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13 Caely Kesten

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Lawrence Free State
  • Hometown Denver, Colo.

Biography

2023-24
Started in all 31 games...averaged 12.3 PPG...led the Bearcats in 3PT made (53) at 36.3 percent...scored a career-high 24 points at Missouri Southern on Jan. 13...MIAA scholar-athlete honoree.

2022-23
Played in 29 games...made five starts....averaged a career high 5.8 points a game...scored a career high 17 points against Central Oklahoma on March 3, 2023...had nine total steals. 

2021-22
Played in 28 games...averaged 2.8 points per game...made 19 three pointers, which was four more than last season.

2020-21
Played in 17 games ... made nine starts ... averaged 4.1 points per game ... handed out 29 assists ... buried 15 three-pointers ... scored a season-high 12 points at Emporia State (2/18) ... grabbed a season-best six rebounds in a win at Missouri Southern (2/2).

HIGH SCHOOL
Kesten is a 5'8" guard from Lawrence, Kansas. Kesten is a three-time all-state performer at Lawrence Free State High School for head coach Nick Wood.

Kesten averaged 11.2, 3.4 apg, 5.1 rpg as a senior. She notched first-team all-area and honorable mention all-state accolades.

Kesten holds her school record for points in a game (36) and assists in a game (12). She also holds the career assist mark at Lawrence Free State.

She is a member of National Honor Society and is an honor roll student. She served as team captain of her prep squad.

Kesten played AAU with the Missouri Phenom for coach Greg Logsdon, where she competed on the EYBL circuit against the top players in the country.

She is the daughter of Chris and Emily Kesten.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020-21Freshman

    G
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2021-22Freshman

    G
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2022-23Sophomore

    G
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2023-24Junior

    G
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2024-25Graduate Student

    G
    5'8"
    13