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Jersey Number 20
Emily Behnke
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Two Rivers, Wis.
- High School:
- Manitowoc Lutheran HS
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2021-22, 2022-23)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23)
2022-23 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 30 games and made a career-high 28 starts…Logged 20.9 minutes per contest…Averaged 8.1 points and a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game…Grabbed a team-high 190 rebounds…Hit double figures in rebounds in five games, including a career-high 13 against Kansas City (Feb. 16)…Shot 53.3 percent (89-167) from the field and 53.8 percent (64-119) from the free throw line…Reached double digits in scoring in 10 games…Tallied four double-doubles…Netted a career-high 16 points at UNI (Dec. 6)…Ranked second on the team with 28 blocks…Averaged 0.93 blocks per game, which ranked eighth in the Summit League…Created 27 steals.
2021-22 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 28 games…Logged 12.8 minutes per contest…Averaged 3.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game…Contributed a team-high 13 blocks…Posted at least two blocks in four games…Reached double digits in scoring twice…Netted a season-high 10 points against Dickinson State (Nov. 23) and at Kansas City (Feb. 19)…Pulled down a season-high eight rebounds against Jamestown (Dec. 19).
2020-21 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in 23 games...Played a season-high 21 minutes against Omaha (Jan. 9)...Scored a season-high five points against Oral Roberts (Feb. 6)...Had a season-high 10 rebounds against Omaha (Jan. 9)...Had multiple blocked shots against Kansas City (Jan. 29) and Oral Roberts (Feb. 6)...
2019-20 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Sat out the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Honorable Mention All-State honors her junior and senior seasons...Four-year varsity starter who averaged 11.1 points and 10.0 rebounds per game over her career...Averaged 12.2 points, 10.6 rebounds 1.3 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.9 steals per game as a senior...Four-time all-conference selection, earning second team honors as a freshman and first team in her last three years of high school...Her senior class graduated with the most wins in Manitowoc Lutheran history...Also a member of the volleyball and track teams in high school, while holding the school record in the discus.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Melissa and Brent Behnke...Has a sister, Abigail...Her cousin, Amanda Behnke, played basketball for Winthrop and Concordia (St. Paul) before playing professionally in Australia for two years...Majoring in sonography...
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2021-22, 2022-23)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23)
2022-23 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 30 games and made a career-high 28 starts…Logged 20.9 minutes per contest…Averaged 8.1 points and a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game…Grabbed a team-high 190 rebounds…Hit double figures in rebounds in five games, including a career-high 13 against Kansas City (Feb. 16)…Shot 53.3 percent (89-167) from the field and 53.8 percent (64-119) from the free throw line…Reached double digits in scoring in 10 games…Tallied four double-doubles…Netted a career-high 16 points at UNI (Dec. 6)…Ranked second on the team with 28 blocks…Averaged 0.93 blocks per game, which ranked eighth in the Summit League…Created 27 steals.
2021-22 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 28 games…Logged 12.8 minutes per contest…Averaged 3.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game…Contributed a team-high 13 blocks…Posted at least two blocks in four games…Reached double digits in scoring twice…Netted a season-high 10 points against Dickinson State (Nov. 23) and at Kansas City (Feb. 19)…Pulled down a season-high eight rebounds against Jamestown (Dec. 19).
2020-21 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in 23 games...Played a season-high 21 minutes against Omaha (Jan. 9)...Scored a season-high five points against Oral Roberts (Feb. 6)...Had a season-high 10 rebounds against Omaha (Jan. 9)...Had multiple blocked shots against Kansas City (Jan. 29) and Oral Roberts (Feb. 6)...
2019-20 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Sat out the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Honorable Mention All-State honors her junior and senior seasons...Four-year varsity starter who averaged 11.1 points and 10.0 rebounds per game over her career...Averaged 12.2 points, 10.6 rebounds 1.3 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.9 steals per game as a senior...Four-time all-conference selection, earning second team honors as a freshman and first team in her last three years of high school...Her senior class graduated with the most wins in Manitowoc Lutheran history...Also a member of the volleyball and track teams in high school, while holding the school record in the discus.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Melissa and Brent Behnke...Has a sister, Abigail...Her cousin, Amanda Behnke, played basketball for Winthrop and Concordia (St. Paul) before playing professionally in Australia for two years...Majoring in sonography...
NDSU Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference - March 22, 2026
Sunday, March 22
NDSU Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference - March 19, 2026
Friday, March 20
The Bison Basketball Show - March 11, 2026
Thursday, March 12
The Bison Basketball Show - March 4, 2026
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