2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Nicole Kornet
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Liberty Christian HS
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- Previous School:
- Oklahoma
2015-16 (UCLA):
Nicole Kornet transferred from Oklahoma in the summer of 2015 and sat out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA rules on transfers.
2014-15 (OKLAHOMA):
Played in 31 of 33 games, starting twice … averaged 4.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game … shot .398 from the field and .645 from the charity stripe … ranked fifth on the team with 27 3-pointers … recorded season highs of 21 points and seven rebounds versus Kentucky on Nov. 28 at the Paradise Jam Tournament … registered double-figures four times, including two 20-plus point contests. HONORS: Was a first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree.
2013-14 (OKLAHOMA):
Played in all 33 games with 17 starts … voted team co-captain … averaged 6.1 points, 3.8 rebounds in 20.1 minutes … shot 37 percent from the field, 34 percent from 3-point range and 75 percent on free throws … most improved player over last 10 games, averaging 9.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 87 percent free-throw shooting and team-high 43 percent 3-point shooting … scored a career-high 26 points (8-11 FG, 3-6 3FG, 7-8 FT) and totaled a career-high six steals versus Maryland Eastern Shore (Dec. 15) … twice collected a career-high nine rebounds (vs. Samford, Dec. 29; at Baylor, Feb. 24). HONORS: Was a second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree.
2012-13 (OKLAHOMA):
Played in all 35 games, starting three, and played 14.0 minutes per game … averaged 4.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game … made 76 percent of her free throws (19-for-25). HONORS: Was an Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team member.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Averaged 20.8 points and 7.2 rebounds as a senior at Liberty Christian, which lost in Area Finals against top-seeded San Antonio Incarnate Word, 61-59 … was named the Team MVP of the 2012 WBCA High School All-America Game after totaling 12 points, three rebounds and three steals for the Navy squad … scored a game-high 28 points and added eight rebounds to lead Liberty to the 2011 TAPPS Class 5A State Championship as a junior after finishing runner-up in the 4A final as a freshman and sophomore … played AAU basketball for Cy-Fair Nike Elite and Liberty 360.
• Team MVP, 2012 WBCA High School All-America Game
• First-Team TAPPS All-State (2012)
• Area MVP, Denton Record-Chronicle (2012)
• All-Tournament, 2011 TAPPS 5A State Championship
• No. 5 Guard (Blue Star Report)
• No. 6 Guard (ESPNU HoopGurlz)
• No. 19 Overall (ESPNU HoopGurlz)
• No. 68 Overall (Blue Star Report)
PERSONAL:
Full name: Nicole Elizabeth Kornet … born Dec. 7, 1993 in Lexington, Ky. ... her parents are Frank and Tracy Kornet ... father played professional basketball for five years, including two in the NBA after being drafted out of Vanderbilt by the Milwaukee Bucks … mother is a five-time Emmy Award winning news anchor, host and writer and is a co-anchor for the Channel 4 News at Nashville's WSMV-TV … has one older brother, John, and one younger brother, Luke … John played basketball at Ouachita Baptist University and graduated in 2014 while Luke is a 7-foot-1 junior forward at Vanderbilt … says she chose to attend UCLA because of, "The prestige of the University coupled with its prime location in the great state of California." … lists her biggest thrills so far in her athletic career as, "Making good on the opportunity to do things right the second time and become a Bruin. Scoring 21 points (during the 2014-15 season) against 10th-ranked Kentucky was pretty fun, too." … majoring in sociology.
