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2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

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Mark Honbo

5 Nina Bessolo

5 Nina Bessolo

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    Forward
  • Major:
    American Studies
  • Hometown:
    Hayward, Calif.
  • High School:
    Castro Valley HS '16

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
• 2019-20 Preseason All-Big West Conference selection
• 2019 All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention selection
• 2017 Big West Conference All-Freshman Team


2019-20: Appeared in 18 of the team’s 29 games after missing 11 contests due to injury… Started four games on the year, averaging 18.3 minutes per contest for the season… Ranked third on the team in scoring at 8.9 ppg, grabbing 2.3 rpg… Shot .395 from the field and .327 from beyond the arc, ranking tied for third on the team with 35 three-pointers made… Scored in double figures in seven games, including her second career 20-point contest with 20 points and a season-high six rebounds in 23 minutes against William Jessup (1/1)… Also finished with a season-high four steals and drained five three-pointers against the Warriors... Added four makes from beyond the arc at Minnesota (12/15) en route to a 17-point night against the Golden Gophers… Ended her career among a group of only five players to be a part of four straight conference titles in school history (Nicole Dubriel, Elizabeth Doud, Karyn Castro, Sophia Song).

2018-19: Appeared in all 32 games, averaging a career-high 9.0 ppg and 3.9 rpg, shooting just over 40 percent overall and 35 percent from beyond the arc... Ranked second on the team in scoring in just 20.3 mpg and second on the team with 96 field goals made... Finished in double figures 16 times this season, including 11 points and six rebounds at Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament... Scored a career-high 21 points at Sacramento State for her first career 20-point scoring performance... Set a career high with nine rebounds against Dominican on Dec. 29... Hit four three-pointers in a game six times this season... Her 56 three-pointers made ranked tied for ninth on the school's Division I single-season list and were tied for first on the team along with Kourtney Eaton... Scored in double figures in five of her first six games on the year... Finished with a season-high seven field goals made in the win over Sacramento State... Stood third on the team with 11 blocks.

2017-18: Appeared in all 35 games off the bench... Averaged 5.7 ppg and 2.5 rpg in better than 13 minutes per game... Shot .456 from the floor, .409 from three-point range, and .771 at the line... Ranked sixth in the Big West Conference in three-point percentage -- a mark that ranks ninth on the single-season list and seventh in the program's Division I history... Finished in double figures five times, including a season-high 16 points in 22 minutes at UC Riverside on March 3... Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds at home against Hawai'i on Jan. 6... Her .456 field goal percentage ranked third on the team... Also added 13 points twice against Southern Utah (Nov. 24) and Long Beach State (Feb. 15).

2016-17: Appeared in 32 of the team's 33 contests off the bench... Became the seventh different Aggie to be named to the all-freshman squad... Averaged 4.3 ppg and 2.5 rpg while shooting just under 39 percent overall and 32 percent from beyond the arc... Finished in double figures four times, including a career-high 16-point, eight-rebound effort against Holy Names on Nov. 13, hitting 6-of-9 from the field -- including four three-pointers... Her nine blocks ranked third on the team... Scored her first career points with a three-pointer against Portland in the season-opener on Nov. 11.

CASTRO VALLEY HS '16
Transferred to Castro Valley HS prior to the start of her senior year after playing her first three prep seasons at Valley Christian HS in Dublin, California… Averaged 17.8 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.0 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game, as a senior… Helped lead the Trojans to the CIF North Coast Section Division I title as a senior, finishing with 16 points, 16 rebounds, and seven blocks, in the championship game win over Heritage HS… Reached the CIF Northern California Regional championship game before falling to St. Francis HS… MaxPreps California All-State Team honorable mention selection as a senior, she also earned All-Metro first team honors from the San Francisco Chronicle and All-East Bay honors from the Contra Costa Times… Prior to that, was a three-year letter winner averaged 16.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game as a junior for the Vikings, helping her team to a 31-4 overall record, a CIF North Coast Section Division V title, and a trip to the Northern California Regional semifinals… Three-time Bay Counties League East first team selection, including league MVP honors as a junior… CalHi Sports All-State Division 5 selection, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro League Fourth Team, and Contra Costa Times All-East Bay Second Team choice, in 2014… Averaged 13.8 points and 10.3 rebounds as a sophomore… Also ran track as a freshman and sophomore.

PERSONAL
Parents are Jim and Nicole… Father played basketball and mother ran track at Lewis and Clark College… Has three siblings: James, Micah, and Daniel… All three brothers played basketball, while the latter two also ran track… Her grandfather and uncle each played football at Washington State, while another uncle played basketball at Columbia… Played AAU for the Cal Stars, helping her team to the Nike EYBL National Championship… Prior to that, competed for the AAU Palo Alto Midnight from 2012-14… Girl Scouts Silver Award winner.
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2016-17Freshman

    F
    5'11"
    5
  • 5

    2017-18Sophomore

    Forward
    5'11"
    5
  • 5

    2018-19Junior

    Forward
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2019-20Senior

    Forward
    6'0"
    5