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Jersey Number 23
Neleigh Gessert
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Millard West HS
2025-26 (Freshman)
Millard West High School
More About Neleigh
- Gessert closed her first season at Creighton by earning a spot on the BIG EAST All-Freshman team.
- She appeared in 28 games, including 13 starts, scoring 329 points and knocking down 81 treys.Â
- Neleigh scored a season-best 17 points against Drake, shooting 5-of-8 from the three-point line, on Nov. 9.
- With 22 points in the second half, Gessert closed the 86-62 win over Northern Arizona with 25 points. Her 38 combined points in the UNLV Turkey Tip-Off Tournament led to Neleigh earning the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor on Monday, Dec. 1.
- Gessert has hit double figures for scoring in four consecutive games including 12 points in a 60-52 victory at St. John’s Dec. 4 and 11 points in a 73-60 victory against Tulsa on Dec. 7.
- Neleigh duplicated her 25 point effort in Creighton’s 92-48 win at Omaha on Dec. 17, hitting 9-of-17 from the field including five from long range.
- With four consecutive double digit efforts, Neleigh has scored 10 or more in eight of her last nine games.
- For the second time in her first 14 games Neleigh etched her name in Creighton’s record book with seven treys (7-of-10) at Villanova on Jan. 1. She closed the contest with 25 points.
- Back in double figures for the first time in four games, Neleigh scored 14 against Providence on Jan. 17.
- Coming out firing, Neleigh started the game 5-of-7 from long range, finishing with 17 points in Creighton’s 81-51 win over St. John’s on Jan. 28.
- Neleigh raised her career-high with a D.J. Sokol Arena record 31 points by a freshman in the Bluejays’ 64-62 win over Georgetown on Feb. 4.
Millard West High School
- Neleigh was ranked No. 84 on ESPN HoopGurlz Basketball Prospects, playing 104 games at Millard West High School.
- She holds the record at Millard West for points in a season with 520 as a junior and for her career with 1,542 total points.
- She also holds the record for the most blocks in a season with 54 (junior season) and most in a career with 152 total blocks.
- Earning Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year her senior year, Neleigh averaged 17.6 points per game, 2.6 steals and 5.6 rebounds per game.Â
- She was a two-time Lincoln Journal Star First Team Super State selection and the Metro Conference All-Tournament team MVP.
- In her senior year, she also was awarded MaxPreps Player of the Year, was a McDonald’s All American nominee and All-Nebraska First Team selectionÂ
- by the Omaha World-Herald, the NebPreps Class A Player of the Year and was selected to play in the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game.
- Both Neleigh and her twin sister, Norah, were All-Metro Conference First Team and were selected to be honorary co-captains.
- Neleigh and Norah guided Millard West HS to back-to-back Nebraska State Championships in 2024 and 2025, earning consecutive All-Tournament First Team honors.
- Gessert was named the Millard West Female athlete of the year and Millard West performer of the year following the 2024-25 academic year.
- Over her final two seasons with the Wildcats, Millard West went 55-2.
More About Neleigh
- Favorite pregame snack or meal: Pasta
- Favorite movie or tv show: Greys Anatomy
- Dream vacation spot: Bora Bora
- Game most excited for: Nebraska
- NIL deal you want: ALO
- Gameday superstitions: Energy Drink and Bubbles for every game
- Spend a Day with a Celebrity: Steph Curry
- Favorite thing in Omaha: College World Series
- Unpopular opinion: March Madness is better than the NBA Playoffs
- Slang word you use to much: Bro / bruh
- Best memory with your team: Going to Top Golf
- Favorite music artist/group: Zach Bryan or Daniel Ceasar
- Odd Skill: I can remember everyone’s basketball number but forget their name
- Current roman empire: Zach Bryan concert in the rain
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