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SCSU Women's Basketball signs Maple Grove's Katrina Theis
4/25/2018 9:45:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The St. Cloud State University women's basketball program has announced the addition of forward Katrina Theis (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove H.S.) to its incoming class for the upcoming 2018-19 school year. Theis will join incoming recruits forward Mariah Alipate (Prior Lake, Minn./Eastview HS) and guards Kelsey Peschel (Sauk Centre, Minn./Sauk Centre HS), Amanda Porth (Jackson, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran HS) and Brehna Evans (De Pere, Wis./West De Pere HS), who will also begin their college basketball careers at SCSU in 2018-19.
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A 5-11 forward, Theis played prep basketball at Maple Grove High School. A three-time letterwinner for the Crimson, Theis earned Northwest Suburban All-Conference honors during her senior and junior seasons. She was her team's leading rebounder over the past two seasons and ranked second at Maple Grove in scoring in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Theis scored 462 points during her senior season, which currently ranks third best for points in a season at Maple Grove H.S. She helped lead Maple Grove to a 25-7 record and the team's first trip to the MSHSL state tournament since 2011.
"Katrina (Theis) is an extremely athletic forward, who has the ability to get to the basket and post up," SCSU head coach Lori Fish said.  "Her strength and versatility allow her to defend multiple positions on the floor and rebound the ball extremely well. We are very excited to have Katrina join our Huskies Family!"
The Huskies completed the recent 2017-18 season with a 17-10, 14-8 NSIC record. The Huskies will several top players in 2018-19 including sophomore guard Tori Wortz (Hutchinson, Minn.), who averaged 10.1 ppg last winter, and junior guard Madelin Dammann (Waconia, Minn.), who averaged 8.9 ppg in 2017-18.
