2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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35 Natalia Ackerman

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Last School(s) Aptos HS
  • Hometown Watsonville, CA
  • Major Masters: Arts

Biography

As a Graduate (2024-25):
  • Appeared in 24 games and totaled 176 minutes for an average of 7.3 minutes per contest. 
  • Averaged 2.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
  • Played a season-high 16 minutes at Gonzaga.
  • Posted season highs of eight points at San Jose State and seven rebounds against Grambling. 
  • Blocked two shots at Wake Forest ad had three steals at San Jose State.


2023-24 (As a Senior at Cal Poly):
  • Appeared in 27 games with 24 starts
  • Led the team in scoring (12.1 points per game), rebounding (8.9 rebounds per game), blocks (2.1 blocks per game) and field goal percentage (58.1%) on her way to being named First Team All-Big West.
  • Her blocks per game broke Cal Poly’s single-season record, led the Big West and ranked 27th in the country while she was second in the Big West in rebounding, 10th in scoring and led in field goal percentage.
  • Scored in double figures 20 times and had 11 double-doubles which included career highs of 29 points against Cal State Bakersfield and 16 rebounds against UC Davis.


2022-23 (As a Junior at Cal Poly):
  • Played in 25 games, making 12 starts.
  • Led the team and was top 10 in the Big West in rebounding at 6.1 per game.
  • Recorded double-digit rebound games four times, including a career-high 13 twice.
  • Was fifth on the team in scoring at 5.8 points per game.
  • Scored in double figures seven times including a career-high 14 twice.
  • Had two double-doubles on the year.
  • Led the team and was fourth in the Big West in blocks at 1.2 per game.
  • Had a career-high seven blocks March 4 against UC Riverside, two shy of the single game program record.
  • Earned Big West All-Academic honors.


2021-22 (As a Sophomore at Cal Poly): Was forced to miss entire season due to injury. 
 

2020-21 (As a Freshman at Cal Poly):
  • Appeared in 9 games, averaging 1.9 points & 2.8 rebounds in 6.2 minutes per game.
  • Recorded a double-double on Jan. 23 against UC Irvine with a season-high 15 points and 10 rebounds on a perfect 7-7 shooting from the field.


Prep -- Was selected by Cal-Hi Sports as the Division 3 California State Player of the Year, as well as Prep2Prep’s Central Coast Section MVP in April 2020 following her senior season with Aptos High School ... averaged 19.1 points (on 64-percent shooting), 10.5 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.2 blocks per game in 2019-20, leading the Mariners through a 27-5 season which included an unbeaten Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title at 10-0 (marking Aptos’ third-consecutive conference crown) en route to a divisional championship ... the squad then advanced to the semifinals of the overall State Tournament ... compiled 18 double-doubles as a senior, winning the league MVP award ... graduated with career totals of 1,782 points (establishing a school record) and 1,143 rebounds, helping the Mariners go 102-22 combined ... was also a first-team all-league honoree as a junior and sophomore ... in 2018-19, averaged 16.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.8 steals and 1.9 blocks while leading Aptos to the CCS D3 title along with a trip to the D2 CIF Playoffs ... previously a year earlier as a sophomore, helped Aptos to an unbeaten 12-0 mark in SCCAL play, posting 15.8 points, 8.8 boards & 2.9 blocks per game ... also played AAU for the West Valley Elite ... in addition, was a standout competitor in track & field and volleyball ... won the SCCAL high jump title as a sophomore, clearing 5-foot-2, and played outside hitter and opposite ... meanwhile, also volunteered as a coach at area rec. leagues and camps, and as a teacher’s assistant at a pre-school while serving as homecoming coordinator.

Personal -- Majors in Kinesiology ... her father was also a Division I basketball player in college at Western Illinois, while her mom also played basketball and volleyball as well ... has career aspirations of becoming a nurse or physical trainer.

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