University of Minnesota Athletics
2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Bagwell Katalinich, Laura
Jersey Number 12
Laura Bagwell Katalinich
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-0
- High School:
- Academy of the Holy Angels
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Cornell
Bio
2021-22: SIXTH SEASON (at Minnesota)
Averaged 5.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game... ranked third on the team in offensive rebounds per game (1.6) and fourth in field goal percentage at 45.7 percent... Missed the opening of the season due an injury... Made her season debut against American and scored eight points off the bench shooting a perfect four-of-four... Scored in double figures five times during the season... Notched her first double double in her Minnesota career in a 19-point 12-rebound performance in a win over Northwestern (2/11)... Registered a second double double in a win over Penn State (2/27), scoring 16 points while grabbing 10 rebounds... Scored 11 points and had six rebounds on Senior Night vs. Illinois (2/24)... Ended the season on a high note, scoring an average of 10 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in her last eight games of the season.
2020-21: GRADÂ SEASON (at Minnesota)
CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... played in 18 games with two starts ... averaged 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game ... ranked third on the team in offensive rebounds per game (1.6) ... reached double figures four times ... tallied 10 points and season-high nine rebounds against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (3/10) ... posted 12 points and five boards versus Penn State (1/10)... scored season-high 16 points and added five rebounds at Wisconsin (1/3) ... notched 10 points with six rebounds against Indiana (12/23) ... made Gophers debut with three rebounds at Northwestern (12/14).
2019-20: SENIOR SEASON (at Cornell)
Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy League honors and recognized as CoSIDA Academic All-District ... one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award ... team captain ... played in all 26 games with 24 starts ... ranked third in the Ivy League in free throw percentage (75.7), fifth in field goal percentage (45.9) and sixth in rebounds per game (7.0) ... led the Big Red in scoring (13.4), field goals made and attempted (135-for-294), free throws made and attempted (78-for-103), offensive rebounds (78), defensive rebounds (105) and total rebounds (183) ... scored in double figures in 19 games, including five games with at least 20 points, and posted seven double-doubles ... notched a double-double with 17 points and 17 rebounds against Colgate on Nov. 14 ... scored a career-high 29 points and had 13 boards against Delaware State on Nov. 23 ... finished with 23 points with 16 rebounds versus Binghamton on Dec. 5.
2018-19: JUNIOR SEASON (at Cornell)
Named First-Team All-Ivy League and was a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree ... led the squad in scoring (16.1 per game) and rebounding (7.9) and was tops in the conference in free throw percentage (84.2) ... recorded double-digit scoring in 23 games, including nine 20 point-outings, and had six double-doubles ... scored a season-high 26 to go with 13 rebounds and five assists against Yale on March 1 ... went for 14 points and 14 rebounds at Brown on Feb. 15 ... tallied 14 points and a season-best 16 rebounds versus Albany on Nov. 12 ...Â
2017-18: SOPHOMORE SEASON (at Cornell)
Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
2016-17: FRESHMAN SEASON (at Penn)
Played in three games for the Quakers ... tallied two points, two rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block in 11 minutes of action
HIGH SCHOOL
At Academy of Holy Angels, was a nominee for McDonald's All-American and Minnesota Miss Basketball in her senior season of 2016 as she averaged 30.0 points and 12.5 rebounds per game ... also was All-State Second Team and the unanimous Tri-Metro Conference Player of the Year that season ... helped lead Holy Angels to a AAA State Championship, Section 3AAA Championship and Tri-Metro Conference Championship, averaging 22.7 points and 15 rebounds during the state tournament to earn Class AAA All-Tournament Team honors ... a three-time all-conference honoree and two-time Team MVP and captain during her career ... named all-conference in cross country, as well as track, and also lettered in tennis.
PERSONAL
Averaged 5.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game... ranked third on the team in offensive rebounds per game (1.6) and fourth in field goal percentage at 45.7 percent... Missed the opening of the season due an injury... Made her season debut against American and scored eight points off the bench shooting a perfect four-of-four... Scored in double figures five times during the season... Notched her first double double in her Minnesota career in a 19-point 12-rebound performance in a win over Northwestern (2/11)... Registered a second double double in a win over Penn State (2/27), scoring 16 points while grabbing 10 rebounds... Scored 11 points and had six rebounds on Senior Night vs. Illinois (2/24)... Ended the season on a high note, scoring an average of 10 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in her last eight games of the season.
2020-21: GRADÂ SEASON (at Minnesota)
CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... played in 18 games with two starts ... averaged 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game ... ranked third on the team in offensive rebounds per game (1.6) ... reached double figures four times ... tallied 10 points and season-high nine rebounds against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (3/10) ... posted 12 points and five boards versus Penn State (1/10)... scored season-high 16 points and added five rebounds at Wisconsin (1/3) ... notched 10 points with six rebounds against Indiana (12/23) ... made Gophers debut with three rebounds at Northwestern (12/14).
2019-20: SENIOR SEASON (at Cornell)
Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy League honors and recognized as CoSIDA Academic All-District ... one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award ... team captain ... played in all 26 games with 24 starts ... ranked third in the Ivy League in free throw percentage (75.7), fifth in field goal percentage (45.9) and sixth in rebounds per game (7.0) ... led the Big Red in scoring (13.4), field goals made and attempted (135-for-294), free throws made and attempted (78-for-103), offensive rebounds (78), defensive rebounds (105) and total rebounds (183) ... scored in double figures in 19 games, including five games with at least 20 points, and posted seven double-doubles ... notched a double-double with 17 points and 17 rebounds against Colgate on Nov. 14 ... scored a career-high 29 points and had 13 boards against Delaware State on Nov. 23 ... finished with 23 points with 16 rebounds versus Binghamton on Dec. 5.
2018-19: JUNIOR SEASON (at Cornell)
Named First-Team All-Ivy League and was a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree ... led the squad in scoring (16.1 per game) and rebounding (7.9) and was tops in the conference in free throw percentage (84.2) ... recorded double-digit scoring in 23 games, including nine 20 point-outings, and had six double-doubles ... scored a season-high 26 to go with 13 rebounds and five assists against Yale on March 1 ... went for 14 points and 14 rebounds at Brown on Feb. 15 ... tallied 14 points and a season-best 16 rebounds versus Albany on Nov. 12 ...Â
2017-18: SOPHOMORE SEASON (at Cornell)
Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
2016-17: FRESHMAN SEASON (at Penn)
Played in three games for the Quakers ... tallied two points, two rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block in 11 minutes of action
HIGH SCHOOL
At Academy of Holy Angels, was a nominee for McDonald's All-American and Minnesota Miss Basketball in her senior season of 2016 as she averaged 30.0 points and 12.5 rebounds per game ... also was All-State Second Team and the unanimous Tri-Metro Conference Player of the Year that season ... helped lead Holy Angels to a AAA State Championship, Section 3AAA Championship and Tri-Metro Conference Championship, averaging 22.7 points and 15 rebounds during the state tournament to earn Class AAA All-Tournament Team honors ... a three-time all-conference honoree and two-time Team MVP and captain during her career ... named all-conference in cross country, as well as track, and also lettered in tennis.
PERSONAL
Graduated from Cornell with a B.S. in Communications;Â working toward master's in Sport Management
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