2024-2025 Preseason All-Summit League Second Team
2023-2024 All-Summit League Honorable Mention
2022-2023 Summit League Peak Performer of the Week
As a Junior (2023-24)
Named All-Summit League Honorable Mention…Played in 29 games, starting 21 and playing 846 minutes, leading the Mavericks with 12.3 ppg…Eclipsed most single-season marks for her career, including points (356), ppg (12.3), field goals made (116), field goal percentage (.413), three-pointers made (40), three-point percentage (.370), free throws made (84), free throw percentage (.816), assists (97) and a team lead in blocks (13)…Against Peru State (12/10) she tallied her first career double-double with 16 points and a team season-best 13 rebounds…Posted double figures in scoring 18 times, including a career best 27 versus University of North Dakota (Jan. 11)…Nearly reached that mark with a 25 point effort (Feb. 17) when she equaled a career best six steals while making four three-pointers for the fourth time during the season…Ranked 100th in NCAA DI shooting from the charity stripe (81.6%)…Assist-to-turnover ratio (97-76, 1.28) ranked sixth best in the Summit League…In two tournament games totaled 21 points and nine rebounds…Finished the season playing more than 24 minutes against South Dakota State, tallying 12 points, two steals, a blocked shot and four rebounds without committing a turnover…
As a Sophomore (2022-23)
Appeared in all 32 games, making 30 starts and playing 950 minutes…Shot a career-best .406 from the field and .802 from the line while also going .303 on three-pointers…Finished in the top 25 in the Summit League with 323 points (11.0 ppg) and 157 total rebounds (4.9 rpg)…Led the team and finished ninth in the league with 90 assists…Second on the team and ninth in the league with 48 steals…Tied for the team lead in blocks with 11…Had 17 double-digit scoring games, reaching a season-high 19 points three times…Pulled down a career-best 10 rebounds vs. SDSU (Jan. 19)…Had three games with at least five assists…Recorded a career-high six steals vs. Peru State (Nov. 19)…Scored 34 points with seven rebounds and seven assists in the Summit League Tournament…Earned Summit League Peak Performer of the Week honors after recording 29 points (10-for-15), 13 rebounds, seven assists, and five steals in two games at St. Thomas (Feb. 2) and Western Illinois (Feb. 4).
As a Freshman (2021-22)
Appeared in 23 games making 14 starts as a freshman...Was third on the team in scoring averaging 7.4 ppg...Shot 38.1% from the field and 31.9% from deep...Totaled 65 rebounds, 44 assists, 30 steals, and four blocks on the year...Scored double-figures on five occasions...Poured in a career-high 25 points at North Dakota State (Jan. 8) with a season-high seven rebounds and five steals...Scored 18 the game before at North Dakota (Jan. 6) hitting four three-pointers...Tallied a career-high six assists at South Dakota (Feb. 10).
At Weeping Water High School
Won the 2020-21 Nebraska DI State Championship with Weeping Water… Named to 2021 Super State Team...Averaged 21.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.1 steals her senior season…Cave was named All-Conference, First Team All-State, KMLAND's Nebraska Girls Basketball Player of the Year and surpassed the 1,000-point mark in her career...Played for Joel Haveman...Cave also played AAU basketball for the Nebraska Lasers.
Personal
Born June 9, 2003…Daughter of April and Trapper Cave….younger sisters Ella and Layla...Communications Studies, Minor in Real Estate…Enjoys cooking, sleeping, playing game...
