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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball head coach Nancy Winstel announced Wednesday that she has signed Xenia High School standout Kendra Caldwell to a national letter of intent. Caldwell, a 6-foot post player, averaged identical numbers of 6.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as a senior for Xenia. She blocked 94 shots during her career for the Lady Buccaneers and earned honorable mention All-Greater Western Ohio Conference accolades as a senior. “Kendra is a very strong inside player whose best basketball is ahead of her, and we are really happy she has chosen to attend Northern Kentucky University,” Winstel said. “She is a talented young lady, and we think she is going to help us.” Caldwell was a four-year varsity player for Xenia, which was 57-29 during her career. Xenia finished with winning records in all four of Caldwell's years on the team. Caldwell scored 484 career points and grabbed 419 rebounds. Defensively, she made her presence felt with 85 career steals. She also dished out 64 assists during her four-year career. Caldwell will join an NKU program that posted a 21-8 record this past season. The Norse advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the eighth time in the past nine years. NKU will return three starters - post players Angela Healy and Cassie Brannen, along with guard Nicole Chiodi - in 2007-08. The Norse must replace five seniors from this season’s team, including All-Great Lakes Valley Conference standout Brittany Winner and 1,000-point career scorers Karyn Creager and Karmen Graham. Caldwell joins Cincinnati prep star Diondra Holliday of Clark Montessori as NKU signees for next season. Holliday, who signed with NKU during the fall, is a 5-foot-5 point guard who averaged 16.8 ppg this season at Clark Montessori.
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