2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster
Hoekstra, Deborah
Jersey Number 3
Deborah Hoekstra
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- East Lansing
- Hometown:
- East Lansing, Mich.
Bio
Game-by-Game Stats: 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12
2014-15
Earned a veritable plethora of awards in her final year at BGSU ... was BG's female recipient of the MAC's Medal of Excellence ... that award is presented annually to just one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each of the 12 conference member institutions ... additionally, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team, BGSU's first such honoree in four years ... was named the BGSU athletics department's female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... and, was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in the first year of that award's existence ... on the court, was an honorable-mention selection to the All-MAC Team ... was named the MAC Player of the Week once and the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week twice during her senior season ... picked up three awards at the women's basketball banquet ... was named the Falcons' Player of the Year, and also shared the Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award as well as the Fran & Marty Voll Senior Achievement Award ... played in all 30 games, starting the last 24 ... led the team in scoring, with 11.5 points per game, and also paced the Falcons with 6.8 rebounds per contest ... made a team-high 51 three-point field goals, shooting 33.1 percent from long distance ... led the MAC and ranked ninth in the entire nation in free-throw percentage, shooting 90.1% from the stripe ... the guard finished 15th in the MAC in scoring and 14th in rebounding ... ranked 10th in the league in three-pointers made and 15th in three-point pct. ... in MAC games only, averaged 12.2 ppg and 8.8 rpg ... tied for 12th in the league in scoring, and deadlocked for fourth in the conference in rebounds in MAC games ... also ranked among the league leaders in defensive rebounds (7.0 rpg, second), free-throw pct. (89.2%, third) and three-point FG per game (1.8, 11th) in conference play ... named the MAC S-A-O-W the maximum two times allowed, earning the honor on both Dec. 17 and Jan. 7 ... had a team-leading seven double-doubles, with all seven coming during the MAC schedule ... scored a team-high 17 points in the season opener vs. Bucknell (Nov. 14) ... had 15 points, with 10 coming in the second half, in the Falcons' win over Cincinnati (Dec. 7) ... had a career-high 22-point effort against Saint Francis (Dec. 13) ... was named the MAC Player of the Week on Dec. 15, for her performance in that SFU game ... also was named the MAC P-O-W by the College Sports Madness web site on that same day ... then, earned her first MAC S-A-O-W award of the year two days later ... made her first collegiate start in that SFU contest, and went 8-of-11 from the floor, including a 4-for-6 effort from three-point range, vs. the Red Flash ... tied her career-high totals in field goals made, three-pointers made and rebounds (six) ... also had three assists in that victory ... scored 11 points in BG's win at Bradley (Dec. 21), going 3-for-4 from the field ... all of those shots came from three-point distance ... had never pulled down more than six rebounds in her career prior to the FIU game (Dec. 30), but had nine boards in that contest ... that began a six-game stretch in which she averaged 9.7 rebounds per game ... named to the All-Tournament Team at the FIU Sun & Fun Classic ... set or tied her career rebounding high in three-straight games, with nine rebounds vs. Ball State (Jan. 3) and 12 boards at Akron (Jan. 7) ... had her first career double-double vs. the Zips, with 12 points ... in BG's next game, had 12 points, eight boards and a season-high three steals at Kent State (Jan. 10) ... also had two blocked shots vs. the Flashes ... then, had back-to-back 14-point, 10-rebound outings, vs. Northern Illinois (Jan. 14) and Eastern Michigan (Jan. 17) ... went 7-of-8 from the free-throw line in the win over NIU, and hit three three-pointers in the EMU game ... had 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in BG's win over Miami (Jan. 24), adding three assists and two steals ... had 14 points, eight caroms and three assists at NIU (Jan. 28) ... 15 points and seven boards vs. Toledo (Jan. 31) ... began the month of February with 19 points against Central Michigan at the Stroh (Feb. 4) ... went 5-for-9 from three-point land vs. the Chippewas, adding six rebounds and three assists ... scored 17 points at Ball State on Valentine's Day, including an 8-of-9 effort from the charity stripe ... had three-straight double-doubles to end the regular season, averaging 14.0 points and 13.3 rebounds in that span ... had 13 points and 12 boards, along with two blocked shots, at Ohio (Feb. 28) ... scored 12 points and pulled down 13 rebounds vs. Buffalo (March 4), then ended the regular season with 17 points and a career-best 15 rebounds against Akron ... also had three assists vs. the Zips, and her seven field goals made included three triples ... had 11 points at Western Michigan in the MAC Tournament first-round game (March 9).
2013-14
Blossomed into one of the league's top sixth players ... was the female recipient of BGSU's Junior Scholar-Athlete Award, which was announced at the athletic department's honors night banquet in April of 2014 ... the award is given to just one male and one female student-athlete each year ... earned Academic All-MAC Team honorable mention ... was named the Falcons' Most Improved Player, and was a co-recipient of the team's Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year Award for the second-straight season ... played in all 35 games off the bench, averaging 6.9 points per game ... made 41 three-point field goals, the third-highest total on the team, and shot 36.3% from beyond the arc ... was seventh in the MAC in three-point field-goal pct. ... scored in double figures 10 times ... was BG's first substitution into the game in 31 of the season's 35 contests ... in MAC games only, averaged 7.3 ppg and went 24-of-72 (33.3%) from long range ... named BGSU's Player of the Game in the Falcons' win over Monmouth at the Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge in Springfield, Mass. (Dec. 1) ... had a then career-high 15 points in the home opener vs. Niagara (Nov. 15), adding three assists to set a career best in that category as well ... had 11 points, going 3-of-4 from three-point range, in the Falcons' road win vs. Ohio State (Nov. 24) ... then, broke or tied her career scoring best in each of the next three games, and led the Falcons in scoring in all three ... had 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the Monmouth game, going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc for the second consecutive contest ... then, had 19 points against both Milwaukee (Dec. 8) and Massachusetts (Dec. 19) ... was a combined 14-of-21 from the floor in those two wins, including an 8-of-11 night vs. UWM ... set career highs in field goals made and rebounds (six) in the Milwaukee game ... was 4-of-6 from three-point land vs. UMass, capping a four-game stretch in which she averaged 16.8 ppg and shot over 71% (25-of-35) from the field ... was 11-of-18 (61.1%) from long distance in those four contests ... scored 16 points in home victories over Saint Francis (Dec. 29) and Eastern Michigan (Jan. 23), making three treys in each game ... had 14 points in the Falcons' come-from-behind win at Ohio (Jan. 30), then scored 12 points and tied her career best with six rebounds in a victory at Toledo (Feb. 2) ... was 4-of-7 from three-point land vs. the Rockets, and hit back-to-back triples in the second half to give BG the lead for good .... had 15 points in the win at Miami (March 5), playing a career-high 29 minutes.
2012-13
Saw action in 25 games off the bench ... was a co-recipient of the team's Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year Award ... an Academic All-MAC Team honorable-mention selection ... averaged 2.3 points and 1.0 rebounds per game ... made nine three-point field goals on the season ... shot 73.9% from the free-throw line, making 17-of-23 tosses ... after seeing action in six of the Falcon's 13 pre-conference games, played in all 16 MAC contests and averaged 2.9 points per outing ... hit eight three-pointers in conference action ... scored a total of five points in non-conference play, but had 20 points in the first three MAC games (6.7 ppg) ... tied for game scoring honors with a career-high 12 points in the MAC opener vs. Kent State (Jan. 10) ... drilled a career-high four three-pointers in six attempts, and also had three rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot in 23 minutes vs. the Flashes ... two games later, played a career-high 25 minutes vs. Ball State (Jan. 16), with eight points and a career-best five rebounds ... hit a pair of triples in that game ... had five points, two assists and two steals in 19 minutes at Ohio (Jan. 20) ... led the Brown and Orange with 11 points at Western Michigan (Feb. 10) ... also had two assists in 17 minutes vs. the Broncos, and went 4-for-5 from the free-throw line ... scored seven points in the Falcons' MAC Tournament win vs. KSU (March 9), hitting a three-pointer and going a perfect 4-of-4 from the free-throw line.
2011-12
Played in 17 games off the bench ... averaged 1.5 points in 5.1 minutes per game ... set career highs in a multitude of categories in the win at Kent State (Feb. 28), as the Falcons clinched the MAC's regular-season title ... had eight points in 14 minutes vs. the Golden Flashes ... hit two three-point field goals and added two assists ... was 2-for-2 from the free-throw line ... in that game, set career standards in points, assists, three-pointers made, free throws made (tied her career best) and field goals attempted (five) ... had two points in the road win over Buffalo (Jan. 15) ... made her MAC debut vs. Kent State (Jan. 4), with two rebounds and a blocked shot in four minutes of work ... played a career-high 16 minutes vs. Madonna (Dec. 21), and had four rebounds to set another career standard ... also had an assist in that game ... three points vs. Jacksonville (Dec. 11), as she hit a three-point field goal for the second consecutive game ... had five points vs. Austin Peay (Dec. 9), adding an offensive rebound and an assist ... had her first collegiate points in the win over Western Kentucky (Nov. 29) ... wound up with seven points in seven minutes, going 3-of-4 from the field and 1-of-1 from the free-throw line ... first assist came in the Evansville game (Nov. 20) ... made her collegiate debut in the Dayton game (Nov. 11) ... played three minutes off the bench, and had two steals.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned one letter at East Lansing High School (’11) for coach Rob Smith ... was named the Lansing State Journal Player of the Year as a senior ... earned three letters at Lansing Eastern under coach Al Darden before transferring to East Lansing ... scored a total of 1,534 points in her four-year career, an average of 17.6 points per game ... also averaged 9.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 3.1 steals and 1.6 blocked shots per game ... her career total of 436 free-throws made is the seventh highest in state history ... total of 150 career three-point field goals made also ranked among the top 25 in Michigan history ... scored in double figures in 76 of 87 games, and had 10 or more rebounds 44 times ... averaged 17.4 ppg as a senior, hitting a school record 84.8 percent of her free-throw attempts ... helped ELHS win a league championship and regional title in 2010-11 ... averaged 20.6 ppg as a junior at Lansing Eastern, pulling down 8.9 rebounds per game en route to Class A all-state honors ... averaged a double-double as a soph, with 19.4 ppg and 11.0 rpg ... also competed in volleyball and track in high school ... as a senior, earned all-state honors in a pair of track events ... was eighth in the state in the 800 meters, and helped the 1,600-meter relay team to a sixth-place finish ... was an all-conference selection in volleyball.
PERSONAL
Deborah Jane Hoekstra was born on May 13, 1993, in Lansing, Mich. ... an applied health science major at BGSU, with a minor in business ... finished her undergraduate career with a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA ... daughter of Richard and Karen Hoekstra ... the oldest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... sister, Renee, played collegiate tennis at the Univ. of Nebraska Kearney in 2013-14 ... mother played basketball at Hope College, where she was the third-leading scorer in school history ... both parents competed on the track team at Hope ... was inducted into the Ohio Xi Chapter of the National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma, at the BGSU Athletics Honors Night in April of 2014 ... has played AAU ball for Team Detroit and Midland Fastbreak.
2014-15
Earned a veritable plethora of awards in her final year at BGSU ... was BG's female recipient of the MAC's Medal of Excellence ... that award is presented annually to just one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each of the 12 conference member institutions ... additionally, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team, BGSU's first such honoree in four years ... was named the BGSU athletics department's female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... and, was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in the first year of that award's existence ... on the court, was an honorable-mention selection to the All-MAC Team ... was named the MAC Player of the Week once and the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week twice during her senior season ... picked up three awards at the women's basketball banquet ... was named the Falcons' Player of the Year, and also shared the Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award as well as the Fran & Marty Voll Senior Achievement Award ... played in all 30 games, starting the last 24 ... led the team in scoring, with 11.5 points per game, and also paced the Falcons with 6.8 rebounds per contest ... made a team-high 51 three-point field goals, shooting 33.1 percent from long distance ... led the MAC and ranked ninth in the entire nation in free-throw percentage, shooting 90.1% from the stripe ... the guard finished 15th in the MAC in scoring and 14th in rebounding ... ranked 10th in the league in three-pointers made and 15th in three-point pct. ... in MAC games only, averaged 12.2 ppg and 8.8 rpg ... tied for 12th in the league in scoring, and deadlocked for fourth in the conference in rebounds in MAC games ... also ranked among the league leaders in defensive rebounds (7.0 rpg, second), free-throw pct. (89.2%, third) and three-point FG per game (1.8, 11th) in conference play ... named the MAC S-A-O-W the maximum two times allowed, earning the honor on both Dec. 17 and Jan. 7 ... had a team-leading seven double-doubles, with all seven coming during the MAC schedule ... scored a team-high 17 points in the season opener vs. Bucknell (Nov. 14) ... had 15 points, with 10 coming in the second half, in the Falcons' win over Cincinnati (Dec. 7) ... had a career-high 22-point effort against Saint Francis (Dec. 13) ... was named the MAC Player of the Week on Dec. 15, for her performance in that SFU game ... also was named the MAC P-O-W by the College Sports Madness web site on that same day ... then, earned her first MAC S-A-O-W award of the year two days later ... made her first collegiate start in that SFU contest, and went 8-of-11 from the floor, including a 4-for-6 effort from three-point range, vs. the Red Flash ... tied her career-high totals in field goals made, three-pointers made and rebounds (six) ... also had three assists in that victory ... scored 11 points in BG's win at Bradley (Dec. 21), going 3-for-4 from the field ... all of those shots came from three-point distance ... had never pulled down more than six rebounds in her career prior to the FIU game (Dec. 30), but had nine boards in that contest ... that began a six-game stretch in which she averaged 9.7 rebounds per game ... named to the All-Tournament Team at the FIU Sun & Fun Classic ... set or tied her career rebounding high in three-straight games, with nine rebounds vs. Ball State (Jan. 3) and 12 boards at Akron (Jan. 7) ... had her first career double-double vs. the Zips, with 12 points ... in BG's next game, had 12 points, eight boards and a season-high three steals at Kent State (Jan. 10) ... also had two blocked shots vs. the Flashes ... then, had back-to-back 14-point, 10-rebound outings, vs. Northern Illinois (Jan. 14) and Eastern Michigan (Jan. 17) ... went 7-of-8 from the free-throw line in the win over NIU, and hit three three-pointers in the EMU game ... had 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in BG's win over Miami (Jan. 24), adding three assists and two steals ... had 14 points, eight caroms and three assists at NIU (Jan. 28) ... 15 points and seven boards vs. Toledo (Jan. 31) ... began the month of February with 19 points against Central Michigan at the Stroh (Feb. 4) ... went 5-for-9 from three-point land vs. the Chippewas, adding six rebounds and three assists ... scored 17 points at Ball State on Valentine's Day, including an 8-of-9 effort from the charity stripe ... had three-straight double-doubles to end the regular season, averaging 14.0 points and 13.3 rebounds in that span ... had 13 points and 12 boards, along with two blocked shots, at Ohio (Feb. 28) ... scored 12 points and pulled down 13 rebounds vs. Buffalo (March 4), then ended the regular season with 17 points and a career-best 15 rebounds against Akron ... also had three assists vs. the Zips, and her seven field goals made included three triples ... had 11 points at Western Michigan in the MAC Tournament first-round game (March 9).
2013-14
Blossomed into one of the league's top sixth players ... was the female recipient of BGSU's Junior Scholar-Athlete Award, which was announced at the athletic department's honors night banquet in April of 2014 ... the award is given to just one male and one female student-athlete each year ... earned Academic All-MAC Team honorable mention ... was named the Falcons' Most Improved Player, and was a co-recipient of the team's Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year Award for the second-straight season ... played in all 35 games off the bench, averaging 6.9 points per game ... made 41 three-point field goals, the third-highest total on the team, and shot 36.3% from beyond the arc ... was seventh in the MAC in three-point field-goal pct. ... scored in double figures 10 times ... was BG's first substitution into the game in 31 of the season's 35 contests ... in MAC games only, averaged 7.3 ppg and went 24-of-72 (33.3%) from long range ... named BGSU's Player of the Game in the Falcons' win over Monmouth at the Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge in Springfield, Mass. (Dec. 1) ... had a then career-high 15 points in the home opener vs. Niagara (Nov. 15), adding three assists to set a career best in that category as well ... had 11 points, going 3-of-4 from three-point range, in the Falcons' road win vs. Ohio State (Nov. 24) ... then, broke or tied her career scoring best in each of the next three games, and led the Falcons in scoring in all three ... had 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the Monmouth game, going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc for the second consecutive contest ... then, had 19 points against both Milwaukee (Dec. 8) and Massachusetts (Dec. 19) ... was a combined 14-of-21 from the floor in those two wins, including an 8-of-11 night vs. UWM ... set career highs in field goals made and rebounds (six) in the Milwaukee game ... was 4-of-6 from three-point land vs. UMass, capping a four-game stretch in which she averaged 16.8 ppg and shot over 71% (25-of-35) from the field ... was 11-of-18 (61.1%) from long distance in those four contests ... scored 16 points in home victories over Saint Francis (Dec. 29) and Eastern Michigan (Jan. 23), making three treys in each game ... had 14 points in the Falcons' come-from-behind win at Ohio (Jan. 30), then scored 12 points and tied her career best with six rebounds in a victory at Toledo (Feb. 2) ... was 4-of-7 from three-point land vs. the Rockets, and hit back-to-back triples in the second half to give BG the lead for good .... had 15 points in the win at Miami (March 5), playing a career-high 29 minutes.
2012-13
Saw action in 25 games off the bench ... was a co-recipient of the team's Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year Award ... an Academic All-MAC Team honorable-mention selection ... averaged 2.3 points and 1.0 rebounds per game ... made nine three-point field goals on the season ... shot 73.9% from the free-throw line, making 17-of-23 tosses ... after seeing action in six of the Falcon's 13 pre-conference games, played in all 16 MAC contests and averaged 2.9 points per outing ... hit eight three-pointers in conference action ... scored a total of five points in non-conference play, but had 20 points in the first three MAC games (6.7 ppg) ... tied for game scoring honors with a career-high 12 points in the MAC opener vs. Kent State (Jan. 10) ... drilled a career-high four three-pointers in six attempts, and also had three rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot in 23 minutes vs. the Flashes ... two games later, played a career-high 25 minutes vs. Ball State (Jan. 16), with eight points and a career-best five rebounds ... hit a pair of triples in that game ... had five points, two assists and two steals in 19 minutes at Ohio (Jan. 20) ... led the Brown and Orange with 11 points at Western Michigan (Feb. 10) ... also had two assists in 17 minutes vs. the Broncos, and went 4-for-5 from the free-throw line ... scored seven points in the Falcons' MAC Tournament win vs. KSU (March 9), hitting a three-pointer and going a perfect 4-of-4 from the free-throw line.
2011-12
Played in 17 games off the bench ... averaged 1.5 points in 5.1 minutes per game ... set career highs in a multitude of categories in the win at Kent State (Feb. 28), as the Falcons clinched the MAC's regular-season title ... had eight points in 14 minutes vs. the Golden Flashes ... hit two three-point field goals and added two assists ... was 2-for-2 from the free-throw line ... in that game, set career standards in points, assists, three-pointers made, free throws made (tied her career best) and field goals attempted (five) ... had two points in the road win over Buffalo (Jan. 15) ... made her MAC debut vs. Kent State (Jan. 4), with two rebounds and a blocked shot in four minutes of work ... played a career-high 16 minutes vs. Madonna (Dec. 21), and had four rebounds to set another career standard ... also had an assist in that game ... three points vs. Jacksonville (Dec. 11), as she hit a three-point field goal for the second consecutive game ... had five points vs. Austin Peay (Dec. 9), adding an offensive rebound and an assist ... had her first collegiate points in the win over Western Kentucky (Nov. 29) ... wound up with seven points in seven minutes, going 3-of-4 from the field and 1-of-1 from the free-throw line ... first assist came in the Evansville game (Nov. 20) ... made her collegiate debut in the Dayton game (Nov. 11) ... played three minutes off the bench, and had two steals.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned one letter at East Lansing High School (’11) for coach Rob Smith ... was named the Lansing State Journal Player of the Year as a senior ... earned three letters at Lansing Eastern under coach Al Darden before transferring to East Lansing ... scored a total of 1,534 points in her four-year career, an average of 17.6 points per game ... also averaged 9.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 3.1 steals and 1.6 blocked shots per game ... her career total of 436 free-throws made is the seventh highest in state history ... total of 150 career three-point field goals made also ranked among the top 25 in Michigan history ... scored in double figures in 76 of 87 games, and had 10 or more rebounds 44 times ... averaged 17.4 ppg as a senior, hitting a school record 84.8 percent of her free-throw attempts ... helped ELHS win a league championship and regional title in 2010-11 ... averaged 20.6 ppg as a junior at Lansing Eastern, pulling down 8.9 rebounds per game en route to Class A all-state honors ... averaged a double-double as a soph, with 19.4 ppg and 11.0 rpg ... also competed in volleyball and track in high school ... as a senior, earned all-state honors in a pair of track events ... was eighth in the state in the 800 meters, and helped the 1,600-meter relay team to a sixth-place finish ... was an all-conference selection in volleyball.
PERSONAL
Deborah Jane Hoekstra was born on May 13, 1993, in Lansing, Mich. ... an applied health science major at BGSU, with a minor in business ... finished her undergraduate career with a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA ... daughter of Richard and Karen Hoekstra ... the oldest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... sister, Renee, played collegiate tennis at the Univ. of Nebraska Kearney in 2013-14 ... mother played basketball at Hope College, where she was the third-leading scorer in school history ... both parents competed on the track team at Hope ... was inducted into the Ohio Xi Chapter of the National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma, at the BGSU Athletics Honors Night in April of 2014 ... has played AAU ball for Team Detroit and Midland Fastbreak.
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