Colorado State University Athletics
2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Hofschild, McKenna
Jersey Number 4
McKenna Hofschild
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-2
- Position:
- Guard
- Hometown:
- Prior Lake, Minn.
- High School:
- Prior Lake
- Major:
- Business Administration
- Prev School:
- Seton Hall
Bio
NEWS
StarTribue - Prior Lake's McKenna Hofschild is small in stature but a big star in college hoops
The Next - McKenna Hofschild keeps starring for Colorado State, but Sanna Ström brings new energy
SOURCE - CSU, Hofschild found each other as second options — showing how the standout point guard just makes ‘the right play’
Fort Collins Coloradoan - How CSU basketball's McKenna Hofschild is putting up Becky Hammon numbers for the Rams
9News Denver - CSU's Hofschild is undersized but not to be underestimated
CSURams.com - The Golden Age of CSU Point Guard Play
MileHighSports.com - McKenna Hofschild, Isaiah Stevens setting records as unselfish floor generals for CSU Rams
ACCOLADES
WBCA All-American Honorable Mention (2023-24)
WBCA All-Region (2022-23, 2023-24)
Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention (2022-23, 2023-24)
Mountain West Player of the Year (2022-23)
All-Mountain West Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Nancy Lieberman Preseason/Midseason/Top 10 (2023-24)
Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason/Midseason/Semifinalist/Finalist (2023-24)
Nancy Lieberman Preseason/Midseason/Finalist (2022-23)
Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason/Midseason Watch List (2022-23)
Mountain West Player of the Week (11/14, 12/5, 2/6 -- 2022-23)
Preseason All Mountain West Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Mountain West Player of the Week (11/22, 12/13, 1/3 -- 2021-22)
Mountain West Newcomer of the Year (2020-21)
Mountain West Player of the Week (1/11 -- 2020-21)
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)
Academic All-Mountain West (2023-24)
COLORADO STATE
2023-24 (GRADUATE): Started all 31 games during the season, averaging 36.2 minutes per contest... Led the Rams and Mountain West in scoring for the second-consecutive season with 684 points and 22.1 average... Finished her career as Colorado State's second all-time scorer... Is the Mountain West and Colorado State's all-time assist leader... Finished the season a No. 4 in the country in assist/turnover ratio (3.03) and total assists (227)... Averaged 7.3 assist per game, No. 2 in the nation behind Caitlin Clark... Her 684 points was the 12th most in the country and her 22.1 average was 10th... Scored double-figure points in every game during the season except in three games... Finished the year shooting 46.4 percent from the floor on 244-of-526 shooting... Tallied nine double-doubles, including a 36 point, 10 rebound performance at Montana (12/9)... Scored a season-high 37 points against Air Force (1/17)... Dished out a high 14 assists against South Dakota Mines (11/21)... Swiped five steals at Air Force 1/31).
2022-23 (SENIOR): Started 31 games during the season, missing the final game of the year at Northern Iowa (3/16)... Averaged 37.3 minutes per game (No. 24 in the country)... Became the 20th Ram to reach 1,000 career points at Colorado State after a 16-point performance against Denver (12/6)... Led the team in scoring with 20.6 points per game (No. 17) recording double-figures in all 31 games... Added 14 games with 20+ points, including a career-high 37 points in an overtime game at UNLV (12/31)... Led the team with 222 assists and 7.2 assist per game (No. 5)... Is the only player in program history to record back-to-back 200+ assist seasons... Had four games with double-doubles, including a 19 points, 10 assists performance in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament against Boise State (3/6)... Finished the season No. 2 in the nation in assist/turnover ratio with a 3.42 mark, recording just 65 turnovers... Finished shooting 48.8 percent from the field (No. 83) and a 79.2 mark from the free throw line with 156-for-197 - No. 23 in the country for attempts... Scored four 3-pointers twice during the season, including a 31 point game against Western Michigan (12/3) with a 10-of-13 shooting and perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range... Scored a season-high 11 field goals in a 28 point game against San Diego State (1/16).
2021-22 (JUNIOR): Started all 33 games, averaging a team-high 36.2 minutes... Led the team scoring 16.9 points per game - No. 2 the Mountain West - and scored 557 points to lead the league... Averaged a Mountain West-best 6.5 assist per game, which was No. 5 in the country... Held a 3.0 assist/turnover radio for No. 2 in the conference... Set the single-season assist record, totaling 216 for the season... Set the single-game assist record as well with 17 against Utah State (1/19)... Averaged a 42.3 mark when shooting from the field and 79.5 tick from the line - leading the team in attempts and makes in both... Dropped a season-best 28 points against New Mexico (2/2) finishing 12-for 26 from the floor and adding eight assists... Recorded 27 points against Denver (11/18) on 9-of-16, including 4-for-7 from behind the arc... Notched four double-doubles on the season - all with assists, including a 23 point, 13 assist performance at Utah State (2/9).
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE): Named Mountain West Newcomer of the Year and All-Mountain West... Started all 21 games, averaging 30.9 minutes per contest and only played less than 20 minutes twice... Averaged 13.4 points per game for the ninth slot in the MW... Accumulated 114 assists for second in the conference, but her 5.4 average led the league and was No. 19 in NCAA... Also led the conference in assist/turnover ratio at 2.59 which was No. 17 nationally... After entering the season with a career-high nine points, she upped that mark five times from 12, 13, 19, 20 and finally 24 points at UNLV (1/9)... She tallied 44 points, 10 assists, six rebounds in the UNLV series that earned her Mountain West Player of the Week honors... In her career-best 24-point game at UNLV (1/9), she drained a career-high six 3s... Recorded 15 games of at least five assists... Led the Mountain West in assists... Tallied three 20+ scoring games and 15 double-digit scoring games... Had the sixth-best free-throw percentage (.773) in the MW.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
Seton Hall
2019-20 (FRESHMAN): Provided depth for team that went 19-12 overall and 11-7 in the Big East with a semifinalist finish at the conference tournament... Played in 18 games, all off the bench... Averaged 2.1 points and 0.6 assists in 8.4 minutes per game... Had six points, two rebounds and two assists at Georgetown (1/31)... Tallied a career-high nine points on three made 3 pointers to go with two assists against Providence (1/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Prior Lake HS and graduated in 2019... Two-year captain, three-time All-Conference pick and two-time 4A All-State selection (2019, 2017 HM)... Named 2018-19 All-USA Minnesota Girls First Team by USA Today High School Sport... Finalist for Minnesota’s Miss Basketball... Played in 2019 MGBCA All Star Series... Set Prior Lake’s single season, career and single-game scoring records. Scored 63 points in a single game to break a 37-year-old state record... Scored over 2,000 points in her high school career... Also holds school records for made 3-pointers (245) and points in a season (845)... As a junior, led the state of Minnesota with over 28 points per game... Helped lead the Lakers to first state berth as a Class 4A program after scoring 42 points in the district championship game... In the five postseason games in junior year, averaged 34.4 points, including the 42-point output in a 74-71 win over Minnetonka in the Section 2AAAA title game... Following her junior season she was a Star Tribune Second Team All-Metro pick... Played AAU for Minnesota Fury... Prior to her senior season, she headed into the AAU Nationals, averaging 15 points, six assists and five rebounds per game for the Fury... Started playing for Prior Lake as an eighth-grader, averaging 7.7 points per game and helping the team reach the Section 2AAAA final... Her scoring average went up to 23.8 points as a sophomore and rose to a South Suburban Conference-best 28.6 in junior season.
PERSONAL: Born in Prior Lake, Minnesota... Daughter of Annette and Chris Hofschild... Has an older sister, Kelly, and an older brother, Jake... Majoring in business administration... Has been dribbling a basketball since she was four years old... To start her collegiate career, she chose Seton Hall over Boston College, Denver, Montana State and Northern Iowa.
Ryun Williams about McKenna on April's signing day...
“McKenna is a get downhill point guard who has great ability to score and distribute. I am excited about the toughness and competitiveness McKenna brings to the floor and excited about her open floor game that will allow us to play much faster.”
StarTribue - Prior Lake's McKenna Hofschild is small in stature but a big star in college hoops
The Next - McKenna Hofschild keeps starring for Colorado State, but Sanna Ström brings new energy
SOURCE - CSU, Hofschild found each other as second options — showing how the standout point guard just makes ‘the right play’
Fort Collins Coloradoan - How CSU basketball's McKenna Hofschild is putting up Becky Hammon numbers for the Rams
9News Denver - CSU's Hofschild is undersized but not to be underestimated
CSURams.com - The Golden Age of CSU Point Guard Play
MileHighSports.com - McKenna Hofschild, Isaiah Stevens setting records as unselfish floor generals for CSU Rams
ACCOLADES
WBCA All-American Honorable Mention (2023-24)
WBCA All-Region (2022-23, 2023-24)
Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention (2022-23, 2023-24)
Mountain West Player of the Year (2022-23)
All-Mountain West Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Nancy Lieberman Preseason/Midseason/Top 10 (2023-24)
Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason/Midseason/Semifinalist/Finalist (2023-24)
Nancy Lieberman Preseason/Midseason/Finalist (2022-23)
Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason/Midseason Watch List (2022-23)
Mountain West Player of the Week (11/14, 12/5, 2/6 -- 2022-23)
Preseason All Mountain West Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Mountain West Player of the Week (11/22, 12/13, 1/3 -- 2021-22)
Mountain West Newcomer of the Year (2020-21)
Mountain West Player of the Week (1/11 -- 2020-21)
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)
Academic All-Mountain West (2023-24)
COLORADO STATE
2023-24 (GRADUATE): Started all 31 games during the season, averaging 36.2 minutes per contest... Led the Rams and Mountain West in scoring for the second-consecutive season with 684 points and 22.1 average... Finished her career as Colorado State's second all-time scorer... Is the Mountain West and Colorado State's all-time assist leader... Finished the season a No. 4 in the country in assist/turnover ratio (3.03) and total assists (227)... Averaged 7.3 assist per game, No. 2 in the nation behind Caitlin Clark... Her 684 points was the 12th most in the country and her 22.1 average was 10th... Scored double-figure points in every game during the season except in three games... Finished the year shooting 46.4 percent from the floor on 244-of-526 shooting... Tallied nine double-doubles, including a 36 point, 10 rebound performance at Montana (12/9)... Scored a season-high 37 points against Air Force (1/17)... Dished out a high 14 assists against South Dakota Mines (11/21)... Swiped five steals at Air Force 1/31).
2022-23 (SENIOR): Started 31 games during the season, missing the final game of the year at Northern Iowa (3/16)... Averaged 37.3 minutes per game (No. 24 in the country)... Became the 20th Ram to reach 1,000 career points at Colorado State after a 16-point performance against Denver (12/6)... Led the team in scoring with 20.6 points per game (No. 17) recording double-figures in all 31 games... Added 14 games with 20+ points, including a career-high 37 points in an overtime game at UNLV (12/31)... Led the team with 222 assists and 7.2 assist per game (No. 5)... Is the only player in program history to record back-to-back 200+ assist seasons... Had four games with double-doubles, including a 19 points, 10 assists performance in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament against Boise State (3/6)... Finished the season No. 2 in the nation in assist/turnover ratio with a 3.42 mark, recording just 65 turnovers... Finished shooting 48.8 percent from the field (No. 83) and a 79.2 mark from the free throw line with 156-for-197 - No. 23 in the country for attempts... Scored four 3-pointers twice during the season, including a 31 point game against Western Michigan (12/3) with a 10-of-13 shooting and perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range... Scored a season-high 11 field goals in a 28 point game against San Diego State (1/16).
2021-22 (JUNIOR): Started all 33 games, averaging a team-high 36.2 minutes... Led the team scoring 16.9 points per game - No. 2 the Mountain West - and scored 557 points to lead the league... Averaged a Mountain West-best 6.5 assist per game, which was No. 5 in the country... Held a 3.0 assist/turnover radio for No. 2 in the conference... Set the single-season assist record, totaling 216 for the season... Set the single-game assist record as well with 17 against Utah State (1/19)... Averaged a 42.3 mark when shooting from the field and 79.5 tick from the line - leading the team in attempts and makes in both... Dropped a season-best 28 points against New Mexico (2/2) finishing 12-for 26 from the floor and adding eight assists... Recorded 27 points against Denver (11/18) on 9-of-16, including 4-for-7 from behind the arc... Notched four double-doubles on the season - all with assists, including a 23 point, 13 assist performance at Utah State (2/9).
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE): Named Mountain West Newcomer of the Year and All-Mountain West... Started all 21 games, averaging 30.9 minutes per contest and only played less than 20 minutes twice... Averaged 13.4 points per game for the ninth slot in the MW... Accumulated 114 assists for second in the conference, but her 5.4 average led the league and was No. 19 in NCAA... Also led the conference in assist/turnover ratio at 2.59 which was No. 17 nationally... After entering the season with a career-high nine points, she upped that mark five times from 12, 13, 19, 20 and finally 24 points at UNLV (1/9)... She tallied 44 points, 10 assists, six rebounds in the UNLV series that earned her Mountain West Player of the Week honors... In her career-best 24-point game at UNLV (1/9), she drained a career-high six 3s... Recorded 15 games of at least five assists... Led the Mountain West in assists... Tallied three 20+ scoring games and 15 double-digit scoring games... Had the sixth-best free-throw percentage (.773) in the MW.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
Seton Hall
2019-20 (FRESHMAN): Provided depth for team that went 19-12 overall and 11-7 in the Big East with a semifinalist finish at the conference tournament... Played in 18 games, all off the bench... Averaged 2.1 points and 0.6 assists in 8.4 minutes per game... Had six points, two rebounds and two assists at Georgetown (1/31)... Tallied a career-high nine points on three made 3 pointers to go with two assists against Providence (1/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Prior Lake HS and graduated in 2019... Two-year captain, three-time All-Conference pick and two-time 4A All-State selection (2019, 2017 HM)... Named 2018-19 All-USA Minnesota Girls First Team by USA Today High School Sport... Finalist for Minnesota’s Miss Basketball... Played in 2019 MGBCA All Star Series... Set Prior Lake’s single season, career and single-game scoring records. Scored 63 points in a single game to break a 37-year-old state record... Scored over 2,000 points in her high school career... Also holds school records for made 3-pointers (245) and points in a season (845)... As a junior, led the state of Minnesota with over 28 points per game... Helped lead the Lakers to first state berth as a Class 4A program after scoring 42 points in the district championship game... In the five postseason games in junior year, averaged 34.4 points, including the 42-point output in a 74-71 win over Minnetonka in the Section 2AAAA title game... Following her junior season she was a Star Tribune Second Team All-Metro pick... Played AAU for Minnesota Fury... Prior to her senior season, she headed into the AAU Nationals, averaging 15 points, six assists and five rebounds per game for the Fury... Started playing for Prior Lake as an eighth-grader, averaging 7.7 points per game and helping the team reach the Section 2AAAA final... Her scoring average went up to 23.8 points as a sophomore and rose to a South Suburban Conference-best 28.6 in junior season.
PERSONAL: Born in Prior Lake, Minnesota... Daughter of Annette and Chris Hofschild... Has an older sister, Kelly, and an older brother, Jake... Majoring in business administration... Has been dribbling a basketball since she was four years old... To start her collegiate career, she chose Seton Hall over Boston College, Denver, Montana State and Northern Iowa.
Ryun Williams about McKenna on April's signing day...
“McKenna is a get downhill point guard who has great ability to score and distribute. I am excited about the toughness and competitiveness McKenna brings to the floor and excited about her open floor game that will allow us to play much faster.”
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