Kate Rodgers

Height:
6-2
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Wenonah
Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.

2016-17 (Freshman)
Averaged 1.1 points per game and 2.0 rebounds per game in 18 appearances with one start … Grabbed a rebound in eight of her last 14 games … Tallied 5+ rebounds on four occasions … Career-high six points vs. La-Monroe … Nabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. Wisconsin; most rebounds by an Ole Miss freshman this season … Earned first career start against Jackson State; was the first Ole Miss freshman to make a start this year.

High School
Rodgers played her high school basketball at Wenonah High School in Birmingham … 6-2 forward has a Top 50 ranking and is the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2016 according to Prospects Nation … Averaged 11.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks a game for the Class 5A three-time state champion Dragons … 2016 All-Metro Birmingham Player of the Year … Super Five selection … Led her prep squad to a 121-20 in four years, including 65-3 over the past two seasons … Rodgers is the reigning Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 5A Player of the Year and the AL.com Birmingham Region Player of the Year … She averaged 7.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks a game for the Class 5A two-time state champion Dragons as a junior… ASWA Super Five and a first-team selection … As a junior, in the state tournament semifinals and championship, Rodgers scored 23 points, grabbed 20 rebounds, blocked 14 shots and added nine steals … Named Class 5A state tournament MVP as a junior for her third straight selection to the All-Tournament team.

Personal
Full name is Kaitlyn Chanel Rodgers … Daughter of Lashaundra Lewis … Has four siblings, (Kenneth, Kerrick, Khylen and Kennedi) … Played AAU with the Alabama Roadrunners … Notable teammates include: Charity Brown (Samford) and Jaylyn Maddox (VCU) … Considered Alabama, Auburn, Virginia Tech, East Carolina, Louisville, Florida State and Southern Miss.