Kacie Cassell

Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
High School:
Vandalia Butler HS
Hometown:
Vandalia, Ohio

as a Junior (2012-13): Finished the seasonas the national leader in assists per game with 7.8 ...Akron’s all-time assists leader with 475 in her career ...also set the program’s single-season assists record after just 21 games, setting the new bar at 259dimes, which ranks third all-time in the Mid-American Conference ina season ... led the MAC and was ranked 11th in the country with a2.4 assists/turnover ratio ... tallied double-digit assists on 10occasions ... recorded her first career double-double in the MACTournament quarterfinal victory over Buffalo at Quicken LoansArena, putting up 12 points and tying the school’ssingle-game record with a career-high 12 assists ... theZips’ most active player, averaging 35.4 minutes per contestand playing all 40 minutes eight times ... picked off a career-bestsix steals at home vs. Bryant Nov. 16 ... tied a personal-best sixrebounds in the MAC Tournament semifinal win over Ball State March14.

as a Sophomore (2011-12): Appeared in all32 games and made six starts ... averaged 4.6 points, 3.6 assists,and 2.0 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game ... her 114 assists rankeighth on the UA single season record list ... averaged 5.8 pointsand 3.8 assists in 16 conference games ... produced a 1.2assist/turnover ratio on the season, which was fourth best in theMAC ... was a 38.6-percent (17-of-44) shooter from behind the arc... scored a career-high 16 points in the win over Central Michigan(Feb. 4) ... also handed out a season-high tying eight assists inthe win over the Chippewas ... handed out eight dimes in threeother games ... chipped in 15 points - going 3-for-3 on threes - inthe home loss to Bowling Green (Feb. 18) ... pulled in acareer-high six rebounds in the loss to St. Francis (Feb. 22) ...made 84.0-percent (42-of-50) of her free throw attempts ... tallied19 steals, including three at Notre Dame (Oct. 11) ... scored ninepoints and recorded eight assists against Miami (Jan. 4) ... playeda season-high 27 minutes against both Kent State (Jan. 14) andWestern Michigan (Feb. 11).

as a Freshman (2010-11): Played in all 30games for the Zips and made 18 starts … led the team with102 assists in 703 total minutes … also scored 74 points andgrabbed 44 rebounds … averaged 3.40 assists per game… started first career game against Robert Morris (Nov. 23)... added four points and seven assists vs. RMU (Nov. 23) ....chipped in a career-high eight points and six dimes in acareer-high 44 minutes in an overtime win over Georgia Southern(Nov. 26) ... recorded a career-high nine assists at SMU (Nov. 27)... notched eight assists in back-to-back games against WrightState (Dec. 4) and Cleveland State (Dec. 11) ... had another sixassists at Youngstown State (Dec. 16) ... added seven points in awin over Ursuline College (Dec. 19) ... notched five assists andthree points at Temple (Jan. 2) ... tallied seven points and fourassists in 35 minutes against Miami (Jan. 15) ... dished out fiveassists at Central Michigan (Jan. 29) ... recorded six assists in16 minutes at Buffalo (Feb. 16) ... notched seven points on 7-for-8at the foul line, a career-best five boards, and three dimes atOhio (Feb. 19) ... matched her career high with eight points on3-for-5 shooting at Miami (Feb. 26) ... recorded three dimes in 12minutes against Western Michigan in first round of MAC Tournament(Mar. 5).

at Vandalia Butler High School: Scored1,065 points during her four-year career ... also finished with 416career assists to set a school record ... team posted a four-yearrecord of 78-18 ... four-year letterwinner ... two-timeall-district player of the year and all-state honoree (2008-09,2009-10) ... led team to the regional finals as a senior ... was athree-sport, all-conference athlete ... was a member of the 4x200team that set a school record in 2008-09 ... was also a four-yearletterwinner and two-time team captain for the soccer team ...four-year member of student council ... named to National HonorSociety two years ... four-year honor roll student.

Personal: Parents are Jeff and MargretCassell ... father, Jeff, played basketball at Manchester Collegein Indiana ... older sister, Lauren, played basketball at OhioNorthern ... is of Islandic heritage.