Karyla Middlebrook

K-State's Shaelyn Martin, Kaylee Page and Karyla Middlebrook are honored during Senior Day after the game against Kansas.

Photo by: Scott D. Weaver / K-State Athletics

Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
High School:
Blue Springs HS
Hometown:
Blue Springs, Mo.

CAREER
Karyla Middlebrook K-State Career Stats (PDF)

MIDDLEBROOK'S TROPHY CASE
• 2017 K-State Most Improved Player Award
• Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll

JUNIOR (2016-17)
Played in 33 games and started 31... Carded 868 minutes of action (26.3 mpg)... Registered a career-high 301 points (9.1 ppg)... Shot 91-of-247 (.368) from the field... Her field goal percentage and field goals made were career-highs... Led the team in free throws made and attempted (105-of-146; .719)... Scored in double figures in 12 games... Led the team in assists with a career-high 106 (3.2 apg)... Handed out five or more assists in a game nine times... First time in her career with more assists than turnovers in a season... Hauled in 108 rebounds (3.3 rpg)... Tallied eight games with five or more rebounds... Pocketed 35 steals... Notched 11 games with two or more steals... Made her K-State debut against Tulsa (11/14) and came off the bench to add nine points, six rebounds and an assist in 13 minutes... Recorded her first K-State start against Lamar (11/20) and tallied four points and six assists... Registered four points, six rebounds and three assists against NC State (11/24/16) in the Paradise Jam... Tallied four points, four rebound, five assists and two steals against LSU (11/25) in the Paradise Jam... Carded 11 points against Connecticut (12/11)... Notched a team-high 19 points and six assists at Northern Iowa (12/22)... Recorded 13 points including a 7-of-8 effort from the foul line at Baylor (12/29)... Registered a career-high 27 points and seven rebounds at Oklahoma (1/4)... Carded 11 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three steals against Kansas (1/11)... Recorded 17 points and three rebounds against Baylor (1/25)... Approached a triple-double with nine points, seven assists and five rebounds against Oklahoma State (1/28)... Notched 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals at Texas Tech (2/1)... Contributed 12 points and four rebounds at Texas (2/4)... Tallied 11 points and five assists against Iowa State (2/11)... Charted 19 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals against Oklahoma (2/21)... Registered a team-high 14 points and three assists against Texas (2/27)... Notched a team-high 20 points against Baylor (3/5) in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship... Tallied eight points, seven assists, four rebounds and four steals against Drake (3/18).

ALABAMA
Played three seasons at Alabama with 72 games played, 70 starts and an average of 28.8 minutes per game... Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll... Averaged 7.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game in her career... During the 2015-16 season, she averaged 8.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and a team-high 2.7 assists... Ranked ninth in the SEC in free throw percentage at .750... Ranked 11th in the SEC in steals with 1.7 per game... In her redshirt freshman season of 2014-15, she averaged 7.1 points per game and a team-best 3.2 assists per game ... Ranked sixth in the SEC in assists, eighth in assist/turnover ratio (0.92) and seventh in free throw percentage against league opponents, .793... Second on the team in scoring in SEC games with 8.2 points per contest... Injured her hip in freshman season of 2013-14, forcing her to miss 21 of the final 23 games of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked 81st overall in her class by ESPN.com ... also rated the nation's No. 22 point guard by ESPN.com ... 2012 and 2013 Missouri Sports Writers Association All-State selection ... 2013 Missouri Coaches Association All-State honoree ... 2013 Missouri All-Star ... 2013 USA TODAY All-State Team for Missouri ... three-time all-conference and all-district selection ... led Blue Springs High School to the state Final Four for three straight years ... BSHS finished third in the state during her senior season in 2013 ... averaged 12-plus points and four assists as a senior ... selected as a finalist for the DiRenna Award, presented annually to the top player in the Kansas City Metro area ... graduated magna cum laude.

PERSONAL
Born Nov. 4, 1994 ... Daughter of Melanie and Reggie Middlebrook ... Has two sisters, Shawnte and Brittany.