15 Facts About Kalana Greene

1.

Kalana Greene played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions.

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Kalana Greene played basketball for Timberland High School in St Stephen, South Carolina.

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Kalana Greene helped her team win twenty or more games for three consecutive seasons, and in her senior year, she led the team to its first ever state championship.

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Kalana Greene averaged 17 points per game as a freshman; by the time she was a senior, she averaged 28 points, 18 rebounds, nine steals and eight assists per game.

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Kalana Greene participated in the 2005 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored four points.

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Kalana Greene liked the Georgia program, but the UConn program, with both a family atmosphere and an expectation you have to work hard for everything you get swayed her to choose to come to join the University of Connecticut Huskies.

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Kalana Greene suffered a major knee injury in a game on December 17,2007, against South Carolina, an injury that would end her season.

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8.

Kalana Greene worked hard to rehabilitate her knee, including staying on campus over the summer to work out in the gym every day.

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Kalana Greene played the following season, for a team that won the national championship, although not at the same level as before her injury.

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Kalana Greene's injury occurred in the eighth game of her junior season, so she was eligible to return if she chose.

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Kalana Greene considered her options, and chose to return for a fifth year.

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On March 9,2010, Kalana Greene played in her 151st game as a UConn Husky, more than any other player in UConn Women's basketball history, breaking the mark held by Renee Montgomery.

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Kalana Greene played in 157 games in her complete college career, an NCAA record.

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Kalana Greene helped lead UConn to the Championship of the Big East Tournament, and earned Most Outstanding Player of the tournament for her performance.

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Kalana Greene was the 13th overall selection in the 2010 WNBA draft, selected by the New York Liberty.