Kristian Hudson Season 2019-20

Q&A with Kristian Hudson

Honors & Awards

• WBCA "So You Want To Be A Coach" Program Selection (2020)
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar (2020)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2019; Spring 2019, 2020)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2020)
• Conference USA Player of the Week (Dec. 26, 2017)
• Conference USA Player of the Week (Jan. 16, 2017)

Redshirt Senior (2019-20)
Kristian Hudson provided experience and depth at point guard as a graduate student in her second season at Nebraska in 2019-20. She competed in 18 games, totaling 16 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. 

Hudson opened her second season as a Husker with four points, three rebounds and an assist in a win over Alabama A&M (Nov. 6). 

She matched her season high with four points in a win over Sacred Heart (Nov. 30). She contributed a season-high three assists and a steal in a win over ORU (Dec. 14). Hudson hit her first three-pointer of the season in the second quarter in NU’s win over Iowa (Dec. 28). Her shot gave Nebraska a 27-25 lead and sparked a 14-5 Husker surge.

Off the court, Hudson posted a 4.0 GPA in the fall of 2019 while pursuing her master’s degree in applied science. She earned academic All-Big Ten honors and was a member of the 2019 Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Fall Honor Roll. She also earned third-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honors for her commitment to academics, campus involvement and community service.

She was chosen to participate in the WBCA’s “So You Want To Be A Coach” program in conjunction with the national coaches convention and the NCAA Women’s Final Four in New Orleans, but the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament also resulted in the cancellation of the WBCA convention. 

In her first year at Nebraska in 2018-19, Hudson appeared in seven games with one start before undergoing season-ending foot surgery in mid-December of 2018. She was granted a medical redshirt. She scored 1,109 points in 114 career games in her college career.

Senior (2019-20 - Medical Redshirt)
Hudson joined the Nebraska women’s basketball team after earning her bachelor’s degree from Florida International in just three years. The psychology major not only excelled in the classroom, she also starred on the court for FIU for three seasons.

Hudson appeared in Nebraska's first seven games of 2018-19, including a start in place of an injured Hannah Whitish in a win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11). Hudson had six points, three rebounds and three assists against the Spartans, after opening her Husker career with seven points and three assists against Drake (Nov. 7).

Hudson averaged 2.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists through seven games, before undergoing season-ending foot surgery during Finals Week (Dec. 10-14). 
    
Junior (2017-18, FIU)
Hudson averaged 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists as a junior for the Panthers in 2017-18. She was at her best during the final seven games of her junior season when she averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals in 37 minutes per game. 

As a junior, Hudson produced 21 double-figure scoring efforts in 29 games, including nine 20-plus scoring efforts. 

She recorded season highs with back-to-back 27-point performances while playing the full 40 minutes against North Dakota State (Dec. 20) and Clemson (Dec. 21). 

Her performance against Clemson included a career-high-tying 10 rebounds and 10-for-10 free throw shooting. Hudson also notched a double-double with 11 points and a career-high-matching 10 assists at Howard on Dec. 2, 2017.

In her final season at FIU, Hudson shot a career-best .354 from the field, including .340 from three-point range. She also knocked down a career-high .819 at the free throw line.

Sophomore (2016-17, FIU)
As a sophomore, Hudson contributed 12.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, while improving her field goal percentage to .341 and her three-point field goal percentage to .303. She averaged 36.9 minutes per game, including a remarkable 35-point, eight-rebound, 10-assist effort while playing the full 55 minutes in an 88-87 triple-overtime win over UTEP on Jan. 12, 2017.

Her 35-point, 10-assist outburst against Conference USA-rival UTEP was the first of back-to-back double-doubles for Hudson, joining an 11-point, 10-rebound game that included six assists against UTSA on Jan. 14, 2017. Hudson finished with three 20-point scoring efforts as a sophomore among her 19 double-digit performances

Freshman (2015-16, FIU)
As a freshman, she started 29 straight games after coming off the bench for the first two games of her career. She averaged 9.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 35.1 minutes per game. She shot just 30.5 percent from the field, including just 23.6 percent from three-point range as a freshman.

Hudson scored in double figures 16 times, including the first 20-point game of her career with 20 points and seven rebounds in a loss at Miami on Dec. 22, 2015. Hudson notched her first of five career double-doubles with 12 points and 10 assists against Western Kentucky on Jan. 7, 2016.

High School (Clay-Chalkville)
Hudson played four seasons at Clay-Chalkville High School in Birmingham, Ala. She was a first-team all-state selection as a senior after claiming second-team all-state accolades as a junior for the Cougars. Hudson was also a first-team All-Metro selection and a first-team all-conference honoree at Clay-Chalkville. She played for the Twisters (2007-10), Southern Starz (2011-12) and Essence (2013-14) AAU programs.

Personal
Kristian is the daughter of Juanita Chamblin and Carlos Hudson Sr. She has an older brother, Carlos Jr. She was a psychology major at Florida International and earned her bachelor's degree in just three academic years in the summer of 2018. She completed her master's degree in applied science at Nebraska in May of 2020. Hudson was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar after earning academic All-Big Ten honors in 2020. She was a four-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll selection. She was also a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2019 and 2020.

Kristian Hudson's Career Bests
Points - 35 vs. UTEP, Jan. 12, 2017
Rebounds - 10 (twice, vs. Clemson, Dec. 21, 2017; vs. UTSA, Jan. 14, 2017)
Assists - 10 (three times, at Howard, Dec. 2, 2017; vs. UTEP, Jan. 12, 2017; vs. Western Kentucky, Jan. 7, 2016)
Steals - 8 vs. FAU, Jan. 7, 2017
Blocks - 2 vs. UMass Lowell, Dec. 4, 2015
FGM - 11 vs. UTEP, Jan. 12, 2017
FGA - 26 at UTSA, Feb. 14, 2018
3FGM - 5 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Nov. 13, 2017
3FGA - 9 (twice, vs. North Texas, Feb. 8, 2018; vs. North Dakota State, Dec. 20, 2017)
FTM - 12 vs. UTEP, Jan. 12, 2017
FTA - 13 vs. UTEP, Jan. 12, 2017

Hudson's Career Statistics

Year	G-GS	FG-FGA	Pct.	3FG-3FGA	Pct.	FT-FTA	Pct.	TRB-Avg.	PF-D	A	TO	Blk	ST	Pts-Avg.
2015-16	31-29	109-357	.305	26-110	.236	62-79	.785	109-3.5	85-4	124	141	4	29	306-9.9
2016-17	29-29	119-349	.341	23-76	.303	89-119	.748	133-4.6	63-1	124	133	5	48	350-12.1
2017-18	29-29	146-413	.354	51-150	.340	77-94	.819	130-4.5	64-0	135	116	2	30	420-14.5
2018-19	7-1	6-26	.231	2-7	.286	3-7	.429	11-1.6	6-0	8	10	0	3	17-2.4
2019-20	18-0	6-20	.300	1-8	.125	3-4	.750	13-0.7	4-0	9	6	0	5	16-0.9
Career	114-88	386-1165	.331	103-352	.293	234-303	.772	396-3.5	222-5	400	406	11	115	1109-9.7