#23 Kelli Rice Position: G Hometown: Lowell, OR Height: 5-9 Previous School: Thurston HS Year: Freshman Date of Birth: Mar. 19, 1993

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Thurston High School in Springfield her final two years after attended Lowell High her first two seasons…earned four letters in basketball and also played on the volleyball team at Lowell as a freshman…earned first-team all-Midwestern League honors as a junior in basketball when the school was at the 5A level…team jumped to the Midwestern Hybrid League in the 6A classification her senior year where she earned second-team all-league honors…helped her team win the league title her junior year and won the Team Leadership Award both seasons at Thurston…had a solid freshman year at Lowell when the team finished third in the 1A state basketball tournament…she earned second-team all-Mountain West League honors that season and helped the team to the league title…her volleyball team also finished fifth at State her freshman year…played tennis for one season.

PERSONAL: Born March 19, 1993 in Eugene to Jim and Trina Rice….has one brother, Greg Ralston, and one sister, Reba Rice…hobbies include fishing, camping, tennis, and bike riding…Is majoring in Radiology…played for the Oregon Elite Basketball Club.