The Saint Leo women’s basketball team has added two players to its 2016-2017 roster: Kamryn Kimmel, a prep standout from Ohio, and Nikira Hooks, a junior college product from North Dakota.
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Kimmel, a 5-foot-6 guard, joins the Lions from Pleasant High in Marion, Ohio. As a high school senior, Kimmel (9.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 3.5 assists, 3.0 steals) earned First-Team Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference (MOAC) honors, while helping her team earn a MOAC championship, and an Ohio State Championship runners-up nod.
“Kamryn Kimmel is expected to be a workhorse who challenges for playing time at the point guard position,” Saint Leo coach Anthony Crocitto said, in a release. “She handles, defends and will fit well in our system.”
Hooks, a 5-foot-11 forward, heads to Saint Leo following a successful sophomore season at Williston State (North Dakota) College, a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) school. As a sophomore, Hooks started all 24 games, averaging a team-best 17.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, while shooting 47.6-percent from the field. She earned Second Team All-Region and was in the Top-25 of NJCAA for free throw percentage.
“Nikira Hooks will look to impact this program in many, many ways,” Crocitto said. “She is a long guard-forward who will shoot the three, rebound the ball on both ends and post you up at times. We see Nikira’s experience supporting in a successful transition from the junior college ranks. She has a strong scorer’s mentality, but will pass and make solid basketball decisions with the best of them.”
With the addition of Kimmel and Hooks, the Lions will have six newcomers in the upcoming season, as the duo joins Ragen Dotson, Gina Brierley, Courtney Cox and Madelin Lang.
