2009-10 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team

 DeHoff's Take: “Inspires her teammates – Knocks down the Long Range 3 – Incredible fighter and Competitor.”
 The 2009-10 Season: Inspiration is Hannah's middle name after she was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma on April 8, 2010 .. Linz is winning the battle and returns to the basketball court for the Bison ... Hodgkins lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system ... Linz started her chemotherapy treatments April 9, at the Meritcare Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo ... Had two treatments a month over a six-month period and continued to go to classes at NDSU ... Played in 27 games ... Averaged 4 points, 1.5 assists and 1.1 rebounds over 12.8 minutes per game ... Added nine steals and one blocked shot ... Connected on 33.3 percent from the field including 31.5 percent from the three-point line ... Made all 11 free throw attempts ... Reached double-figures in three games including a season-high 14 points vs. Centenary (1-14-10) including a season best four 3-pointers ... Dished out a season-high six assists in early season win vs. league regular season champion Oral Roberts (1-2-10) ... Came up a pair of steals on two occasions including vs. South Dakota State (1-16-10).
   High School Days: A 2009 graduate of Eden Valley-Watkins High School ... Class Salutatorian ... Finalist for 2009 Miss Basketball in Minnesota after leading Eden Valley-Watkins to 25-3 record and 13-1 conference mark ... Averaged 24.75 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3.75 steals per game as a senior ... Made 103 three-pointers and hit 40 percent from three-point line ... Nominated to play in McDonald's High School All-American game ... Named to Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team ... 2007-08 and 2008-09 Associated Press All-State first team selection ... 2008-09 St. Cloud Times Area Player of the Year ... St. Paul Pioneer Press first team pick in 2008-09 ... Finished prep career with 3,376 points, which ranks 3rd all-time in Minnesota girls basketball history ... In the state record books, her 914 free throw attempts are 2nd, 644 free throws are 3rd, and 342 three-pointers are 4th all-time ... Averaged more than 20 points per game from 7th thru 12th grade ... Added 1,093 rebounds, 494 steals and 488 assists to career resume ... Five-year starter with 122-22 record overall and 68-2 in conference play ... Three-time St. Cloud Times All-Area and conference MVP ... State single-season record holder with 112 (of 259 for 43 percent) three-point field goals made in 2008 ... Named to 2005-06 Class 2A all-state tournament team ... Four-time KARP All-Area and all-section pick ... Five-time all-conference first team selection ... Academic all-state in 2009, five-time academic all-conference.
Personal File: Daughter of Robert and Linda Linz ... Born November 10, 1990 ... Has one brother, Luke, who played basketball at Concordia (Minn.) College from 2004-08 ... Majoring in nursing.

Hannah's Career Bests
Points: 14 vs. Centenary, 1-4-10
FG Made: 5 vs. Centenary, 1-4-10
FG Att: 10 vs. Northern State, 12-18-09
FG Pct.: 71.4% (5-7) vs. Centenary, 1-4-10
FT Made: 5 at DePaul, 11-15-09
FT Att.: 5 at DePaul, 11-15-09
FT Pct.: 100% (5-5) at DePaul, 11-15-09
3FGM: 4 vs. three teams. last vs. Centenary, 1-4-10
3FGA: 10 vs. Northern State, 12-18-09
3FG Pct.: 66.7% (4-6) vs. Centenary, 1-4-10
Rebounds: 4 vs. Northern State, 12-18-09
Assists: 6 vs. Oral Roberts, 1-2-10
Blocks: 1 vs. Wyoming, 11-20-09
Steals: 2 vs. South Dakota State, 1-16-10; at IUPUI, 12-5-09
Games W/Double Figure Points: 3 games