Deanna Kuzmanic

Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mount Prospect, Ill.
High School:
Wheeling

2018-19 (Senior)
- Named Second Team All-Conference USA after being a Preseason All-Conference Selection
- Member of the Conference USA All-Academic Team, garnering the honor for the third consecutive season, becoming just the second Blazer all-time to earn the award three straight years
- Named the MVP of the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn Classic after guiding UAB to the tournament title with a season-high 31 points
- One of four players to start all 33 games
- Twice named the Conference USA Player of the Week
- First award (Dec. 24) came after the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn Classic and the second coming (Feb. 18) after averaging 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in pair of victories over Marshall (Feb. 14) and WKU (Feb. 16)
- Ranked third on the team in scoring (12.7)
- Finished her career with 1,536 points, the 11th most in program history
- Also polished off her four-year career with 252 made buckets from beyond the arc, the third most in program history
- Recorded her first career double doubles
- The first was against McNeese State (Dec. 8) (10 pts/11 asts) and the second was at Louisiana Tech (March 7) (21 pts/10 asts)
- Led UAB in assists 12 times, on the boards 11 times and in scoring five times
- Dished out 145 assists, the second most behind Barnes in Conference USA and finished third in the league in assists per game with 4.4
- Reeled in a career high 14 rebounds in UAB’s second round victory over Charlotte in the Conference USA Tournament
- Registered five games with at least 20 points or more, including 22 in the first round of the WNIT against Troy (March 21)
- Helped UAB to setting the program record for 3-pointers in a season (291), 3-point field goals attempted (811), the third best field goal percentage from long range (35.9 percent) and fifth best free throw percentage (72.0 percent)
- Named to the CoSIDA All-District 4 Academic Team, becoming the first UAB player to garner the award twice
- Tabbed a Senior CLASS Award Finalist, representing C-USA on the 30-person roster
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and earned the league’s Academic Medal

2017-18 (Junior)
- Started in all 34 games, bringing her consecutive start total to 95
- Named to the Conference USA All-Conference First Team
- Claimed a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team, one of four players in program history to earn a berth on the All-Academic team and one of three to earn it twice
- Named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 4 team, the second Blazer in program history to claim that feat
- Helped guide the team to 27 total wins and 13 wins in C-USA play, both program records
- Helped win the program’s first-ever C-USA Regular Season Championship
- Member of the first UAB squad to play in the postseason since 2010-11
- Helped the Blazers to a 60-50 win over Chattanooga in the first round of the WNIT, the team’s first postseason victory since winning the WBI title game, 68-60, over Cal
State Bakersfield on March 27, 2011 and its first win in the WNIT since an 81-77 decision
over Davidson on March 15, 2007
- Became the 28^th member of UAB’s 1,000-point club with her career-high 35-point outing against Louisiana Tech on 02/24/18
- Finished the season with 472 points, bringing her career total up to 1,116, the 23^rd-most in program history
- Helped set the school record for most assists in a singles season (590) and assist/turnover ratio (1.4) by finishing the year individually with 128 assists and a 2.2 assist/turnover ratio
- Aided in the Blazers finishing the year ranked 15^th in the NCAA in assists per game (17.3) and ninth in assist/turnover ratio (1.4)
- Ranked sixth in assists (3.8) and second in assist/turnover ratio (2.2) in C-USA
- Shot 38.9 percent from long range (63-for-162), the third-best on the team
- Part of the UAB team that set the program record for 3-point field goal percentage (37.6) and set the school record for made 3-point field goals (267) after pouring in 63 on the year
- Currently ranked fourth on the all-time list for career made 3-pointers with 195
- During her record-setting performance against Louisiana Tech where she scored 35 points, she buried a career-best 10 field goals and seven triples
- Finished the season with a team-high 13.9 points per game in a team-best 1,127 minutes played
- Her 472 total points helped the Blazers tally 2,431 points on the year, the fourth most in school history
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Also earned the Commissioner’s Academic Medal

2016-17 (Sophomore)
- Conference USA All-Academic Team – just the fourth in program history and the third player to garner the award under Norton’s tenure
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Academic Medal
- C-USA Spirit of Service award winner
- Ranks 10th in UAB career records with 133 3-pointers made in her career, including 59 in 2016-17
- One of two players on the team to start all 30 games
- Averaged 9.0 points in a team-high 34.1 minutes per game
- Was a perfect 6-of-6 from long range against South Alabama becoming the fourth player in UAB history to shoot 100 percent from three (min. four attempts)
- Tied a school record for 3-pointers hit (six)
- Netted double-figures in 13 games including seven non-conference games
- Reeled in four or more rebounds in 14 games
- Led the team in points six times and on the boards five
- Dished out five or more assists in four games, a team-high
- Connected on at least two 3-pointers in 15 games
- Became the fourth player in program history to be named to the All-Academic Team
- Averaged a team-best 35.1 minutes per game in conference action
- Was a part of the UAB team that set the program record for 3-point field goal percentage (37.3) and finished second in school history in made 3-point field goals (218)
- Helped set the conference record for made 3-pointers in league action (187) in Conference USA history

2015-16 (Freshman)
- One of five student-athletes named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team, the eighth Blazer to earn the award
- Drained 2.4 treys per contest, the 66th most in the NCAA, the 10th most among the nation’s freshmen
- Sunk 74 triples on the season, the sixth most in a single season in UAB history
- Averaged 12.0 points per contest, the second most on the team and by any freshman in the league
- Named the Conference USA’s Freshman of the Week on Dec. 28
- Paced the Blazers’ offense 11 times, including a career-best 20 points twice (at South Alabama, 12/13 and Charlotte, 1/16)
- Led all C-USA freshmen in treys per game (2.4)
- Made the third-most 3-pointers in the conference (74)
- One of five players to see action in all 31 contests, one of two players to earn a start in every game
- Scored in double figures 22 times; Scored the second-most points (373) for UAB
- Shot 34.9 percent from long range, the 12^th best in the C-USA and the second-best among the league’s freshmen
- Earned a spot on the the Conference USA Academic Medal and Commissioner’s Honor Roll

High School
- Played all four years at Wheeling High School in Wheeling, Ill.
- Two-time all-conference and all-area selection
- Surpassed the 1,000-point milestone for her high school career during junior season
- Earned a spot on the Illinois Basketball Coaches Associates 2013 Girls All-State Fourth Team
- Three-time all-state selection
- Helped Wheeling make it to a Stevenson supersectional of the Illinois State Championship as a freshman
- Played AAU for the Illinois Hustle under Derril Kipp and Reggie Dawson

Personal
Born on Sept. 11, 1996...Daughter of Bob and Teresa Kuzmanic...Has one brother, Tony, and two sisters, Stephanie and Kellie...Majoring in Mathematics with a minor in STEM Education.