Lincoln Memorial University Athletics

2016-17
Started every game, seeing over 700 minutes of action during the season.... Averaged 7.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and a team-high 2.8 assists per game... Had a career-high 17 points at Carson-Newman.... Had a career-high seven assists vs. King.... Shot 41.1 percent from the field.... Ranked fourth in the SAC in assist to turnover ratio (1.9).

2015-16
Played in 16 contests with one start.... Averaged 3.8 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists a game.... Had a season-high 12 points in the SAC Tournament Quarterfinal win over Mars Hill.... Had a season-high four assists vs. Queens and Brevard.... Shot 45 percent from the field. 

PRIOR TO LMU 
Played her freshman season at Coastal Carolina and transferred to LMU after sitting out last season due to an injury.... Her freshman season Karsen was selected to the Big South All-Freshman team ... Averaged 7.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game ... Scored a season-high 20 points on 6-of-12 from the floor, including 4-of-6 from three, and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line to led Coastal to a 83-71 victory at UNC Asheville... Ended the season shooting 35.8 percent from the field, 33.0 percent from three and 75.6 percent at the charity stripe ... Appeared in 28 contests, 13 as a starter, logging 677 minutes of action..... At Gatlinburg-Pittman HS she concluded her prep career with 1,337 points and 713 rebounds ... Averaged 13.4 points and 6.7 rebounds while dishing out 98 assists and recording 82 steals during senior campaign ... Led the Highlanders to a 24-7 overall record and perfect 12-0 conference mark, including a conference regular season and tournament championship, as a senior ... Named all-state by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association as a senior along with earning the District 3-AA Player of the Year honor ... Four-time All-District 3-AA and All-County Mountain Press selection ... Earned first team Knoxville News Sentinel Prep Xtra honors as a senior ... Named one of the top 10 female basketball players to watch by the Knoxville News Sentinel ... Three-time All-District 3-AA Tournament Team honors for her efforts as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Three-sport athlete also competing in soccer and track & field ... Earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association all-state honors on the soccer field as both junior and senior ... Set the Highlander track & field records in the high jump (5-0), triple jump (32-2.5) and pentathlon point total (2,529) ... Placed seventh in the pentathlon at the state championship meet as a junior ... Became the first female to play football at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School and scored the first points on the gridiron by a female in the history of Sevier County high school football.... Is the first athlete at Lincoln Memorial who is actually related to the school's namesake as she and Abraham Lincoln share a common ancestor..
 

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What are you most grateful for?
I am most grateful for my salvation through Christ and knowing my family and closest friends have been given eternal life with me.

Do you have any pregame rituals?
Yes. I eat, call my parents, take a quick nap, read my bible, pray and listen to Lecrae. All in that order because I’m OCD.

If you could time travel, would you go to the past or future?
I would travel to the past and live in the 80s for a bit. The music, movies and style were the best and technology wasn’t a huge factor.

If you could speak another language, what would it be and why?
I would speak Spanish because I think it would be the most beneficial to me. I encounter more Spanish speaking people than any other foreign language and it is the native language of several places I would like to travel to.