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Bentley University

Hall of Fame

Kelly Barker '01

Kelly Barker

  • Class
    2001
  • Induction
    2015
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball
Bentley’s 2001 Outstanding Senior Athlete … finished her career as the number one scorer in the history of Division II’s winningest women’s basketball program (1,800 points) and remained at the top of the list until 2014 ... also Bentley’s third-leading rebounder all-time (1,120) … 2001 WBCA All-America and co-player of the year in the Northeast-10 after leading Bentley to a 30-2 record and a sweep of the NE-10 … 2001 honors also included MVP of Northeast-10 Conference tournament, Daktronics Division II All-Northeast Region and 1st-team All-Northeast-10 for second straight season … Bentley was 120-12 during her career with four NE-10 regular season championships, four NE-10 playoff titles, two Elite Eight appearances and only five losses to Northeast Region teams … upon graduation, was only the third player in Division II history with both 1,000 rebounds and 100 three-pointers … only player in NE-10 history with 1,000+ rebounds and a three-point percentage of .400+ … 615 points as a senior was a Bentley single season record at the time and is currently third most in program history … Bentley’s leading rebounder all four seasons …scoring average, field goal percentage, three-pointers made and free throw percentage improved every season … 18.1 scoring average in 2001 is the highest by a Bentley player in the Barbara Stevens-era, and was 10.1 higher than Falcons’ number two scorer … that season, due to a large number of lopsided games, she averaged 23.8 minutes.  Her 40-minute projections were 30.4 points and 14.9 rebounds … had game-winning basket on a put-back with 0.3 seconds left vs. Saint Rose in regular season and game-winning block with 2 seconds left in NE-10 playoff championship game vs. Saint Rose … in nine games during her senior year, she had at least as many points as minutes played …led NE-10 in scoring and three-point accuracy as a senior.
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