2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Taylor Koenen
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Savage, Minn.
- High School:
- Shakopee
Served as team captain for 2019-20 ... Business administration major ... Represented her team on Student-Athlete Advisory Council ... Played in all 125 games during her four seasons at UNC and started 106, including every game in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Just the second player in program history with 1,200 career points, 800 career rebounds, 300 career assists and 100 career three-pointers ... Recipient of a 2019-20 ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Honorary Award, the only women's basketball player among the 50 conference student-athletes honored
2019-20: As a senior, started all 30 games, averaging a career-best 14.7 points ... Voted All-ACC honorable mention by both the coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel ... All-ACC Academic Team honoree for the third year in a row ... Established new single-game career highs for scoring, field goals, three-pointers, free throws and steals during her senior season ... Led the team in scoring eight times, after doing so just twice in her first three years combined ... Scored in double figures 23 times in 30 games, after doing so a total of 29 times in the previous three years combined ... Scored her 1,000th career point in the loss at FSU (1/12/20) and was honored for that feat prior to the following game, against Miami on Jan. 16 ... The 38th player in school history to reach 1,000 points ... Scored a career high 23 against Illinois then bettered that with 26 against Clemson on Feb. 2 ... Four double-doubles during the season, including 14 points and 11 rebounds in a Jan. 9 win over previously-unbeaten NC State
2018-19: As a junior, started all 33 games ... Was the only player in the starting lineup for every game of the season ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the second year in a row ... Averaged 9.6 points and 6.9 rebounds in 34.7 minutes per game ... Scored a season-high 21 points in playing all 40 minutes at Syracuse on Jan. 13 ... Matched that in the following game, leading the Tar Heels with 21 points in a homecourt win over Wake Forest on Jan. 17 ... Season high 15 rebounds in the home win over Boston College on Feb. 21 ... With 11 points, it was one of four double-doubles during the season (UNCW, Syracuse, Virginia, BC) ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition
2017-18: As a sophomore, started all 31 games ... Selected to the ACC All-Academic Team ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll for the second year in a row ... Set career highs in scoring (8.1) rebounding (6.8) and assists (3.5) per game ...Ranked third in the ACC in minutes played (35.5) ... ACC ranks: 8th in 10-rebound games (10), 11th in defensive rebounds (4.8), 12th in assist/turnover ratio (1.3), 12th in assists (3.5), 12th in rebounding (6.8) and 22nd in double-doubles (3) ... Scored a career-high 21 points in a victory over Minnesota ... Scored in double figures in a stretch of five out of six games early in the season.
Before UNC: Graduate of Shakopee High School ... Five-star rated by ESPN ... Ranked 11th best guard and 43rd overall in 2016 class by ESPN ... Top-ranked player in the state of Minnesota by Breakdown Sports USA ... 2016 Gatorade Minnesota Player of the Year ... Earned 15 varsity letters (six in tennis, five in basketball and four in softball) ... First Shakopee basketball playe – male or female – to score 2,000 career points ... Holds eight school records including points, three-pointers, rebounds, assists and steals ... Academic all-state team member, ranking in the top 10 percent of her class of nearly 500 students ... Favorite high school memory was a three-quarter court shot her sophomore year that made ESPN's Top 10 Plays ... Named all-conference five times in basketball and tennis and twice in softball ... Averaged 21.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.3 assets and 3.2 steals per game as a senior ... First-team Associated Press All-State as a junior in 2015 ... Four-time all-academic selection ... Competed for Minnesota Stars for two years and Minnesota Fury for six years
More on Koenen: Daughter of Doug and Kelli Koenen ... Has a younger brother, Tanner
