Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Athletics

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A four-year letterwinner in women's basketball, Markwardt was an All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection her sophomore, junior and senior years. She was an honorable-mention All-MIAC pick as a freshman. Markwardt, named SMU's Most Valuable Player twice (1991 and 1993), ranks second all time in career points (1,880), field goals (793), free throws (280), block shots (60), rebounds (947) and rebounds/game (10.1). In 1993, she scored a school-record 645 points — ranking her second in the MIAC and third in all of NCAA Division III — while her 272 rebounds during the 1992 season were tops in the conference. A two-time captain, Markwardt is also among SMU's career leaders in points per game (20.0), field goal percentage (.529) and free throw percentage (.763).