Biography
2023-24: Received a master's degree in engineering & technology management in May 2024 ... D2CCA Honorable Mention All-America ... CSC Second-Team Academic All-America ... D2CCA First-Team All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (11/14, 11/27, 12/4, 2/26) ... Started each of Mines' 30 games during the season and averaged 35.3 minutes per game ... Led the team in nearly every statistical category with 19.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.1 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game ... Also went 198-of-219 at the charity stripe for a 90.4 free-throw percentage and drained 69 three-pointers ... Totals came out to 583 points, 205 rebounds, 105 assists, and 92 steals ... Ranked #3 in the RMAC in scoring, #1 in free-throw percentage, #2 in steals, #4 in assists, #4 in three-point percentage, and #10 in rebounding ... Nationally ranked #3 in NCAA Division II in free-throw percentage, #4 in free throws made, #8 in total steals, #10 in steals per game, and #15 in scoring ... In 2023-24 alone made 22 edits to the Mines record book with seven listings at #1 including career scoring, single-season scoring, career assists, career steals, single-season free-throw percentage, career free throws made, and single-season free throws made ... Finished her collegiate career listed 48 times in the program record book ... Became the first Oredigger - man or woman - to record 400 assists and 400 steals in a career ... Broke the career scoring record with 26 points against Fort Lewis on March 2 ... Brought down the single-season scoring record with 14 points against Texas Woman's on March 15 in the first round of the NCAA tournament ... Scored 30 points or more in a game on four occasions ... Went over 20 points in a game 15 different times ... Notched four different double-double performances including 31 points and 13 rebounds against St. Edward's, 13 points and 10 rebounds at CSU Pueblo, 23 points and 12 rebounds against MSU Denver, and 16 points with 14 rebounds against Black Hills State ... Her 35 points against UCCS, 14 rebounds against Black Hills State, 15 free throws at Chadron State, and two blocks against South Dakota Mines were all career highs ... Final career totals included 1,691 points, 756 rebounds, 417 steals, 407 assists, 451 made free throws, 210 made three-pointers, and 515 made field goals while shooting 84.0 percent at the free-throw line, 33.9 percent from the field and 31.4 percent from behind the arc.
2022-23: Received a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical & materials engineering in May 2023 ... WBCA Honorable Mention All-America ... D2CCA Second-Team All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC All-Tournament Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (12/5, 1/23, 1/30) ... Started all 31 games for the Orediggers and averaged 32.7 minutes per game ... Led the team in scoring and steals with 463 points and 90 steals along with 172 rebounds, 98 assists and 16 blocks ... Averaged 14.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.9 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game ... Ranked #7 in the RMAC in scoring, #22 in rebounding, #3 in free-throw shooting at 83.3 percent on the year, #7 in three-point field goals per game, #1 in assist-to-turnover ratio, #8 in assists per game, #2 in steals and #18 in blocks ... Nationally, Steffeck's assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.72 ranked #11 in the nation ... She also ranked #9 in the nation in total steals and #11 in steals per game ... Steffeck became the program's all-time steals leader on Jan. 21 with five steals at Western Colorado ... She surpassed 1,000 points for her career in the last game of the regular season thanks to 25 points at Fort Lewis ... Notched four double-doubles during the season including 12 points and 10 rebounds at Colorado Mesa, 15 points and 13 rebounds at MSU Denver,25 points and 13 rebounds at Fort Lewis, and finally 27 points and 13 rebounds with seven steals as well against UT Tyler in the NCAA Tournament ... Arguably her best game of the season was 32 points against MSU Denver in the semifinals of the RMAC Tournament which tied her for #6 in the program record book ... Steffeck finished the season tied for #3 on Mines' single-season scoring list, #9 on the single-season assists list, #5 on the single-season steals list, #9 on the single-season three-pointers list, #3 for free throws in a season, and #6 for her single-season free-throw percentage ... She also moved up to #9 on the Orediggers' all-time scoring list and #6 in all-time assists, just the sixth person in Mines history to ever produce over 300 career assists.
2021-22: NCAA Statistical Champion in total steals and steals per game ... RMAC Defensive Player of the Year ... Second-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC All-Tournament Team ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (1/24, 2/28) ... Started all 31 games as a guard for Mines ... Finished the campaign with 306 points, 147 rebounds, 123 steals and 89 assists ... Averaged 9.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.9 assists on 30.3 minutes per game ... Finished first in all of NCAA Division II in total steals and steals per game while breaking the program's single-season steals record ... Also broke the RMAC and program single-game steals record with 14 against Westminster on Jan. 22 ... Within the conference, ranked 22nd in scoring average, fifth in free-throw percentage at 81.4 percent on the season, 12th in assists per game, sixth in total assists, first in total steals and steals per game and 15th in minutes per game ... Produced the first of two double-doubles with 20 points and 10 rebounds against St. Mary's in the season opener ... Second double-double featured 14 steals and 11 points in overtime against Westminster on Jan. 22 ... Scored in double digits on 15 occasions ... Also added 11 steals against New Mexico Highlands on Jan. 26. and 10 more rebounds at Adams State on Jan. 29 ... Moved up to third on Mines' all-time steals list as well ... Her steals per game ranked second in program history and free-throw percentage ranked ninth in program history.
2020-21: Honorable Mention All-RMAC ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... RMAC Defensive Player of the Week (12/2, 1/25, 2/1) ... Started all 20 games for Mine as a guard for the Orediggers ... Closed the season with 186 points, 113 rebounds, 68 steals, 54 assists and 15 blocks ... Averaged 9.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.4 steals, 2.7 assists and 0.8 blocks in 32.5 minutes per game ... Tops on the team in steals and second in rebounding and blocks ... Led the entire RMAC in total steals and steals per game while sitting ninth in total assists and 10th in total blocks ... Also ranked fourth in the nation in total steals and steals per game ... Registered the first double-double of her career with 15 points and 10 steals at MSU Denver on Nov. 28 which broke the program's single-game steals record ... Notched a second double-double thanks to 11 points and 13 rebounds against CSU Pueblo on Nov. 29, and nearly made it a triple-double with seven steals while adding five assists ... Top scoring performance of the season was 21 points at Black Hills State on Jan. 4 ... Scored in double digits on nine different occasions ... Her 3.4 steals per game ranked fourth on Mines' all-time list for single-season steals average.
2019-20: Averaged 28.7 minutes per game over 26 contests with 24 starts in her first season as an Oredigger ... Finished the season averaging 5.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game along with 61 assists, 44 steals and 14 blocks ... Collegiate debut came with a start in the season opener against UAFS in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 8, scoring three points with five steals and five rebounds ... Top performance of the year came at CSU Pueblo on Feb. 15 with 19 points, nine rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block ... Scored in double digits on eight occasions as a true freshman ... Ranked 6th in the RMAC with 1.7 steals per game, 18th in the league thanks to 2.3 assists per game and 19th in the conference at 0.5 blocks per game.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Two-sport athlete at Fossil Ridge HS competing in basketball and track … Averaged 12.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 3.9 steals per game through her junior season … Named Second-Team All-Front Range Conference as a freshman … Earned First-Team All-Front Range Conference as a sophomore and junior … Selected CHSAA All-State, Denver Post All-Colorado and All-State Tournament team … Named to "The Show" Colorado Top 20 team and 9News All-USA Colorado … Held six school records going into her senior season including 35 points in one game, 17 rebounds in one game, 11 assists in one game and 106 steals in a season … Named team captain three straight years … Competed in 400-meters in track and field … Member of the National Honor Society, Member of business, technical and math national honor societies, Named First-Team Academic All-State … 3.95 GPA majoring in metallurgical & materials engineering with a minor in economics at Mines.
Career Game Highs
Points: 35 vs. UCCS (1/20/24)
Rebounds: 14 vs. Black Hills State (2/9/24)
Assists: 8 - 4x, last at Fort Lewis (2/2/24)
3-pointers: 7 vs. Adams State (1/28/23)
Free Throws: 15 at Chadron State (2/24/24)
Blocks: 2 - 19x, last vs. South Dakota Mines (2/10/24)
Steals: 14 vs. Westminster (1/22/22)
Minutes: 40 - 8x, last at Chadron State (2/24/24)
46 in 2OT vs. #23 Colorado Mesa (12/1/23)
44 on OT at South Dakota Mines (1/17/20)
Career Double-Doubles
11/28/20 at MSU Denver (15P/10S)
1/29/21 vs. CSU Pueblo (11P/13R)
11/12/21 vs. St. Mary's (20P/10R)
1/22/22 vs. Westminster (11P/14S)
12/2/22 at Colorado Mesa (12P/10R)
1/17/23 at MSU Denver (15P/13R)
2/25/23 at Fort Lewis (25P/13R)
3/10/23 vs. UT Tyler (27P/13R)
11/11/23 vs. St. Edward's (31P/13R)
1/12/24 at CSU Pueblo (13P/10R)
1/23/24 vs. MSU Denver (23P/12R)
2/9/24 vs. Black Hills State (16P/14R)
