Biography
Career Highs:
Points: 20 vs Arcadia (2/19/22)
Rebounds: 10 vs DeSales (2/9/22)
Assists: 9 vs. Scranton (11/23/19); vs Lycoming (2/2/22)
Blocks: 2 vs. Centenary (NJ) (11/26/18)
Steals: 6 vs. Marywood (11/24/19)
Awards:
All-MAC Freedom Second Team (2021-22)
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week (1/6/20)
Academic All-MAC (2022)
MAC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2020-21, 2022)
2021-22: Served as a leader on and off the court for this young roster with arguably the best season of her career as a senior point guard for the Monarchs...One of just two players to appear and start in all 26 games...Averaged 9.9 points and 5.6 rebounds in 32.7 minutes of action...Shot 35.7 percent from the floor with 39 threes, dishing out a team-high 118 assists and collecting a team-best 59 steals...Totaled double digit points in 11 out of 26 games...Recorded a season-high 20 points, shooting 43.8 percent from the floor, with nine boards, seven assists, and two steals in 36 minutes of action in a win at Arcadia (02/19/22)...Posted a double-double of 17 points with 10 rebounds and three assists in a loss to DeSales (02/9/22)...Dished out a season-best nine assists in a home win over Lycoming (02/02/2022)...Named to the All-MAC Freedom Second Team as a guard...King's finished 17-9 overall and 11-5 in MAC Freedom play before falling in the MAC Freedom semifinals to the second-seed Stevens.
2019-20: Emerged as a defensive force who controlled the offense as a sophomore point guard...One of just four players to appear and start in all 27 games...Averaged 8.0 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game, which ranked third, in 31.7 minutes per contest...Shot 36.6 percent (71-194) from the field, a team-high 41.9 percent (36-86) from beyond the arc, and 74.5 percent (38-51) from the free throw line...Dished out a team-high 114 assists, totaled a team second-best 55 steals, and blocked two shots...Recorded a season-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting with four steals, two assists, and two rebounds in the season-opening win over Wesley (11/08/19)...Came up just shy of a double-double with 14 points, a season-high nine boards, and five assists in a win at Elizabethtown (12/04/19)...Posted a season-high nine assists with 11 points, three rebounds, and two steals in a loss to Scranton (11/23/19) in the Cross County Challenge...Had a great turnaround as she totaled a season-high six steals with eight assists, five points, and three boards in a win over Marywood (11/24/19) in the Cross County Challenge...Totaled a team-high 16 points, including the game-winning shot, with five assists, five boards, and three steals in 35 minutes of play in a win at home over DeSales (01/11/20)...Named MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week on January 6...Named to the MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll...King's finished 16-11 overall and 10-6 in conference play, making the conference postseason tournament for the third consecutive season before falling in the MAC Freedom Championship game at DeSales.
2018-19: Gritty, hard-nosed lead guard that plays with a ton of emotion and passion for the game...got into 23 games as a Monarch
newcomer, missing three games due to injury late in the season...averaged 16.0 minutes per game, scoring 75 points while averaging 3.3 points per game in addition to 2.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists...added 24 steals...was 11-of-12 (91.7%) from the free throw line...shot 30.4 percent (14-46) from downtown as a freshman...scored a career-high 13 points at home against DeSales, handing out four assists and grabbing four rebounds on January 26...chalked up six points, four steals and four assists in a home win over Eastern December 5...tallied six points and a career-high eight boards in a victory over Neumann November 24...tallied a season-high five steals against Centenary, adding a career-high two blocks in addition to five points, five rebounds and four steals...King's went 12-14 on the year, posting a 6-8 record in the MAC Freedom while falling in the MAC Freedom Tournament semifinals.
PRIOR TO KING'S: Earned 13 varsity letters while at Minersville Junior/Senior High School, earning captain honors in soccer, hoops and softball...also ran track...was voted as an All-Schuykill League and All-County player as a senior in basketball...led her squad to league titles as a sophomore and junior, along with a state title as a junior...was named All-Schuykill League all four seasons in soccer, along with conference Rookie of the Year...voted All-State in softball as a junior as well, leading team to PA title.
PERSONAL: Parents Joseph and Tina Kriston...two siblings, Nicholas and David...a biology/pre-med major.
