Amanda Nisleit

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Woodbury
Hometown:
Woodbury, Minn.

Awards & Honors
NCAA Berkeley All-Region Team (2009)
Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award candidate (2009)
Chick-fil-A Community Champion (2009)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2007, 2008, 2009)
Cyclone Shoot-Out All-Tournament Team (2008)
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (F05, S06, F06, S07, F07, S08, F08)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Dean’s List (F05, S06, F06, S07, F07, S08, F08)
Cyclone Rebound Award (2009)
Cyclone Pride Award (2007)

2008-09
Named to the NCAA Berkeley Regional All-Tournament Team after averaging 17 points and 4.5 rebounds in the regional games against Michigan State and Stanford ... hit a career-high five three-pointers for 17 points and nabbed a career-high tying three steals in NCAA Elite Eight vs. No. 2 Stanford ... added 17 points and seven rebounds in NCAA Sweet Sixteen win over Michigan State ... led Cyclones with 5.4 rebounds per contest ... was ISU’s best shooter, hitting 50 percent of her field goals ... shot 43 percent (40-93) from beyond the arc ... scored a career-high 19 points in win at Texas Tech, going 4-for-5 from the floor and 2-for-2 from long range ... turned in 17 points, going 6-of-7 from the field and 3-of-4 from deep, and five rebounds in win over Missouri ... posted a double-double with 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in the win over No. 21 Oklahoma State ... collected the third double-double of her career with 14 points and 10 boards in the NCAA second-round win over Ball State ... went 6-for-6 from the field for 18 points in the win over Drake ... scored in double figures in the last five games of her career ... scored in double figures 14 times ... ended her career hitting her last 17 consecutive free throws ... named a Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award candidate and was named a Chick-fil-A Community Champion by the Big 12 Conference.

2007-08
Became a major impact player, starting 29 games while averaging 6.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game ... came up big for the Cyclones in the NCAA Championship, producing her first career double-double with 11 points and 12 boards in the first-round win over Georgia Tech ... scored 15 points in the second-round loss to No. 7 Rutgers ... led ISU with a season-high 16 points to go with seven rebounds in a home win over Colorado ... went 4-of-5 from three-point range for 12 points vs. Baylor before suffering an ankle injury to start the second half ... scored nine points and grabbed five boards in the Big 12 semifinals vs. Texas A&M ... missed the start at Missouri due to an ankle injury, but contributed 14 minutes and a key free throw in the win ... scored 14 points vs. Bowling Green ... knocked down a trio of treys for 11 points and eight rebounds in the win at No. 15 Oklahoma State ... collected 12 rebounds and scored nine points in the win over Montana State.

2006-07
Saw time in 31 contests ... hit two key field goals and finished with five points against No. 13 Texas A&M ... scored five points in the NCAA Championship (two vs. Washington, three vs. Georgia) ... had seven points, with a 3-of-3 showing from the field, and three rebounds at Kansas State ... provided a spark off the bench vs. Virginia Tech, scoring eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field and pulled down five rebounds in 12 minutes ... had six points and four rebounds in 11 minutes vs. Minnesota ... was 2-of-2 from downtown for six points in 13 minutes vs. Saint Louis.

2005-06
Earned her first collegiate start at Nebraska ... got the start against Missouri ... played in 26 games ... drained a triple against UW-Green Bay ... sank her only trey attempt against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship ... played season-best 30 minutes against Missouri, hitting a three-pointer to give ISU its first lead of the game ... sank her first collegiate three-pointer at Kansas en route to a season-best five points ... sank her only field goal and a free throw at Texas, adding one rebound and two assists in 17 minutes ... had five rebounds and two assists vs. Nicholls ... pulled down four rebounds vs. UC Riverside ... had four rebounds and a steal against Akron ... recorded three rebounds, two points and one assist in 15 minutes at the Junkanoo Jam.

High School
Four-year letterwinner ... one of five finalists for Miss Minnesota Basketball ... McDonald’s All-America nominee ... four-time all-state performer ... earned all-Suburban East Conference honors all four years ... led the Royals to four league championships and three sectional titles ... compiled a 105-12 record in her four years, making three state tournament appearances and winning the 2003 championship her sophomore season with an undefeated 29-0 mark ... voted to the all-state tournament squad three times ... two-time team captain ... 2002-03 preseason conference player of the year pick by MinnesotaPreps.com, which also ranked her as the top junior in the state ... closed out her high school career as the Royals’ career record holder in rebounds (821), ranked second in career scoring (1,713) and topped the season charts in scoring, free throws attempted and free throws made ... averaged double-digit scoring her entire career ... averaged 17.6 points and 8.4 rebounds as a senior ... named MVP of the state Senior All-Star Game for Class 4A ... selected to the Timberwolf Ten, 20 Minnesota preps (10 girls, 10 boys) that excel on the court and in the community ... finalist for the St. Paul Lion’s Club athlete of the year award ... played for the Minnesota Stars AAU team, earning 17U MVP honors at the 2004 Minnesota AAU Awards ... coached by Dave Preller ... three-time all-conference and two-time all-state middle hitter on the Royal volleyball team ... member of the German Club ... academic all-state honoree ... voted to the student council.

Personal
Will graduate with a degree in elementary education after student teaching in the fall ... full name is Amanda Jane Nisleit ... born May 17, 1987, in Milwaukee, Wis. ... parents are Charlotte and Rick Nisleit ... has two sisters (Sarah and Carly) ... her grandmother and her uncle attended ISU ... finalist in a national “Got Milk?” essay contest sponsored by the NBA/WNBA, winning money for her high school, free NBA tickets and her photo in a milk mustache ad ... earned ISU’s Academic Recognition Award, an academic scholarship for out-of-state students.