University of Minnesota Athletics
2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 14
Bryanna Fernstrom
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Hometown:
- Center City, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Iowa State
2017-18 • Senior Season:
Played in 32 games with 14 starts • tallied 11 points and seven rebounds against Iowa (1/21) • posted 14 points and seven rebounds vs. Michigan State (1/7) • scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan (12/3) • pulled down 10 rebounds vs. VCU (11/16) • opened the season with 11 points against Lehigh (11/11)
2016-17 • Junior Season:
Played in 16 games, starting four, after sitting out the first half of season due to NCAA transfer rules • averaged 5.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game • Academic All-Big Ten • scored 12 points in Gophers debut at Ohio State (12/28), adding 10 rebounds for a double-double • also had a double-double against Michigan State (1/30) with a season-high 18 points and 10 rebounds • blocked five shots against Maryland (1/1) and at Michigan (1/15) • pulled down a season-best 11 rebounds at Indiana (1/4).
At Iowa State:
Started 12 of the Cyclones’ first 15 games in the 2015-16 season • was averaging 9.1 points and 6.7 rebounds • had a team-high 34 blocks during ISU’s 11-4 start • 10th on the Cyclones’ career blocks list with 70 at the time of her departure • as a freshman in 2014-15, made 25 starts and was named Big 12 freshman of the week three times • averaged 9.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks • scored 25 points in her collegiate debut and notched nine games scoring in double figures.
High School:
A 2014 graduate of Chisago Lakes High School • the 2014 Pioneer Press Girls Basketball Player of the Year • nominated for the McDonald’s All-American Game and for Minnesota’s Miss Basketball Award • averaged 25.9 points, 13.4 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game as a senior • also averaged a double-double as a junior • Mississippi 8 Conference MVP • set school season records for points, rebounds, field goals and blocks • also posted single-game records of 42 points, 17 field goals and 15 blocks during her prep career • played AAU ball for the Minnesota Stars, where she was a teammate of fellow Gopher Carlie Wagner.
Personal:
Born Sept. 20, 1995 • daughter of Kendall and Carrie Fernstrom • has two brothers, Jake and Joe • intends to major in human resource development.
Played in 32 games with 14 starts • tallied 11 points and seven rebounds against Iowa (1/21) • posted 14 points and seven rebounds vs. Michigan State (1/7) • scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan (12/3) • pulled down 10 rebounds vs. VCU (11/16) • opened the season with 11 points against Lehigh (11/11)
2016-17 • Junior Season:
Played in 16 games, starting four, after sitting out the first half of season due to NCAA transfer rules • averaged 5.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game • Academic All-Big Ten • scored 12 points in Gophers debut at Ohio State (12/28), adding 10 rebounds for a double-double • also had a double-double against Michigan State (1/30) with a season-high 18 points and 10 rebounds • blocked five shots against Maryland (1/1) and at Michigan (1/15) • pulled down a season-best 11 rebounds at Indiana (1/4).
At Iowa State:
Started 12 of the Cyclones’ first 15 games in the 2015-16 season • was averaging 9.1 points and 6.7 rebounds • had a team-high 34 blocks during ISU’s 11-4 start • 10th on the Cyclones’ career blocks list with 70 at the time of her departure • as a freshman in 2014-15, made 25 starts and was named Big 12 freshman of the week three times • averaged 9.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks • scored 25 points in her collegiate debut and notched nine games scoring in double figures.
High School:
A 2014 graduate of Chisago Lakes High School • the 2014 Pioneer Press Girls Basketball Player of the Year • nominated for the McDonald’s All-American Game and for Minnesota’s Miss Basketball Award • averaged 25.9 points, 13.4 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game as a senior • also averaged a double-double as a junior • Mississippi 8 Conference MVP • set school season records for points, rebounds, field goals and blocks • also posted single-game records of 42 points, 17 field goals and 15 blocks during her prep career • played AAU ball for the Minnesota Stars, where she was a teammate of fellow Gopher Carlie Wagner.
Personal:
Born Sept. 20, 1995 • daughter of Kendall and Carrie Fernstrom • has two brothers, Jake and Joe • intends to major in human resource development.
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