| Krista Reinking |
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Assistant Coach
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Illinois, '98
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Krista Reinking is in her fourth season with the Oregon State women's basketball and her coaching with the team's guards and perimeter players has produced a wealth of student-athletes who have become integral pieces in the reconnaissance of OSU basketball.
In 2007-08 alone, Reinking's tutelage helped produce an All-Pac-10 Third Team member in Mercedes Fox-Griffin, an All-Pac-10 Freshman performer in Talisa Rhea and two players, Brittney Davis and Ashley Allen, who led the Beavers in scoring.
Fox-Griffin averaged nearly five assists per game in 2007-08, placing her second in the Pac-10. The La Jolla, Calif., native has benefited under Reinking's coaching to 360 assists, which places her in the top 10 in school history. Fox-Griffin earned All-Pac-10 Third Team and All-Defensive Honorable Mention honors last season.
Rhea came to OSU from Juneau, Alaska and the sharpshooter took to Reinking's mentoring so well that she knocked down 67 three-pointers, the second-highest total in school history. Rhea earned Pac-10 All-Freshman honors and became OSU's first Pac-10 Player of the Week since the 2003-04 season after setting a school record with eight three-pointers in a game against Washington State.
Davis and Allen, meanwhile, jumped to the top of OSU's scoring lists in 2007-08. Davis, in her first season with the Beavers, developed as one of Oregon State's starting guards and was second on the team with 12.8 points per game, including 14.6 in Pac-10 games. Allen led the Beavers with 14.9 points on average, up from her 7.6 points per game as a junior. She finished fifth in the Pac-10 in scoring last season.
Reinking, a former All-Big Ten Conference selection, has made her mark on the OSU program in a short time by developing guards and versatile shooters who give the Beavers an extremely potent dimension to their offense.
Reinking worked with Fox-Griffin for the 2006-07 season, and helped turn the guard into one of the top players in the Pacific-10 Conference. Fox-Griffin matured into a leader, and averaged 6.4 assists per game, good for eighth nationally and first in the Pac-10. Fox-Griffin also became a sharpshooter for the Beavers, averaging 9.5 points per game.
In the first season after her arrival, Reinking helped build the confidence of Beaver senior guard Anita Rivera, who more than doubled her scoring average from the previous year and finished the season ranked fifth in the Pacific-10 Conference for minutes played per game. Reinking's tutelage of Oregon State's guards and perimeter players, including point guard Mandy Close, who averaged 13.3 points and 4.8 assists per game, helped lead the Beavers to a berth in the Women's National Invitation Tournament during the 2005-06 campaign.
Off the court, Reinking has played an invaluable role with the team's recruiting. She is skilled at finding and evaluating talent. She's well aware of what type of players that will excel for the Beavers. Reinking is adept at being able to shape that talent into quality players in the Oregon State system.
Reinking came to Corvallis in September of 2005 after serving as the Administrative Associate for women's basketball at The University of Texas, working directly with Hall of Fame coach Jody Conradt.
A basketball letterwinner, Reinking was a two-time All-Big Ten honoree as a guard at the University of Illinois and helped lead the Fighting Illini to a pair of NCAA Sweet 16 appearances and the Big Ten Conference championship. LaVonda Wagner helped coach Reinking for four years, when she served as assistant for Illinois.
Familiar with Gill Coliseum as a player, Reinking was named the 1996 Gazette-Times Classic Most Valuable Player as Illinois knocked off Oregon State.
She finished her career with 1,215 points - the 14th highest total in Illinois history. As a sophomore in 1995-96, Reinking averaged 15.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while dishing out a team-leading 109 assists.
Reinking is Illinois' all-time leading career 3-point shooter with 194 treys. She also holds the school's single season 3-point record of 74.
After earning her bachelor's degree in Leisure Studies with an emphasis in Sport Management in 1998, Reinking served as an assistant under Hall of Fame coach Theresa Grentz at Illinois, sharing the sidelines with Wagner as well.
Reinking ranks in the Illinois Top-25 in five different career statistical categories (points, 3-point field goals made, games played, steals, field goals and free throws made).
In addition to her duties on the court, Reinking was heavily involved in the recruiting process, arranged team travel, and advised student-athletes on academics, decision-making, leadership skills, and public speaking.
Reinking earned her master's degree in Educational Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois in 2001.
