Player Bio: Susan Borchardt :: Women's Basketball

Player Bio: Susan Borchardt :: Women's Basketball

Susan Borchardt Class: RS Senior Hometown: Richfield, Minn. High School: Academy of Holy Angels Height: 5-7 Position: G Birthdate: 07/27/1981 Experience: 3V Major: Psychology

At Stanford: Expected to start at point guard for the second consecutive season ... Enjoyed a solid year in 2002-03 after missing most of her first two seasons with knee injuries ... Very quick ... Aggressive defensive player ... Has a great work ethic ... Has two years of eligibility remaining ... Married Utah Jazz center, and former Stanford basketball standout, Curtis Borchardt, on August 9, 2003, in Minnesota.

2002-03 Season: Named to the Verizon Academic All-District 8 Third Team ... Also named Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic ... Averaged 6.3 points, 1.5 assists and 1.3 rebounds per contest ... Started all 30 of her appearances at point guard ... Missed two games (Feb. 6 & 8) with a broken toe ... Averaged 6.1 points, 1.4 assists and 1.1 rebounds in Pac-10 play ... Shot 81.1 (30-of-37) percent from the foul line ... Scored in double figures seven times, including a season-high 14-point effort in the Cardinal's win over then-No. 2/2 Kansas State on Nov. 30 ... Had a season-high 17 points, including a perfect 4-of-4 from 3-point range, on Dec. 29 vs. then-No. 21/21 Arizona ... Recorded 12 points, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, and four steals in a win over then-No. 19 Oklahoma on Jan. 3 ... Had 10 points, including 4-of-6 from the floor, in Pac-10 Tournament Semifinal victory over UCLA on March 9 ... Went 3-of-4 from 3-point range en route to 13 points vs. Western Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 22.

2001-02 Season: Appeared in only two games because of knee injuries ... Averaged 3.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists ... Missed the first eight games of the campaign after undergoing a scope to clean out her right knee on Nov. 8 ... Had five points, three rebounds and two assists in her season debut vs. Tennessee (12/16) ... In her second game, suffered a stretched anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee at Arizona (12/19) ... The season-ending injury qualified her for an NCAA medical hardship.

2000-01 Season: Averaged 11.3 points, 5.1 assists and 2.8 rebounds ... Missed the final 21 games after suffering a near complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee at Oklahoma (12/27) ... Underwent successful surgery to repair the torn ACL on Jan. 18 ... Before the injury, was emerging as one of the top freshman point guards in the country ... Shot 82.6 (19-of-23) percent from the free throw line ... Scored in double figures in six of her nine games ... Named Pac-10 Player of the Week on Dec. 18 after putting up a career-high 21 points at then-No. 2 Tennessee a day earlier ... Recorded career-best nine assists vs. Santa Clara (11/20) ... Recorded 16 points and six assists vs. Pacific (11/26) ... Had 13 points, including three 3-pointers, in the first half at Oklahoma (12/27) before sustaining the knee injury.

High School: Academy of Holy Angels graduate was named a 2000 First Team All-American by both the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and USA Today after averaging 35.0 points per game as a senior ... Parade Magazine Second Team All-American ... Invited to participate in the Phoenix/Women's Basketball Coaches Association High School All-American Game after her senior season ... Named Minnesota's "Miss Basketball", USA Today Minnesota Player of the Year and Minneapolis Star-Tribune Player of the Year as a senior ... Named an AAU All-American in 1999, and was also the AAU Junior Olympics Tournament MVP in Cleveland ... In the Full Court Press' "USA Top 60", was ranked as the 10th best high school player in the country in the class of 2000 ... Also ranked No. 13 in the All-Star Girls Report End of Summer Top 500 (1999) ... Named First Team All-Minnesota as a junior by the Associated Press, and was named Minnesota Defensive Player of the Year by the St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Averaged 26.5 points, 5.1 steals and 4.8 rebounds as a junior, and shot 55 percent from the floor to lead her team to the Section 5AAA finals for the second straight season ... Member of the 1998 USA Basketball Junior National Team that won the bronze medal at the World Youth Games in Moscow, Russia ... In her sophomore season, averaged 25.0 points, 5.3 steals and 5.0 rebounds, and was named First Team All-Minnesota by the Associated Press ... Was named an Honorable Mention All-American by Street & Smith's and USA Today after averaging 17.0 points and 4.0 rebounds as a freshman ... Played for head coach Dan Woods at Academy of Holy Angels ... Also an all-conference selection in tennis, and ranked among the top 10 high school players in the state ... Graduated with a 4.185 GPA, which ranked fifth in her class ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born July 27, 1981 ... Daughter of Gary and Kathy King ... Father played basketball at University of Nebraska-Kearney ... Married to Curtis Borchardt, who starred in men's basketball at Stanford and is now a member of the Utah Jazz ... Brother, Stephen, is a freshman basketball player at Ohio University.

Career Highs
Points
21 at Tennessee (12/17/00)
Rebounds
6 vs. San Francisco (11/28/00)
Assists
9 vs. Santa Clara (11/20/00)

Honors
College
2003 Verizon Third-Team District 8 All-Academic
2003 Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic
2000-01 Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Week (Dec. 18)
High School
2000 Invitee to WBCA High School All-American Game
2000 Women's Basketball Coaches Association First-Team All-American
2000 Full Court Press First-Team All-American
2000 Second Team Parade Magazine All-American
2000 Minnesota "Miss Basketball"
2000 USA Today Minnesota Player of the Year
2000 Minneapolis Star-Tribune Player of the Year
2000 Minnesota Defensive Player of the Year
2000 Minnesota First-Team All-State
1999 St. Paul Pioneer Press Minnesota Defensive Player of the Year
1999 Associated Press First-Team All-Minnesota
1999 Minnesota Basketball News First-Team All-State
1999 Minneapolis Star-Tribune First-Team All-Metro
1999 Ranked 10th by Full Court Press among the class of 2000
1998 Associated Press First-Team All-Minnesota
1998 Minnesota Basketball News First-Team All-State
1998 Minneapolis Star-Tribune First-Team All-Metro
1998 St. Paul Pioneer Press First-Team All-State Defensive Team
1997 Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-American
1997 USA Today Honorable Mention All-American
1997 All-Minnesota Honorable Mention

Career Statistics