Kia Palmer Class: Junior Hometown: Miami, Fla. High School: Miami Westminster Christian HS Height: 6-0 Position: F Birthdate: 05/04/1987 Experience: So./1L

Palmer has the potential to be a great rebounder in the Southland Conference and should prove to be valuable to the Bobcat defense this season ... Has yet to establish herself as a scoring threat but has the potential to do so in the post ... Has the ability to block shots and is reliable with the basketball, shooting better than 40 percent for her career.

2005-06: Palmer started in six games in 2005-06 including Texas State's first four while appearing in all 28 games for the `Cats as a freshman ... Averaged 2.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and was 41 percent from the floor on 16-of-39 shooting ... Was a 56.4 percent free-throw shooter, hitting 31-of-55 attempts at the line ... Had 11 blocked shots, which ranked 25th in the SLC ... Also came up with ten steals on the season ... Established career highs for points (eight) and rebounds (nine) in an early season win over Huston-Tillotson ... Second-best scoring outing was seven, against Texas-Arlington ... Second-best rebounding effort, six, came at Texas-Pan American ... Knocked down 5-of-6 from the free throw line against Texas-Arlington and 4-of-5 against HTU ... Had a career-high eight free-throw attempts against Texas-Permian Basin ... Blocked a career-best three shots against Prairie View A&M ... Played 20 minutes against Huston-Tillotson, one of 15 games in which she provided the club with double-digit minutes played.

HIGH SCHOOL - Palmer earned four letters at Westminster Christian under coach Israel Gonzalez, leading the team to a 24-3 record in her senior year ... Averaged 22.1 points, 12 rebounds, three steals and four blocked shots per game as a three-year starter at small forward ... Named team MVP, All-State and All-Dade County First Team in three of her four seasons at the school.

PERSONAL - Kia Suezelle Palmer was born May 4, 1987, in Miami ... Parents are Colette and Gabriel Palmer .. Father is a Miami-Dade County Electrician Supervisor, mother is a Jeweler ... Has a brother, Carlos (14) and a sister, Kiara (10) ... Both of Palmer's parents played for their respective Panama National Teams.