2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 13
Rachel Novak
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- High School:
- Fossil Ridge HS
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2021-22, 2022-23)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
2022-23 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 21 games and averaged 3.9 minutes per contest…Made her first career start against Oral Roberts (Feb. 18) and netted a season-high four points…Grabbed five rebounds and tallied two steals with one block.
2021-22 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 15 games…Averaged 6.1 minutes per game…Contributed five rebounds and two assists.
2020-21 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in eight games...Played season-high two minutes in six games...Scored against Iowa State (Dec. 12) and Denver (Jan. 23)...Had a rebound against Denver (Jan. 23)...Had an assist at North Dakota (Jan. 16)...
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner and a starter her final two years...Averaged 2.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists during senior season...Earned all-conference honorable mention honors as a senior, while also being named first team academic all-state...Helped team to final four as a junior and great eight as a senior...Member of National Honor Society...Also participated in track...
PERSONAL: Daughter of Michelle and Jeff Novak...Dad graduated from NDSU in 1988...Has two brothers, Evan and Sawyer...Uncle, Tom Leutz, was a 1985 NDSU graduate and ran track...Leutz set the school record in the decathlon, earning All-American honors while being a Drake Relays and Kansas Relays champion...
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
2022-23 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 21 games and averaged 3.9 minutes per contest…Made her first career start against Oral Roberts (Feb. 18) and netted a season-high four points…Grabbed five rebounds and tallied two steals with one block.
2021-22 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 15 games…Averaged 6.1 minutes per game…Contributed five rebounds and two assists.
2020-21 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in eight games...Played season-high two minutes in six games...Scored against Iowa State (Dec. 12) and Denver (Jan. 23)...Had a rebound against Denver (Jan. 23)...Had an assist at North Dakota (Jan. 16)...
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner and a starter her final two years...Averaged 2.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists during senior season...Earned all-conference honorable mention honors as a senior, while also being named first team academic all-state...Helped team to final four as a junior and great eight as a senior...Member of National Honor Society...Also participated in track...
PERSONAL: Daughter of Michelle and Jeff Novak...Dad graduated from NDSU in 1988...Has two brothers, Evan and Sawyer...Uncle, Tom Leutz, was a 1985 NDSU graduate and ran track...Leutz set the school record in the decathlon, earning All-American honors while being a Drake Relays and Kansas Relays champion...
NDSU Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference - March 22, 2026
Sunday, March 22
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Friday, March 20
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Thursday, March 12
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