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Jersey Number 5
Gianna Kneepkens
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Duluth, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Duluth Marshall HS
Bio
2024-25 (Redshirt Junior): Played and started in all 31 games, led the team in scoring, made threes and made free throws.
2023-24 (Junior): Played and started in eight games before suffering a season ending injury
2022-23 (Sophomore): Earned WBCA Honorable Mention All-American and named to the Pac-12 First Team All-Conference.
2021-22 (Freshman): Was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Pac-12, and Pac-12 All-Freshman honors. She was just the second player in Utah history to earn Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors.
High School: Became just the 12th player in Minnesota Prep girls basketball history to score 3,000+ career points out of Duluth Marshall HS, finishing with 3,704 which ranks fourth all-time.
Personal: Daughter of Donald and Betsy … has five brothers … was her high school’s class president.
- Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Big 12 First Team All-Conference
- Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 Candidate
- Earned spots on the watchlists for the Naismith Trophy and Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
- Led the team in scoring with 599 total points on the season
- No. 29 in the nation with her 19.3 points per game average
- Led the team in made field goals and field goal percentage going 192-381 for 50.4%
- Led the team in made three pointers and percentage going 94-210 fro 44.8%
- Finished the season Top 15 in the nation in all three point categories
- No. 8 three pointers per game (3.03)
- No. 12 three point percentage (44.8)
- No. 12 made three pointers (94)
- Recorded a career-high 32 points twice, first against BYU (1/25/25) and later against UCF (2/8/25)
- Earned Big 12 player of the week after posting back-to-back 30 point games including a career-high 32 points against BYU (1/25/25)
- Set a career-high 12 made field goals against Kansas (1/22/25)
- Knocked down three or more three pointers in 17 games this year where the Utes went 14-3 in those game
- Averaged 19.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.03 apg and 1.03 spg
- Shot 50.4% from the field, 44.8% from the three and 89.0% from the line, narrowly missing the 50/40/90 milestone
- Ranked No. 16 in the nation in free throw percentage (89.0)
- Hit 30 or more points three times and hit 20 or more points in 12 different games
- Was on the brink of a triple-double against Kansas (1/22/25) with her 30 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists
- Ended her career at Utah with 1,621 points and 248 made three pointers
- Became the seventh Ute in program history to make 200 or more three pointers
- Recorded two double-doubles on the season, 24 points and season-high 12 rebounds against Arizona State (2/15/25) posted 30 points and 10 rebounds against Kansas (1/22/25)
2023-24 (Junior): Played and started in eight games before suffering a season ending injury
- Was a Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference selection
- Earned spots on the watchlists for the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
- Hit 1,000 career points when she put up 19 against Carroll College (Nov. 28)
- Against EKU put up 16 points in just the third quarter, going 5-5 from the field, 4-4 from the three and 2-2 from the free throw line
- Knocked down three or more three pointers in all but one game his season, against Mississippi Valley State (4), South Carolina State (4), Baylor (3), Alaska Anchorage (4), EKU (5) and Carroll (3)
- Averaged 17.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.85 apg and 2.0 spg
- Shot 63.3% from the field, 54.0% from the three and 78.9% from the line
2022-23 (Sophomore): Earned WBCA Honorable Mention All-American and named to the Pac-12 First Team All-Conference.
- Earned First Team All-Conference for the second time in her career.
- Was a Top 5 Candidate for the Cheryl Miller Award
- Started in all 32 games and averaged 28.3 minutes, 15.3 points, and 5.2 rebounds per game.
- Scored in double figures in all but seven games this season
- Scored 20 or more points seven times, including a season high 28 points in the 84-78 win over No. 3 Stanford.
- Hit a three pointer in 27-of-32 games, including a season high of five made three's on two separate occasions.
- Finished the season at third in the Pac-12 and 16th nationally at 42.3 percent from three point range.
- Recorded her first career double-double against Cal on Jan. 22 and later posted a career high 13 rebounds for her second double-double with 14 points against Washington State on Feb. 12.
- Led the team in scoring 10 times.
- Shot 49.8 percent (160-for-321) from the field on the season, the fourth-best mark in the Pac-12.
- Was an 83.1 percent (98-for-118) from the free-throw line.
- Named to the Naismith Award Watch List
2021-22 (Freshman): Was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Pac-12, and Pac-12 All-Freshman honors. She was just the second player in Utah history to earn Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors.
- Was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors five times, tied for the most by one player during the 2021-22 season.
- Appeared in 33 games while making 25 starts and averaged 23.7 minutes, 11.8 points, and 4.4 rebounds per game.
- Scored a career-high 29 points off the bench against BYU (12/5).
- Hit a three pointer in 29-of-33 games, including hitting at least one three-pointer in 22 straight games (12/21 – 3/18).
- Led the team in scoring 11 times during her freshman season while scoring in double-figures in 20 contests.
- Shot 38.4 percent (56-for-146) on three pointers on the season, the ninth-best mark in the Pac-12.
- Was an 87.1 percent (61-for-70) from the free-throw line. This is the ninth-best mark in a single season in school history.
High School: Became just the 12th player in Minnesota Prep girls basketball history to score 3,000+ career points out of Duluth Marshall HS, finishing with 3,704 which ranks fourth all-time.
- Four-star recruit on Prospect Nation.
- Prep Girls Hoops Class AA Player of the Year and News Tribune All-Area Player of the Year as a senior.
- Three-time all-state, and all-area, four-time all-conference.
- Set the state tournament record for points in a game, dropping 67 in the state tournament in 2021 where she averaged 43.1 points per game.
- Averaged 31.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.8 steals and 4.6 assists per game as a junior.
- Led Duluth Marshall to its first state tournament in 20 years.
- Played AAU for the Minnesota Fury, winning two state championships while playing second at the AAU Under Armour Nationals.
- Was also a two-time all-conference and all-state soccer player.
Personal: Daughter of Donald and Betsy … has five brothers … was her high school’s class president.
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