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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

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Phil Kelly
Phil Kelly

2 Emily Clemens

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Muscatine
  • Hometown Muscatine, Iowa

Biography

SENIOR (2017-18): First Team All-Summit League... Member of The Summit League Tournament All-Decade Team... Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American... Summit League Academic All-League recipient... Summit League Preseason 'Player of the Year' and Preseason First Team All Summit League...Nancy Lieberman Award Preseason Watch List...Became the first-ever Leatherneck to surpass 1,000 points, 500 assists and 200 steals... espnW 'National Player of the Week' and four-time Summit League 'Player of the Week' (Dec. 26, Jan. 2, Jan. 29, Jan. 5)... became the program's all-time leader in assists (687) and free throws made (558)... Senior CLASS Award national candidate... Summit League Female Athlete of the Month (December, 2017)... became the program's all-time leading scorer, passing former Leatherneck great and Hall of Famer Zane Teilane (2003-06)... also the all-time Summit League record holder for career assists and free throws made... program record holder for the most career games played (127) ... HERO Sports Hero of the Week (Feb. 3)... NCAA Women's Basketball Starting Five Weekly Honor (Dec. 26)... HERO Sports "Best Senior in Women's Basketball" Finalist... Also selected as an attendee for the "So You Want to Be a Coach" program... averaged 18.0 points, 7.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds and started all 32 games…. Recorded a career-high 39 points and tied her career-high of 13 assists in the Jan. 24 win over Denver… her 39 points ranks second all-time for a single-game performance… also had 36 points in The Summit League Tournament Quarterfinal win over Omaha (March 4) which ties for the fourth-most in program history for a game… also had eight steals (ties a career-high) in the contest which ties for second all-time The Summit League Tournament game and shot 12-for-13 (.923) which is the best field goal percentage in a tournament game… recorded two games of 30-plus points and 14 games of 20-plus points… tallied six double-doubles on the season… tied her career-high of five made threes for the third time Jan. 13 at Omaha… shot .864 percent from the free throw line for the season which is a program-best… recorded 240 assists which is one shy of tying her own program record for the most in a season… her 13.4 points per game ranks eighth all-time for career scoring average… 510 field goals ranks tied for ninth all-time for a career… 121 career threes made rank tied for eighth all-time… 287 career steals rank second all-time in program history… 3,914 career minutes ranks second all-time in program history… finished nationally ranked in the top-20 for assists per game (fifth), assists (seventh), steals (11th), steals per game (11th) and free throws made (15th)… led The Summit League in nine different categories: assist/turnover ratio, assists, assists per game, free throw attempts, free throws made, minutes played, minutes played per game, steals and steals per game.

JUNIOR (2016-17):  2016-17 Summit League Spring Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence... Western Illinois Female Athlete of the Year... Summit League Player of the Year and Tournament MVP... also named to All-League First Team Honors and the All-Tournament team... five-time Summit League Player of the Week (Nov. 21, Nov. 28, Dec. 12, Feb. 6 and Feb. 27)... Summit League ‘Female Athlete of the Month’ for February... Named to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Starting Five Weekly honor twice... Summit League All-Academic Team Member... Summit League Single-Season record holder with 241 assists... led The Summit league in points (18.9), assists (7.3), steals (2.6), assist/turnover ratio (2.5) and minutes (37.4)... started all 33 games this season at point guard... ranks second all-time in program history with 447 career assists... eight double-doubles this season including a triple double in The Summit League Tournament Semifinal against Omaha (March 6, 2017)... had a career-high 34 points in the win over Northern Illinois (Nov. 19, 2016)...  finished seventh nationally in total assists and fifth nationally in assists per game... 202 free throws made this season marked a program record... 85 steals this season rank fifth all-time in program history... 623 points this season tied a program record most points in a season... 16th Leatherneck player to surpass 1,000 career points... 

SOPHOMORE (2015-16): 2016 Summit League Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholar... Started in all 32 games this season, averaging 10.9 points and 4.2 assists per game... scored a career-high 27 points while adding seven assists, four steals, four rebounds and no turnovers in a comeback victory at North Dakota State, going 8-of-12 from the field... Dished out a career-high 12 assists while only turning the ball over once in a home victory against North Dakota State... tallied first-career double-double against NDSU as she added 12 points to go with her 12 assists... scored in double figures in 17 contests this season... played a career-high 38 minutes against IUPUI, finishing with 15 points and going a perfect 9-of-9 from the free throw line... made a career-high five 3-point field goals and brought in a career-best seven rebounds in a victory at Illinois State... shot 82.4 percent from the free throw line on the year... second on the team in minutes per game.

FRESHMAN (2014-15): 2015 Summit League Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholar... appeared in all 30 games, making two starts... made first-career start in WIU's season opener against Missouri, finishing with nine points, one rebound, and one assist in 20 minutes of action... finished the season with 150 points, 58 rebounds, 72 assists, and 31 steals and averaged 17.4 minutes per game... recorded season-highs in points (13) and free throws made/attempted (8) in victory over Fort Wayne... shot 32.8 percent (40-of-122) from the field... ranked second on the team in assists (76)... dished out season-high eight assists at South Dakota... tallied a season-best five rebounds on three separate occasions.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time All-State honoree, earning First Team honors her senior season... named 'Conference Player of the Year' her final season... three-time First Team All-Area and First Team All-Conference recipient... broke program game, season and career records in assists and steals... earned a total of 15 varsity letters at Muscatine: five in softball, four apiece in basketball and soccer and two in volleyball... totaled 1,140 points, 453 assists and 330 steals in her four-year career... During her senior year, averaged 15.3 points, 3.8 assists, 4.1 steals and 3.3 rebounds as a 46.1 percent shooter (41.6 percent from long range) and went 84.9 percent from the free-throw line... averaged 12.3 points, 4.7 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game during her junior season while shooting 47.1 percent from the field, 41.7 percent from beyond the arc, and 80.3 percent from the charity stripe... her sophomore year, she averaged 12.5 points, 7.0 assists, 3.7 steals and 2.9 rebounds per contest, connecting on 42.9 percent of 3-pointers

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 1, 1995... majoring in Marketing... daughter of Craig and Ann Clemens... chose Western because of its location, campus and coaches... lists high school basketball coach Susan Orvis as a major influence, stating, "She really pushed me my four years of high school, and made me the player I am. She never let me take short cuts and pushed me to my furthest potential"... hobbies include playing sports, shopping, Netflix and church... lists the Oklahoma City Thunder, Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears as her favorite teams... favorite music includes Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014-15Freshman

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  • 15

    2015-16Sophomore

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    15
  • 2

    2016-17Junior

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    5'4"
    2
  • 2

    2017-18Senior

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    5'4"
    2