Bio

Jennifer (Childress) Hazelett, a 1998 Morningside graduate, is one of only three women's basketball players in Morningside history to earn first-team All-North Central Conference (NCC) honors twice, doing so as a junior and senior. She graduated as the sixth leading scorer and fourth leading rebounder in Morningside history with 1303 career points and 846 career rebounds. She averaged 12.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game over her career.

Hazelett grabbed 578 career rebounds in Morningside's NCC contests to make her the fifth leading rebounder in league history at the time of her graduation.     

After starting 10 games as a freshman, Hazelett moved into Morningside's starting lineup full-time as a sophomore and averaged 10.3 points and a team-high 7.8 rebounds per game. Hazelett averaged a double double as a junior when she topped Morningside with averages of 17.2 points and 10.0 rebounds per game and led the team in field goal accuracy with a shooting rate of 50.7 percent. She had Morningside's top single-game scoring and rebounding performances of the season with 34 points against Mankato State and 18 rebounds against South Dakota. Hazelett made 15 field goals in a game against St. Cloud State for the top total in the NCC that season. Hazelett also led Morningside in scoring as a senior when she averaged 14.3 points per game to compliment a norm of 8.4 rebounds per contest.