Nicole Kaczmarski Hometown: Middle Island, NY High School: Sachem HS Height: 5-11 Position: Guard

UCLA — Regarded by some publications as one of the top five recruits in the nation a year ago … Signed with UCLA in the November of 1998 early period … Started at point guard early in the season due to Erica Gomez’ shoulder injury and then shifted to the off-guard … Proved to one of the conference’s best three-point and free throw shooters …Suffered a foot injury at the U.S. Jones Cup trials in May of 2000.

2000 — Named to the conference all-freshman team … Hit her last 19 free throws of the season to approach the school record of 24 straight set by Denise Curry … Led the team with 36 made three-point shots, including a school-record seven at Washington State … Scored eight points and had seven rebounds in her college debut vs. North Carolina, including two key free throws in the final 20 seconds … Hit four three-pointers on her way to a 20-point game at Pepperdine … Led the Bruins with 18 points and keyed the comeback win vs. Old Dominion … Paced the Bruin attack with 17 points and three three-pointers vs. Washington in the Pac-10 opener … Poured in 18 points vs. USC and had a career-best four steals … Totaled 14 points at Stanford … Had a career-best nine boards and five assists at Cal … Scored a team-high 17 points at USC … Scored 14 in the win over Stanford, including a perfect eight-for-eight from the free throw line … Totaled 17 points in the win at Washington, including three treys in the regular season finale … Scored a career-best 21 points while hitting a school record seven three-point shots at Washington State … Earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors during the final week of the regular season for her play vs. the Washington schools …Ranked ninth in the conference in three-point field goal percentage and second in free throw percentage (her .841 mark ranked as the seventh-best all-time at UCLA for a single-season) … Scored in double figures in 10 of the last 12 games of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL — Selected as the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year … Named a first-team All-America by USA Today, Parade Magazine, Street & Smith’s and All Star Girls Report … Rated the No. 1 prospect in the nation by the Women’s Basketball Journal … Played four years under coach Michael Atkinson at Sachem HS … Also attended Longwood HS her freshman year … Scored a Long Island prep record 2,583 (23.1 average) career points … Also totalled 253 assists, 581 rebounds, 128 steals and 95 blocks in her career … Averaged 26.0 points, 3.6 assists, 3.3 steals and 6.0 rebounds her senior season and 25.9 points, 5.2 assists and 4.3 rebounds as a junior … Scored a career-high and school-record 45 points with 18 rebounds, seven assists and six steals in the 1999 Suffolk County Class A title game … 1999 Miss Basketball for New York state … All-league, all-county, all-state selection in each of her five years … Newsday’s Charles H. Clark Player of the Year as an eighth, tenth, 11th and 12th grader … 1999 AAU All-American … Led her high school team to the state championship as an eighth grader and earned State Tournament MVP honors … Won two consecutive (1998, 1999) AAU national championships with her club team, the Philadelphia Bells … MVP of the France Tournament, which her team won … Played in the Phoenix/WBCA All-American game … Lettered in volleyball for coach Bill Kropp in 10th grade.

PERSONAL — Full Name: Nicole Anne Kaczmarski … Born: April 30, 1981 in Long Island, NY … Parents: Peter Kaczmarski and Maryann Gutowski … Has one older brother (Jarrett) and one older sister (Carrie-Ann, who played basketball at NYU) … Describes her greatest athletic thrills as playing in the Phoenix/WBCA All-American game, winning AAU Junior Nationals twice in a row, winning the state championship as an eighth grader and signing a letter of intent with UCLA … Admires Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson and Chamique Holdsclaw … Hobbies include playing all sports and hanging out with friends … Pre-biology major.

UCLA Career Statistics

Career Highs
Points: 21 at Washington St. (3/9/00)
Rebounds: 9 at California (2/5/00)
Assists: 5, last at California (2/5/00)
Steals: 4, last vs. USC (1/16/00)
Blocks: 1 vs. USC (1/16/00)
FG: Made 8 vs. USC (1/16/00)
3-pt. FG: Made 7 at WSU (3/9/00)
FT: Made 8 vs. Stanford (3/3/00)
Minutes: 42 vs. Texas (11/23/99)
Turnovers: 7 vs. Texas (11/23/99)