#23 Kristina Campbell
6-1, Senior
Forward
Princeton, New Jersey
High School: Notre Dame
High School Coach: Ann DeMille
AT HOFSTRA
2007-08: Played in all 30 games, starting 17...Averaged 2.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game...Tied for the team lead in blocks with 14...Scored a career-best eight points versus Northeastern and at Rider...Pulled down a personal-best eight rebounds against Long Island...Blocked three shots versus Virginia Commonwealth...Averaged 2.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in conference games...Averaged 13.8 minutes per game.
2006-07: Played in 33 games...Averaged 1.0 point and 1.3 rebounds per game...Scored a season-best five points at Stony Brook and North Florida...Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds versus North Florida...Had four offensive rebounds at Old Dominion...Blocked 12 shots on the season...Had two blocks versus Georgia State and Virginia Commonwealth...Added two steals versus VCU...Averaged 7.0 minutes per game.
2005-06: Played in 22 games...Averaged 1.0 point and 1.4 rebounds per game...Scored a season-high six points against Sacred Heart and at Pepperdine...Pulled down four rebounds against Sacred Heart and Connecticut...Recorded six blocks and seven steals on the season...Averaged 5.4 minutes per game.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Played four years of basketball and two years of track & field at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey...Named a Nike Top 100 Recruit in her class...Named a Street & Smith honorable mention All-American...Averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks per game as a senior and 8.5 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior...Team Co-Most Valuable Player as a senior...McDonald's All-America nominee...Has three sisters...Sister, Michelle, played basketball at Rutgers, while sister, Kerinne, plays at West Virginia...Father, Melvin, played for the Oakland Raiders in 1971...Has volunteered at soup kitchens and nursing homes...Speech communications and rhetorical studies major.
When I first got to campus, I wish someone had told me: Not to bring so much stuff because my room was so small
My first basketball memory is: When my dad was the first coach of my recreational basketball team and he was teaching me how to shoot
If you were stranded on an island with a teammate, who would you choose and why: I would choose Natty, simply because we have been through a lot these past three, soon to be four, years at Hofstra
One thing I can't live without: God
Favorite spot on campus: The top floor of the library because it has the best view of the campus
One super power you wish you could have: The ability to fly
What place have you never visited but would like to: Africa
List three people, past or present that you'd like to have dinner with: My grandmother Edna who has passed, my dad and my mom, all three of my sisters
Fondest memory with Hofstra Basketball: Beating Michigan State on their home court
Do you have a superstition or pregame ritual: I have to listen to the song called "The River" by Lyfe Jennings or whatever song touches me that year
What attracted you to Hofstra University: It just had a good vibe and it just felt right
Favorites
Book: "The Giver"
Movie: "The Green Mile"
Athlete: Michael Jordan
Color: Purple
Television Show: "Girlfriends"
Actor/Actress: Angela Basset
Sport other than basketball: Swimming, volleyball, soccer
Vacation Spot: Jamaica
Career Highs:
PTS: 8, twice, last vs. Northeastern, 2-10-08
REBS: 8 vs. Long Island, 11-28-07
ASTS: 1, multiple times, last at Towson, 2-14-08
FGM: 3, multiple times, last vs. Northeastern, 2-10-08
FGA: 7, twice, last vs. George Mason, 1-16-08
3FGM: None
3FGA: None
FTM: 4 at Pepperdine, 11-25-05
FTA: 6 at Pepperdine, 11-25-05
OR: 4, twice, last vs. Long Island, 11-28-07
DR: 4, multiple times, last vs. James Madison, 2-21-08
TO: 4 vs. Stony Brook, 12-4-07
BS: 3 vs. Virginia Commonwealth, 2-24-08
ST: 2, twice, last vs. Virginia Commonwealth, 1-7-07
MIN: 28 vs. Towson, 1-16-08
