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2018-19 Women's Basketball

3 Katie Benzan

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Wellesley, Mass.
  • High School Noble and Greenough School
  • Position Guard
  • Concentration Psychology
  • House Eliot

Biography

Career Highs
Points:
 
27, 2x, last vs. Quinnipiac (11/30/18)
FG made:
 10, vs. Quinnipiac (11/30/18)
FG attempts:
21, at Brown (2/25/17)
3FG made:
 7, 4x, last at Brown (2/2/19)
3FG attempts:
15, vs. Cornell (2/18/17)
FT made: 6, 3x, last at Northeastern (12/6/17)
FT attempts: 8, vs. Siena (11/15/17)
Rebounds: 7, 9x, last vs. Rutgers (12/8/18)
Assists: 10, 2x, last at No. 14 California (12/30/18)
Steals: 4, 3x, last at Columbia (2/8/19)
Blocks: 2, 2x, last at Brown (2/2/19)
Minutes: 47, vs. Quinnipiac (11/30/18)

2018-19 (Junior)
Named to the All-Ivy First Team … Scored 16 points at Purdue (Nov. 11) … Notched 16 points, seven assists and three steals against La Salle (Nov. 14) … Posted 14 points and five assists at Hartford (Nov. 21) … Recorded 15 points and seven rebounds against Jacksonville St. (Nov. 23) … Scored 17 points and added six rebounds and five assists at CSUN (Nov. 24) … Tied her career-high 27 points against Quinnipiac (Nov. 30) … Scored 18 points and added seven rebounds and four assists against Rutgers (Dec. 4) … Posted 18 points and seven rebounds against Rutgers (Dec. 8) … Registered 18 points and four assists against Boston University (Dec. 21) … Tallied 13 points and seven assists at Rhode Island (Dec. 28) … Posted a double-double at No. 14 California with 19 points and 10 rebounds … Named espnW National Player of the Week (Dec. 31) … Named Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 31) … Recorded 22 points at Dartmouth (Jan. 26) … Became the 20th player in program history to score 1,000 career points, at Dartmouth (Jan. 26) … Posted 25 points and four assists at Brown (Feb. 2) … Added 20 points and three assists at Cornell (Feb. 9) … Registered 12 points and five assists against Penn (Feb. 16) … Posted 19 points and three assists against Brown (Feb. 22) … Recorded 18 points and four assists against Yale (Feb. 23) … Notched 10 points and three steals at Penn (March 1) … Tallied 17 points and four assists against Cornell (March 8) … Registered 16 points, three assists and three steals against Columbia (March 9) … Recorded 12 points and five assists against Penn (March 16) … Added 18 points and six assists against Drexel (March 22) … Posted 13 points and five assists against Georgetown (March 24).

2017-18 (Sophomore)
First team All-Ivy League unanimous selection ... Led the team with 16 points against Dayton (Nov. 10), also had four rebounds and three assists...Standout stat line of 22 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals in win over Siena (Nov. 15)...Hit four 3-points and had 13 points against Sacred Heart (Nov. 18)...Led all scorers with 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers vs. BU (Nov. 21)...Selected to Cavalier Classic All-Tournament Team averaging 11.5 points, seven rebounds...Had a career-high four steals at Temple (Dec. 2)...Turned in a career-high 27 points, hitting 7-of-9 3-pointers, and grabbed seven rebounds and had five assists at Northeastern (Dec. 6)...Had seven assists in win over Akron (Dec. 21)...Scored 10 points and dished five assists vs. La Salle (Jan. 10)...Hit 6-of-8 3-point attempts and had 20 points vs. Dartmouth (Jan. 20)...Went for 11 points and six assists vs. Yale (Jan. 26)...Racked up 21 points and dished nine dimes against Brown (Jan. 27)...Named Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 5) after posting back-to-back 20-point games vs. Columbia (Feb. 2) and Cornell (Feb. 3)...Scored 20 points and had four assists in win at Brown (Feb. 16)...Tallied 13 points and five rebounds vs. Princeton (Feb. 24)...Led all scorers with 18 points at Cornell (March 3)...Had eight points and four assists in WNIT at Fordham (March 16).

2016-17 (Freshman)
All-Ivy League First Team...All-ECAC Second Team...Ivy League Co-Player of the Week (Jan. 2)...Six-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week selection (Feb. 27, Feb. 13, Jan. 23, Jan. 9, Jan. 2, Nov. 28)...COOP Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 23-29, Feb. 7-12)...First student-athlete in program history since Reka Cserny (2001-02) to earn a spot on the All-Ivy League first team as a freshman...Started 29 of 30 games...Led the team in scoring during the regular season with an average of 13.4 points per game (7th, Ivy League), and led the league with 4.2 assists per game...Hit an Ivy-best 85 three-pointers on the season (85-217, 39.2%, 4th Ivy League), setting program record for three-pointers in a season...One of the nation''s best free-throw shooters this season, hitting 64-of-68 (94.1%) from the charity stripe...Hit season high 7 three-pointers in win at BU (Nov. 22)...Had season high 10 assists in win against Yale (Feb. 12)...Scored season high 24 points in win at Brown (Feb. 25).

Before Harvard: Five-year starter and two-year captain at Noble and Greenough School … Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year … McDonald’s All-American nominee … 2,000 point scorer ... Two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic … Four-time All-New England … Boston Herald All Scholastic … Sporting News Girls Basketball All-American … Three-time NEPSAC and two-time ISL MVP … Led Noble and Greenough to a 125-8 record over five years, including 14 straight ISL championships and five straight New England championships … Also lettered three years in volleyball and served as a senior captain …. Played three years of AAU with the New England Crusaders … Brother, Pat, plays basketball at Holy Cross.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2016-17First-Year

    Guard
    5'6"
    3
  • 3

    2017-18Sophomore

    Guard
    5'6"
    3
  • 3

    2018-19Junior

    Guard
    5'6"
    3