Honors: First-Team all-MVC (2017, 2018)...MVC Player of the Week (March 6, 2017; Nov. 20, 2017; Jan. 22, 2018)...MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (March 7, 2017; Jan. 24, 2018)...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2017, 2018)...MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team (2016)...MVC All-Tournament Team (2016)...MVC All-Freshman Team (2015)...MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 24, 2014)...Lady Bears Most-Improved Player (2017)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2015, 2016)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).
Senior/Career Summary: Led MSU in scoring at 15.3 points per game as a repeat first-team all-MVC selection...Added 3.9 rebounds per game with 59 assists and 34 steals...Buried 70 3-pointers for the No. 10 single-season total in school history...Her 505 points as a senior ranked 19th on the MSU season list, and made her one of six players at Missouri State with multiple 500-point seasons...Led MSU in scoring 14 times with 24 double-figure games, nine with 20 or more points, and a pair of 30-point efforts...Her 33 points against Valparaiso (Jan. 19) gave her the MVC’s individual single-game scoring high for the second straight season...Eighth player to average double figure scoring in four seasons as a Lady Bear...Three-time MVC Player of the Week in her career...Scored 10 or more points in 84 of 123 career games...One of nine Lady Bears with at least three career 30-point games...Finished career ranked seventh in school history in points (1,656), fifth in 3-pointers (242) and second in 3-point attempts (721)...One of five players in school history with 1,500 points, 400 rebounds and 200 3-pointers...Scored 20 or more points in 18 career games.
2016-17: First-team all-MVC selection after averaging 16.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists while starting all 31 games...Boosted her averages to 18.2 points, 6.0 boards and 2.7 assists in MVC play as the only league player to rank in the top 12 in each category...Led MSU in scoring 21 times with 27 games in double figures, including the final 18 of the season...Eighth player in MSU history to average double-figure scoring in each of their first three seasons...Scored 46 points on March 2 at No. 22 Drake, the fifth-best total in school history behind only Jackie Stiles, and fourth-highest total in NCAA Division I in 2016-17...Made 17 field goals in that game, third-most in MSU history, including six 3-pointers, to earn MVC Player of the Week honors...518 total points tied for 16th in MSU history in single-season scoring, and 72 3-pointers ranked eighth...Became the 26th member of MSU’s 1,000-point club on Feb. 19 at Illinois State...Had a double-double with 15 points and 10 boards against Evansville (Feb. 12), and finished one rebound shy of the feat in three other games...Made at least three 3-pointers in six consecutive games from Jan. 6-27, tying Melody Howard’s 1994 streak for the longest in school history...Connected on multiple treys in nine straight contests from Jan. 6-Feb. 10, trailing only Howard for the second-longest streak at MSU...Dished out three or more assists in 11 games and ranked second on the team with 66 helpers on the year...Finished the season with 28 steals, five blocks, and an 80-for-98 showing at the foul line to rank third in the MVC at 81.6 percent...Ended the year ranked sixth at MSU in career 3-point attempts (503), seventh in makes (172), and 20th in scoring (1,151).
2015-16: Became the ninth player in MSU history to average double figures as a freshman and sophomore after scoring 11 points per game as a spark off the bench...Appeared in all 34 games, averaging 20.5 minutes and 2.8 rebounds...Hit 59 3-pointers on the season, ranking eighth in the MVC in makes per game...Knocked down her 100th career 3-pointer against Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament (March 19) to become the 15th Lady Bear to reach that milestone...Scored at least 10 points in 19 games, leading the Lady Bears six times with a high of 25 at Ole Miss (Nov. 19)...Made 3-pointers on MSU’s final possession to force overtime against UNI (Feb. 5) and Loyola (Feb. 12), and the Lady Bears prevailed in both contests...Averaged 14.3 points and hit eight 3-pointers in the MVC Tournament to earn all-tournament recognition...Had 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting in the MVC title victory against UNI (March 13)...Tallied a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards in just 20 minutes of action against Indiana State (March 3)...Finished with 16 points and seven rebounds at UNI (Feb. 5)...Hit a triple in 15 of the season’s final 16 games...Knocked down a season-high five treys versus Loyola (Feb. 12), and had three or more in eight contests...Made 41 of 51 foul shots to ecplise the 80 percent barrier from the charity stripe for a second consecutive season...Concluded the year with 24 assists, 21 steals and three blocked shots.
2014-15: Finished her freshman season as Missouri State’s third-leading scorer at 10.4 points per game, earning a spot on the league’s all-freshman team...Opened her career with three consecutive double-figure scoring games, the first MSU freshman to achieve that feat since Jackie Stiles in 1997...Despite missing eight games due to injury, scored 259 total points to rank 17th all-time among MSU freshmen, and is one of 11 rookies to average double figures...Ranked fifth in MVC by connecting on 38.3 percent of 3-pointers, and 10th with 1.6 makes per game...In league contests, ranked second among Valley players with a .436 percentage from beyond the arc...Scored at least 10 points in 14 games while leading the team four times...Tallied 18 points in the season opener at Memphis (Nov. 14)...Named the MVC Newcomer of the Week on Nov. 24 after averaging 12.5 points in games at UALR and Oklahoma State...Netted 17 points at Colorado (Nov. 28) and 20 at TCU the next day on a combined 6-for-11 from long range for all-tournament honors at the Omni Classic...Needed only nine shots to score a season-high 21 points at Illinois State (Feb. 22), hitting five treys in six attempts...Hit four triples at Evansville (March 7) and scored 18 points to begin a stretch of five consecutive double-figure scoring efforts to close the season...Hit multiple 3-pointers in 14 games...Shot 81.6 percent from the free throw line and averaged 2.6 rebounds per game with season totals of 28 assists and 17 steals...Made five starts early in the season and played 19.2 minutes per contest.
Background: Completed an exceptional prep career at Batavia High outside Chicago, where she set the school record with 1,921 career points...A first-team all-state choice according to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and second-team pick by the Associated Press and Chicago Tribune as a senior after averaging 24.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 4.1 steals per game...Scored at least 20 points in 26 of her 31 games as a senior, including a school-record 51 against rival Geneva, while making 105 3-pointers and shooting 44 percent from the floor and 81 percent from the foul line...Earned her second consecutive player of the year award from the Kane County Chronicle, the Daily Herald and the Upstate Eight Conference...Third-team all-state selection as a junior after averaging 19.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game for the 19-9 Bulldogs...Scored at least 20 points in 17 contests while burying 80 3-pointers...All-conference selection both her sophomore and freshman seasons, averaging 14.4 and 9.0 points, respectively...Also a three-time state tennis qualifier at Nos. 2 and 3 singles.
Personal: Elizabeth Fruendt is the daughter of Joel and Suzanne Fruendt...Born July 11, 1996 in Geneva, Ill...Has two siblings who also played college basketball...Brother Nick was a guard for Northwestern from 2008-12, while sister Sara played at the University of Dubuque...Majoring in Administrative Management.
