2010-11 Summit League Commissioner's List
2010, 2009 Summit League All-Tournament team
2010 Summit League Player of the Week
2009-10 Summit League Commissioner's List
2009 NFCA Scholar Athlete
2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team
2011 SEASON: One of four players to start in all 57 games ... "Iron Woman" at third base for Bison, starting 155 games in a row in career ... Hit .293 with three home runs and 24 RBI ... Scored 29 runs with 15 walks, 13 doubles, and seven sacrifice bunts ... Summit League Commissioner's List ... Had 14 multi-hit games including 2 for 3 with two runs scored vs. Southern Utah in league tournament ... Had six multi-RBI games including three at IPFW (3-25-11) ... Made only nine errors in 178 fielding chances including career-high 110 assists ... Ranks 7th all-time at NDSU in hit by pitch with eight.
2010 SEASON: Brea started in all 58 games last season at third base ... Hit .241 with 2 home runs and 26 RBI ... Scored 18 runs with 17 walks, 11 doubles, 10 sacrifice bunts and one sarifice fly ... Had career-high eight-game hitting streak ... Earned Summit League Player of the Week honors (4-19-10) ... Selected to the Summit League Championship all-tournament team for the second straight season ... Summit League Commissioner's List ... Had 12 multi-hit games including 2 for 4 with three RBI vs. IPFW (5-14-10) in the league tournament ... It was also one of six multi-RBI games ... Had two multi-run games ... Picked up first collegiate steal vs. Utah Valley (3-6-10) ... Matched a career-high with two sacrifice bunts vs. Utah State (3-7-10) ... Part of defense that led the league and ranked 43rd in NCAA fielding percentage (.968).
2009 SEASON: Started in 49 of 51 games played as a freshman ... Hit .271 with four home runs and 22 RBI ... Scored 19 runs with six sacrifice bunts and four doubles ... Hit by pitch five times ... Made only five errors in 137 fielding chances ... Selected to the Summit League Championship all-tournament team ... Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team ... NFCA Scholar Athlete ... Had five multi-RBI games including three runs batted in in Summit League wins over IUPUI and Oakland ... Had five multi-hit games including a pair against Oklahoma and Tulsa in NCAA Norman Regional ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA fielding percentage (.976) and 12th nationally in double plays (0.47 avg.).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School ... Three-year starter for Roosevelt High School and head coach John Sietes ... Hit .645 with five home runs and 25 RBI ... Two-time all-state selection ... Roosevelt was second in the state in 2005 ... Played summer league softball with the successful Minnesota Irish team ... Also a shooting guard for the Roosevelt basketball team and was a member of two state championship teams in 2005 and 2006 ... Female representative from Roosevelt H.S. for "YMCA Character Counts" program.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Steven and Coryne Konz ... Strangest nickname was 'Duke' ... College major is marketing ... Has one sister, Kassi, and one brother, Beau, who attended NDSU.
Brea Konz Favorites
Favorite Movie: Drop Dead Gorgeous, Bridesmaid
Favorite Foods: Spaghetti
Favorite Group/Singer: Adele, Ricky Martin
Favorite Holiday: Ground Hogs Day
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Actor: Amber Heard, Kristen Wiig
Favorite TV Shows: Finding Bigfoot
Favorite Songs: Anything from Adele
Favorite Books: The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Athlete: Clay Matthews
