Laurie Koehn (born May 13, 1982) is a former professional

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player, who is currently the associate coach for the

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team.

Education

Born in

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, Koehn attended Moundridge High School in Moundridge, Kansas. Koehn graduated from

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in 2005. While at K-state, Koehn achieved the All-Big 12 Second Team (2005, 2004), CoSIDA Academic All-American (2004), Big 12 All-Academic First Team (2005), Kansas State, Big 12 and NCAA all-time leader in three-pointers made (392). She once hit 132 out of 135 three-pointers in a 5-minute period. Over the course of her college career, she hit 392 three-pointers, making her the NCAA Division I record-holder for made three-point attempts (tied with Heather Butler), a record she held until it was surpassed by

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in 2015.

USA Basketball

Koehn was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in

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. The event was held in July 2000, when the USA team defeated Cuba to win the championship. Koehn started all five games and averaged 12.4 points per game, third highest behind

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and Diana Taurasi. Koehn was named to the team representing the US at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an overtime win against Brazil. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Koehn averaged 8.9 points per game while hitting 17 of 30 three-point attempts, to lead her team in made three-pointers and percentage.

Kansas State statistics

Source

WNBA career

Koehn was signed as a free-agent with the

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in 2005. On April 30, 2009 Koehn signed a training camp contract with the

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. On June 3, 2009 Koehn was waived along with 2 others. Extending her professional career, Laurie played during the 2010–11 season for the "Utex Row", a women's basketball team in Poland. Unfortunately, the team ended the season ranked twelfth out of the 13 member league. Koehn, however, performed well playing in all 14 games, averaging 17.9 points per game and tallying up an average of 36.4 minutes of play per game.

Club history

*Team(s):

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(WNBA), Panküp TED Kayseri Kolejliler (Turkey) (2008/2009), UTEX ROW Rybnik (Poland) (2010/2011), Matizol Lider Pruszków (Poland) (2011/2012)

Coaching career

In July 2015, Laurie Koehn was named as an assistant coach for the University of Northern Colorado women's basketball team. In April 2018, Laurie Koehn was named as an associate head coach for the Washington State University women's basketball team.

External links

University of Northern Colorado Coaching ProfileWashington State University Coaching Profile

References

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