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Dina Kangas

  • Class
  • Induction
    2001
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball

Basketball Center
(1987-91)

Finished her Bulldog career as the NCAA Division II career scoring leader ... was a three-time NAIA All-American (first team in 1990-91 and 1989-90 and third team in 1988-89) ... scored more lifetime points (2,810) than any other player -- male or female -- in Minnesota collegiate basketball history ... departed the Bulldog basketball program as the owner of 23 records including points (44) and rebounds (27) in one game and in one season (938 and 424) ... paced the Northern Sun Conference in scoring her final three seasons and in rebounding as a junior and senior ... reached double figures for points in each of her final 94 collegiate games ... was a member f four NAIA National Tournament participants and three NSIC championship clubs (1989-91) ... UMD was 99-29 during her four-year career, 43-5 in NSC play ... was the NSC steals leader as a senior ... landed UMD's Outstanding Female Senior Athlete award for 1990-91 ... served as an assistant basketball coach at Duluth East High School (1991-93), UMD (1994-95), North Dakota State University (1997-99),  Bemidji State (1999-2000) and Minnesota State University-Moorhead ... doubled as MSUM's softball coach ... also was the head volleyball and softball coach at the College of St. Scholastica from 1994-96 ... holds a B.A.S. degree in health from UMD (1992) and a Master's degree in education from North Dakota State (2000) ... is originally from Pine River, Minn.

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