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MEET THE JAYHAWKS
25 CAELYNN MANNING-ALLEN Forward Senior | 6-4
Chicago, Illinois Curie HS HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2016 Academic All-Big First Team • 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team • 2014 Academic All-Rookie Team
2015-16 | JUNIOR
Started the third-most games for the Jayhawks (24) and appeared in all 31 contests … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the second-consecutive season … Averaged 6.7 points per game and led the team in rebounds with 4.9 per game … Shot 40.7 percent from the field on the year … Recorded 14 games shooting 50 percent or better from the field, the second-best mark on the team … Recorded a season-best 83.3 percent shooting performance against Arizona (11/23) … Pulled down a career-high 11 boards on two occasions, first against Northern Illinois (11/27) and then in an overtime victory over Navy (12/13) … Tallied two double-doubles on the season; 12 points and 11 rebounds against Northern Illinois (11/27) and 10 points and 11 rebounds against Navy (12/13) … Swatted a team-high 38 blocks, which ranked ninth in the Big 12, and is now just 13 shy of cracking Kansas’ top-10 in all-time blocks … Notched a career-high 15 points against St. John’s (12/6) … Posted a career-best four blocks in back-to-back games against Arizona (11/23) and Northern Illinois (11/27).
2014-15 | SOPHOMORE
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Appeared in 26 games and started one contest … Averaged 2.3 points and was second on the roster with 1.1 blocks per game … Played a total of 258 minutes, averaging 9.9 per game … Logged a career-high four blocked shots at Oklahoma State (2/21) … Recorded a career-high eight field goal attempts and pulled down a season-high eight rebounds versus Baylor (1/17) … Went 3-for-3 from the field against Oklahoma (1/7/14) ... Posted a career-high seven points against Incarnate Word (12/4) … Made her first appearance of the year versus Iona (11/26), netting five points and grabbing two rebounds.
2013-14 | FRESHMAN
Named to the Academic All-Rookie Team ... Started one game and made 26 appearances for the Jayhawks … Averaged 9.0 minutes, 1.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game … Made her first-career start against Yale (12/29) … Third on the team with 15 blocks on the season … Recorded a season-high six points in back-to-back games against Texas Tech (1/11) and at Texas (1/15) … Also grabbed a season-best 10 rebounds against the Red Raiders (1/11) … Blocked a season-high two shots against Oral Roberts (11/10), SIU-Edwardsville (11/13) and Oklahoma State (1/22 … Played a season-most 25 minutes against Duke (11/30).
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Daughter of Veronica Allen ... Born in Chicago, Illinois … Has two sisters, Erica and Shana, and two brothers, Cliff and Renaul ... Sister’s father is Mark Aguirre, who was voted national player of the year at DePaul in 1980 and 1981, before embarking on 13-year NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Clippers ... Majoring in communications studies.
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Averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots per game at Curie as a junior … Earned first-team all-city and first-team all-conference in 2012 and 2013, while being named the 2012 Chicago Public League Player of the Year … Named the Most Valuable Player at the 2011 De La Salle Tournament … Scored a game-high 13 points and added eight rebounds and four blocks for the South-Central team in the second game of the 2013 Luther Bedford All-Star Classic … She also lettered two years in volleyball for the Condors.
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MANNING-ALLEN’S CAREER STATISTICS
MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 220 8.8 14 41 .341 0 0 .000 10 24 .417 15 33 45 1.9 39 0 1 27 15 2 38 1.5 258 9.9 25 52 .481 0 0 .000 9 16 .563 16 49 65 2.5 35 1 2 21 28 8 59 2.3 667 21.5 81 199 .407 0 0 .000 45 66 .682 48 103 151 4.9 81 1 13 90 38 24 207 6.7 1145 14.0 120 292 .411 0 0 .000 64 106 .604 79 185 261 3.2 155 2 16 138 81 34 304 3.7
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YEAR 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 TOTALS