Offensive Player Of The Year & 3 All-MIAC Repeats
Make it a second straight season for the Concordia trio of Carlee Sieben, Makayla Anderson and Emily Beseman to earn MIAC postseason accolades. The three players duplicated their feat from last year as they all earned MIAC All-Conference honors. Sieben did that honor one better as she was named the MIAC Offensive Player of the Year.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (2/28/24)---Make it a second straight season for the Concordia trio of Carlee Sieben (Jr., Grafton, N.D.), Makayla Anderson (Jr., Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck Century HS) and Emily Beseman (Sr., Swanville, Minn.) to earn MIAC postseason accolades.
The three players duplicated their feat from last year as they all earned MIAC All-Conference honors. Sieben did that honor one better as she was named the MIAC Offensive Player of the Year.
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Sieben becomes the first Cobber to earn the Offensive Player of the Year award since the league went to Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year last season. The last Concordia player to receive the top conference award since Emily Thesing was named the Player of the Year in 2013. Sieben is the seventh CC player to receive the league's top honor in program history.
The three players were part of the driving force for the Cobbers' first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2014. Concordia finished second in the MIAC regular-season standings and advanced to the conference championship game for the second year.
Concordia finished the year with a 20-5 record in all games and an 18-2 mark against MIAC opponents. It is the second straight year that CC has posted 22 overall wins and 18 victories in league play.
Sieben was the team's main outside shooting threat for the entire MIAC campaign. Sieben was second in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (39.1) and tied for second in 3-point field goals per game (2.3). She was fifth on the league's scoring list. Sieben averaged 14.2 points per game in the 20 league games.
Sieben also finished in the Top 5 of the MIAC in assists and free throw percentage. She was fourth in helpers with a 3.3 assists per game average. Sieben was the third-best free throw shooter in conference play. She led CC with an 84.8% success rate.
Sieben scored at least 10 points in 15 of the 20 MIAC contests. She posted 20 points on three occasions and scored a season-high 23 points at home against Hamline. Sieben also connected on at least one 3-pointers in 17 of the 20 games. She dropped five shots from distance in the same game against the Pipers.
Anderson was second in the MIAC in scoring (14.8 ppg) and third in rebounding (7.7 rpg). Anderson also recorded a field goal shooting percentage of 52.8%, which was fifth in the conference.
Anderson's top point performance came against St. Benedict when she scored 25 points. She scored in double figures in the final eight conference games and 16 of the 20 total games. Anderson recorded three double-doubled during the year.
Beseman was in the Top 15 in the MIAC in six different stat categories. She was No.11 on the scoring chart with a 12.1 ppg average. Beseman was sixth in field goal percentage (49.7%), ninth in 3-point field goals per game (1.5/game) and seventh in free throw percentage (80.2%). She finished off her stat stuffer season by being No.2 in assists (3.6/game) and third in steals (2.2/game).
Beseman scored posted a double-digit point total against 14 league opponents and had a season-high 18 points against St. Olaf. She also came through with a season-high eight assists in the Senior Day game against St. Scholastica.
Past Cobber MIAC Offensive Player/Player of the Year Award Winners
2013 - Emily Thesing
2009 - Jenna Freudenberg
2005 - Mandy Pearson
2004 - Mandy Pearson
1990 - Michelle Thykeson
1989 - Jillayn Quaschnick
1988 - Jessica Beachy
1987 - Jessica Beachy
Past MIAC All-Conference Award Winners
2023 - Makayla Anderson, Emily Beseman, Carlee Sieben
2022 - Mary Sem
2020 - Mary Sem, Autumn Thompson
2018 - Grace Wolhowe
2017 - Greta Walsh
2016 - Olivia Johnson, Jenna Januschka
2015 - Alley Fisher, Erin Januschka
2014 - Alley Fisher, Alexandra Lippert
2013 - Tricia Sorensen, Emily Thesing
2012 - Tricia Sorensen, Emily Thesing
2011 - Maggie Bauernfeind, Erica Nord
2010 - Maggie Bauernfeind, Erica Nord
2009 - Jenna Freundenberg, Jenna Green
2008 - Melanie Hageman
2007 - Melanie Hageman, Annie Keeley
2006 - Melanie Hageman, Annie Keeley
2005 - Mandy Pearson, Jamie Visness
2004 - Mandy Pearson
2003 - Kasey Bostow, Mandy Pearson
2002 - Mandy Berggren, Kasey Bostow
2001 - Brandi Myers, Sara Spears
2000 - Brandi Myers, Sara Spears
1999 - Brandi Myers, Sara Spears
1998 - Leah Sonstelie
1997 - Ann Mehrkens, Holly Zollar
1996 - Ann Mehrkens, Holly Zollar
1995 - Ann Mehrkens, Jodi Tulibaski
1994 - Erica Hanson-Reid, Merilee Rutherford
1993 - Erica Hanson-Reid, Melissa Plante, Kristi Schultz
1992 - Erica Hanson-Reid, Kristi Schultz
1991 - Cathy Johnson, Michelle Thykeson
1990 - Becky Ehnert, Cathy Johnson, Michelle Thykeson
1989 - Patty Kubow, Jillayn Quaschnick, Michelle Thykeson
1988 - Jessica Beachy, Marylee Legried, Jillayn Quaschnick, Michelle Thykeson
1987 - Jessica Beachy, Patty Kubow, Marylee Legried
1986 - Jessica Beachy, Cindy Bogatzki, Janet Peterson
1985 - Jessica Beachy, JoDee Bock
1984 - JoDee Bock, Naomi Wahlin
1983 - JoDee Bock, Naomi Wahlin
1982 - JoDee Bock, Sue Ekberg, Nancy Halda, Marybeth Stephan
1981 - Sue Ekberg, Nancy Halda