Cassandra Hager-Smith (born January 17, 1984) is an American former
college
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basketball
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player. She is the only player in the history of the
University of Northern Iowa
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to record than 1,000 career points and 1,000
rebounds
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.
Career
Cassandra Hager was born on January 17, 1984, in
Perry, Iowa
Perry is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States, along the North Raccoon River. The population was 7,836 at the time of the 2020 Census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Formerly a major rail ...
, to Daniel Hager and Michelle Hager. Her Siblings are Katrina and Caley.
Perry High School
Hager says she didn't start playing basketball until she was in 5th grade.
She attended high school in Perry, Iowa, where she was named first team all-state in her junior and senior years and twice earned Des Moines Sunday Register first-team all-state honors. In her last two seasons she averaged more than 20 points a game.
In Hager's senior year, Perry won the state Class 3-A championship. She graduated in 2002.
College highlights
In her senior year, Hager was the second leading shot-blocker in Division I, averaging 4.3 blocks per game.
* Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2006)
* All-MVC First Team (2006,2005)
* MVC All-Defensive Team (2005)
* MVC All-Tournament Team (2006,2005)
* All-time MVC career leader
* Only player in UNI history to record 1,000 career points and rebounds
Northern Iowa statistics
Source
References
External links
Northern University Iowa
Centers (basketball)
1984 births
American women's basketball players
Living people
People from Perry, Iowa
21st-century American women
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