seniors who thri ve in academic ac hievement, academ ics, community in volveme nt and overall leader–

ship... Ranked as one of top fres hmen in state a ft er rece ivi ng second team all -state considerati o n. Personal : Majoring in Business... Turned down academic and athl eti c scholarships from Northern Ari zona, Go nzaga, Idaho, Idaho State and Nevada... Daughter o f Pat and Pete Ambrose ... Fath er pl ayed football at Dartmouth ... Born Jan. 22, 1976 in Bellingham, WA.

Total

3PT

YEAR

GP/GS

FG-FGA

PCT

FG-FGA

PCT

MIN

FT-FTA

PCT

PTS

A

STL

AVG

REB

AVG

BK

'95-'96 '94-'95 Totals

28-27

875 360

.303 .42J .328

90-226

.398 .513 .427

30-99 11-26

5 1-62

.823 .500 .756

89 31

57 20 77

261

9.3 3.7 6.6

92 42

3.3 1.6 2.5

0 0 0

26-0

39-76

8- 16

97

54-27 1235

129-302

41 - 125

59-78

120

134

358

#34

Michal Murray

5-7

JUNIOR G Anaheim, CA / Garden Grove HS

Career Highs: Points - 16 at Ari zo na. Dec. 16. I995: Reh.- 6. vs. Gonzaga, Jan. 18, 1996: Ast.- 3. six times. Sophomore: Scored caree r high 16 point s on the road agai nst Arizona... Ranked third on the team in stea ls w ith 47 ... Scored I:l poi nt s ve rsus St. Mary's (2- 10-96) and Ca l Poly SLO ( 1-5 -96). Freshman : Competed at the U.S. O lympi c Festi va l tryout s... Scored 12 po ints, go ing six-for-s ix from the free th row lin e again st UCLA... Led the team with 11 poin ts and fo ur stea ls versus Stanford .. Scored e ig ht poi nts in first col leg iate start again st Southwest Texas State... Averaged 14.5 min utes in first 12 games of the season. High School: Led alI O range Cou nt y playe rs w it h a 15.:l rebounds per game average ... Averaged 20 poi nt s per game as a shooti ng g uard for Garden Grove H ig h... Named most val uab le pl ayer o f the Garden Grove Leag ue ... Al l-Orange Cou nty se lecti on... Team MVP... Three- time a ll-league se lecti on.. Played th ree seasons fo r the Argonauts.. Excel led in socce r (a ll leag ue freshman year) and track ... Ho lds six schoo l track records ( I00. 200. 400. long jump and 4x I00. 4x400). Personal: Comes from an ath leti c bac kground as her cousin , Roscoe Cook Jr. . he ld the I00 meter dash

world record during the 1960s... Was impressed by the academ ics USO had 10 o ffer... A lso recru ited by Lo ng Beach State and A rkansas State .. MaJoring in Business Admini strati on with a min or in Computer Sc ience.. Parent s are Linda and Ti mothy Murray... Born Sept. 28. 1976 in Hinsdale. IL.

Total

3PT

YEAR

GP/GS

FG-FGA

MIN

PCT

FG-FGA

PCT

FT-FTA

PCT

A

STL

PTS

AVG

BK

REB

AVG

'95-'96 '9-+-'95 Totals

.-WO .313 .369

26-2 25-3 5 1-5

552 28-+ 836

60- 150

1--+ 0-0 1-4

.250 .000 .250

25--+-+ 22-37 47-81

.568 .595 .580

7 3

2-+

-+7

1-+6

5.6 .rn 4.3

69 33

2.7 1.3 2.0

26-83

21

18

7-+

86-233

45

220

65

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