2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 7
Saga Ukkonen
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Helsinki FBA Marsky Club Team
- Hometown:
- Helsinki, Finland
Bio
2024-25 (SENIOR): Started 30 games and played 33 games...averaged 30.0 minutes, 8.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.7 steals...scored a season high 14 points - twice against Air Force and in the opening round of the Mountain West Tournament...hit a season high six rebounds three times with a season high 41 minutes at Utah State...had 14 games finishing in double figures...totaled 265 points, 82 rebounds, 72 assists and 46 3PFGM on 989 minutes...shot 88-of-254 (.346) from the field, 46-of-137 (.336) from beyond the arc and 43-of-57 (.754) from the charity stripe...holds the 6th most minutes played by a senior...named CSC Academic All DistrictÂ
PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE: Spent three seasons at Texas Tech (2021-23) … will have one year at Fresno State … (2023) Appeared in 27 games and one start...season high of eight points against Sam Houston...matched career-high of 27 games played... saw a season and career-high total of 58 points for the season...(2022) Ukkonen contributed in 27 games with two starts …recorded a career-high 22 minutes on the court against West Virginia …season high of seven points against Mississippi Val. … (2021) Ukkonen saw key action in 22 gamesÂ
PERSONAL:  Born in Helsinki, Finland...daughter Tero and Sanna Ukkonen … has one younger brother, Verneri...has ties to Fresno State with Kimberley Deroo, softball alumni and Erik Deroo, current Texas Tech women’s basketball assistant coach, DeRoo was a GA for Fresno State under Coach White in 2014-15...chose Fresno State because of the staff and location...first memory was meeting the team and other newcomers...dream job is to be a sports psychologist...one thing people may not know is she can play multiple instruments...one word to describe her on the court is hustler...speaks three languages, Finnish, Swedish and English...goals for this season are to fall back in love with playing, give it her all for her final year.
PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE: Spent three seasons at Texas Tech (2021-23) … will have one year at Fresno State … (2023) Appeared in 27 games and one start...season high of eight points against Sam Houston...matched career-high of 27 games played... saw a season and career-high total of 58 points for the season...(2022) Ukkonen contributed in 27 games with two starts …recorded a career-high 22 minutes on the court against West Virginia …season high of seven points against Mississippi Val. … (2021) Ukkonen saw key action in 22 gamesÂ
PERSONAL:  Born in Helsinki, Finland...daughter Tero and Sanna Ukkonen … has one younger brother, Verneri...has ties to Fresno State with Kimberley Deroo, softball alumni and Erik Deroo, current Texas Tech women’s basketball assistant coach, DeRoo was a GA for Fresno State under Coach White in 2014-15...chose Fresno State because of the staff and location...first memory was meeting the team and other newcomers...dream job is to be a sports psychologist...one thing people may not know is she can play multiple instruments...one word to describe her on the court is hustler...speaks three languages, Finnish, Swedish and English...goals for this season are to fall back in love with playing, give it her all for her final year.
FB Fall Camp #4: Jethro Franklin
Sunday, August 04
FB Post-Practice Interviews: Mikey Keene, Dean Clark
Tuesday, September 05
Fall Camp Practice #4: OC Kirby Moore
Friday, August 05
Q&A: Andrew Kachel
Sunday, July 17
