* Nominated for Honda & NCAA Inspiration Awards
* 2011, 2012 Summit League All-Academic Team / Commissioner's List for Academic Excellence
* 2010 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team
DeHoff's Take: “Hannah is an incredibly smart basketball player which translates to her teammates in practice and on the game floor. Her ability to shoot with range will help stretch out the opponent’s defense.”
The 2011-12 Season: Only player on the roster to start in all 31 games ... Hit game-winning shot against IUPUI (2-27-12) in final regular season game at Bison Sports Arena ... Averaged 8.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 24 minutes played per game ... Added 21 steals and five blocked shots ... Connected on 36.5 percent from the field including 39.9 percent from the three-point line ... Ranked 12th nationally in three-point shooting, making 65 of 163 attempts ... Made 83.3 percent from the foul line ... On the NDSU career charts, ranks 3rd in three-pointers attempted (392), 4th in three-pointers made (136) and 9th in three-point accuracy (.347) ... In the Summit League statistics, listed at 4th in three-pointers made (2 avg/g) and 5th in three-point shooting (.387) ... Nailed career-high six three-pointers against Oral Roberts (2-4-12) on her way to a career best 18 points ... Hit all four three-point field goal attempts vs. nationally-ranked Green Bay (11-11-11) ... Pulled down career-high eight rebounds vs. IUPUI (2-27-12) ... Led the Bison in scoring three times and rebounding once ... Named to The Summit League All-Academic team and Commissioner's List.
The 2010-11 Season: Inspiration is Hannah's middle name after she was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma on April 8, 2010 ... Linz is winning the battle and returned to the basketball court for the Bison ... Hodgkins lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system ... Linz started her chemotherapy treatments April 9, at the Meritcare Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo ... Had two treatments a month over a six-month period and continued to go to classes at NDSU ... Played in all 29 games including four starts ... Averaged 6 points, 2.1 assists and 1.7 rebounds over 18.2 minutes played per game ... Connected on 32.2 percent from the field including 30.7 percent from three-point ... Made 87.5 percent from the foul line ... Added 17 steals and four blocked shots ... Scored in double-figures eight times including a career-high 17 points vs. Oral Roberts (1-10-11) and at Northern Arizona (11-19-10) ... Sank five 3-pointers against ORU ... Handed out a career-high 11 assists vs. Mayville State (12-7-10) ... Made career best 6 of 6 free throws in win at South Dakota State (12-4-10) ... Pulled down a career-high five rebounds vs. Memphis (11-28-10).
The 2009-10 Season: Played in 27 games ... Averaged 4 points, 1.5 assists and 1.1 rebounds over 12.8 minutes per game ... Added nine steals and one blocked shot ... Connected on 33.3 percent from the field including 31.5 percent from the three-point line ... Made all 11 free throw attempts ... Reached double-figures in three games including a season-high 14 points vs. Centenary (1-14-10) including a season best four 3-pointers ... Dished out a season-high six assists in early season win vs. league regular season champion Oral Roberts (1-2-10) ... Came up a pair of steals on two occasions including vs. South Dakota State (1-16-10).
High School Days: A 2009 graduate of Eden Valley-Watkins High School ... Class Salutatorian ... Finalist for 2009 Miss Basketball in Minnesota after leading Eden Valley-Watkins to 25-3 record and 13-1 conference mark ... Averaged 24.75 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3.75 steals per game as a senior ... Made 103 three-pointers and hit 40 percent from three-point line ... Nominated to play in McDonald's High School All-American game ... Named to Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team ... 2007-08 and 2008-09 Associated Press All-State first team selection ... 2008-09 St. Cloud Times Area Player of the Year ... St. Paul Pioneer Press first team pick in 2008-09 ... Finished prep career with 3,376 points, which ranks 3rd all-time in Minnesota girls basketball history ... In the state record books, her 914 free throw attempts are 2nd, 644 free throws are 3rd, and 342 three-pointers are 4th all-time ... Averaged more than 20 points per game from 7th thru 12th grade ... Added 1,093 rebounds, 494 steals and 488 assists to career resume ... Five-year starter with 122-22 record overall and 68-2 in conference play ... Three-time St. Cloud Times All-Area and conference MVP ... State single-season record holder with 112 (of 259 for 43 percent) three-point field goals made in 2008 ... Named to 2005-06 Class 2A all-state tournament team ... Four-time KARP All-Area and all-section pick ... Five-time all-conference first team pick ... Academic all-state in 2009, five-time academic all-conference.
Personal File: Daughter of Robert and Linda Linz ... Strangest nicknames are "Hannah Banana" and "Hannah Montana" ... Has one brother, Luke, who played basketball at Concordia (Minn.) College from 2004-08 ... College major is nursing with a pscyology minor.
Hannah's Career Bests
Points: 18 vs. Oral Roberts, 2-4-12
FG Made: 6 vs. Western Illinois, 2-25-12; vs. Oral Roberts, 2-4-12
FG Att: 17 vs. IUPUI, 2-27-12
FG Pct.: 75% (6-8) vs. Western Illinois, 2-25-12
FT Made: 6 vs. IUPUI, 3-4-12; at South Dakota State, 12-4-10
FT Att.: 7 vs. IUPUI, 3-4-12
FT Pct.: 100% (6-6) at South Dakota State, 12-4-10
3FGM: 6 vs. Oral Roberts, 2-4-12
3FGA: 11 at UNLV, 12-19-11
3FG Pct.: 100% (4-4) vs. Green Bay, 11-11-11
Rebounds: 8 vs. IUPUI, 2-27-12
Assists: 11 vs. Mayville State, 12-7-10
Blocks: 1 vs. seven teams, last at Oakland, 1-28-12
Steals: 3 vs. three teams, last vs. Southern Utah, 2-6-12
Games W/Double Figure Points: 20 games
Games W/ Double Figure Assists: 1 game
