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BULLDOG CAREER
2011-12 (As a Freshman) –  Came off the bench in all 28 engagements and saw just under 20 minutes a night in the UMD backcourt … posted 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in her first collegiate campaign … chipped in over one assist and one steal per outing ... was held scoreless in consecutive games just once all year … dropped a season-high 11 points Feb. 24 against Winona State ... came away with a season-best seven rebounds (including five offensive boards) Nov. 19 against Colorado-Mines, and matched that total Jan. 8 at Augustana.

BEFORE UMD
Is a 2011 graduate of St. Peter High School ... was an All-South Central Conference honoree and the conference’s leading scorer as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... named All-State honorable mention in 2009 and 2010 ... scored her 1,000th career point as a sophomore ... was selected as Athlete of the Year by four different newspapers in 2009 ... participated in track as a sprinter for five years, earning all-conference honors all five years ... participated in volleyball two years, earning all-conference honorable mention twice.

PERSONAL
Born Alyssa Nicole Kerkhoff on Sept. 24, 1992 in Lincoln, Ill. ... is the daughter of Ron and Kim Kerkhoff, with two brothers, Ryan and Blake ... cousins Nick (Augustana) and Jared (Iowa) played football in college, cousin Kari played basketball at the University of Nebraska-Omaha ... father Ron played football at Morningside ... majoring in exercise science at UMD.