New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2018-19: Selected as the ASUN Conference Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. ...Guarino, a two-time ASUN All-Academic team honoree, becomes the first NJIT female athlete to earn ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year, joining baseball's Cody Kramer (2017) and Track and Field's Timothy Daudelin (2015-16)...A graduate student, Guarino owns a 3.955 GPA and is enrolled in the MBA Program at NJIT, majoring in Business Administration.  ...Guarino graduated with a business degree with a concentration in marketing and minor in communications ...The guard from Thiells, NY, scored her 1,000-point at Liberty on February 2, becoming the ninth player in school history to reach the milestone. ...paced the Highlanders in points per game (12.2) and three-pointers made (70) while posting double-digit in 18 games, including five 20+ performances. ...Guarino netted a career-high 28 points at Colgate on December 14, 2018, connecting on seven three-point field goals. ...ranked first in the ASUN in free throw percentage (85.9), second in three-point field goals (70), ninth in three-point field goal percentage (36.1) and 12^th in scoring (12.2). ... 23 points at Lipscomb. … went a perfect 14-for-14 at the free throw line), which tied the NJIT D1 individual game record. … scored 1,000 career points at Liberty (Feb. 2). … 18 points vs. Jacksonville (1.19.19). … sank four three-pointers … 20 points performance vs. Lipscomb (1.15.19). … Career-high 28 points and seven three-pointers at Colgate (12.14.18). …  26 points vs. Western Carolina (11.24.18). … connected on 6-of-11 from three-point range. … 11 points at Penn (3-for-6 from 3PT). … 12 points at No. 25 West Virginia (11.11.18). … Tied a career-best 24 points in second game of season at Howard (11.9.18). … tied career-mark with five three-pointers in a game. ...concludes her career at NJIT with 1,068 points, which ranks eighth all-time, first in three-point field goals (250) and free throw percentage (86.2), second in three-point percentage (35.7) and seventh in scoring average (10.1). ...Guarino has been chosen by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) to take part in a special three-day workshop during this year's WBCA National Convention in Tampa, Florida.

2017-18: Named to the ASUN All-Academic Team as a Business major with concentration in Marketing and minor in Communications. ...Guarino earned Dean's List seven-out-of-eight semesters at NJIT. . .. ended the season as the team leader in points at 12.5ppg, leading the Highlanders in the last four contests and tying her career-best mark at North Florida on February 17 with a 24-point performance. ...Her 61 three-point field goals made, tops the Highlanders, ranking first in the ASUN in three-pointers made per game (2.9) and second in three-point field goal percentage (39.1). ....scored in double-figures in the last 11-out-of-12 games and netted 18 three-pointers in the last four games.  Her 180 career three-pointers rank second all-time in the NJIT D1 era and her 35.6 shooting percentage from behind the arc ranks first.

2016-17: Played in 27 out of 30 games, including 26 starts. ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring (7.9) and paced the Highlanders with 57 three-pointers made. ... 17 points at Lipscomb (5-for-11) 3pters. ...season-best 20 points at Kennesaw State, including six three-pointers (2.2.17). .. 11 points (3-for-7) from three-point range at FGCU (1.21.17). ...11 points vs. North Florida (1.14.17). ...12 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists at Chicago State (12.30.16). ...11 points vs. Rutgers-Newark (12.28.16). … 16 points at Delaware State (12.11.16). ... 14 points at Harvard (12.6.16).

2015-16: Atlantic Sun Conference All Freshman Team. … making a long road back from her third major knee injury since Guarino began high school, she becomes the first NJIT women's basketball player to receive postseason honors since NJIT joined the Atlantic Sun Conference. …she ranks second on the team in points (8.2 ppg).  …recorded three 20+ scoring performances, including a career-best 24 points after connecting on 7 of her 16 3-point field goal attempts and 8-for-17 from the floor overall against Virginia, from the highly-regarded Atlantic Coast Conference on December 5. …She has connected on at least one three-pointer in 24 of NJIT's 30 contests (high of 7 at Virginia). …ranks fourth in the A-Sun in three-point percentage (35.4) and three-point field goals made (total 62 | 2.2 per game). …Guarino moves into third all-time in the Division I era at NJIT with 62 three-point baskets made in a single season.
 
2014-15: After suffering three ACL tears in high school, Guarino will redshirt the 2014-15 season at NJIT to rehabilitate her left knee.

Before NJIT:  Guarino, who did not play in her junior season at Albertus Magnus High School in Rockland County, NY, due to injury, earned New York State Sportswriters Association All-State, All-League and All-Section during her sophomore and senior seasons. ...In her final season, Guarino was selected all-Hudson Valley/Westchester and on the All-Metro team. ... played AAU for the Hudson Valley Elite.

Personal: Kelly Elizabeth Guarino. ... daughter of Deborah McGovern ... business major.