No. 12 Kristina Santiago
Year: Senior
Height: 6-1
Experience: 3V
Santa Maria, CA / Righetti HS

FROM THE MEDIA GUIDE

2008-09 // Sophomore
Named to the All-Big West first team after finishing second among conference players with a .526 (191-for-363) field goal percentage, third with 15.2 points per game, seventh with a .763 (103-for-135) free throw percentage and 13th with 5.3 rebounds per game … .526 field goal percentage ranked 29th among Division I players … 15.2 points-per-game average ranked as the seventh-best single-season mark in Mustang history … one of only six Mustangs in program history to record 400 points during a single season … earned Big West Player of the Week honors Dec. 15 after converting 10 of 14 field goal attempts and finishing with 22 points and eight rebounds at Houston (12/14) … also earned Big West Player of the Week accolades Feb. 2 after recording a career-high 29 points during a 76-67 win at Cal State Bakersfield and 18 points in a 68-61 victory at Cal State Northridge (1/31) … reached double-digit scoring figures in 28 of 32 outings … scored 20-plus points on six occasions and reached the 15-point plateau 17 times … shot .500 or better from the floor during 18 of Cal Poly’s last 25 outings … posted nine games of seven-plus rebounds … opened year with an 18-point effort at Pepperdine (11/14) … sunk a Cal Poly-best 12 field goals as part of a 20-point, nine rebound effort during 71-62 defeat of Eastern Washington (12/20) … converted 10 of 14 field goal attempts to record 26 points in a 74-66 win against Long Beach State (1/4) … also dropped 10 field goals against Cal State Fullerton to finish with 23 points (2/7) … blocked a team-best 32 shots, matching a career high with four against Cal State Bakersfield (2/28).

2007-08
Named to Big West All-Freshman Team after averaging 7.1 points per game, posting a team-best .497 (84-for-169) field goal percentage and finishing 10th among conference players with 0.65 blocks per game … converted 10 of 19 field goal attempts to record a season-high 23 points against Long Beach State (3/6) … pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds and dropped 19 points at NCAA Tournament participant UC Santa Barbara (2/16) … after failing to record double-digit scoring figures during Cal Poly’s initial 18 games, reached the mark five-straight times after compiling 11 points during a 62-61 victory at UC Davis (1/26) … finished with nine double-digit scoring outings and five double-doubles … first career double-double was a 10-point, 13-rebound effort against UC Riverside (2/2) … sunk nine of 13 field goal attempts to record 22 points during an 84-65 win at UC Irvine (2/7) … capped campaign with her fourth double-double of the season, a 16-point, 10-rebound effort during a 71-55 win against Cal State Northridge (3/8) … appeared in 28 games and started seven contests.

Righetti HS // Santa Maria, CA
Named Most Valuable Player of the Pac 7 League during sophomore, junior and senior seasons … as a senior, shot 53 percent from the floor and averaged 19.9 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.8 steals and 1.6 blocks per game … as a junior, led the then-Pac 5 with 19.9 points per game and finished second in rebounds (7.0), steals (3.0) and blocks (1.2) per game … led the Pac 5 in scoring (15.6) and rebounds (8.0) as a sophomore while finishing second with 1.7 blocks and 3.0 assists per game … competed in volleyball for the Warriors in each of her first three seasons.

Personal
Daughter of Tony and Kelly Santiago … mother attended Cal Poly … has two brothers, Brian (22) and Derrick (17) … majoring in kinesiology … aspires to become an athletics trainer or coach … scholar-athlete honoree during each of her four seasons at Righetti HS … Kristina Nichole Santiago was born Aug. 10, 1989 in Santa Maria.