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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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24 Kate Palmer

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Geneva
  • Hometown Geneva, Ill.

Biography

Earned four letters (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) ...

Career Highs
Points - 22 (twice)
Rebounds - 10 (Jan. 11, 2025 vs. North Central)
Assists - 6 (multiple times)
Steals - 4 (multiple times)
Blocks - 3 (Nov. 16, 2024 vs. Hope)
Field goals made - 10 (Nov. 16, 2024 vs. Hope)
Three-pointers made - 5 (twice)

Athletic Awards
Second Team All-CCIW (2024 & 2025)
Hope-Calvin Classic All-Tournament Team (2024)

Academic Awards
Academic All-CCIW (2023, 2024, 2025)

2024-25: Joined the 1000-point club with a free throw in overtime as IWU defeated Trinity Texas, Dec. 27 ... Voted team co-captain by teammates ...Started all 30 games, averaging 28.5 minutes per game ... Averaged 11.0 points per game and 3.7 rebounds per game ... Shot 42.5 percent from the floor with 28 made three-pointers ... Held a free throw percentage of 81.5 ... Tallied 67 assists, 49 steals, and 10 blocks ... Posted 17 double-digit scoring performances with four 20-point efforts ... 

2023-24: Second Team All-CCIW ... Named team's "Best Defensive Player" ... Voted team co-captain by teammates ... Started all 29 games, leading the team in minutes ... Scored 11.6 points per game, fourth-best on the team ... Ranked second on the team with 85 assists, while posting the team's best assist-to-turnover ratio with just 26 turnovers ... Scored in double figures 19 times ... Elite defender, especially in the run-and-jump ... 

2022-23: Started all 27 games for IWU, averaging 29.8 minutes per game … Averaged a career-best 9.8 points per game, while also pulling in a career-best 3.1 rebounds per game … Tallied 28 assists, a career-high, and swiped 28 steals … Connected on 51 three-pointers, and shot a career-best 72.7 percent at the free throw line … Reached double figures in points 14 times … Hit three-or-more three-pointers in 10 games … Posted single game-highs of 21 points (Nov. 22 at Eureka), five three-pointers made (Nov. 22 at Eureka), seven rebounds (twice), five assists (Feb. 1 at Elmhurst), and four steals (Jan. 28 at Augustana) …

2021-22: Appeared in all 29 games … Ranked third on the team with 9.3 points per game … Collected 68 rebounds, 36 assists, and 29 steals … Led the team in scoring four times … Made SportsCenter's top-10 plays Dec. 15, after stealing a pass and hitting a half court heave before the third-quarter buzzer in IWU's win over North Central ... Hit the go-ahead three-pointer with seconds remaining to lift IWU to a win over DePauw in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament … Ranked fourth in the CCIW in three-pointers per game  … Recorded single-game highs of 20 points (vs. Millikin - Jan. 19), five three-pointers made (vs. North Central - Dec. 15), seven rebounds (at Pacific - Dec. 31), and four steals (vs. Augustana - Jan. 15) …

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Geneva High School, where she was a three-year starter for the girl’s basketball team … Unanimously chosen to the All-Dukane Conference team as a sophomore, junior, and senior … Three-time Kane County Chronicle All-Area honoree … Named to Daily Herald Fox Valley All-Area squad as a junior and senior, and was honorable mention as a sophomore … Named to Burlington Central Thanksgiving Tournament All-Tournament team … Two-time Chicago Tribune Beacon News All-Area pick … Garnered IBCA All-State Special Mention as a junior and senior … Led team to two regional championships and a Dukane Conference Championship …


PERSONAL: Majoring in nursing at Illinois Wesleyan … Mother played soccer at Northern Illinois … Father played baseball at Troy …

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2021-22Freshman

    Guard
    5'10"
    24
  • 24

    2022-23Sophomore

    Guard
    5'10"
    24
  • 24

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    5'10"
    24
  • 24

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    5'10"
    24