2001-02 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
A former walk-on now a team captain on scholarship... earnedhonorable mention All-WCC honors and is a returning starting on thewing... possesses an excellent shot and is a relied-upondefender... described as one of the hardest workers on the teamaway from practice.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2000-01: Named to the honorablemention All-WCC Team... also named to the WCC All-Academic firstteam... started all but one game during the season... was second onthe team in scoring average, with a 10.1 per game mark... finishedfourth in league standings for three-point field goal percentage(.395) and fifth in three-point field goals made (1.79)... madefive three-pointers against 12th-ranked Oregon en route to 19points... recorded a career-high 21 points against Columbia... went7-9 from the field, 3-5 from behind the arc, and made all four freethrows against the Lions... with 29 seconds left in regulation,drove in for a layup on the right side of the paint to give SCU atwo-point victory at Pepperdine and sole possession of first placein the league race with two weeks remaining in the conferenceseason... closed the regular season with 15 points and five assistsat Portland.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 1999-00: Appeared in all 30games... averaged 2.8 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 10.3 minutes pergame... tallied 19 steals for the season... shot .850 from the linemaking 34 of 40 free throws... established a career-high ninepoints against Oakland, and seven assists against Gonzaga... scored7 of 21 from the three-point range.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 1998-99: Averaged 0.5 points,0.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game after making the squad as awalk on... appeared in 11 contests while averaging 5.6 minutes.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played guard at Juneau-DouglasHigh School in Juneau, Alaska.. .averaged 14 points and six assistsher senior season... led team to league titles her freshman,sophomore and senior seasons... helped Juneau-Douglas capture the1996 Alaska State Championship... was an honorable mention USAToday All-American her senior season... also lettered insoftball.
PERSONAL: Full name is Caroline BeatriceGruening... born on March 16, 1980 in Tacoma, Wash... parents areWin and Anne Gruening... relative of Ernest Gruening, State Senatorof Alaska and B.M. Behrends, founder of the first bank in Alaska...majoring in combined sciences with a minor in religiousstudies.
Gruening's Career Statistics
| Year | G-GS | MIN | FG-AT | PCT | 3P-AT | PCT | FT-AT | PCT | REB | AVG | PF-D | A | TO | B | S | TP | AVG |
| 98-99 | 11-0 | 62 | 0-8 | .000 | 0-2 | .000 | 6-11 | .546 | 5 | 0.5 | 6-0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.5 |
| 99-00 | 30-0 | 309 | 22-55 | .400 | 7-21 | .333 | 34-40 | .850 | 20 | 0.7 | 28-0 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 19 | 85 | 2.8 |
| 00-01 | 28-27 | 839 | 91-220 | .414 | 50-130 | .385 | 50-63 | .794 | 62 | 2.2 | 60-0 | 90 | 72 | 2 | 31 | 282 | 10.1 |
| 01-02 | 31-29 | 938 | 106-265 | .400 | 75-167 | .449 | 77-87 | .885 | 102 | 3.3 | 50-0 | 108 | 77 | 2 | 36 | 364 | 11.7 |
| Totals | 100-56 | 2148 | 219-548 | .400 | 132-320 | .413 | 167-201 | .831 | 189 | 1.9 | 144 | 258 | 198 | 4 | 87 | 737 | 7.4 |
Gruening's Career Highs
| Points | 34 | vs. Saint Mary's, March 1,2002 |
| Field Goals | 11 | vs. Saint Mary's, March 1,2002 |
| Field GoalAttempts | 16 | vs. LSU, March 15,2002 |
| Three-Point FieldGoals | 8 | vs. Saint Mary's, March 1,2002 |
| Three-Point Field GoalAttempts | 12 | vs. Saint Mary's, March 1,2002 |
| Free Throws | 9 | vs. Saint Mary's, Jan. 31,2002 |
| Free ThrowAttempts | 9 | vs. Saint Mary's, Jan. 31,2002 |
| Rebounds | 9 | vs. LMU, Feb. 21,2002 |
| Assists | 8 | at Pepperdine, Jan. 25,2002 |
| Blocked Shots | 1 | four times, last at Portland,Feb. 7, 2002 |
| Steals | 6 | at TCU, Jan. 3,2002 |
| Minutes | 46 | vs. Saint Mary's, Jan. 31,2002 |
Statistics
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