Amanda Kemezys Class: Senior Hometown: Fairview Heights, Ill. High School: Belleville East Height: 6-4 Position: Center

Concluded her junior season sixth on the Billikens' career blocks list with 61.

2008-09 (redshirt junior)
Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (minimum 3.5 GPA) for both semesters ... selected to the All-Conference third team ... named A-10 Player of the Week Feb. 23 ... collected All-Tournament honors at Cal's Collier's International Classic ... received SLU's Most Improved Player award and the Billiken Award, given to the player who best exemplifies a combination of passion, leadership, selflessness and community involvement ... played in 27 games after missing the first three contests due to injury, and started 25 games ... in all games, was seventh in the A-10 in offensive rebounding (2.74 orpg), eighth in total rebounding (7.5 rpg) and free-throw percentage (.732), and 11th in scoring (12.6 ppg) ... in conference games, was tied for fourth in the league in offensive rebounding (3.21 orpg), fifth in scoring (13.9 ppg) and total rebounding (8.6 rpg), and ninth in free-throw percentage (.766) ... led the team and landed in fourth place on SLU's all-time list for juniors with 203 rebounds ... also led the team in total rebounding average (7.5 rpg) and blocks (12) ... second in field goals made (career-high 123), field-goal percentage (.452), free throws made (career-high 93), free-throw attempts (career-high 127), free-throw percentage (.732), offensive rebounds (74), offensive rebounding average (career-high 2.74 orpg), points (career-high 339) and scoring average (career-high 12.6 ppg) ... tied her career high for a season with 17 assists ... had Billiken season highs of 15 rebounds (also a career high and game high) vs. Ball State and three blocks vs. Princeton ... attempted a career-high 10 free throws at Rhode Island, at Massachusetts, vs. Saint Joseph's and at Wyoming ... collected a career-high three steals at Charlotte and at La Salle ... tied career highs with 22 points vs. Xavier (also a game high, 7-of-9 FG, 8-of-9 FT) and Ball State, nine field goals vs. Ball State, nine free throws made (9-of-10) at Rhode Island, and seven offensive rebounds vs. George Washington and Ball State ... had a season-high two assists at Richmond, vs. Dayton (regular season) and vs. Ball State ... played a season-high 33 minutes at La Salle ... led the team in scoring seven times ... led the team or tied for the team lead in rebounding a team-high 14 times ... had 20 double-figure scoring games and six double-figure rebounding games ... produced double-doubles vs. Ball State (22 points, 15 rebounds), at Richmond (team-high 19 points, game-high 14 rebounds, including six offensive), at Rhode Island (game highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds, including five offensive), at Temple (13 points, game-high-tying 11 rebounds), at Charlotte (11 points, game-high 11 rebounds, including six offensive) and vs. Charlotte (10 points, game-high-tying 10 rebounds) ... poured in 21 points and added nine rebounds vs. Saint Joseph's ... netted 20 points (6-of-9 FG, 8-of-10 FT) to go with a game-high-tying seven rebounds at Wyoming ... registered 17 points and seven rebounds vs. Fordham ... scored a game-high 16 points and tied for game-high honors with seven rebounds vs. Princeton ... chalked up 15 points and a game-high eight rebounds at Massachusetts ... netted a team-high 14 points and secured nine rebounds (six offensive) vs. Oakland ... contributed team highs of 13 points and eight rebounds vs. St. Bonaventure ... produced 13 points and a game-high seven rebounds vs. Missouri State ... led SLU with 12 points and added seven rebounds vs. TCU ... scored 12 points vs. Dayton (regular season) ... grabbed a team-high nine boards vs. Oklahoma ... tied for team-high honors with nine rebounds vs. George Washington and six caroms vs. Dayton (A-10 Championship) ... gathered six rebounds in just 14 minutes vs. Creighton in her second game back from injury.

2007-08 (redshirt sophomore)
Was the only Billiken to start all 30 games ... co-recipient of the team's Practice Player of the Year award ... in the A-10, was fifth in offensive rebounding (2.60 orpg), sixth in FT percentage (.817), seventh in total rebounding (7.6 rpg), 10th in FG percentage (.482) and tied for 10th in blocks (1.07 bpg) ... in A-10 games only, was sixth in total rebounding (7.5 rpg) and eighth in FT percentage (.833) ... moved into ninth on the SLU career blocks list (49) ... on the SLU all-time season charts, reached sixth in FT percentage (.817), tied for seventh in blocks (32) and tied for eighth in rebounds (228) ... the 32 blocks tie for second all time by a SLU sophomore, while the 228 rebounds tie for third on the sophomore list ... led the team in rebounds (228), rebounds per game (7.6), offensive rebounds (78), offensive rebounds per game (2.60), blocks (32) and double-doubles (five) ... second in field goals (121), free throws (76) and FT percentage (.817) ... was SLU's top rebounder a team-high 14 times ... led the team with seven double-figure rebounding games ... enjoyed 16 double-figure scoring efforts ... produced career highs of nine free throws made at Tennessee State, four blocks at St. Bonaventure, three assists at Dayton and 41 minutes at Fordham ... had a career-high nine field goals at Fordham ... All-Tournament choice at Texas-Pan American's Battle at the Border ... had 21 points, 14 rebounds (seven offensive) and three blocks at Fordham ... tallied 16 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and two blocks vs. Rhode Island ... posted 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds (four offensive) at Akron ... had 14 points at Charlotte ... turned in 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds (four offensive) vs. Charlotte at home ... collected 12 points, a game-high 14 rebounds (seven offensive) and three blocks at UMKC ... scored 21 points (6-of-8 FG, 9-of-9 FT) and added a game-high-tying nine rebounds at Tennessee State ... scored a team-high 19 points to go with nine rebounds (four offensive) and four blocks at St. Bonaventure ... produced 16 points (7-of-10 FG) and three blocks at Missouri State ... had 16 points and seven rebounds (tied game high) at nationally ranked George Washington ... scored a team-high 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds at Saint Joseph's ... finished with 13 points (6-of-9 FG) and seven boards (tied team high) at Kansas ... tied for game-high honors with eight rebounds (four offensive) vs. Hampton ... collected a game-high seven rebounds vs. Lamar ... pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds (six offensive) at UT Martin ... gathered a game-high 10 rebounds vs. La Salle ... grabbed a game-high nine boards at Texas-Pan American ... had eight rebounds (four offensive) at Dayton ... had a team-high eight rebounds at Florida.

2006-07 (redshirt freshman)
Shot a team-high .644 from the field ... led the A-10 in field-goal percentage prior to a foot injury ... tallied 10 points and 12 rebounds at Xavier in the A-10 Championship quarterfinals ... scored 11 points (4-of-5 FG) to go with nine boards vs. Richmond in the A-10 Championship first round ... registered 12 points and 10 rebounds at Richmond ... finished with 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds at Temple ... poured in a career-high 22 points (9-of-13 FG) and added six rebounds, all offensive, vs. Fordham ... hit all eight shots vs. Akron and finished with 18 points ... had 16 points and 11 rebounds vs. UT Martin ... scored 11 points vs. Chicago State and vs. Miami (Ohio) ... tallied eight rebounds vs. UMKC.

2005-06 (freshman)
Took a medical redshirt due to a leg injury.

At Belleville East
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch second-team All-Metro selection ... averaged 16.6 points and 10.9 rebounds as a senior and shot .690 from the field ... as a junior, was on the Belleville News-Democrat Class AA All-Area first team and was a third-team St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro selection ... appeared twice on the IBCA Class AA coaches' Special Mention list ... named South team MVP of the IBCA All-Star Game ... selected to play in the Southern Illinois Lions Club All-Star Game ... averaged 15.8 points and 13.5 rebounds as a junior ... shot .665 from the field and blocked 100 shots ... also played volleyball ... active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes.