Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus UW-Oshkosh (Ex.) on October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Women's Basketball
UW-Oshkosh (Ex.)
Iowa State University Athletics
2002-03 Basketball (W) Roster
Beenken, Kandice
Jersey Number 30
Kandice Beenken
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Woden-Crystal Lake Titonka
- Hometown:
- Titonka, Iowa
Bio
Awards & Honors
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S03, F03, S04, F04, S05)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (2004, 2005)
Academic All Big-12 First Team (2006)
Senior (2005-06)
Academic all-Big 12 First Team ... played in 18 games ... recorded four rebounds in nine minutes against Nicholls, as well as a free throw ... against Akron, she had two points and an assist in seven minutes of play ... contributed two points, and one rebound in 13 minutes at Texas ... pulled in one rebound at Missouri ... started at home against Colorado.
Junior (2004-05)
Saw action in 10 games ... had one rebound in two minutes against Oklahoma State ... posted three points in three minutes against Colorado ... scored her first points of the season, hitting her only shot at Kansas, while grabbing one rebound in two minutes of play ... had two rebounds in four minutes vs. Eastern Illinois ... had one board against Murray State ... pulled down one rebound in two minutes against Cleveland State ... played four minutes vs. Northern Colorado and three minutes vs. IPFW.
Sophomore (2003-04)
Played in seven games ... scored a career-high six points in nine minutes, adding two rebounds vs. Texas Southern ... had four points in five minutes vs. Long Island ... had two boards in four minutes at Drake.
Freshman (2002-03)
Walked-on to the team ... saw action in four games ... shot perfectly from the charity stripe for the season, sinking all four shots ... had two points and two rebounds in a season-high four minutes against Colgate ... saw action against top-ranked Duke, pulling down one rebound ... collected two points and one rebound at Kansas.
High School
Earned Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) second-team all-state honors ... first-team all-North Star Conference pick as a senior, averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game ... second-team all-league selection her sophomore and junior seasons ... finished career holding the school records for points and rebounds, season points (323), steals (71) and blocks (45) and single-game points (33), rebounds (19) and blocks (9) ... played on Bud McCrea's Iowa All-Star squad that traveled to Ireland ... coached by Brandon Smith ... played on the 2001 AAU state championship squad ... a two-time honorable mention all-conference volleyball selection ... chosen for the Globe Gazette Star Class (female athlete/science) ... National Honor Society ... class valedictorian, secretary and treasurer ... chosen for WOI-TV Best of the Class recognition ... named to Algona Publishing's 2002 academic all-star team ... state qualifier in speech ... member of Teens Against Tobacco Use.
Earned a full academic scholarship (Lester and Lela Prewitt Scholarship) ... hometown of Titonka has a population of 612 ... pre-medicine and health fitness management major ... full name is Kandice Renee Beenken ... born Aug. 26, 1983, in Mason City, Iowa ... parents are Cindy and David Beenken ... father was an honorable mention all-junior college football player at NIACC ... has one brother (Shane), an Iowa State graduate ... Dean's List ... historian of ISU's Golden Key National Honor Society ... she is EMT-B certified.
Audi Crooks 7_15_25 interview
Tuesday, July 15
Bill Fennelly 7_15_25 interview
Tuesday, July 15
Inside Iowa State WBB
Friday, June 06
WBB Post-Game Press Conference vs. Michigan
Friday, March 21
