The 2004-2005 Season: Provided North Dakota State with quality play on both ends of the court ... Voted co-captain by her teammates ... Started in all 27 games for the Bison, logging 40 minutes in four contests and 35-plus minutes in four others ... Averaged 13.4 points, 4.6 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 2 steals in 29.9 minutes per game ... Connected on 43% from the field including 34.8% from the 3-point line ... Nailed team-high 89.1% from the free throw line ... All-Division I Independent first team selection ... Selected Division I Independent Player of the Week (1-18-05) ... Academic All-Division I Independent first team ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District second team ... In the final Division I independent stats, she was No. 1 in free throw shooting, No. 2 in assists, No. 5 in steals, No. 7 in scoring and No. 8 in 3-point field goal shooting ... Named the MVP of the Texas A&M Kingsville Turkey Day Shootout after averaging 16 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists over the three-day marathon... Hit a twisting, off-balance jumper at the buzzer to lift NDSU to a 64-63 win over South Dakota State on Feb. 26 before 6,052 fans at the Bison Sports Arena ... Reached 1,000 points in her career in the second half against Si Tanka Huron (2-5-05), joining teammate Leah Klabo in the elite NDSU group in the same game ... Connected on 27 straight free throws over 11 games from Jan. 2 to Feb. 12 ... Nearly matched her school record for consecutive free throws made of 28 set in 2003-04 ... Netted a career-high 30 points in the Bison 75-67 win at Cincinnati, NDSU's first win over Division I opponent as a D-I school ... Led the Bison in scoring 10 times ... Connected on 9 of 13 from the field against the Bearcats including a career best and school record 5 of 5 from the 3-point line ... Topped NDSU in assists on 16 occasions, dishing out a career-high 12 assists in the season finale against Grand Canyon (3-6-05) ... Matched her career-high with six steals against Division II Minnesota State, Mankato (2-17-05), one of 12 games she led NDSU in that category ... Pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against Southwest Oklahoma State (11-25-04).
The 2003-2004 Season: Consistent backcourt standout for Bison ... Voted co-captain by teammates ... Started in all 31 games, averaging 12.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.1 steals in a team-high 32.6 minutes played per game ... Connected on 37.9% from the field including 35.7% from 3-point line ... Nailed team-high 84.6% from the free throw line ... All-North Central Conference first team performer ... CoSIDA Academic All-District VII third team ... Honorable mention Academic All-NCC ... Selected NCC Player of the Week ... In the final NCC stats, she was No. 1 in assist/TO ratio (2.39), No. 2 in assists (5.29 apg), No. 5 in free throw shooting (.830, 39-47), No. 12 in scoring (13.6 ppg) and No. 22 in rebounding (+4.4 rpg) ... Lorenz made 28 consecutive free throws from March 1, 2003 to Dec. 19, 2003 to break the previous NDSU record of 26 held by former All-American Pat Smykowski from Jan. 2, 1987 to Jan. 30, 1987 ... Scored in double figures in 20 games including four with 20+ points ... Notched a career-high 25 points against South Dakota (2-20-04), which included a halfcourt 3-pointer near the end of the first half ... Scored 21 points (9-14 fg, .643), grabbed seven rebounds and dished out six assists in 75-74 win at North Dakota (2-7-04) ... Hit 10 of 11 free throws against the Coyotes ... Matched a career best with 10 assists vs. St. Cloud State (2-28-04) ... Set new career-high with six steals against North Dakota (3-13-04), sparking an incredible second half comeback in the NCAA regional ... Hit all four 3-point attempts vs. South Dakota State (2-13-04) ... Career-high eight rebounds vs. nationally-ranked Glenville State (12-13-03) ... Capped off All-NDSU Comfort Inn Classic performance with 21 points (including 8-8 free throws) vs. Glenville State.
The 2002-03 Season: First freshman to start at point guard for NDSU since All-American Jody Buck ... Honorable mention All-NCC ... Started all 33 games in 2003 ... Averaged 9.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals in 26.7 minutes per game ... Connected on 42.7% from the field including 42.6% from the 3-point line ... Nailed 91.8% from charity stripe ... Named MVP of the NDSU Comfort Inn Classic ... Connected on a season-high four 3-pointers (out of four attempts) vs. then No. 1-ranked Missouri Western (12-14-02) ... Set career-high with 10 assists vs. Nebraska-Kearney (3-14-03) in the NCAA North Central Regional ... Snared a season-high seven rebounds on three occasions ... Blocked three shots vs. Minnesota State, Mankato (1-24-03).
In Her Career: Has started all 91 games during career ... Averaging 11.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game ... Hitting 41% from the field including 37.6% from the 3-point line ... Connected on 88.7% (172-194) from the foul line, which is No. 1 all-time at NDSU ... Tied for No. 2 in 3-point shooting (37.6%, 120-319) on Bison career charts, No. 5 in 3-point FGM and No. 6 in 3-point FGA ... Tied for No. 5 all-time at NDSU in assists (370), No. 9 in steals (178) and No. 24 in scoring (1,078) ... Has reached double-figures in scoring in 56 games including 10 with 20+ points ... Top Bison scorer in 19 games, rebounder six times.
High School Days: A 2002 graduate of Langdon High School ... Selected North Dakota's “Miss Basketball,” Class B Player of the Year and North Dakota's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2001-2002 ... Named the Region 4 Player of the Year and Senior Player of the Year in 2001 ... Averaged 22.1 points, 8.2 assists, 5.9 rebounds and 4.4 steals in leading Langdon to a 21-4 record during her senior year ... Connected on 50.3% from the field including 40.5% from the 3-point line and 75.7% from the foul line in 2001 ... Ended outstanding prep career with 2,107 points, 887 assists, 646 rebounds and 542 steals in 119 career games ... Four-time all-conference performer ... Set several records for Langdon including points in a career and points in a game (35) ... Also tied the most 3-pointers made in a game (7) ... A three-time all-state performer including first team selections as a junior and senior ... Honorable mention high school All-American ... Named to the state Class B all-tourney squad as a freshman and sophomore ... An all-state, all-district and state all-tourney performer in volleyball ... Finalist for North Dakota's “Miss Volleyball” and selected District & Region Player of the Year as a senior ... Three-time all-state performer in golf ... Regular on the ?A’ Honor Roll... Finalist for Wendy Heisman Award ... Class president ... Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) president ... FBLA state award winner.
Personal File: Daughter of Keith and Kathy Lorenz ... Majoring in business administration ... Spent last summer working as a staffing coordinator intern for Express Personnel Services ... Worked for the Animal & Range Science department during the 2004 summer and helped collect beef carcass data with teammate Lacey Johnson ... Two-time recipient of the NDSU Harvest Bowl Scholarship ... Favorite hobby is shopping ... Has two brothers, Kyle and Korey ... Prep basketball coach was Gary Schauer.
