University of Minnesota Athletics
2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Czinano, Maggie
Jersey Number 5
Maggie Czinano
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- High School:
- Watertown-Mayer High School
- Hometown:
- Watertown, Minn.
Bio
2024-25: SENIOR SEASON
Was named Minnesota's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree for the second consecutive season… Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors… Came off the bench in 22 games, averaging 6.3 minutes and 1.2 rebounds… Logged a season-high 22 minutes against Jackson State, going 3-for-4 from the line and grabbing four rebounds, finishing with five points.
2023-24: JUNIOR SEASON
Named Minnesota's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award...Saw action in 35 games for the Gophers and averaged 14.5 minutes played...Added 71 rebounds, 24 steals and 95 points...Registered her first career double double against Lindenwood with 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench... Posted back-to-back three-steal performances for the first time, snagging three against Nebraska and Iowa... Played a Big Ten season high 20:39 off the bench against Wisconsin and posted a career high two blocks and added a pair of rebounds and a steal... Had one of her most efficient games of the season vs. Northwestern, scoring 4 points (2-of-2 FG) while adding three rebounds, two assists and zero turnovers in 15:50 off the bench in the win at home... Hit a pair of threes in the same game for the first time in her career in a win over Michigan State, hitting one in the first and second quarters to help Minnesota build a 36-24 halftime lead at home... Reached double figures for the first time this season with 10 points against Grambling, with two of her three made shots being and-one plays.
2022-23: SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in 29 of the team's 30 games during the season, started in 13... Averaged 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds while playing in 17.9 minutes per game... Upped her scoring average by 4.8 points from the 2021-22 season to the 2022-23 season... Secured multiple huge offensive rebounds in a comeback victory over Lehigh (11/13) including one with 17.0 seconds left and finished the game with eight points and seven rebounds in 16 minutes... Led the team with 13 points against North Dakota State University off the bench, added seven rebounds and got the free throw line a career high eight times... Continued hot start to the season by scoring six points and snagging four rebounds off the bench against Presbyterian (11/20)... Snagged eight rebounds at then-No. 16/13 Iowa, out rebounding her sister Monika, a multiple time All-Big Ten forward for Iowa... Scored in double figures for the second time in her career against Chicago State (12/12) with 10 points and added seven boards in 15 minutes... Handed out a career high three assists against Milwaukee (12/14)... Dropped a career high 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench in a road loss to then-No. 16/17 Maryland (12/30)... Made her first career start against Illinois (1/15), marking her first start in a basketball game in 667 days in high school... Scored six points on 3-of-4 shooting, along with five rebounds, in her first career start against the Illini... Was efficient against Penn State (1/18), scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting highlighted by a driving basket during the Gophers 10-0 fourth-quarter run to beat the Nittany Lions on the road... Brought down a career high 11 rebounds in her third career start in a loss to Purdue.
2021-22: FRESHMAN SEASON
Made her collegiate debut against American (11/17), grabbing one rebound and attempting one shot in just over two minutes... Scored her first collegiate point against UTSA (11/28)... Was limited throughout the season due to various injuries... Played in a total of nine games, playing a career high 6:35 against UTSA where she dished out two assists.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned Star Tribune All-Metro Honorable Mention honors as a senior, averaging 21.8 points per game ... a three-time all-conference honoree and named all-state as a junior as she averaged 21 points, 2.2 steals and 2.1 assists per contest ... helped her school to a pair of conference championships, a section championship and a third-place finish at the 2017 state tournament ... AAU team is the Minnesota Fury, which won back-to-back state titles in 2019 and 2020 and finished second at the 2019 UAA Nationals ... also earned five letters each in soccer and track and field ... was a two-time all-conference honoree and a 2018 all-state honorable mention in soccer ... finished second in her conference in the 200 meters and 4x200 relay.
PERSONAL
Parents are Gyula and Theresa Czinano ... has two sisters, Monika and Mallory who both play basketball... sister, Monika, recently graduated from the University of Iowa after completing her college basketball career with the Hawkeyes where she was a multiple-time All-Big Ten selection... last name pronounced sih-NON-oh.
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Was named Minnesota's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree for the second consecutive season… Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors… Came off the bench in 22 games, averaging 6.3 minutes and 1.2 rebounds… Logged a season-high 22 minutes against Jackson State, going 3-for-4 from the line and grabbing four rebounds, finishing with five points.
2023-24: JUNIOR SEASON
Named Minnesota's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award...Saw action in 35 games for the Gophers and averaged 14.5 minutes played...Added 71 rebounds, 24 steals and 95 points...Registered her first career double double against Lindenwood with 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench... Posted back-to-back three-steal performances for the first time, snagging three against Nebraska and Iowa... Played a Big Ten season high 20:39 off the bench against Wisconsin and posted a career high two blocks and added a pair of rebounds and a steal... Had one of her most efficient games of the season vs. Northwestern, scoring 4 points (2-of-2 FG) while adding three rebounds, two assists and zero turnovers in 15:50 off the bench in the win at home... Hit a pair of threes in the same game for the first time in her career in a win over Michigan State, hitting one in the first and second quarters to help Minnesota build a 36-24 halftime lead at home... Reached double figures for the first time this season with 10 points against Grambling, with two of her three made shots being and-one plays.
2022-23: SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in 29 of the team's 30 games during the season, started in 13... Averaged 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds while playing in 17.9 minutes per game... Upped her scoring average by 4.8 points from the 2021-22 season to the 2022-23 season... Secured multiple huge offensive rebounds in a comeback victory over Lehigh (11/13) including one with 17.0 seconds left and finished the game with eight points and seven rebounds in 16 minutes... Led the team with 13 points against North Dakota State University off the bench, added seven rebounds and got the free throw line a career high eight times... Continued hot start to the season by scoring six points and snagging four rebounds off the bench against Presbyterian (11/20)... Snagged eight rebounds at then-No. 16/13 Iowa, out rebounding her sister Monika, a multiple time All-Big Ten forward for Iowa... Scored in double figures for the second time in her career against Chicago State (12/12) with 10 points and added seven boards in 15 minutes... Handed out a career high three assists against Milwaukee (12/14)... Dropped a career high 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench in a road loss to then-No. 16/17 Maryland (12/30)... Made her first career start against Illinois (1/15), marking her first start in a basketball game in 667 days in high school... Scored six points on 3-of-4 shooting, along with five rebounds, in her first career start against the Illini... Was efficient against Penn State (1/18), scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting highlighted by a driving basket during the Gophers 10-0 fourth-quarter run to beat the Nittany Lions on the road... Brought down a career high 11 rebounds in her third career start in a loss to Purdue.
2021-22: FRESHMAN SEASON
Made her collegiate debut against American (11/17), grabbing one rebound and attempting one shot in just over two minutes... Scored her first collegiate point against UTSA (11/28)... Was limited throughout the season due to various injuries... Played in a total of nine games, playing a career high 6:35 against UTSA where she dished out two assists.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned Star Tribune All-Metro Honorable Mention honors as a senior, averaging 21.8 points per game ... a three-time all-conference honoree and named all-state as a junior as she averaged 21 points, 2.2 steals and 2.1 assists per contest ... helped her school to a pair of conference championships, a section championship and a third-place finish at the 2017 state tournament ... AAU team is the Minnesota Fury, which won back-to-back state titles in 2019 and 2020 and finished second at the 2019 UAA Nationals ... also earned five letters each in soccer and track and field ... was a two-time all-conference honoree and a 2018 all-state honorable mention in soccer ... finished second in her conference in the 200 meters and 4x200 relay.
PERSONAL
Parents are Gyula and Theresa Czinano ... has two sisters, Monika and Mallory who both play basketball... sister, Monika, recently graduated from the University of Iowa after completing her college basketball career with the Hawkeyes where she was a multiple-time All-Big Ten selection... last name pronounced sih-NON-oh.
SHOP HERE: MAGGIE CZINANO JERSEY
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