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Title IX, Women's Basketball

TITLE IX SPOTLIGHT, Women's Basketball

CSP celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX

3.30.23

By: Patrick Rydeen

ST. PAUL, Minn. – In honor of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the Concordia-St. Paul athletic department will be spotlighting its nine female athletic programs throughout the 2022-23 school year. The fourth spotlight is the CSP women's basketball program.

As a female athlete, Title IX has provided me with so many opportunities and a platform to make a difference while playing the sport I love. I have gained relationships and experiences that go beyond the court and mean so much to me. Because of Title IX, I feel empowered to grow and become the best I can be as a student and athlete here at CSP.
CSP sophomore forward Megan Gamble
Women's Basketball Team Pic 2022-23
The 2022-23 Concordia-St. Paul women's basketball team

PROGRAM QUICK FACTS

  • First Season as a Varsity Sport: 1968-69
  • First NSIC Win: 2-0 vs Minnesota Morris, Oct. 24, 1999
  • First NSIC Championship: 2003-04, 28-4 overall & 15-1 NSIC
  • First NCAA Tournament Appearance: 2002-03, 21-8 overall & 14-4 NSIC
  • First All-NSIC Selection: Lisa Harfield, First Team, 2000-01
  • First All-America Selection: Amanda Behnke, 2006-07
Title IX gives women the opportunity to feel confident and accepted in sports. As a head women’s basketball coach it allows me to give my players the same opportunities as other male athletes and because of title IX the future continues to look bright for female athletes and coaches.
CSP head coach Amanda Johnson
Iron 5: Starters Hansen, Kearney, Nicks, Whiting, Wolyniec
The 2013-14 Golden Bears take the court in their first-ever NCAA Elite Eight appearance

TEAM SPOTLIGHT

2013-14 Golden Bears

  • First NCAA Central Region Championship
  • First NCAA Elite Eight appearance (L, 64-72 to Nova Southeastern)
  • 10th NCAA Tournament appearance
  • Fourth NSIC Tournament Championship
  • Tied for most wins in program history (28)
  • Defeated three consecutive top-10 opponents (#2 Harding, #8 Central Missouri and #7 Emporia State) to win the NCAA Central Region Tournament

PROGRAM RECORD HOLDERS

  • Career Points – 2,021 – Anna Schmitt (2015-19)
  • Career Rebounds – 933 – Kyrah Fredenburg (2014-19)
  • Career Assists – 775 – Katie LaViolette (2004-08)
  • Career Steals – 245 – Jennifer Pozzani (2001-05)
  • Career Blocks – 264 – Kionda Nicks (2012-16)
  • Career Three-Pointers Made – 273 – Carissa Wolyniec (2010-14)
Linda Voetberg 75-76
Jennifer Pozzani 2004
Katie LaViolette 2007 vs WSU
Anika Whiting converts a contested jumper to earn MVP honors
Anna Schmitt vs Harding 2018-19

CSP HALL OF FAME

  • Carol Petrich, '67
  • Mary Langholz, '74
  • Cindy Pummill, '78
  • Linda Voetberg Paschka, '78
  • Peggie Jackson, '79
  • Carol Moss Rose, '79
  • Ruth Wagner Hagenow, '80
  • Cynthia Wulf McGrath, '80
  • Debra David Kelzer, '82
  • Rhonda Hintz Whitcomb, '84
  • Connie Michna Huberty, '85
  • Christine Alsbury Piepkorn, ‘86
  • Deborah Harms, '86
  • Tracy Andersen Olson, ‘87
  • Barb Beise Sherwood, '87
  • Sandra Hammes, '88
  • Connie Kiedrowski, '88
  • Dana Schmid, '91
  • Renae Brehmer Fox, '92
  • Carrie Rindal, '93
  • Jodi Sieling Nilsen, '93
  • Angie Jacox Patterson, '94
  • Naomi Stohlmann, '98
  • Lisa Harfield Borowitz, '03
  • Jill Kalvik, '05
  • Jennifer Pozzani, '05
  • Amanda Behnke Johnson, '08
  • Katie LaViolette Fischer, '08