2012-13
Stags Women’s Basketball 27
General: A long, athletic player that has range from beyond the arc and
is a match-up problem for opponents … Has improved her back-to-the-
basket game and has become a formidable presence in the paint.
Career Overview: Has appeared in 59 games in a Fairfield uniform
with 27 starts … Averaging 15.2 minutes (895) an outing … Also aver-
aging 4.8 points (281) and 3.1 rebounds (181) after her first two sea-
sons as a Stag … Has handed out 30 assists, recorded 20 steals and
blocked 23 shots.
Career Honors: MAAC Rookie of the Week (1/31/11).
Sophomore Year (2011-12): Played in all 33 games, starting 26 of
those contests … Averaged 18.7 minutes, 5.6 points, and 3.7
rebounds per game along with 19 blocks …. Started the season open-
er against Stony Brook, finishing with four points and eight rebounds
and followed that up with 14 points and had eight boards against
Pacific … Had an impressive night at Vermont, notching her first colle-
giate double-double, finishing with 12 points (5-for-9 shooting) and a
career-best 11 … Registered her second career double-double with
12
points and 10 rebounds
against Manhattan … Just
missed a double-double against
Niagara, recording 11 points
and nine rebounds … Recorded
a career-high 16 points on 7-for-
12
shooting at Iona … In the
season finale on March 15, she
tallied six points and two boards
in WNIT contest against Drexel.
Freshman Season (2010-11):
MAAC Rookie of the Week, 1/31
...
Appeared in 26 games for the
Stags over the course of her
rookie campaign, including her
first
collegiate
start
at
Columbia, December 9 … Tallied
five points and three rebounds
in 12 minutes of action that
evening … Over the course of
the season, Cizynski scored 95
points (3.7 ppg) … Scored in
double-digits three times,
including back-to-back effort versus Manhattan (1/16) and Canisius
(1/21) …
Posted 12 points versus Manhattan, shooting 6-6 from the
floor … Five days later she was good on 5-6 from the field for 10 points
against the Griffs … Made her collegiate debut in the Stags season
opening win over Quinnipiac and corralled her first career rebound
and steal that evening at Alumni Hall … Posted 58 rebounds (2.2 rpg)
on the year, with a season-best seven coming at home versus Rider on
January 30; a game in which she played a career-high 27 minutes …
Had her first double-digit scoring effort in a 12-minute stint against
Cornell where she shot 4-7 from the field for 11 points.
Before Fairfield: Earned four varsity letters at Pomperaug High School
where she was part of 80 victories ... A 1,000 point scorer during her
scholastic career, she averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds a game …
Led the Panthers to the 2007 and 2010 SWC Championship, with a
24-1
record her senior season … Averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds
a game as a senior, resulting in her second SWC MVP award and in
being a nominee for All-America … Over the course of her career, she
was named All-State and All-New Haven County three times apiece,
while also earning All-SWC accolades in four seasons.
Personal: Daughter of Kathy and Joe Cizynski, both of whom attended
Fairfield University … Her father is the only player in Fairfield baseball
history to have thrown a nine-inning no-hitter … Has an older sister …
Uncle, Mark Cizynski, played basketball at Rhode Island while uncle,
Jerry Cizynski, played basketball at Bentley … Major is management.
Katie
#44
Cizynski
Junior
6-2
Forward
Southbury, Conn.
Pomperaug
Year
GP/GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct
FG-FGA Pct
FT-FTA Pct
REB/Avg A Blk Stl
Pts/Avg
2010-11 26/1 279/10.7 40-80 .500 2-6 .333 13-29 .448 58/2.2 9 4 5 95/3.7
2011-12 33/26 616/18.7 81-191 .424 3-24 .125 21-37 .568 123/3.7 21 19 15 186/5.6
TOTAL
59/27 895/15.2 121-271 .446 5-30 .167 34-66 .515 181/3.1 30 23 20 281/4.8
Single Game Career Highs
Points
16,
at Iona (1/29/12)
Rebounds
11,
at Vermont (11/16/11)
Assists
2,
six times (last at Siena 1/20/12)
Steals
4,
at Canisius (2/19/12)
Blocks
2,
five times (last vs. St. Peter’s 2/4/12)
Minutes
35,
at Vermont (11/16/11)
Field Goals Made
7,
at Iona (1/29/12)
Three-Pt. FG Made
1,
five times (last vs. Rider 2/2/12)
Free Throws Made
4,
twice (last vs. Columbia 12/8/11)
