Jill Furstenburg
Jill Furstenburg

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Whitehouse Station, N.J.

High School:
Hunterdon Central Regional

Height:
5-10

Position:
Guard/Forward

Birthdate:
11/04/1984

AS A FRESHMAN: One of four Friar team members to play all 27 games...Appeared in the starting line up 26 times...Led the team in minutes played as a freshman (889, 32.9 minutes per game)...Finished fourth on the team in scoring (7.4 ppg)...Also averaged 2.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.78 steals per game...Finished fourth on the team in field goal percentage (.408, 82-201) and first in three-point field goal percentage (.455, 15-33)...One of three Friars to shoot 80-percent or better from the free-throw line (.808, 21-26)...Led the team in scoring in a single game twice, including a career-high performance of 16 points against Syracuse on January 17, 2004...Posted a season-high six rebounds versus top-ranked Connecticut on February 25, 2004...Dished out a season-high eight assists in her collegiate debut against Furman on November 22, 2003...Registered double-digits in scoring 10 times, including the first three games of her career.

AT HUNTERDON CENTRAL: Two-sport athlete at Hunterdon Central Regional High School (N.J.) in basketball and soccer...Earned four varsity letters in each sport and was selected captain of the basketball team as a senior...All-time leading scorer for girls' and boys' at Hunterdon Central with 1,433 career points...Set single-season girls' scoring record with 515 points as a senior...Express Times Player of the Year (2003)...Associated Press Third-Team All-State selection (2003)...Three-time, First-Team All-Conference, All-County, All-Area and All-West Jersey selection (2001, 2002, 2003)...Three-time team Most Valuable Player (2001, 2002, 2003)...Earned Best All-Around Athlete recognition at Hunterdon Central...Led team to the County and Hunterdon/Warren Championship in 2001.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Roger and Nancy Furstenburg...Born November 4, 1984...Has two brothers, Matthew and Michael, and one sister, Allison...Planned major of study is undecided.

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