{"id":26113,"date":"2013-09-09T22:42:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T02:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=26113"},"modified":"2013-09-09T22:42:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T02:42:53","slug":"2013-fgcu_wbb-graduate-kennedy-signs-with-germanys-saarlouis-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/09\/2013-fgcu_wbb-graduate-kennedy-signs-with-germanys-saarlouis-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 @FGCU_WBB Graduate Kennedy Signs With Germany\u2019s Saarlouis Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brittany Kennedy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Florida Gulf Coast University women\u2019s basketball alumna Brittany Kennedy \u201913 (Spokane, Wash.\/Lewis and Clark High School)<\/strong> has signed a professional contract with the Saarlouis Royals.\u00a0 Kennedy will continue her basketball career in the DBBL, Germany\u2019s highest level of competition for women.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019BK\u2019 was an outstanding point guard and leader for us the past two seasons,\u201d explained FGCU Head Coach Karl Smesko<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cI am excited that she has this opportunity to continue what she loves to do.\u00a0 I have no doubts that she will have a great year.\u201d<\/p>\n

In two years with the Eagles, Kennedy left a mark as a strong defensive player and a standout point guard.\u00a0 She totaled 483 points, 284 rebounds, 260 assists and 148 steals during her time with FGCU.<\/p>\n

As a senior, the West Coast product was a unanimous First Team All-Atlantic Sun selection and was named the A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year. Kennedy led the team with 173 assists and 88 steals in 2012-13, while averaging 9.7 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and 5.2 assists per game.\u00a0 She started 33 games for the Eagles and led the team to a 27-7 overall record with a perfect 18-0 A-Sun mark. She capped off her career with an All-Tournament Team nod during the 2013 A-Sun Tournament.<\/p>\n

Kennedy pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds and scored 10 points at Mercer on Jan. 2 for her first career double-double.\u00a0 The point guard recorded a career-high 19 points on two occasions during her senior campaign and dished out a record 12 assists at ETSU on Jan. 12.\u00a0 The assist performance ranks second among all-time Eagle records.<\/p>\n

As an underclassman, Kennedy played in 63 games during two seasons with Oregon State.\u00a0 She scored 192 points and dished out 113 assists for the Beavers before transferring to FGCU.<\/p>\n

Kennedy will join the Royals in Saarlouis as they begin the 2013-14 season on Saturday, Sept. 28.\u00a0 The Royals are two-time national champions and three-time winners of the National Cup of Germany.<\/p>\n

“We are very eagerly waiting to see what Brittany can do for us,\u201d said Saarlouis Head Coach Ren\u00e9 Spandauw.\u00a0 \u201cWe are a team that plays pressure defense and runs, so we think she is a very good fit for our team.\u00a0 We have received very good reports through Coach Smesko, so we are confident Brittany will be a very valuable part of our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DBBL season will continue through March.\u00a0 Games will be streamed live on the league\u2019s website, http:\/\/www.dbbl.de\/cms\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2013-14 women\u2019s basketball season tickets are selling quickly. Fans can reserve their seat(s) by visiting the Alico Arena Ticket Office, calling 239-590-7145 or logging on to FGCUAthletics.com\/Tickets.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida Gulf Coast University women\u2019s basketball alumna Brittany Kennedy \u201913 (Spokane, Wash.\/Lewis and Clark High School) has signed a professional contract with the Saarlouis Royals.\u00a0 Kennedy will continue her basketball… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}