2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Katie Shumate
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- G
- Hometown:
- Newark, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Newark
- High School:
- Newark
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Scored 1,000th career point at Arkansas on Nov. 17, 2022
• Only four-time All-MAC selection in program history
• 2024 All-MAC First Team
• 2023 All-MAC Third Team
• Two-time All-MAC Honorable Mention (2020, 2021)
• 2024 MAC Tournament MVP
• 2021 MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
• Two-time Academic All-MAC (2021, 2022)
• 2020 MAC All-Freshman Team
2022-23 SEASON
• Earned All-MAC Third Team accolades
• Played in all 32 games and made 31 starts
• Led team with averages of 12.7 points per game and 7.1 rebounds per game
• Also had team-high 35 steals
• Second on team with 22 blocks and totaled 49 assists
• Posted six double-doubles
• Scored 20 or more points six times, including a season-high 23 at Oklahoma State (Nov. 20) and at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25)
• Scored in double-figures in 21 games overall
• Grabbed 10 or more rebounds nine times, including a season-high 12 on three occasions
2021-22 SEASON
• Played in all 31 games and made 30 starts
• Averaged team-high 12.1 points per game
• Scored in double-figures 19 times, including a season-high 21 points against Saint Francis (Nov. 14), Duquesne (Dec. 8) and Central Michigan (Feb. 2)
• Averaged 3.8 rebounds per game
• Grabbed season-high seven rebounds in three different games
• Also totaled 43 assists, 18 steals and 11 blocks
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
2020-21 SEASON
• Earned All-MAC Honorable Mention, MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-MAC accolades
• Played in 19 games and made 17 starts
• Second on team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and blocks (13)
• Scored in double-figures 12 times, including a season-high 23 points at Ohio (Feb. 3)
• Averaged 3.8 rebounds per game
• Grabbed season-high six rebounds in three different games
• Totaled 21 assists and 10 steals
2019-20 SEASON
• Earned All-MAC Honorable Mention and MAC All-Freshman Team honors
• Played in 29 games and made 27 starts
• Second on team in scoring (12.3 ppg), rebounding (6.4 rpg), steals (35) and blocks (26)
• Totaled 358 points, 186 rebounds, 42 assists, 35 steals and 26 blocks
• Scored in double-figures in 19 games, including four 20-plus point performances
• Scored career-high 27 points at Bowling Green (Feb. 29)
• Grabbed career-high 13 rebounds at Ohio (Feb. 8)
• Recorded career-high five assists against Ball State (Jan. 29)
• Registered career-high four steals against Robert Morris (Nov. 24)
• Blocked career-high three shots at Purdue (Dec. 8) and against Bowling Green (Feb. 5)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Four-year letterwinner at Newark High School while playing for her father, JR Shumate
• Helped lead the Wildcats to four straight district championships and a regional championship in 2017
• Two-time All-Ohio first team honoree
• Named All-Ohio second team as a sophomore
• Named to the Honor Roll every year in high school
• Lettered in track and field as a senior
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Kari and JR Shumate
• Has five siblings: Ky, Emma, JT, Austen and Anthom
• Sister, Emma, plays basketball at Ohio State
• Brother, JT, was an All-MAC performer at Toledo and plays professionally in Romania
• Majoring in biology
