Outlook

Jazzy Klinge possesses a strong, physical, athletic presence with an elite motor ... Signed a letter-of-intent with the University of North Alabama.

Career

Was part of the most successful two-year runs in program history with a record of 67-4 (.944), two conference and district titles, two national tournament berths and a runner-up national finish … Set new career record for field goal accuracy at .596 … Also ranks among the all-time leaders in rebounds (561-13^th), games with 10+ rebounds (21-Tie 9^th), games led in rebounds (23 – Tie 15^th) … Averaged 8.5 points and 8.0 rebounds over her two seasons.

Sophomore Year 2023-24

Selected NJCAA All-America first-team … Is the 11^th player in team history to be selection first-team NJCAA All-American … Also selected All-Region 6/Plains District and Al-Kansas Jayhawk Conference Division II first-team … Was voted the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week three times over the season … Played and started in all 35 games … Averaged 11.6 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steal per game … Grabbed a total of 341 rebounds which ranks as the ninth-best season in team history, and her 9.7 average is he 12^th on JCCC’s season chart … That total also led the conference and were 12^th-most in the NJCAA …Shot 62.1 percent from the floor which set a new team season record, led the conference and was third in the NJCAA … That percentage ties the seventh-best record in conference history … Produced 21 games with 10 or more points and a team-best 17 games of 10+ rebounds, which ties for eighth on JCCC’s season chart … Her 17 games with 10+ boards ties for eight in a season at JCCC … Also recorded a team-high 10 double-doubles, tying for 11^th the season chart … Was the team’s top scorer in 11 games, top rebounder in 20 games and game leader in steals 13 times, tops on the team in all three categories … Her 20 games leading the team in rebound ties for eight on the season chart … Flirted with double-doubles in each of her first four games … Opened the year with six points and 10 rebounds in a 69-38 win over Missouri Valley JV (11-1-23) … Had a team-high 18 points and eight rebounds in a 104-45 win over William Penn JV (11-5-23) …Pulled down 12 boards along with eight points in an 87-30 win over MidAmerica Nazarene JV (11-7-23) and tallied 18 points and eight rebounds in an 80-52 win over Iowa Lakes (11-10-23) … Posted her first double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds to go along with five assist and three steals in a 77-45 win at Southwestern (11-29-23) … Was the week 6 KJCCC D-II Player of the Week after averaging a double-double of 15.5 points an 10.0 rebounds while leading JCCC to victories over Bethany JV (12-5-23) and at Moberly Area (12-9-23) … In JCCC’s 58-56 win at Moberly Area, she had 20 points, 12 rebounds and was 7-for-9 shooting and a perfect 6-for-6 at the charity stripe … Two week later picked up her second KJCCC D-II Player of the Week honor after averaging 17.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in two road victories … also connected on 82.4 percent of her field goal attempts that week … In a 74-54 win at Southeast, she established new career high for points with 24 and a then career high in rebounds with 17 (1-7-24) … Opened conference play with 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Lady Cavaliers to a 68-48 win over Highland (1-13-24) … In the rematch with the Scotties she tallied 18 points and 10 boards while hitting 6-of-7 shots and all six free throws in a 62-33 win (2-7-24) … Posted her second-best scoring effort of her career with 23 points to go along with 11 rebounds in a 79-43 win over Labette (2-14-24) … Scored eight points and pulled down 15 boards in a 72-44 win at Hesston (2-24-24) … Tallied a career-high 19 rebounds and scored eight points to help JCCC to a 67-42 win in the Region 6/Plains District Tournament semifinals (3-8-24) … Followed with eight points and 12 rebounds in a 55-50 win over Kansas City Kansas to win the tournament title and punch the team’s ticket to the NJCAA D-II Tournament (3-9-24) … Scored in double figures in three of the four games at the NJCAA D-II National Tournament … Averaged 10.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists over the four games … Opened tournament play with 10 points and seven rebounds  in a 55-43 win over North Central Missouri (3-19-24) … Followed with a double-double of 17 points and 10 boards in a 63-46 victory over Lincoln Land (3-21-24) … Finished with 13 points and seven rebounds in a 59-54 win over CCBC Essex in the national semifinals (3-22-24) … Her 41 total points scored tie for 21^st on JCCC’s tournament leader’s chart, and her 31 total rebounds tie for sixth all-time in team history.

Freshman Year 2022-23

Played in 35 games with one start … Averaged 5.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and connected on 54.5 percent of her field goal attempts (62-for-112) and 82.9 percent at the free throw line (68-for-82) … Reached double digits scoring in six games, had four games of 10+ rebounds with one double-double … Ranked sixth in the conference in total rebounds with 220 and her 6.3 average ranked ninth … Began her collegiate career with nine points and six rebounds in a 96-35 victory over Missouri Valley JV (11-1-22) … Reached double figures with 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds in an 84-38 win over Bethany JV (11-7-22) … Tallied 10 points and eight boards in a 73-64 win over Iowa Lakes (11-12-22) … Was 2-for-2 shooting and 6-for-6 at the line … Had nine points, seven rebounds and three steals in a 78-54 win at Miami Dade (12-14-22) … Matched her season high with 12 rebounds in an 81-30 win at Hesston (1-25-23) … Followed with a game high nine rebounds and six points in an 83-55 win over Highland (1-28-23) … Was the top rebounder again with 11 to go along with six points in a 73-53 win at Neosho County (2-1-23) … Posted a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds in a 68-37 win at Highland (2-22-23) … Finished with eight points and seven rebounds to help JCCC defeat No. 5 Labette 71-65 in triple overtime to win the Region VI/Plains District Championship and advance to the NJCAA D-II National Tournament (3-11-23) … Averaged 3.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in the three national tournament games … Grabbed eight rebounds and scored four points in the tournament opening 92-42 win over Delta (3-22-23) … Had seven rebounds and two points in the 69-55 loss to Morton (3-24-23).

Freshman Year 2021-22

Signed with Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan. … Did not play in 2021-22.

High School

Was a three-year starter and four-time letter winner for coach Bruce Erickson at Blue Valley High School, Overland Park, Kan. … Graduated 2022 … Rated the No. 47^th best player in the state of Kansas by MaxPreps.com … Earned first-team Kansas Class 6A All-State honors for the Tigers during her senior season… Was a finalist for the Class 6A Player of the Year … Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and four assists per game…Earned honorable mention Class 6A All-State as a junior after averaging nine points and eight boards per game … Was a two-time first-team All-Eastern Kansas League selection … Was selected to play in the 2021 DiRenna All-Star Game for Kansas … Also earned three varsity letters in track and field and two in soccer … Set school records in the 400-meter dash and as a member of the 4x100 relay … Helped the track team capture a regional championship in 2020 and the soccer team in 2021 … Played club ball for Precision Athletics coached by Jay Price from 2019-21. 

Personal

Born Jasmine Taylor Klinge on August 19, 2003, in Overland Park, Kan. … Daughter of Shad Klinge and Darcy Clinton … Nickname is Jazzy … Has five siblings; Stella, Salim, Tess, Lexy and Charlie … Her father played college football and ran track at Pittsburg State, and her mother played college basketball at JCCC, Kansas and Pittsburg State … Major is undecided … Favorite food is pasta … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite restaurant is Bravo … Favorite TV show is New Girl … Favorite sports movie is The Blind Side .. Favorite sports team is the Kansas City Chiefs … Her greatest sports moment was winning regionals in track … Notable alumni from her school are Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Tara Nott, NFL coach Brian Schottenheimer, former NFL player Justin Swift and MLB pitcher Ryne Stanek.