Keri Laimbeer

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Detroit Country Day
Hometown:
Orchard Lake, Mich.

Sophomore Year (2006-2007)
Played in 27 games with one start … Recorded 37 points, 27 rebounds, 17 assists, seven blocks and five steals … Scored a season-best six points against Rhode Island … Matched a career-high with four assists at St. John’s and against Louisville.

Freshman Year (2005-06)
Saw action in 24-of-27 games including six starts … Fourth on the team in 3-point field goals (5) and assists (29) … Started and played a career-high 35 minutes in her first college game at Manhattan … Scored a personal-best 15 points and was 7-for-11 from the field, including her first career 3-point field goal … Also set career highs with four assists and two blocks against the Jaspers …Had two points, two rebounds and three assists at Buffalo … Registered four points and four rebounds at Niagara … Had three points and three rebounds versus Sacred Heart … Recorded a career-high six rebounds and notched seven points against Colgate … Scored six points versus Marquette … Scored eight points and collected four rebounds in 11 minutes off the bench at Seton Hall … Notched nine points and three rebounds in a reserve role at Providence … Matched her career best with four defensive rebounds and four 3-point attempts versus Georgetown ... Member of the Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

High School
Played four seasons at Detroit Country Day … Helped the Yellow Jackets to three consecutive state championships (2002, 2003, 2004) and a state runner-up finish (2001) … Named to the Associated Press all-state team as a senior … Earned fourth-team all-state honors from the Detroit Free Press as a senior … Part of the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News all-state second teams as a junior … Three-time All-Oakland County selection … Two-time all-area pick … Was a Street & Smith All-Midwest honorable mention selection as a junior.

Personal
Keriann Laimbeer ... Born January 5, 1987 in Pontiac, Mich. … Daughter of Bill and Chris Laimbeer … One brother, Eric ... Father, Bill, won back-to-back NBA championships as a player with the Detroit Pistons in 1989 and 1990 and as head coach with the Detroit Shock in 2003 and 2006 … he was also named the 2003 WNBA Coach of the Year ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.