University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2008-09: Earned Great Northwest Athletic Conference co-Newcomer of the Year and Second Team All-GNAC honors in lone season with Seawolves ... averaged 6.0 points, 2.6 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals as UAA posted unprecedented 31-4 record, won GNAC co-title and reached NCAA Div. II Final 4 ... led GNAC in assist-turnover ratio (2.04-1) and shot league’s best 3FG% (.527) among players making minimum one per game ... 3FG% ranked 3rd-best in UAA history, while 59 treys ranked 7th ... tied school record with 35 games played ... averaged 3rd-most minutes (24.4) on team despite coming off bench in all but one contest ... earned WBCA honorable mention player-of-the-month honor for January after shooting .711 (27-38) from 3FG range and posting 30-to-9 assist-turnover ratio, helping UAA through midst of 22-game win streak ... selected to All-Tournament Team at Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout after totaling 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals and 0 turnovers in wins over Div. I Cal State Northridge and Syracuse ... shared GNAC co-Player of the Week award Jan. 19-25 with numbers of 16 points (4-6 3FG, 4-4 FT), 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 1 turnover in home victories over NCAA-bound Northwest Nazarene and Seattle Pacific ... scored career-high 24 points (8-10 3FG), tying school and GNAC record for treys made in Jan. 3 victory over Kuyper College ... other top performances included 12 points (4-4 3FG), 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 0 turnovers in Dec. 19 win over Cal State Stanislaus; 10 points (2-3 3FG, 4-4 FT), 5 assists and 3 steals in home win over Western Oregon; 9 points (3-3 3FG) and 5 assists in home win over Saint Martin’s; 9 points (2-4 FG, 4-4 FT) and 2 assists in NCAA First Round win over NNU; 8 points and 3 assists in home win over playoff qualifier Western Washington; and 9 points (3-4 3FG), 4 assists, 1 block, 2 steals and 0 turnovers in 56-55 come-from-behind victory at Montana State Billings.

BEFORE UAA: Played junior season of 2007-08 at Division I Florida Gulf Coast, seeing action in all 29 games ... averaged 1.3 points in 9.0 minutes per game, helping FGCU to second round of WNIT in just first season as a full D-I member ... had season-high 6 points against both Mercer and North Florida ... scored two points in 15 minutes of action against nationally ranked Florida State ... played sophomore season on Odessa College’s 2006-07 NJCAA national championship team ... averaged 5.3 ppg, 1.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.7 steals and shot 37 percent from three-point range as Wranglers went 29-2 ... played freshman season at Central Arizona College with current Seawolf teammates Danielle Dekel, Ruby Williams and Nicci Miller ... averaged 9.3 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 5.1 apg, 2.7 spg and shot 44 percent from three-point range as Vaqueras went 36-1 and finished third at NJCAA national tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped Plainview High to consecutive 4A state titles as a freshman and sophomore, and runner-up as a junior ... named first-team all-district, all-region and Team MVP as a senior in 2004-05, plus first-team all-district and second-team all-region as a junior.

PERSONAL: Born Jackie Marie Thiel on Aug. 26, 1986 in Lubbock, Texas ... daughter of Charles and Ramona Thiel ... interests include drawing and scrapbooking ... second-oldest of five siblings ... history major.

Career Highs
Points: 24 vs Kuyper College, 1/3/09
Rebounds: 7 vs Cal State Stanislaus, 12/19/08
Assists: 6, twice (last vs Seattle Pacific, 1/24/09)
Blocks: 2 vs Kuyper College, 1/3/09
Steals: 3, four times (last at Seattle Pacific, 3/6/09)

Career Statistics
Year    GP-GS  Min/Avg   FG-FGA  Pct 3FG-FGA  Pct  FT-FTA Pct  OR-DR-Reb/Avg  PF-D  A  TO  B   S  Pts/Avg
2008-09 35? 1  853/24.4  63-127 .496  59-112 .527  24-27 .889  12-65? 77/2.2  41-0 92  45  5  50  209/6.0