Krista Cordes

By Jake Grovum
UWRF Sports Information

Back for her senior year Krista Cordes is looking to put an exclamation point on what has already been an outstanding career as a Falcon.  

In her junior year Cordes scored a career high 24 points against UW-Whitewater, averaged 8.3 points per game, and was the team's most efficient shooter from three-point range (34-99, .343).

Cordes plays an important role for the Falcons as she brings her athletic ability as well as her character to the team. " Krista has a great personality and she brings a lot of energy to our basketball team. She's always positive and works hard," Falcon Head Coach Cindy Hovet said of Cordes. Hovet's description was reinforced by Cordes herself when she described herself as energetic above all else.

Athletic success is something that Cordes became accustomed to long before she ever stepped foot on campus. In high school Cordes was a standout on her high school basketball team at Farmington High School. Aside from being a three-year starter on the   high school basketball team Cordes was also named all-conference twice. In her senior season Cordes averaged 16 points and five rebounds per game. She also scored over 1,000 points in her high school career, an accomplishment Cordes mentioned as one of her favorite athletic moments.  

While she experienced her share of success on the basketball court, Cordes was a three sport athlete in high school participating in basketball, volleyball and golf. She registered a hole in one in a golf tournament in high school, another accomplishment she mentioned as a favorite.

While her success on the basketball court would lead one to believe that basketball was always a part of her life, Cordes' explanation does not paint that same picture. "It was that my friends were in basketball and I didn't like to skate when I was younger so my parents put me in basketball instead of hockey," Cordes explained.  

Family plays an important role for any student-athlete and Cordes is no different.   "My parents, John and Teri, and my older sister, Kelle, were always very supportive with everything I did," Cordes explained. She also mentioned that her parents were very influential in her decision to continue playing sports throughout her life. "My parents always kept my sister (Kelle) and I in sports," Cordes explained.

Aside from sports Cordes and her family also enjoyed the great outdoors. "As a family when I was younger we would always go camping, we always liked doing outdoors type things," Cordes explained.

Basketball was what brought Cordes to UWRF. However, besides participating in athletics Cordes is majoring in business with an emphasis in marketing. However, she is still unsure what she plans to do with her major after graduation.

The experience of being on a collegiate basketball team is also something Cordes said would stay with her long after her days as a Falcon are over. "Definitely playing basketball will stay with me, it is such a big part of my life and I have made some great friends through playing here," Cordes explained. Aside from remembering her days on the court with her teammates, Cordes mentioned living with her some of her teammates has been the experience she will remember most from River Falls.

Within the women's basketball program expectations for the season are sky high.  "We want to be one of the top teams in the conference and play together as a team," Cordes explained.  

The Falcons are off to a 5-1 start this season and are 2-1 in conference play. Already this season Cordes has started every game for the Falcons. She is also averaging nearly 23 minutes, 7.3 points, and 2.5 rebounds per game. "Krista is one of our most versatile players," said Hovet. "A big key for our team is how she plays defensively and her rebounding."

At this rate Cordes is on pace for another banner year as a Falcon and great finish to what has been already been an impressive career as a Falcon.