Katie Alsdurf, a former NCAA Division I women's basketball player, is entering her second season as an assistant coach for the Augsburg College women's basketball program in 2012-13. In addition to her coaching responsibilites, Alsdurf serves as the Intramural Director for the Augsburg Athletic Department.
In her first season as an assistant at Augsburg, Alsdurf helped guide the Auggies to one of the most successful seasons in program history, as the team recorded a 14-11 overall record and seventh-place finish in the MIAC regular season standings.
Previous Coaching Experience:
Assistant Coach- University of St. Thomas (2009-11)
Manager of Basketball Operations- Minnesota Lynx (2007-10)
Prior to arriving at Augsburg, Alsdurf spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of St. Thomas. During her two seasons at UST, the Tommies recorded an overall record of 41-15 and claimed the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season title and reaching the conference playoff championship game in 2010-11.
During her tenure with the WNBA's Lynx, Alsdurf had numerous duties, including scouting, practices, travel, workouts and video breakdowns, as well as front-office operations and player personnel and development.
Playing Career/Acheivements:
Alsdurf spent her first two collegiate seasons at Division I Marquette (Wis.), where she started 49 of her 58 games in two seasons, helping Marquette to a 2003 Women's National Invitation Tournament berth. She averaged 11.9 points per-game her sophomore season, including a team-best 11.8 ppg in Conference USA play. She was a Conference USA All-Freshman Team selection in 2002, and averaged 9.7 ppg in her two seasons at Marquette, scoring in double figures in 30 games.
Alsdurf spent her final two seasons at the University of Minnesota, where she earned Academic All-Big Ten honors twice, while appearing in 50 Gopher contests. She averaged 2.3 ppg her junior season and 3.3 ppg her senior year, and was part of a Gopher squad that reached the NCAA tournament both of her seasons, including a Sweet 16 finish and Big Ten Tournament runner-up finish her junior season. During her redshirt transfer year (2003-04), the Gophers advanced to their first-ever NCAA Final Four.
As a high school player at Forest Lake, Alsdurf was a 2001 Minnesota Ms. Basketball finalist and earned all-state honors twice. She earned honorable-mention All-America honors from Street & Smith in both 1999 and 2000, while earning honorable-mention All-America honors from USA Today in 2000. Alsdurf averaged 19.2 ppg as a senior and 17.7 ppg as a junior, and earned all-conference honors five times. She also was a tennis and track athlete in high school. In 2001, she earned AAU All-America honors as a member of the Minnesota Summit, a team that won state titles in 2000 and 2001, finishing fifth nationally in 2001.
In 2007, Alsdurf was a member of the Premier Players squad (Team Reebok/ASGR), a group of former collegiate players who faced Division I teams in exhibition contests, averaging 6.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per-game in her nine-game tour.
Other Duties/Campus Involvement at Augsburg:
Alsdurf serves as the Director of Intramurals and assists with Game Management responsibilities for the Augsburg Athletic Department.
Personal/Family Notes:
A native of Forest Lake, Minn., Alsdurf currently resides in Minneapolis. As a student at Minnesota, Alsdurf earned her bachelor's degree in public relations in 2005 and her master's degree in sports management in 2006.
