University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Kia Wilridge
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Crowley, La.
- High School:
- St. Thomas More HS
2014-15 (Junior)
Started in all 35 games last season ... averaged 12.3 points and 4.5 boards per game (tied for team lead) ... led team with career-high 100 steals ... logged team-high 1,117 total minutes and 31.9 minutes per contest (second most among Cajuns) ... shot 71% (103-for-145) from the charity stripe ... deposited season-best 19 points at Southeastern Louisiana (11/29) ... recorded career-high eight steals vs. Sam Houston State (12/6) ... knocked down a pair of three-pointers in two separate games (vs. UT Arlington on 2/7); at Troy on 2/14) ... recorded at least one steal in 34 of 35 games (no steals vs. Troy on 3/11) ... led team with 18 points in WBI Tournament first round win vs. UT Pan American (3/19) ... became the first player since Kim Perrot (1989-90) to record 100 steals in a season ... earned third-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors ... named to the WBI All-Tournament team.
Averaged 9.0 points per game in 22 games and 17 starts on the season … led the squad in minutes played with an average of 29.6 … dished out 2.4 assists per game to lead the team … averaged 1.5 steals per game for eighth best in the Sun Belt Conference … had a career-high 21 points against Western Kentucky (3/5) on 9-of-14 shooting in 39 minutes of action … posted 11 points and a career-high 11 boards for her first career double-double in a win at South Alabama (1/15) ... recorded a season-best seven assists along with nine points in a win over Troy (2/19) … totaled 17 points and five assists in an overtime win against South Alabama (3/2).
2012-13 (Freshman)
Saw action in 29 games, starting 26 … averaged 8.3 points and 4.6 rebounds while averaging 32.5 minutes a game … posted a team-best 3.3 assists a game, dishing out 96 assists in the season … averaged over 2.0 steals a game, picking up a team-high six steals in a game on two occasions, Southern (11/9), and Southern-New Orleans (11/28) … posted 20 points against Florida Atlantic (2/16), shooting 8-of-10 from the field and 4-of-7 from the charity stripe … picked up a career-high three blocks against UALR (2/28) … scored 10 or more points 10 times on the season, doing so against FAU (2/16), Southern-New Orleans (11/28), Arkansas State (12/22), Middle Tennessee (11/24), Nebraska-Omaha (11/16), Nicholls State (11/19), South Alabama (1/9), Western Kentucky (2/23), LSU-Shreveport (11/12) and FIU (1/5).
High School
Averaged 18 points, five steals, and five assists as a senior at St. Thomas More High School … First team All-State and All-Defensive Team her senior season … First team All-District and All-Acadiana as a junior … helped guide the Cougars to the state championship in 2011 and 2012 with a combined record of 65-4 … led St. Thomas More to the state quarterfinals in 2009 … helped team to district championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … nominated for Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year and a McDonald’s All-American … ranked by ESPN HoopGurlz as the 110th-rated point guard in the 2012 class … named to the all-tournament team in the Sandra Meadows Classic in Duncanville, Texas … played under coach Garry Brodhead’s daughter, Ashley, alongside current Ragin’ Cajuns Keke Veal, Robbie Brown, Brooklyn Arceneaux and Jodi Quinn.
Personal
Full name is Kia Janae Wilridge … born on Sept. 19, 1994 … daughter of Kim Ledet-Wilridge and Kelvin Wilridge … has three sisters, Kirstien, Keiana, and Kaylanna ... majoring in exercise science.
