All Topics  
Susan King Borchardt

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Susan King Borchardt
 
 
  Topics Susan King Borchardt Topic Home

Susan King Borchardt (born Susan King on July 27, 1981 in Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota

Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. An inner-ring suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, it is bordered by Minneapolis, Minnesota on the north, Minneapolis-St....
) is an American professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player.

She grew up in a family of collegiate basketball players. Her father, Gary King, played at the University of Nebraska at Kearney
University of Nebraska at Kearney

The University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska campus of the University of Nebraska system....
. Her brother, Stephen, played at Ohio University
Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest college in Ohio, first in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States....
.

From 1994 to 2000, she attended the Academy of Holy Angels
Academy of Holy Angels

The Academy of Holy Angels is a Catholic, coeducational high school located in Richfield, MN, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Holy Angels educates more than 850 students each year in grades nine through twelve from around the Minneapolis-St....
, a Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 coeducational high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 in Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota

Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. An inner-ring suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, it is bordered by Minneapolis, Minnesota on the north, Minneapolis-St....
, where she became the first and only 7th grader in school history to play on the varsity girls' basketball team.

From 2000 to 2005, she played the point guard
Point guard

Point guard , also called the one or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. Point guards are often the smallest players on the court ....
 position on the women's team at Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
.

During her freshman season, she injured the anterior cruciate ligament ACL
Anterior cruciate ligament

The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects from a posterio-lateral part of the femur to an anterio-medial part of the tibia....
 in her right knee, and missed the final 21 games of the year.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Susan King Borchardt'
Start a new discussion about 'Susan King Borchardt'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Susan King Borchardt (born Susan King on July 27, 1981 in Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota

Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. An inner-ring suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, it is bordered by Minneapolis, Minnesota on the north, Minneapolis-St....
) is an American professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player.

She grew up in a family of collegiate basketball players. Her father, Gary King, played at the University of Nebraska at Kearney
University of Nebraska at Kearney

The University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska campus of the University of Nebraska system....
. Her brother, Stephen, played at Ohio University
Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest college in Ohio, first in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States....
.

From 1994 to 2000, she attended the Academy of Holy Angels
Academy of Holy Angels

The Academy of Holy Angels is a Catholic, coeducational high school located in Richfield, MN, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Holy Angels educates more than 850 students each year in grades nine through twelve from around the Minneapolis-St....
, a Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 coeducational high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 in Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota

Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. An inner-ring suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, it is bordered by Minneapolis, Minnesota on the north, Minneapolis-St....
, where she became the first and only 7th grader in school history to play on the varsity girls' basketball team.

From 2000 to 2005, she played the point guard
Point guard

Point guard , also called the one or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. Point guards are often the smallest players on the court ....
 position on the women's team at Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
.

During her freshman season, she injured the anterior cruciate ligament ACL
Anterior cruciate ligament

The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects from a posterio-lateral part of the femur to an anterio-medial part of the tibia....
 in her right knee, and missed the final 21 games of the year. While recuperating, she met her future husband, Curtis Borchardt
Curtis Borchardt

Curtis Alan Borchardt is an United States professional basketball player who has been playing for CB Granada in Asociaci?n de Clubs de Baloncesto in Spain from December 2005....
, then a sophomore on Stanford's men's basketball team, who had just suffered a stress fracture
Stress fracture

A stress fracture is one type of incomplete fracture in bones. It is caused by "unusual or repeated stress" This is in contrast to other types of fractures, which are usually characterized by a solitary, severe impact....
 in his right foot and missed the final 14 games of his season. Eventually, they married in August 2003.

After graduating, Curtis joined the Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 (NBA) while Susan spent her senior year at Stanford.

After graduating with a degree in psychology
Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
, she was selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and play their home games at the Target Center....
 during the annual WNBA Draft
WNBA Draft

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and List of WNBA players....
 in 2005. She saw limited time with the Lynx, playing in only three games during the regular season before being waived by the team.

External links