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Karen Stromme

Karen Stromme

  • Class
  • Induction
    2011
  • Sport(s)
    Athletic Administrator, Women's Basketball Coach, Women's Golf Coach

Women’s Basketball Head Coach (1984-2005)
Women’s Golf Head Coach (1988-91)
Athletic Administrator (2004-present)

Spent 21 years directing the Bulldog women’s basketball team before stepping down in 2005 to become UMD's assistant athletic director and senior woman administrator...compiled a 440-184 overall record (for a .705 winning percentage) and posted 21 consecutive winning seasons while also guiding the Bulldogs to 12 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference titles, four of a possible five NSIC Tournament championships, eight NCAA II regional playoff berths and seven appearances in the NAIA National Tournament ... churned out three All-Americans and 44 All-NSIC  first team honorees, including the UMD Athletic Hall of Fame trio of Denise (Holm) Olson, Kelli (Ritzer) Thomas and Dina Kangas, the all-time scoring leader in Minnesota collegiate history .... handled the women’s golf coach duties at UMD for that program’s four seasons of varsity competition ... served as an assistant coach with the women's basketball Bulldogs in 1983-84 and the UMD volleyball team in 1986 and 1987 ... chaired the USA Women’s Basketball Team Selection Committee for the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games ... is a member of the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the St. Olaf College Hall of Fame ... grew up a few blocks from UMD and went on to graduate from Duluth Central High School.

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