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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 52
Savannah McGowan
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Armstrong
- Hometown:
- Plymouth, Minn.
Bio
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2025-26: This will be McGowan's first season with the Tommies...
2024-25 (Illinois State): Appeared in 24 games as a sophomore...Season-high eight points March 13 vs Southern Illinois...Season-high seven rebounds Dec. 15 at Chicago State...Helped Illinois State to a third consecutive 20-win season and a fifth consecutive postseason appearance.
2023-24 (Illinois State): Appeared in 29 games as a freshman...Reached double figures five times, including a season-high 15 points Feb. 25 vs Evansville...Season-high 9 rebounds with a season-high 23 minutes Nov. 30 vs Chicago State...Scored 12 points in her collegiate debut at Omaha Nov. 6, the most by an Illinois State true freshman in a season opener since at least 2013...She was the first Redbird to score double figures in a season opener since Mary Crompton tallied 10 points to open the 2018-2019 campaign at SIUE...Finished with 12 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block against the Cougars Nov. 30...Tallied 15 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and went 7-for-9 from the field against the Purple Aces Feb. 25... member of the Illinois State SAAC...
High School: Multi-year award winner at Robbinson Armstrong... 4x All-Conference, 4x All-State Honorable Mention... scored 1000+ point and pulled in over 1000 rebounds during prep career... first female basketball player in Robbinson Armstrong High School history to accomplish the feat... all-time leading rebounder (1305)... graduated ranked second all-time in career scoring (1778)... Academic All-State honoree... Athena Award winner...
Personal: Daughter of Becky and Theodore Hokanson... chose to play at St. Thomas because of the educational opportunities and opportunity to play back home... majoring in biology... enjoys cooking and baking...
2025-26: This will be McGowan's first season with the Tommies...
2024-25 (Illinois State): Appeared in 24 games as a sophomore...Season-high eight points March 13 vs Southern Illinois...Season-high seven rebounds Dec. 15 at Chicago State...Helped Illinois State to a third consecutive 20-win season and a fifth consecutive postseason appearance.
2023-24 (Illinois State): Appeared in 29 games as a freshman...Reached double figures five times, including a season-high 15 points Feb. 25 vs Evansville...Season-high 9 rebounds with a season-high 23 minutes Nov. 30 vs Chicago State...Scored 12 points in her collegiate debut at Omaha Nov. 6, the most by an Illinois State true freshman in a season opener since at least 2013...She was the first Redbird to score double figures in a season opener since Mary Crompton tallied 10 points to open the 2018-2019 campaign at SIUE...Finished with 12 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block against the Cougars Nov. 30...Tallied 15 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and went 7-for-9 from the field against the Purple Aces Feb. 25... member of the Illinois State SAAC...
High School: Multi-year award winner at Robbinson Armstrong... 4x All-Conference, 4x All-State Honorable Mention... scored 1000+ point and pulled in over 1000 rebounds during prep career... first female basketball player in Robbinson Armstrong High School history to accomplish the feat... all-time leading rebounder (1305)... graduated ranked second all-time in career scoring (1778)... Academic All-State honoree... Athena Award winner...
Personal: Daughter of Becky and Theodore Hokanson... chose to play at St. Thomas because of the educational opportunities and opportunity to play back home... majoring in biology... enjoys cooking and baking...
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Thursday, February 27
Press Conference: Tommie Women's Basketball Postgame vs ORU 02/26/25
Thursday, February 27
Press Conference: Tommie Women's Basketball Summit League Tournament Preview
Monday, March 04
Press Conference: Tommie Women's Basketball vs NDSU
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