Davenport University Athletics

CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS (through 2018-19):            
Minutes average: T2nd (24.6)
Assists: 3rd (452)
Minutes: 3rd (3023)
Assists per game: 4th (3.7)
Games started: 7th (75)
Total rebounds: 8th (528)
Free throw attempts: 9th (303)
Offensive rebounds: 9th (184)
Steals: 9th (208)

2018-2019 (Sr.): Played and started 26 of the team's 27 games and was the only Panther that started more than 24 games...Jenna Falkenberg as the only Panthers to start 20+ games...ranked second on the team in rebounds per game with 4.3 and third in points per game with 7.1...led the team in assists with 95 to give her 452 for her career, which ranks third in program history...those 95 dimes were good for seventh in the GLIAC...named to GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team.

2017-2018 (Jr.): One of three players who started in all 28 games...played the second-most minutes on the team (899)...ranked first on the team in assists averaging 3.5 per game...ranked sixth in the GLIAC in assists (99)...ranked fourth in the GLIAC in steals (74)...ranked fourth in the GLIAC in total minutes per game (32.0)...registered 4.5 rebounds per game...shot 40.3 percent (83-of-206) from the floor...led the team in scoring four times...led the team in assists 16 times...led the team in steals 14 times...scored a season-high 16 points (Nov. 10)...recorded a career high seven made field goals against Northwood on Jan. 11.

2016-2017 (So.): Played in all 35 games off the bench averaging 17.3 minutes per game...named CoSIDA Academic All-District, WHAC All-Academic and an NAIA Scholar Athlete...ranked ninth in the WHAC in assists (3.29 per game)...led the WHAC and was 16th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.21)...averaged 3.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game...shot 41.2 percent (42-of-102) from the floor...ranked third on the team with 39 steals...led the team in rebounds three times...scored a season-high 10 points and added seven rebounds and six assists against Marygrove (Jan. 25)...recorded six points, seven rebounds and four assists in 21 minutes versus Saint Francis (Ind.) in the NAIA Tournament (Mar. 8).

2015-2016 (Fr.): Named to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team...appeared in all 34 games and started the final 21 contests...averaged 6.9 points per game...shot 46.3 percent (82-of-177) from the floor and 64.9 percent (63-of-97) at the free throw line...ranked second on the team at season's end with 164 rebounds...led the team with 143 assists and 57 steals...led the WHAC in total assists and was fifth in total steals...grabbed 10 rebounds against Lawrence Tech on Jan. 13...scored a season-high 12 points on three occasions...dished out eight assists against Lawrence Tech in WHAC tournament final on Mar. 1.

High School: Attended Grand Haven High School and coached by Katie Kowalczyk-Fulmer...lettered four years in varsity golf and three years in varsity basketball...named All-Conference twice, All-State Honorable Mention twice, All-State Special Mention and Muskegon Area Dream Team twice in hoops...selected as Detroit Free Press First Team All State Class A, Academic All State twice, Academic All State Team, Champion of Character Selection and Class A State Champion.

Personal: Daughter of Gene and Caroline Merz...majoring in marketing and human resources...born February 14.