BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference released the 2024-25 Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams. Concordia-St. Paul's Amanda Johnson won NSIC Coach of the Year, Lindsey Becher won Defensive Player of the Year and Lydia Haack earned All-NSIC First Team. 

This is Johnson's first NSIC Coach of the Year award. She becomes the second coach in program history to win the award as Paul Fessler won in 2012-13, 2007-08 and 2006-07. Johnson has led the Golden Bears to a program-best 26-2 regular season record and the NSIC Regular Season Championship. 

Becher becomes the fourth NSIC Defensive Player of the Year in program history. Other award winners include Zora Quoie in 2010-11, Mary Schroeder in 2007-08 and 2006-07 and Jennifer Pozzani in 2004-05 and 2003-04. 

She also earned her third All-NSIC First Team selection, making her the fourth player in program history to earn the honor three times. She joins the ranks of Anna Schmitt, Anika Whiting and Lisa Harfield in this category. 

Becher's season was highlighted by breaking CSP's all-time career blocks record. She currently has 308 career blocks and is fourth in the nation this season in blocks per game. Becher has tied her career-high marks in blocked shots with 81 and steals with 37 this season. 

Haack earns the second All-NSIC First Team selection of her career as she was also selected in 2022-23 during her time at Upper Iowa. She led the Golden Bears averaging 16.1 points per game in NSIC play, ranking sixth in the conference. Haack also averaged 4.8 assists per game during conference play, ranking second.

The top-seeded Golden Bears start NSIC Tournament play on Saturday at 11 a.m. against St. Cloud State (15-13, 11-11 NSIC) at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 

Amanda Johnson

• Second coach in program history to win NSIC Coach of the Year
• Led the Golden Bears to their seventh NSIC Regular Season Championship in program history
• Her second conference championship, winning the NSIC South Division in 2018-19
• Is the third-winningest coach in program history with a 167-97 record
• Led the team to a program-best 26-2 regular season record
• Marks her third 20-win season in her coaching career and has now tallied seven straight winning seasons
• Posted her best NSIC record at 20-2, now 126-77 in her career
• Led the Golden Bears to a 13-game winning streak, tying for the fifth-best in program history
• Helped the Golden Bears finish 14-0 at home for the second time in program history

#11 Lindsey Becher (C, 6-1, Sr., Shoreview, Minn. / Mounds View HS)

• NSIC Defensive Player of the Year 2024-25
• Three-time All-NSIC First Team Selection
• T-9th in program history with 1,423 career points
• 18th in the NSIC in scoring (12.7 ppg) and seventh in rebounding (7.2 rpg)
• Leads the NSIC and is fourth in the nation in blocks per game averaging 2.9
• Broke the program record for career blocks with 308
• Ranks first in blocked shot average in program history (2.8)
• Has tied her career-high marks in blocked shots (81) and steals (37) this season
• Had a career-high five double-doubles this season pushing her career total to 13
• Scored in double digits in 19 of CSP's 28 games this season
• Averaging 12.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.9 blocks in 28 games this season
• Helped the Golden Bears finish 14-0 at home for the second time in program history
• Led CSP to a program-best 26-2 regular season record
• 2024-25 NSIC Regular Season Conference Champion

#23 Lydia Haack (G, 5-3, Jr., Elk River, Minn. / Elk River HS)

• 2024-25 All-NSIC First Team
• 2022-23 All-NSIC South Division First Team (Upper Iowa)
• 2020-21 NSIC South Division All-Freshman Team (Upper Iowa)
• Led the Golden Bears averaging 16.1 ppg in NSIC play, ranking sixth in the conference
• Averaged 4.8 assists per game in conference play, ranking second
• Ranks 22nd in the nation in total assists (129) and 29th in total points (467)
• Posted a career-high 35 points in CSP's 62-53 victory over MSU Moorhead 
• Scored 30 points in an 82-74 win over Sioux Falls (2/6/25)
• Recorded two double-doubles this season, dishing out a season-high 10 assists in both games
• Averaged 16.7 points, five rebounds and 4.6 assists in 28 games this season
• Helped the Golden Bears finish 14-0 at home for the second time in program history
• Led CSP to a program-best 26-2 regular season record
• 2024-25 NSIC Regular Season Conference Champion