South Dakota Mines

During her basketball college career, Konechne appeared in 126 games for the Lady Hardrockers. She grabbed 624 rebounds, recorded 316 assists and had 81 blocks. She was a career 42 percent field goal shooter and also marked up 74 percent from the free-throw line.

Konechne was named All-American following her senior season at South Dakota Mines in 1999. She was a four-year starter for the ‘Rockers and a three-time All-SDIC honoree, and was also named to the All-NAIA District 12 Team twice.

She also earned the honor of the SDIC Defensive Player-of-the-Year in 1997 and finished her career as the sixth all-time leading scorer with 1,654 points for SDM. She also owns the most three-point field goals made in a season (69) and is currently ranked second all-time for career three-pointers made (153) and third all-time for career steals (264).

In her four years with the Lady Hardrockers, she made it to the NAIA National Tournament four times and to the NAIA National Semifinals twice. She was also a member of three SDIC championship teams.

Konechne received a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and masters’ degree in Health and Physical Education from St. Cloud State University.