AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12) Unanimous selection to the Big East All-Freshman Team ... played and started all 30 games for the Panthers, the only player to earn a start in every contest ... led team in points (13.6 per game), assists (3.0) and minutes (36.3) ... also averaged 3.4 rebounds per game and finished season with 35 steals (1.2 per game) ... shot 70.2 percent from the free throw line, topping the team in both free throws made (106) and free throws attempted (151) ... first freshman to lead the team in scoring since former Pitt great Marcedes Walker (2004-05) ... tallied 408 total points, fifth-most by a freshman in Pitt women's basketball history ... ranked second in scoring among Big East freshmen, finishing 15th overall ... closed season ranked second among Big East leaders in minutes played ... notched double figure scoring in 20 games ... had 20 or more points in a single game on seven occasions, including three of the final six contests ... paced team in scoring in a team-high 12 games ... played 276 of 285 minutes in the final seven games ... logged 38 or more minutes in 13 games and 35-plus in 20 contests ... played a career-high 45 minutes versus Louisville on Feb. 14 ... scored career-high 26 points at Villanova on Jan. 3, converting 10-of-21 from the field ... had 24 points on two occasions, versus Central Michigan on Nov. 20 and USF on March 2 in the Big East Championship ... named Big East Freshman of the Week on Dec. 26, after averaging 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in wins over Michigan State and Indiana in the Caribbean Classic ... collected career and season-high nine rebounds versus Saint Francis on Nov. 15 ... had at least five rebounds in seven games ... posted five or more assists in eight games, which included a career-high nine at DePaul on Jan. 14 ... led squad in assists in 16 games, most of any player ... registered two or more steals in eight games ... set a Petersen Events Center record for free throws made with 15 against Central Michigan (15-of-17) .... accounted for 26.9 percent of Pitt's total trips to the free throw line.
HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 22.8 points her senior season at Thomas R. Proctor High School in Utica, N.Y. ... helped lead the Raiders (16-3) to the Section III final, the first Proctor girls' team to reach a Section III final ... All-Mohawk Valley First Team honoree and CNYCL Co-Player of the Year...Observer-Dispatch All-Mohawk Valley Player of the Year ... named to the New York State Class AA second team by the New York State Sportswriters and Coaches of Girls Sports ... Shattered the all-time scoring (1,723 points), assists (479) and steals record (394) at Proctor H.S., despite missing most of her junior year with a broken wrist ... rated the No. 58 player overall in ESPN's Hoopgurlz Top 100 ... All-Star Girls Report ranked Kiesel in the No. 70 spot ... named Sporting News Honorable Mention All-American ... also broke high school's records for most steals in a single game ... scored 22 or more points in 14 games during her senior season with a season high of 40 ... averaged 25.7 points to start junior year before being injured ... named to All-CNY Second Team as a sophomore in 2009, averaging 21.6 points, 4.0 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.6 steals ... averaged 20.7 points as a freshman ... played AAU basketball for the Albany City Rocks ... Also excelled in soccer, garnering All-CNYCL First Team honors.
PERSONAL Daughter of Steve Kiesel and Nikki Hymes-Kiesel... has one sibling, Ona Kiesel ... Born July 8, 1993 ... third student-athlete from Proctor H.S. to play a sport at Pitt ... Pitt Director of Life Skills Penny Semaia, a 1999 Proctor graduate, played four seasons on the football team while another Proctor Natalie Phillips played softball at Pitt for two years ...Enrolled in the school of Arts & Sciences.
AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12)
