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'''Jacqui Kalin''' ({{Langx|he|ג'קי קיילין}}; born January 27, 1989) is an [[American-Israeli]] former college and professional basketball 5-foot-8 [[point guard]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/basketball/kalin-excited-about-next-chapter/article_4f044897-3107-591d-8579-fd691b414a94.html|title=Kalin excited about next chapter|author=Barry Poe|website=Sioux City Journal|date=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/columnists/bryce-miller/2014/07/26/middle-east-conflict-israel-palestine-bryce-miller-northern-iowa-jacqui-kalin-basketball/13217489/|title=Former UNI star Jacqui Kalin talks fear, hope, peace in Mideast|date=July 26, 2014|first=Bryce|last=Miller|website=Des Moines Register}}</ref> In college at the [[University of Northern Iowa]], she set the [[free throw percentage]] [[NCAA Division I]] career record, and was twice named the [[Missouri Valley Conference]] Player of the Year. She played two years of professional basketball in Israel, and played for the [[Israel women's national basketball team]].
==Early and personal life== Kalin was born in [[Sioux City, Iowa]], to Bruce and Linda Kalin, and is Jewish.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://unipanthers.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/jacqui-kalin/1139|title=Jacqui Kalin - 2012-13 - Women's Basketball|website=UNI Athletics}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/columnists/hersom/hersom-kalin-to-play-professional-basketball-in-israel/article_c4b0a6db-e632-5e7e-925f-dc1e748151fe.html|title= Kalin to play professional basketball in Israel|date=August 29, 2014|author=Terry Hersom |website=Sioux City Journal}}</ref> She has two brothers, Michael and J.B., and a sister, Jenna.<ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto"/> She and wife, Sarah Kalin, reside in Siren, Wisconsin where they also own and operate their brick and mortar coffee shop, Crosshatch Coffee Co.
==High school== She attended [[North High School (Sioux City, Iowa)|North High School]].<ref name="auto7"/> Kalin was [[valedictorian]] of her high school class.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/local/uni-womens-basketball-kalin-a-student-of-game/article_564c7d00-fb40-523f-9df8-c41a2f9fe0b1.html|title=UNI women's basketball: Kalin a student of game|author=Matt Sulentic|date=January 2, 2008|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}}</ref> In 2007 she was named Academic All-State by the Iowa Girls' Coaches Association (IGCA).<ref name="auto7"/>
Kalin played for the school basketball team for four years, leading it to a [[Iowa High School Athletic Association#Basketball|Class 4A Iowa State Championship]] in 2007, after which she was named to the 4A all-tournament team.<ref name="auto7"/> As a junior she was second team All State, and as a senior she was first team All State.<ref name="auto7"/>
In 2007 Kalin was named the ''[[Sioux City Journal]]'' Metro Female Athlete of the Year.<ref name="auto7"/> In her high school career she scored 1,143 points (third on North's career scoring list). As a senior she averaged 15.5 points, 5.4 [[assist (basketball)|assist]]s, 3.9 [[rebound (basketball)|rebound]]s, and 3.4 steals per game.<ref name="auto7"/> She holds the school records for assists in a season (146) and career (324), and for [[free throw]]s in a career (245).<ref name="auto7"/> She was named MVP of the 2007 Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Goalsetter All Star Game.<ref name="auto7"/> She was named all-conference as a sophomore, junior, and senior.<ref name="auto7"/>
Kalin played for the high school soccer team for five years, [[cross country running|cross country]] one year, and track four years.<ref name="auto7"/> She was named all-state in 2006 for the [[400-meter hurdles]], and holds the school and city record in the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.60).<ref name="auto7"/>
==College== Kalin attended the [[University of Northern Iowa]] (UNI).<ref name="auto2"/>
In her freshman year in 2007-08, playing for the [[UNI Panthers]], Kalin led the [[Missouri Valley Conference]] (MVC) with an .899 [[free throw percentage]] (a school record, and the sixth-highest by any freshman in [[NCAA Division I]] history), and was named MVC Freshman of the Year and second team All-MVC.<ref name="auto8">{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2019/D1.pdf|title=''DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS''|website=NCAA.org}}</ref><ref>[https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1357&context=amg ''2008-09 University of Northern Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide Guide,''] University of Northern Iowa.</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/womens_basketball/unis-kalin-named-to-jewish-sports-reviews-all-america-team/article_8aced604-80f0-11e0-ab2a-001cc4c03286.html|title=UNI's Kalin named to Jewish Sports Review's All-America team|date=May 17, 2011|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}}</ref><ref name="auto7"/> She suffered a left ankle injury, and was out for most of 2008-09.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/kalin-redshirting-wont-be-along-for-uni-usd-game/article_76b694ea-7b50-57b1-b542-4b78a8edcb94.html|title=Kalin redshirting, won't be along for UNI-USD game|date=February 5, 2009|first=Bret|last=Hayworth|website=Sioux City Journal}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/womens_basketball/uni-women-lose-kalin-for-season/article_d84c9190-ea64-11e0-9f24-001cc4c002e0.html|title=UNI women lose Kalin for season|date=September 29, 2011|author=Nick Petaros|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}}</ref><ref name="auto7"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/columnists/hersom/hersom-kalin-uni-chasing-first-league-title/article_445fb00d-5407-5723-b888-9250fbf08858.html|title= Kalin, UNI chasing first league title|website=Sioux City Journal|date=February 4, 2011}}</ref> In 2009-10 she led the MVC with 89.7 percent free-throw shooting and was named first-team All-MVC and named to MVC Scholar-Athlete first team.<ref name="auto7"/>
In 2010-11 Kalin shot 91.0% from the free-throw line (ranking fourth nationally) and had the nation's fifth-best assist-to-[[turnover (basketball)|turnover]] ratio (2.51).<ref name="auto4"/> She was named the [[Jackie Stiles]] MVC Player of the Year, first-team All-MVC, MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, second-team [[College Sports Information Directors of America]] (CoSIDA) Academic All-America, ''[[Jewish Sports Review]]'' 2010-11 college basketball All-American, and the Most Outstanding Player in the [[Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament]].<ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto4"/> She suffered a [[torn ACL|torn right ACL]] while making a reverse [[layup]] in a pick-up game in September 2011, and redshirted in 2011-12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/basketball/college/knee-surgery-leaves-kalin-hoops-future-up-in-air/article_94fc2913-64f7-5f20-b90e-c37ad0b73957.html|title=Knee surgery leaves Kalin hoops future up in air|date=September 29, 2011|author=Terry Hersom |website=Sioux City Journal}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/high-school/winter2012/science-easing-pain-of-ligament-damage-knee-surgery-no-longer-means-end-of-basketball-careers/article_f6cdf08e-3278-11e2-8836-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Science easing pain of ligament damage: Knee surgery no longer means end of basketball careers|date=November 25, 2012|author=Carson Tigges|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}}</ref><ref name="auto7"/>
In 2012-13 she led the league in scoring (19.5 ppg; a school record), had the fourth-highest season free throw percentage in NCAA Division I history-and the highest of any senior (95.5%), and was named the 2013 Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year, the 2013 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (becoming the first player to win both distinctions twice in a career), the 2013 Marty Glickman Outstanding Female Jewish Scholar Athlete of the Year by the [[National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]], ''Jewish Sports Review'' First Team All-American, MVC All-Conference first team, CoSIDA Academic All-America first team, and CoSIDA Academic All-District team.<ref name="auto8"/><ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto9">{{Cite book|url=https://issuu.com/uniathletics4/docs/2015_wbb_guide_f482be72a40c0d|title=2015-16 UNI Women's Basketball Media Guide|website=UNI Athletics|date=20 October 2015|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=25 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206104320/https://issuu.com/uniathletics4/docs/2015_wbb_guide_f482be72a40c0d|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2013/5/16/208472578.aspx|title=Thea Lemberger Named JSR All-America|website=UCLA|date=May 16, 2013}}</ref>
For her career Kalin was first all-time at UNI in scoring (2,081; 6th all-time in the MVC), [[3-point field goal]]s made (265), free throws made (484), free throw percentage (.920; the NCAA Division I career record, ahead of [[Shanna Zolman]]), assists (491), games started (136), games played (136), and minutes (4,352).<ref name="auto8"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto9"/>
Kalin earned a bachelor’s degree in [[exercise science]] with an emphasis in [[sports psychology]] in December 2010, with a 4.0 [[GPA]] and ''[[summa cum laude]]'', and a master’s degree in [[kinesiology]]/sports psychology in May 2013 from UNI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/womens_basketball/kalin-named-to-senior-class-all-american-team/article_297b9e3a-9e32-11e2-8088-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Kalin named to Senior CLASS All-American Team|date=August 21, 2013|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/jacqui_kalin/|title=Jacqui Kalin | DI Women's Basketball 2012-13 |website=Senior CLASS Award}}</ref><ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/basketball/kalin-leads-u-s-to-maccabiah-games-gold/article_b703bd99-03e8-511e-a0b5-4e11e17e27fd.html|date=August 2, 2013|title=Kalin leads U.S. to Maccabiah Games gold|website=Sioux City Journal}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://godrakebulldogs.com/staff.aspx?staff=139|title=Drake University Athletics - Jacqui Kalin - Staff Directory|website=godrakebulldogs.com|access-date=2020-08-25|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413225718/https://godrakebulldogs.com/staff.aspx?staff=139|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
Kalin helped lead the Panthers to consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, as the team won back-to-back MVC Tournament titles.<ref name="auto1"/>
===Northern Iowa statistics===
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2017-08-28}}</ref>
{{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2007-08 |Northern Iowa |31 |413 |39.8% |30.1% |89.9% |3.9 |'''4.3''' |0.9 |'''0.2''' |13.3 |- |2008-09 |Northern Iowa |5 |33 |28.9% |12.5% |90.0% |2.8 |2.8 |0.2 | - |6.6 |- |2009-10 |Northern Iowa |33 |467 |38.2% |34.7% |89.7% |2.8 |3.1 |0.7 |0.1 |14.2 |- |2010-11 |Northern Iowa |33 |506 |41.2% |32.8% |91.0% |3.5 |3.1 |1.0 |0.0 |15.3 |- |2011-12 | colspan="11" |Medical redshirt |- |2012-13 |Northern Iowa |'''34''' |'''662''' |'''41.6%''' |'''37.9%''' |'''95.5%''' |'''5.1''' |4.1 |'''1.1''' |0.1 |'''19.5''' |- |Career | |136 |2081 |40.1% |34.1% |92.0% |3.8 |3.6 |0.9 |0.1 |15.3 |}
==Professional basketball career== Kalin next played two seasons of professional basketball in Israel.<ref name="auto1"/> She played her first season for the [[Ramat Hasharon]] professional club in the Israel D-1 league in 2013-14, alongside [[Laine Selwyn]] and [[Megan Frazee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/columnists/hersom/hersom-catching-up-with-former-metro-cagers/article_e56883c2-0d03-5df6-9c76-c8036589d48d.html|title=Catching up with former metro cagers|author=Terry Hersom |website=Sioux City Journal|date=December 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/> She became an [[Israeli citizen]], establishing dual citizenship.<ref name="auto5"/> She then moved to the [[Maccabi (sports)|Maccabi]] [[Ramat Gan]] club in the Israel D-1 league for her final season, playing for it in 2014-15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jacqui-Kalin/Israel/Maccabi-Ironi-Ramat-Gan/140501|title=Jacqui Kalin Basketball Player Profile, Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan, N.Iowa, News, D1 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards|website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=64|title=ג'קי קיילין|website=מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל לנשים}}</ref>
==International== She played basketball for Team USA in the [[2013 Maccabiah Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/sports/2013-07-26/ty-article/.premium/israel-nets-u-s-hoopster-for-long-term-stay/0000017f-e7a1-d62c-a1ff-fffbefcb0000|title=Basketball-player Jacqui Kalin to stay in Israel after Maccabiah to pursue profession|author=Michael Grumer|date=July 25, 2013|website=Haaretz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/womens_basketball/unis-kalin-to-play-in-israel/article_ea1bc126-3c15-11e2-a5b4-0019bb2963f4.html|title=UNI's Kalin to play in Israel|date=December 1, 2012|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}}</ref> Kalin led the team with a 14.3 points per game average, and the team won the [[gold medal]].<ref name="auto6"/>
Kalin was a member of the [[Israel women's national basketball team]] in 2014 during the [[EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification|qualifying tournament]] for the [[EuroBasket Women 2015|2015 European Women Championship]].<ref name="auto2"/>
==Honors== Kalin was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=inductees/Honorees |url=http://www.jewishsports.org/jewishsports/inductees.asp |website=The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum |accessdate=4 October 2020 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430141039/http://www.jewishsports.org/jewishsports/inductees.asp |archivedate=April 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/> In 2017, she was inducted into the UNI Panthers Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unipanthers.com/honors/hall-of-fame/jacqui-kalin/196|title=Jacqui Kalin (2017) - Hall of Fame|website=UNI Athletics}}</ref> That year she was also named to the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball 25-Year Team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mvc-sports.com/news/2017/12/20/WBB_25_Year.aspx|title=MVC ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 25-YEAR TEAM|website=mvc-sports.com|date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>
==Basketball administration career== In July 2015, she became the Coordinator of Women's Basketball Operations for the [[Drake University]] women’s program, followed by a season as Assistant Women's Basketball Coach for the [[2015–16 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team]].<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/>
She worked for Herzl Camp from 2018 to 2022 in [[Webster, Burnett County, Wisconsin|Webster, Wisconsin]], as their staff development coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csm.edu/news/college-saint-mary-welcomes-former-women%E2%80%99s-basketball-star-jacqui-kalin-international-women%E2%80%99s|title=College of Saint Mary welcomes former women's basketball star Jacqui Kalin as International Women's Day speaker|date=March 2, 2020|website=College of Saint Mary}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://herzlcamp.org/about/meet-our-staff/|title=Meet Our Staff |website=Herzl Camp|date=25 April 2022 }}</ref>
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==External links== *Jacqui Kalin (September 12, 2017). [https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2017/09/12/storytellers-project-have-most-horse-wins-jacqui-kalin/612822001/ "I have the most HORSE wins,"] ''Des Moines Register''.
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