| Kristina Rukstelyte |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Kaunas, Lithuania
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| High School:
Menual (New Mexico)
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| Height:
6-4
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| Position:
Center
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| Experience:
3V
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OREGON STATE
Junior (2001-02): Kristina Rukstelyte saw action in all 32 games…showed much improvement over the course of the year…pulled down five rebounds and matched career-high with two assists at Stanford (1/10)…scored six points and grabbed six rebounds at California (1/12)…had a career-night with 10 points and nine rebounds, including six offensive boards against UC Santa Barbara (1/16)…buried 4-of-6 field goals en route to nine points and corralled five rebounds at Arizona (1/31)…scored a career-high 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting in 16 minutes of action against Oregon (2/16)…canned 25-of-36 free throws for 69-percent, fourth best on the squad…totaled 77 points and 71 rebounds.
Sophomore (2000-01): Kristina played in 10 games, prior to tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in practice (1/8) following the Pac-10 opener against Oregon…reinjured the same knee she tore her ACL in during summer workouts following her freshman season (5/11)...missed the first game of the season against Portland State while still recovering from off-season knee surgery…buried 9-of-20 field goal attempts for 24 points…scored four points on four occasions, most recently against New Mexico (12/28)…matched her career-high with one blocked shot against Boise State (12/31)…made 6-of-8 free throws…underwent knee surgery on Feb. 15.
Freshman (1999-00): Kristina began her Oregon State career as the youngest player on the squad at 17 years old...played in 24 games...a concussion forced her to miss the Stanford game (1/13)...scored 5 points and collected 2 rebounds in 15 minutes of action in the Arizona State (2/4) and Arizona (2/6) series...had her most productive career game with 7 points vs. Washington (1/22) in 15 minutes of action...played a total of 156 minutes, scored 34 points (1.4 average) and pulled down 26 rebounds (1.1 average)...played solid defense and was strong on the boards...produced 2 blocked shots, 5 steals and 4 assists...had rebound highs of 3 vs. Wichita State (12/10), Colorado State (12/21) and Washington (1/22).
HIGH SCHOOL
MENAUL BOARDING SCHOOL, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Kristina played one year of high school basketball in the United States, playing the 1998-99 season at Menaul Boarding School in Albuquerque, New Mexico...earned first team all-state and first team all-district honors her senior year...served as team captain...earned all-tournament honors at the state tournament in Santa Fe, New Mexico and all-tournament accolades at the Bean Valley Tournament...named Player of the Year at Menaul High School.
PERSONAL
Born in Kaunas, Lithuania...daughter of Robertas and Halina Ruksteliai...father is a construction supervisor and mother is a business manager...is in the College of Liberal Arts and is a graphic designs major at Oregon State...graduated from high school with a 3.54 GPA...enjoys fishing, basketball and arts...favorite athlete is Arvydas Sabonis...biggest athletic thrill was playing for Lithuania in the Junior Olympics in Moscow in July, 1998 against the USA team, and going to OSU to taste a very different basketball level....selected OSU because, “I liked the coaches, campus and team members.”
