Washburn University Athletics

Awards & Honors
• All-MIAA Second Team (2025, 2026)
• MIAA Co-Newcomer of the Year (2025)
• CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2026)
• MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2025, 2026)
• MIAA Scholar-Athlete (2025, 2026)

As a senior in 2025-26: Played and started in all 32 games ... logged a team-high 1,018 minutes (31.8 mpg) while scoring 389 points (12.2 ppg), also a team-high ... shot 36.5% overall and 33.3% from deep with a team-best 55 triples ... also grabbed 96 rebounds (3.0 rpg) with 59 assists and 48 steals ... set a career-high with four steals in three games, first on Nov. 15, 2025 against Southwest Minnesota State ... scored in double figures in 20 games including five with 20+ points and a season-high 31 on Feb. 21 against Rogers State with seven 3-pointers ... 14 games with multiple steals ... ended career No. 1 on the program chart shooting 86.3% at the free throw line for her career ... earned a spot on the All-MIAA Second Team ... named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and earned MIAA Scholar-Athlete status ... tabbed as a CSC Academic All-District selection 

As a junior in 2024-25: Was one of two players to start all 31 games, logging a team-high 31.3 mpg ... scored 15.7 ppg on 41.5% shooting and a team-high 38.0% from deep along with 84.6% at the line ... made a team-high 62 3-pointers with 10 20+ point games and three 30-point outings ... also added 3.4 rpg and 2.3 apg ... scored a season-high 33 points on February 13 against Arkansas-Fort Smith with 7-14 shooting from 3-point range ... named to the CSC Academic All-District team ... earned All-MIAA second team honors and was named the Co-Newcomer of the Year in the conference ... named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and earned Scholar-Athlete honors

Background: Spent two seasons at Cal State East Bay where she appeared in 55 games and started all 55 averaging 13.7 ppg and 4.4 rpg with 131 3-pointers ... as a sophomore averaged 18.5 ppg, 2.3 apg, 5.1 rpg and made 83 3-pointers while shooting 37.2% from behind the arc ... was named second team All-CCAA and led the league in scoring ... scored a career-high 36 points on Dec. 9, 2023 at Cal Poly Pomona ... tied the school record with seven 3-pointers on three occasions ... was an Academic All-District selection and a member of the CCAA Academic Honor Roll ... a four-year member of the Doherty basketball team in high school ... was first team All-League all four years for the Spartans ... earned Conference MVP honors as a junior and a senior ... named Newcomer of the Year as a freshman and was first team All-State as a senior ... member of National Honor Society  

Personal: Daughter of Jenny and Jeff Sterk ... father played football at Northwestern College ... mother played basketball at UNC Greeley ... has a brother, Carter, and a sister, Morgan ... majoring in kinesiology