She’s had two major knee surgeries, a minor one and another scheduled when the season concludes, sometime in March. In November, Kelsey Hogan suffered a concussion that literally knocked her out of the lineup for two weeks.

The brace is back on the battered right knee, but the fifth-year University of New Hampshire point guard from Nashua can still have games like she did last week against the University of Vermont.

Returning to the starting lineup after missing five games with yet another knee injury – this one a torn lateral meniscus – she took six shots from the floor and made all of them, including four from beyond the 3-point line.

She finished with a season-high 17 points to go along with four rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes, leading the Wildcats to a 67-45 victory over their rivals.

“No pain, no gain,’’ joked Hogan, who vowed to come back stronger than ever from post-season surgery.

Hogan tore the anterior cruciate ligament early in her freshman season, then tore in again during the preseason a year later.

She came back to have two strong seasons, earning America East All Rookie Team honors as a redshirt freshman two years ago and leading the conference in 3-point field goal percentage in each of the past two seasons.

The first 1,000-point scorer in Nashua North history, Hogan is still on pace to reach 1,000 at UNH and is leading the team in assists for the third straight season.

She was on track for another strong season, scoring in double figures in her first three games, until suffering the concussion at Boston College.

“I got hit in the head going up for a rebound,’’ Hogan said. “They checked me out and put me back in, but then I got knocked down going in for the layup, and we’re pretty sure that’s when I suffered the concussion.’’

Hogan was able to rest during Thanksgiving break and return to the lineup in December. The cartilage tear in January knocked her out of the lineup again.

But Hogan, a team captain for the third time, still feels like a big part of the team, even when she’s not on the floor.

“The younger girls come to me for advice on just about everything,’’ Hogan said. “After five years they figure I’ve seen everything.’’

Hogan said that last year her teammates started calling her “Mom.’’ This year they’ve changed it to Grandma.

Hogan hopes that future teams call her coach. She’s finishing up a degree in sports studies with a business minor. She hopes to get into coaching, at the collegiate level once her eligibility is over next year, her sixth at UNH.

“I’m not ready to stop playing the game I love yet,’’ Hogan said. “And when it does end, I still want to be involved.’’

“As a point guard, I’ve always felt like a leader on the court. I’d like to extend that into coaching.’’

Hogan figures the recovery time for her next surgery will be just three weeks, a lot different than the months of rehabilitation following the two ACL tears.

She’ll be back in Nashua this summer to run basketball camps for Nashua Parks and Recreation.

Tyler Gendron

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute freshman basketball player Tyler Gendron of Merrimack was named Liberty League Rookie of the Week.

Gendron opened the week by scoring 10 points with four rebounds, two assists and three steals in a 85-76 win over Vassar. He followed it up with a career-high 23 points with five rebounds, an assist and two steals in an 86-82 overtime win over St. Lawrence.

On the season, Gendron is third on the team in scoring 9 points per game and is shooting a team best 40.8 percent from 3-point range.

Jamie Zajac

Jamie Zajac of Merrimack, a senior on the RPI basketball team, had 25 points Saturday in an 82-79 overtime win over Clarkson.

The Bishop Guertin graduate is second on the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game and leads the team in assists with 3.4. His 34 steals are tied for the team lead.

Ivy Muchuma

Junior Ivy Mucuma of Nashua won both the weight throw and shot put for the RPI women’s indoor track team at the Liberty League Championships last weekend.

The Nashua North graduate threw the weight 53 feet, 8.5 inches and the shot put 42-4.75.

Christian Wojtas

Sophomore Christian Wojtas of Amherst had 16 points last week to lead the Keene State women’s basketball team to a 60-52 victory over Lasell.

Wojtas, a Souhegan graduate, is currently second on the team in scoring at 11.5 points per game and leads the team in 3-point field goals with 59.

Rebecca Arnone

Freshman Rebecca Arnone of Litchfield came off the bench to play 26 minutes and score eight points with four assists and three rebounds for the Wheaton College women’s basketball team on Monday in a 60-51 loss to Clark.

On the season Arnone is averaging 4.3 points and is third on the team in both assists (1.7) and rebounds (4.0).

Alex Cronin

Junior Alex Cronin of Merrimack had one of just two wins for the Plymouth State wrestling team in a 41-6 loss to 11th ranked Springfield College.

Cronin picked up his third win of the season at 133 points with a 6-3 win. He is 3-7 on the season.

Kelly Morgan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute junior guard Kelly Morgan of Brookline leads the NEWMAC Conference in 3-point field goal accuracy at 50 percent.

Morgan, who is averaging 8.6 points per game, had hit 36 of 72 attempts so far this season. She’s seventh in the league in 3-pointers made.

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