2013-14: Named Big South Defensive Player of the Year and Big South Second Team All-Conference…Big South Player of the Week on Nov. 18…Posted 10 double-doubles on the season…Recorded 10-or-more rebounds in 13 games…Ranked 14th in the league with 12.0 PPG and was third in the BSC with 9.1 rebounds per game…Her .418 FG pct. was 12th in the league, and she ranked fifth in the Big South with 3.97 assists per game, adding 1.84 steals per game at sixth in the conference…She was second for CU and fifth in the league with a .343 3FG pct. and eighth in the BSC with 48 3FG made…Her 6.10 defensive rebounds per game was second in the BSC and 3.03 offensive rebounds per game was sixth…She was third in the league with 1070 minutes (34.52 per game) played and was fifth with a 1.26 assist-turnover ratio…Posted a career-high 26 points against Coastal Carolina on Jan. 11, going 4-for-6 from 3FG and 6-for-8 FT, adding a season-high four steals and season-high 11 rebounds…Recorded assist-rebound double-double vs. Winthrop on Jan. 23 with a career-high 12 assists and 12 rebounds, missing the triple double by one point, recording nine…Started all 31 games and shots 130-for-311 FG (.418), 48-for-140 3FG (.343), and 64-for-95 FT (.674) for 372 total points…Recorded 283 rebounds, 123 assists, 98 turnovers, 25 blocks, and 57 steals… Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll…
2012-13: All-Big South Second Team…Started 30 games and played in all 31...Averaged 11.1 points and 7.1 rebounds, while shooting .500 pct. overall, .417 from three-point range and .708 pct. from the charity stripe...Paced the team with 136 offensive boards...Totaled 88 assists and 72 steals...Tied for 1st in program single-season history with 33 blocks…Scored in double-figures 15 times…Tallied three double-figure rebounding games…Led the team in scoring eight times ,while pacing squad in rebounding seven times…Owns a team-high eight career double-doubles...Set a career-high with 26 points by shooting 9-of-15 from the field and draining two treys and six free throws, while grabbing 14 rebounds and eight assists in an overtime victory against Radford...Tallied third-career 20-point game by scoring 23 with five treys and filling the stat sheet with six rebounds, four steals and three assists at Winthrop...Paced team with 20 points on 6-of-9 from the field and making all eight free throws against UMES...Added 19 points and 11 rebounds in home victory over Longwood...Totaled 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting at High Point...Came one rebound short of a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds at Mount St. Mary’s...Registered 14 points in a trio of games at Wake Forest and against High Point and Presbyterian...Grabbed 13 rebounds and 10 points against Elon...Posted 11 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in a win over Columbia (S.C.)...Totaled nine steals, eight points and rebounds vs. Jacksonville State...Eclipsed a personal best with 15 rebounds and 11 points at Longwood...Recorded 11 points in a pair of games against Liberty...Scored 13 points against Gardner Webb...Registered 13 points and nine rebounds at Radford...
2011-12: Earned Big South All-Freshman Team honors…Tied for fifth in single-season school history with 26 blocks…Averaged 3.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game on the season, playing in all 30 games…Ranked ninth among Big South players in blocks, second among freshmen…Collected a block in 15 games, posting multiple denials eight times…Tallied a season-best three blocks three times…Pulled down five or more rebounds in nine games…Tallied 11 points and six rebounds in a home win over Presbyterian…Notched nine points, four boards and three steals against Winthrop…Posted a season-high 10 rebounds to go along with five points and four assists in a victory over High Point…Gathered a season-high 13 points with seven rebounds at UNCW…Registered eight points and two rebounds at Georgia State and against Eastern Kentucky, both in the GSU Thanksgiving Classic…Posted nine rebounds and two blocks against Montreat…Gathered eight rebounds and five points against Western Carolina…Chipped in eight rebounds against Longwood…Notched seven rebounds and three points against Gardner-Webb...
Prep/Personal: Averaged 18.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, six assists, 5.1 blocks and three steals per game as a senior…Earned Virginia First Team All-State, State Division 1 Player of the Year, Tidewater District MVP, Region A Player of the Year and Tournament MVP awards in 2010-11…A four-year letterwinner at West Point High…Named Tidewater District Player of the Year in both 2009 and 2010…Earned All-Tidewater District and All-Region honors as a sophomore and junior…A Second Team All-State honoree in 2010, and an honorable mention all-state performer in 2009…Posted 15.4 points, 10 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 5.3 blocks per game as a junior…Also lettered in track, winning the 100 meter hurdles at states and broke the school high jump record, earning Region A Tidewater and district MVP honors...Full name is Kiera Mone’t Gaines…Born Sep. 16, 1993 in Richmond, Va….Daughter of Linwood Jackson and Kimberly Gaines…Majoring in broadcasting and electronic media...
