Kansas State University Athletics
2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Kali Jones
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Murrieta
- Hometown:
- Murrieta, Calif.
• Set the single-game record for blocks with nine against Lamar on Dec. 5, 2018.
• Second player in program history from the state of California.
• Diagnosed with Alopecia Areata at the age of 19.
JONES’S TROPHY CASE
•2019 Most Improved Player Award
• Fall 2017 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
SENIOR (2018-19)
Set career season-highs in every statistical category... Played in 32 games with 26 starts... Logged 697 minutes (21.8 mpg)... Finished with 201 points (6.3 ppg)... Shot .525 from the field (83-of-158)... Tallied a 35-of-54 (.648) effort at the foul line... Scored in double figures in seven games... Pulled in 151 total rebounds (4.7 rpg) and was second on the team on the board... Pulled in 77 offensive rebounds (2.4 orpg)... Hauled in five or more rebounds in 15 games... Led the team blocked shots with 40 (1.3 bpg)... Blocked two or more shots in nine games... Pocketed 26 steals (0.8)... Carded four points, four rebounds and two blocks in 14 minutes off the bench against Omaha (11/12)... Tallied her first career double-double with career-highs of 14 points and 11 rebounds in a career-best 35 minutes against North Texas (11/16)... Notched 10 points and two rebounds against Syracuse (11/22)... Registered six points, five rebounds and three blocks against Princeton (11/24)... Tallied a double-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds and nine blocks against Lamar (12/5)... Set the school record for blocks in a game... Registered eight points, six rebounds and three blocks against Central Arkansas (12/20)... Carded 10 points, four rebounds and two steals against Texas (1/16)... Notched nine points, six rebounds and a block against Oklahoma State (1/23)... Tallied eight points on 4-of-4 shooting against TCU (1/30)... Registered nine points, 11 rebounds and three blocks at Texas (2/17)... Carded 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting with five rebounds, one block and one steal at TCU (2/23)... Notched 11 points, nine rebounds and two blocks against Texas Tech (3/2)... Record eight points, seven rebounds and a career-high four steals at Oklahoma State (3/4).
JUNIOR (2017-18)
Saw action in 30 games with 334 total minutes played (11.1 mpg)... Registered career-highs this season in: games played (30), minutes played (334), total rebounds (73; 2.4 rpg), offensive rebounds (27; 0.9 orpg), defensive rebounds (46; 1.5 drpg), assists (11; 0.4 apg), blocks (19; 0.6 bpg) and steals (10; 0.3 spg)... Recorded 65 points (2.2 ppg)... Carded a .458 field goal percentage (27-of-59)... Was 11-of-23 (.478) from the free throw line... Made her K-State debut against Stephen F. Austin (11/10) off the bench with four points and three rebounds... Hauled in seven rebounds at Oklahoma State (12/31)... Registered four rebounds and two steals in 14 minutes off the bench at West Virginia (1/3)... Recorded eight points and eight rebounds in 14 minutes off the bench at Iowa State (1/10)... Tallied four points, 10 rebounds and three blocks at Oklahoma (1/31)... Carded six points and two assists in 10 minutes against Kansas (2/24).
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California, during the 2016-17 season... Helped the Mounties to their eighth California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) state title... All-CCCAA All-State Third Team... 2017 All-South Coast Conference (SCC) First Team honors... Averaged 10.9 points (371 total points), 8.1 rebounds (274 total rebounds) and 1.7 blocks... Played in and started all 34 games with 21.1 minutes per game.... Led the Mounties in rebounding and blocks and ranked sixth in the South Coast - North Division and was third on the team and 12th in the league in scoring... Ranked fifth in the league in blocks... Scored in double figures in 19 games and hauled in double figures on the boards in 13 games.
UC SANTA BARBARA (2015-16)
Averaged 6.8 points on a .542 field goal percentage and 5.2 rebounds in 11 games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Chaparral High from 2011-14 and Vista Murrieta in 2015... All-Southwestern League First Team selection in her junior and senior seasons... All-Southwestern League Second Team selection in her sophomore campaign... As a junior, averaged 16.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks a game... Helped Chaparral to the CIF Championship and Southwestern League title.
PERSONAL
Born May 5, 1997... Daughter of Anne-Marie and Leary Jones... Has two older brothers, Kenton and Kyle... Major is psychology.
