Chelsey Matthias

Chelsey Matthias

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Readlyn, Iowa

High School:
Wapsie Valley

Height:
5-10

Position:
Guard/Forward

Experience:
2L

2004-05 (Sophomore) - Played in four games...Averaged 2.0 minutes, 1.0 points...Hit 2-of-3 shots from the field (66.7 percent)...Went 1-1 against Southern Illinois (2/10).

2003-04 (Freshman) - Played in 13 games...Averaged 3.5 minutes, 0.7 points and 0.3 rebounds...Scored a career-high three points twice, vs. Wichita State (1/10) and Southern Illinois (1/28)...Suffered season-ending injury on Feb. 10, fracturing her tibia and fibula bones in her leg.

2002-03 - Redshirted.

High School - Earned first team all-conference and all-district sophomore, junior and senior years...INA all-state honorable mention as a sophomore, second team as a junior and first team as a senior...Girls' Coaches Association first team as a senior...Des Moines Register first team selection as a senior...Nominee for McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Team as a senior...Was the first girl ever to score over 1,000 points in five-on-five at Wapsie Valley...Averaged 21.1 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists her senior year...As a junior, averaged 19.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists...Played softball and volleyball, earning second team all-conference in 2001...First team all-conference at third base and co-MVP of the conference senior year...Ran track and placed second in 4x800 at state in 1999...Followed up the second-place finish with a third place in 2000...Earned the Leadership Award, Outstanding English Award and Achievement Award... Member of FFA, National Honor Society, speech, chorus and was the senior class Vice President.

Personal: Full name is Chelsey Lee Matthias ... Born 9-29-83 ... Majoring in Physical Education Teaching ...Daughter of Kris and Greg Matthias ... Siblings include Kira and Tyler ... Planning to graduate in May and hence, forego her fifth year of eligibility.

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