Jacqui Kalin
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Born | American-Israeli | January 27, 1989||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | North High School | ||||||||||||||
College | University of Northern Iowa | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2015–2016 | ||||||||||||||
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Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team | |||||||||||||||
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Jacqui Kalin (born January 27, 1989) is an
Early and personal life
Kalin was born in Sioux City, Iowa, to Bruce and Linda Kalin, and is Jewish.[1][3][4] She has two brothers, Michael and J.B., and a sister, Jenna.[3][4] She and wife, Sarah Kalin, reside in Siren, Wisconsin where they also own and operate their brick and mortar coffee shop, Crosshatch Coffee Co.
High school
She attended North High School.[3] Kalin was valedictorian of her high school class.[5] In 2007 she was named Academic All-State by the Iowa Girls' Coaches Association (IGCA).[3]
Kalin played for the school basketball team for four years, leading it to a Class 4A Iowa State Championship in 2007, after which she was named to the 4A all-tournament team.[3] As a junior she was second team All State, and as a senior she was first team All State.[3]
In 2007 Kalin was named the Sioux City Journal Metro Female Athlete of the Year.[3] In her high school career she scored 1,143 points (third on North's career scoring list). As a senior she averaged 15.5 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.4 steals per game.[3] She holds the school records for assists in a season (146) and career (324), and for free throws in a career (245).[3] She was named MVP of the 2007 Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Goalsetter All Star Game.[3] She was named all-conference as a sophomore, junior, and senior.[3]
Kalin played for the high school soccer team for five years,
College
Kalin attended the University of Northern Iowa (UNI).[1]
In her freshman year in 2007-08, playing for the
In 2010-11 Kalin shot 91.0% from the free-throw line (ranking fourth nationally) and had the nation's fifth-best assist-to-
In 2012-13 she led the league in scoring (19.5 ppg; a school record), had the fourth-highest season free throw percentage in NCAA Division 1 history-and the highest of any senior (95.5%), and was named the 2013 Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year, the 2013 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (becoming the first player to win both distinctions twice in a career), the 2013 Marty Glickman Outstanding Female Jewish Scholar Athlete of the Year by the
For her career Kalin was first all-time at UNI in scoring (2,081; 6th all-time in the MVC),
Kalin earned a bachelor’s degree in
Kalin helped lead the Panthers to consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, as the team won back-to-back MVC Tournament titles.[19]
Northern Iowa statistics
Source[20]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2007-08 | Northern Iowa | 31 | 413 | 39.8% | 30.1% | 89.9% | 3.9 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.3 |
2008-09 | Northern Iowa | 5 | 33 | 28.9% | 12.5% | 90.0% | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.2 | - | 6.6 |
2009-10 | Northern Iowa | 33 | 467 | 38.2% | 34.7% | 89.7% | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.2 |
2010-11 | Northern Iowa | 33 | 506 | 41.2% | 32.8% | 91.0% | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 |
2011-12 | Medical redshirt | ||||||||||
2012-13 | Northern Iowa | 34 | 662 | 41.6% | 37.9% | 95.5% | 5.1 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 19.5 |
Career | 136 | 2081 | 40.1% | 34.1% | 92.0% | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 15.3 |
Professional basketball career
Kalin next played two seasons of professional basketball in Israel.
International
She played basketball for Team USA in the 2013 Maccabiah Games.[24][25] Kalin led the team with a 14.3 points per game average, and the team won the gold medal.[18]
Kalin was a member of the Israel women's national basketball team in 2014 during the qualifying tournament for the 2015 European Women Championship.[1]
Honors
Kalin was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Hall of Fame in 2014.[26][1] In 2017, she was inducted into the UNI Panthers Hall of Fame.[27] That year she was also named to the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball 25-Year Team.[28]
Basketball administration career
In July 2015, she became the Coordinator of Women's Basketball Operations for the Drake University women’s program, followed by a season as Assistant Women's Basketball Coach for the 2015–16 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team.[1][19]
She now works for Herzl Camp in Webster, Wisconsin, as their staff development coordinator.[29][30]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Barry Poe (March 9, 2020). "Kalin excited about next chapter". Sioux City Journal.
- ^ a b Miller, Bryce (July 26, 2014). "Former UNI star Jacqui Kalin talks fear, hope, peace in Mideast". Des Moines Register.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Jacqui Kalin - 2012-13 - Women's Basketball". UNI Athletics.
- ^ a b c d Terry Hersom (August 29, 2014). "Kalin to play professional basketball in Israel". Sioux City Journal.
- ^ Matt Sulentic (January 2, 2008). "UNI women's basketball: Kalin a student of game". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- ^ a b c "DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA.org.
- ^ 2008-09 University of Northern Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide Guide, University of Northern Iowa.
- ^ a b c "UNI's Kalin named to Jewish Sports Review's All-America team". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. May 17, 2011.
- ^ Hayworth, Bret (February 5, 2009). "Kalin redshirting, won't be along for UNI-USD game". Sioux City Journal.
- ^ a b Nick Petaros (September 29, 2011). "UNI women lose Kalin for season". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- ^ "Kalin, UNI chasing first league title". Sioux City Journal. February 4, 2011.
- ^ Terry Hersom (September 29, 2011). "Knee surgery leaves Kalin hoops future up in air". Sioux City Journal.
- ^ Carson Tigges (November 25, 2012). "Science easing pain of ligament damage: Knee surgery no longer means end of basketball careers". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- ^ a b 2015-16 UNI Women's Basketball Media Guide. 20 October 2015.
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- ^ "Kalin named to Senior CLASS All-American Team". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. August 21, 2013.
- ^ "Jacqui Kalin | DI Women's Basketball 2012-13". Senior CLASS Award.
- ^ a b "Kalin leads U.S. to Maccabiah Games gold". Sioux City Journal. August 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Drake University Athletics - Jacqui Kalin - Staff Directory". godrakebulldogs.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ Terry Hersom (December 26, 2013). "Catching up with former metro cagers". Sioux City Journal.
- ^ "Jacqui Kalin Basketball Player Profile, Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan, N.Iowa, News, D1 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
- ^ "ג'קי קיילין". מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל לנשים.
- ^ Michael Grumer (July 25, 2013). "Basketball-player Jacqui Kalin to stay in Israel after Maccabiah to pursue profession". Haaretz.
- ^ "UNI's Kalin to play in Israel". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. December 1, 2012.
- ^ "inductees/Honorees". The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Jacqui Kalin (2017) - Hall of Fame". UNI Athletics.
- ^ "MVC ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 25-YEAR TEAM". mvc-sports.com. December 20, 2017.
- ^ "College of Saint Mary welcomes former women's basketball star Jacqui Kalin as International Women's Day speaker". College of Saint Mary. March 2, 2020.
- ^ "Meet Our Staff". Herzl Camp. 25 April 2022.
External links
- Jacqui Kalin (September 12, 2017). "I have the most HORSE wins," Des Moines Register.