Last name is pronounced pe-KEL-skee.

2007-08: Team captain. ... selected to the national NCAA Division I Independent All-Academic team for 2007-08. ... Appeared in 25 games (11 starts). ... reached double-figure scoring five times. ...averaged 5.6 ppg (sixth on the team) and posted a season-high 18 points at Utah Valley on February 7.

2006-07: Played in all 28 games (20 starts) and averaged 7.9 ppg (3rd on the team) ... reached double-figure scoring 10 times, including the first five games ... in NJIT's first-ever Division I game, Piekielski notched a game-high 20 points vs. Morgan State (11/13). Added 9 rebounds vs. Morgan ... career-high 21 points vs. Wilmington (DE) in an 86-54 victory three games later (11/21) ... led the NJIT scorers five times ... a solid .737 (56-76) on foul shots and made 22 three-point baskets.

Prior to NJIT: 1,000-point career scorer. ... all-Group 3 South Jersey all-star. ... two-time Cape Atlantic League first-team ... McDonald's all-American nominee at Hammonton High for coach Tom Inzillo. ... AAU team was the Philadelphia Belles coached by Tony Plakis ... two-time all-league first team; all-group 3 South Jersey and all-South Jersey in softball ... member of the National Honor Society, graduating in the top 5% of her class (13th in a class of 340) and was named Camden County Best of the Class "Best All Around."

Personal: Katie Piekielski ... daughter of Rob and Kathy Piekielski. ... enrolled in NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College majoring in biology and mathematics ... born 12/18/87 in Woodbury, NJ.