University of Dayton Athletics

2008-09
Kendel Ross tallied five double-doubles on the season as UD's third-leading scorer (10.1 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (7.1 rpg). She finished second on the team in steals (1.1), assists (2.5) and blocks (0.8). She started 33 of 34 games played during the season. The junior guard scored in double figures 17 times and finished with double-digit rebounds nine times. Ross hit 7-of-15 shots from the field including 2-of-3 from the line in the win over St. Mary's. Ross finished the game with a then career-high 17 points and 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. She grabbed a career-high 16 boards in the defeat of Navy on Nov. 15 and followed it up with one of the best games of her career with a personal best 27 points (9-of-11 FT) and 13 rebounds versus Central Michigan (11/29). Ross stepped it up in conference play averaging 10.9 points per contest for second on the team. She led UD in free throw percentage in A-10 only games (88 percent, 31-of-35). Ross finished 10th in the Atlantic 10 Conference in rebounding.

2007-08 
One of Dayton's best bench performers over the past two seasons, appearing in all 30 games and putting up double digit minutes in all but two...Also made five starts including three during Atlantic 10 Conference play...Ranked third on the team in overall and three-point field goal percentage...Led all Flyer reserves in minutes played (19.3 mpg), assists (1.6 apg) and steals (0.7 spg)...Nominated for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors...Made 50 percent (50-of-100) of her shots from the field and 86.7 percent (13-of-15) of her free throws during the second half of games...Started the first two games of the season playing 28 minutes against Northwestern and 20 at New Mexico, which recruited her out of high school...Tallied eight points, five assists, two rebounds and one steal in an overtime loss to the Wildcats...Scored 13 points on 6-for-11 shooting to go along with five rebounds in just 14 minutes of play at Loyola-Chicago...Made a critical three pointer in the closing minutes of a one-point win at San Diego...Also put up 12 points while making 2-of-3 shots from downtown against Cincinnati...Corralled a season-high eight rebounds three times, all off the bench, in wins over Drexel and back-to-back victories against Cornell and Central Michigan...Also tallied 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting from the floor in 19 minutes of play against the Chippewas...Finished with 11 points and five rebounds versus St. Francis (PA)...Hit both free throws in final moments of regulation that helped UD to a one-point victory at La Salle...Tallied 12 points, seven rebounds, two assists and one block versus the Dukes...After her two starts, she came off the bench at Saint Joseph's but had to return to the starting lineup against #16/13 George Washington when Kristin Daugherty was hurt against the Hawks...Ross put up her best game in a Flyer uniform with 16 points while hitting 2-of-3 shots from long range to go along with six rebounds and three assists against the Colonials...14 of her 16 points came in the first 20 minutes as UD trailed by only three at halftime...Tallied another 14 points and seven rebounds despite returning to the bench against St. Bonaventure...Put up a season-high tying 16 points while hitting a season-high 4-of-6 three-point shots in only 20 minutes of play in the regular-season finale against Saint Louis...Scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds against Charlotte in the second round of the A-10 tournament...Blocked one shot, made two assists, and grabbed three rebounds in 18 minutes of play against Bowling Green in the WNIT.

2006-07 
UD's most consistent bench performer during her first collegiate season...she played in 30 of 31 games and started two while averaging 5.3 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per contest...Finished with six games of double figures in scoring and two in rebounding...Made her first collegiate appearance with two rebounds in 20 minutes played at Louisville in the season opener...Finished with eight points, four rebounds, two blocks, an assist and a steal the next day against Memphis...Came off the bench for an injured teammate to score 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field and pull down nine rebounds in 27 minutes of action against Long Island...Followed with her first career start against Loyola-Chicago just four days later and collected a season-high 14 rebounds while scoring eight points...Put up a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds including seven boards in the win over Fordham...Scored a season-high 14 points against both St. Francis (PA) and Rhode Island.

Summer 2006 
Helped lead the Canadian Junior National Team to a silver medal at the FIBA America's U18 Championship Qualifier in Colorado Springs, Colo...Averaged 9.4 points per game, 9.2 rebounds per game and 26.0 minutes per game...Also led Canada to a third place finish at the 2006 FIBA Americas U20 Championship...Averaged 8.4 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per game...Shot 92.3% from the free throw line...Also played in the U19 Championship in Tunisia in July, 2005.

Personal 
Daughter of Chris and Patti Ross...Born June 2, 1988...Has three siblings, Chrissy, Holly and Taylor...Majoring in exercise science.

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