UMSL SPORTS HALL OF FAME

Monica Steinhoff - Women's Basketball

Inducted: 2003

Monica Steinhoff played four years for UMSL, and is the all-time scoring leader in women’s basketball history with 2,023 career points. She also ranks 15th in career rebounds with 389, fifth in career assists with 315 and fifth in career steals with 135. Steinhoff was named to the MIAA All-Freshman team and earned Freshman All-American honors from the American Women’s Sports Foundation in her first year at UMSL.

During her sophomore year, Steinhoff set the school record with 660 points in a single season for a scoring average of 24.4 points per game on the year, also a school record. She earned MIAA All-Conference honors each of her four years at UMSL, and is the only women’s basketball player to score 40 points in a game, accomplishing that feat three times, including a school record 44 points in one game.

 

Year	G	FG-A	Pct	3FG-A	Pct	FT-A	Pct	Reb	Avg	A	St	TP	Avg
1988-89	27	134-275	.487	60-117	.513	55-66	.833	82	3.0	46	24	387	14.3
1989-90	27	244-557	.438	73-174	.420	99-129	.767	114	4.2	69	35	660	24.4
1990-91	26	177-465	.381	49-177	.277	66-93	.710	75	2.9	78	34	469	18.0
1991-92	28	174-423	.411	65-185	.351	94-122	.771	117	4.2	122	42	507	18.1
Career	108	729-1720	.424	247-653	.378	314-410	.766	388	3.6	315	135	2023	18.7S