2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster

Andrew Towell
Andrew Towell
Sam Wasson / Alaska Anchorage
Andrew Towell
Aaron Selig/MSUB
Andrew Towell
Joanie Komura
Andrew Towell
Andrew Towell

11 Suzanna Ohlsen

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Monroe
  • Hometown Monroe, WA

Biography

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... WBCA All-America honorable mention, and Division II Bulletin All-America honorable mention in 2015. ... Daktronics All-West Region 2nd team in 2015. ... All-GNAC 1st team in 2015. ... All-GNAC 2nd team in 2014. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2012-13, 13-14, and 14-15. ... CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year in NCAA D2 women's basketball for 2014-15, the second athlete and first basketball player in SPU history to win that award. ... CoSIDA Academic All-America 1st team in 2015 and 3rd team in 2014. ... CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2013, 14 and 15. ...NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner in 2015. ... GNAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2014-15. ... C. Clifford McCrath 101 Club Scholar-Athlete for 2014-15. ... Falcon Award for Excellence in 2015. ... SPU co-captain in 2014-15.

Senior (2014-15): Scored her 1,000th career point on Dec. 4 against Alaska Fairbanks. ... Moved into SPU’s all-time top 10 for career scoring on Jan. 31 with 19 points in a 72-68 win against Western Washington. Finished No. 9 all-time with 1,394 points. ... Scored a career-high 26 points in a 73-64 double-overtime victory at Central Washington on Feb. 12. Tied career of 9 rebounds in that same game. ... Finished career as the best free throw shooter in school history at 87.2 percent (260 of 298). ... Had a streak of 49 straight free throws from midway through her junior year to early in her senior year. ... Started 83 straight games from beginning of her sophomore year to end of her career.  ... Two-time GNAC Player of the Week. ... MVP of Sodexo Tip-Off Classic and West Region Crossover Classic.

Junior (2013-14): Started all 27 games, posting the best numbers of her career with averages of 14.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 2.0 steals. ... Was the only Falcon with more than 100 assists (101). ... Continued her deadly accuacy at the free throw line, hitting a single-season school record 91.7 percent (77 of 84), and finishing the year on a streak of 42 makes in a row. Her success rate ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division II, and made her the first SPU player ever to finish a season at better than 90 percent. ... Posted career highs of 25 points and 8 rebounds in a 54-44 victory at Saint Martin's on Feb. 20, then matched that 25-point mark on March 5 in an 87-79 GNAC Tournament loss to Simon Fraser. ... Came up with a career-best 5 steals against Central Washington on Feb. 13.

Sophomore (2012-13): Started all 28 games, averaging a team-high 30.9 minutes per game. ... Averaged career highs 13.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. ... Her assist total of 97 led the team and was more than triple the 30 she had as a freshman. ... Also led Falcons with 51 steals, more than doubling her freshman year total of 24. ... Shot a career-best .888 at the foul line (71 of 80), ranking No. 11 in NCAA D-2, and helping the Falcons win the national free throw shooting title. Her career percentage of .858 makes her the SPU all-time leader (based on at least 50 attempts through at least two seasons). ... Set career highs in four major stat categories: 24 points on Dec. 8 at Chico State, 9 rebounds on Feb. 2 vs. Western Oregon, 7 assists on Dec. 31 vs. Chico State, and 6 steals on Jan. 13. ... GNAC Player of the Week for Dec. 3-8.

Freshman (2011-12): Played in all 27 games, with three late-season starts. ... Averaged 5.5 points and 1.3 rebounds. ... Shot well from both the field (.419) and foul line (.852, hitting 23 of 27). ... Scored a career-high 14 points against Western Washington in Brougham Pavilion on Feb. 23.

Monroe High School: All-Wesco first team in 2010 and 2011. … All-Wesco honorable in 2009 as a sophomore. … All-Area first team as a junior (2010) and All-Area Player of the Year as a senior (2011) as selected by the Everett Herald newspaper. … Monroe team MVP 2010 and 2011. … Averaged 22 points as a senior, with a school-record of 40 in a game against Marysville-Pilchuck, to lead Bearcats to the Class 4A state tournament. … Four-year varsity starter … School record holder in numerous statistical categories, including single-season scoring, steals, shots taken, shots made, and free throw percentage. … Also a standout in cross country and track. … Ran in the state cross country meet all four years, with a 10th-place finish as a sophomore in 2008. … Served as team captain for two years. … Owns the school record in the 800 meters. … Did not do track as a junior so she could focus on her advanced placement classes and college tests. It paid off – she scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT, and a maximum of 5 on the AP calculus test.

Personal: Suzanna Marie Ohlsen. ,,, Born Dec. 29, 1992. ... Biochemistry major.

Fun facts: SPU's Biochemistry Student of the Year for 2012-13. ... Has been playing basketball since age 5. ... If she wasn't playing basketball, she would be playing Ping-Pong. ... Favorite sport to watch other than basketball is college football. ... Worst movie she ever saw was "Dumb and Dumber." ... Book she just couldn't put down was the Fourth Edition of "Biological Science" by Scott Freeman. ... Favorite junk food is Sour Patch Kids. ... Her friends call her 'Su.' ... Her favorite kind of shopping is for shoes -- "I am a shoe freak," Ohlsen says. ... Helped write and illustrate a children's book about Chilly Willy, the not-so-firebreathing dragon.



STATISTICS
Year     GP    FG      3FG     FT    Reb  Avg   PF   A     TO     Blk  Stl   Pts    Avg
11-12    27    .419    .235    .852    36    1.3    20    30    42       5    24    149    5.5
12-13    28    .419    .398    .888    79    2.8    46    97    85       5    51    364  13.0
13-14    27    .407    .320    .917    98    3.4    51  101    83       4    54    386  14.3
13-14    28    .485    .414    .832  107    3.8    59  110    86       6    65    495  17.7
TOT     110    .437    .359    .872  310    2.8  176  338  296   20  194  1394  12.7

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