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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

4 Kennedy Calhoun

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Hickory Ridge
  • Hometown Harrisburg, N.C.
  • Major Sports Business
  • Prev School Longwood

Biography

2023-24 • Junior

  • Helped the program to its first-ever WNIT Championship title – a run that included a six-game winning streak and beating two Power 5 opponents 
  • Started every game for the Billikens and saw the third-most minutes on the court (1,165 total/29.1 mpg)
  • Named to the A-10 All-Defensive team to go along with her preseason All-Defensive team honors
  • Ended the year ranked 24 in the NCAA in steals (86)
  • Ranked third in the A-10 in steals per game (2.2)
  • Grabbed the third-most steals (86) for Saint Louis in a single-season and most of any third-year player
  • Her 123 assists rank fourth all-time out of any third-year Billiken
  • Grabbed a season-high six steals against three opponents
  • Put up a career-high 11 points three times, including the Billikens WNIT Championship win over Minnesota
  • Poured in double-digit scoring five times including back-to-back outings against Ball State and Southern Indiana

 

2022-23 • Sophomore 

  • Made trips to the NCAA Tournament in the first two seasons of her collegiate career, (Big South at Longwood in ‘22; Atlantic 10 at Saint Louis in ’23), and the Billikens to their first-ever NCAA Tournament after topping UMass in the highest-scoring A-10 final since 1995
  • Recorded a season-high 15 points in the championship game, including four-straight overtime points to help secure the title for the Billikens
  • Finished eighth in the A-10 in steals (71 total, 2.0 per game) and 10th in assists (135 total, 3.9 per game)
  • Closed out the season making 31 of her last 35 free throw attempts (.886), lifting her season mark to .855, good for sixth on SLU’s all-time single-season list
  • Set a SLU single-season record for sophomores and ranks third on SLU’s overall single-season list with 71 steals for her efforts during the 2022-23 season
  • 135 assists rank second all-time among SLU sophomores and ninth on the overall season chart
  • Tallied the second-most steals (71) and assists (135) on the team during the team’s 2022-23 campaign
  • In her first appearance at Chaifetz Arena, she dished out an A-10, season-best 14 assists to give the Billiken’s the win over SIUE (November 11)
  • Knocked down two clutch free throws in the closing seconds of regulation to send the Billikens to overtime in an eventual road win at VCU (January 1)


At Longwood
  • One of the top defensive guards in the country in her rookie campaign, ranking ninth in the NCAA with 89 steals and 27th with 2.6 steals per game
  • Helped the Lancers to a Big South Conference Championship and the program's first NCAA Tournament victory
  • Started and played in all 34 games as a freshman
  • Earned a spot on the Big South All-Rookie team after posting the fourth most steals in a single season at Longwood
  • Averaged 10.4 points in Big South play and had seven double-digit point contests, including five in league play

High School
  • An All-Conference honoree in three straight seasons
  • Earned All-District first team plaudits and averaged 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals as a senior


Off the Court
  • Daughter of Adrian and Nafesha Calhoun
  • Dad played football at Johnson C. Smith University
  • Has two siblings, Jayden and Cameren Calhoun
  • Majoring in Sports Business 
  • Volunteers with the Visit-A-Bit Organization
  • Aspires to play professionally before transitioning to coaching at the collegiate level
  • Hobbies (outside of basketball for the self-described gym rat) include shopping, journaling and reading
  • Favorite non-basketball athlete: Serena Williams 
  • Member of the Audacious Alpha Omega City-Wide Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Inc.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2022-23Sophomore

    Point Guard
    5'5"
    4
  • 4

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    5'5"
    4
  • 4

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    5'5"
    4