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  • Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

    http://www.yankton.net/stories/05110...50511022.shtml


    Cornemann Commits To SDSU
    Yankton Standout To Play Basketball For Jackrabbits


    By: BY JAMES D. CIMBUREK
    james.cimburek@yankton.net




    Yankton forward Ketty Cornemann has verbally committed to attend South Dakota State and play basketball for the Jackrabbits.



    Ketty Cornemann may not know what her senior year will hold, but she knows where she will go in the fall of 2006.
    Cornemann, the team Most Valuable Player for the Yankton Gazelles in 2004-05, has announced her intentions to attend South Dakota State University in the fall of 2006 and play women's basketball for the NCAA Division I women's basketball program, the junior announced Tuesday.

    The coaching staff and family were major factors in the decision, she noted.

    "South Dakota State was one of the first to contact me to play basketball," Cornemann said. "Both of my parents went to South Dakota State. It's also close to home, which is good because I have a lot of little siblings."

    Cornemann got to know SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston and the Jackrabbit coaching staff through attending basketball camps in Brookings.

    "I went to their camps, and I like all their coaches," she said. "I fell I'll fit in with them, with how they play."

    Yankton head girls' basketball coach Doug Pesicka thinks that getting this big decision out of the way will help Cornemann focus on her senior year.

    "The stress of making a college decision is behind her," he noted. "The only thing she has to play for this season is the Yankton Gazelles. Sometimes it's beneficial to make that decision early."

    Cornemann agreed.

    "I've received a lot of mail from colleges, and that will stop now," she said. "It will take a lot of pressure off."

    Pesicka feels the Jackrabbits will be a good fit for Cornemann, who will become the first Gazelle since Jenni Larsen in the mid-1990s to play at the NCAA Division I level.

    "If you look at Ketty's skills and the type of players they recruit, I think it will be a great fit for Ketty," Pesicka noted. "We are very proud of what Ketty has accomplished in the past three years."

    As a junior, Cornemann was a first-team All-State selection in leading Yankton to a fourth place finish in the S.D. State Class AA Girls' Basketball Tournament. She averaged a 4.8 rebounds and a team-high 11.2 points per game.

    The junior also proved she had an outside shot, hitting seven of 11 three-point attempts to rank third on the team in made three-pointers.

    While the Yankton girls' basketball program has produced a number of players that have gone on to excel at the collegiate level, that is not the goal of the program, noted Pesicka.

    "In our program, we try to make them the best high school players they can be," he said. "If they adhere to what we're trying to teach them, those skills will also give them the opportunity to go on to play in college."

    Cornemann will join a South Dakota State program that will have two years of Division I experience under their belts by the time Cornemann hits campus. This past year, the Jackrabbits had a solid showing in their first season in NCAA Division I, beating several more established programs and pushing teams like eastern power Rutgers to their limits.

    "The SDSU women have one of the better programs in the region," Pesicka noted. "Are they Connecticut or Tennessee? No, but they will be competitive at the Division I level and, with signees like Ketty, they'll be even better."

    Cornemann will enter her senior season ranked among the top Gazelles players of all-time in both scoring and rebounding. Her 481 points rank her 21st all-time, while her 277 rebounds place her 19th all-time.



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    Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

    Has anyone seen Ketty play? Seems like there are a lot of good women players in the upcoming junior and senior classes in South Dakota.

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    • #3
      Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

      Now that Ketty has committed as a senior to be I wonder if the Jacks have interest in Nicole Helsper of Brookings?

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        Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

        Originally posted by JACKGUYII
        Has anyone seen Ketty play? Seems like there are a lot of good women players in the upcoming junior and senior classes in South Dakota.

        I watched the Yankton girls play Roosevelt in the State Tournament semi final game on TV. I thought Cornemann was the best player on the floor. She will be a great addition to an already loaded team next year. Go Jacks!

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        • #5
          Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

          Originally posted by JBNJBQ


          I watched the Yankton girls play Roosevelt in the State Tournament semi final game on TV.  I thought Cornemann was the best player on the floor.  She will be a great addition to an already loaded team next year.  Go Jacks!
          You mean in two years.
          "I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee." - Joe D.

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          • #6
            Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

            Am I correct in thinking this fine young lady's father was an excellent wrestler at SDSU a few years back?  Seems like he Mr. Corneman was quoted by the Yankton paper about the move to D1 and the father was very supportive in his comments which were contrary to the Yankton-Vermillion mood at the time.  I want to say that the article appear shortly after Dr. Oien spoke to the Yankton QB Club.

            As I recall, the article pointed out that Mr. Corneman had a successful wrestling career at SDSU. It was after I left in 1965, so the name was not familiar to me but it has to be very familar to someone on this board.  

            This article about the verbal committement mentions the parents  being SDSU grads.

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            • #7
              Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

              Ketty's dad was a wrestler at State and won a DII national championship in the 80's. I saw her play several times last year. She is very strong and athletic. She will be a great addition for the Jacks. One slight correction to the article is that she averaged 13 pts. and 6.5 rbs.

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              • #8
                Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

                Welcome to the board YanktonJack. Thanks for posting.

                Go State! ;D

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                • #9
                  Re: Yankton's Ketty Cornemann commits to SDSU

                  Originally posted by jackrabbit1979

                  You mean in two years.

                  I meant next year, not this year. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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