Carroll College women's head basketball coach Shawn Nelson has announced the signing of Helena's own Kelsi Brekke of Capital High.

Brekke, a 5-foot-8 senior guard, averaged 19.2 points per game, shot 39 percent from behind the arc, and sank 86 percent from the foul line for Coach Bill Pilgeram's squad.

She also led the Bruins to the Class AA state tournament and handed two-time defending champion Missoula Big Sky their only loss of the year.

"We are excited to have Kelsi join our program. She is an outstanding scorer and has the ability to stretch out the defense with her 3-point shooting," says Coach Nelson. "She has really developed into an all-around scorer and can get to the foul line and hit big free-throws."

Brekke is a four-year letter winner in both basketball and softball.

In basketball, she earned first-team all-state honors as a sophomore, second-team all-conference honors as a junior, and first-team all-state honors as a senior. Her success on the basketball court earned a spot on the Super State Team named last week.

In softball, she was named honorable mention all-conference as a freshman, second-team all-state as a sophomore, and first-team all-state as a junior. In addition, she was named to the Super State Team in softball as a junior.

"You don't see too many high school athletes that have the ability to be named to the Super State Team in multiple sports. I think it speaks very highly of her competitiveness and work ethic," Nelson said.

Brekke holds 15 school records, including the single-game mark of 41 points, and had four games with over 30 points this season. She scored 36 in Capital's upset win over Big Sky.

"Kelsi is a very consistent player, but has the ability to score points in bunches and change games. That is a quality that will help our program," Nelson said.

Brekke is a four-time Academic All-State selection in both basketball and softball and plans to study accounting at Carroll College.

"I chose to go to Carroll because I felt it would be a good fit for me for both basketball and academics," Brekke said. "I have been watching Carroll basketball since I was young and I have always wanted to be part of the team."