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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

Steve Habusta

2 Malia Thelen

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Sophomore
  • Major Kinesiology
  • Hometown Portland, MI
  • High School Portland High School
  • Position Guard

Biography

High School: Helped lead her team to their first girls basketball state championship in 2021... Averaged 13.4 points, 4.1 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals per game for Portland High School... MHSAA Scholar Athlete Award finalist as a senior... BCAM D2 All-State honorable mention (2023, 24)... BCAM Academic All-State (2024)... Detroit Free Press D2 All-State Honorable Mention (2023, 24)... Ionia County Player of the Year (2023, 24)... Lansing State Journal Player of the Week (2024)... Lansing State Journal All-Area First Team (2024)... Lansing State Journal All-Area Dream Team (2024)... WLNS Female MVP of the Year runner up (2024)... All-CAAC (2023, 24)... Three-time CAAC Academic All-Conference (2022, 23, 24)... Also competed in golf, soccer, and softball... Three-time All-CAAC honoree and three-time CAAC Academic honoree in golf... In soccer, she was twice named to the CAAC All-Conference Team, twice named All-District, twice named to the Ionia County All-Area Team, and was selected to the Lansing State Journal All-Area First Team... As a senior, she was named both Academic All-Conference and All-State... Also participated in National Honor Society, student council, Bionic (suicide and mental health awareness club), and captains club.

Personal: Daughter of Samantha and Tom Thelen... Has one sister named Lilly... The Upper Peninsula is special to her with her mother being from Manistique where much of her family still resides... Had the opportunity to play high school basketball with her sister for two years...Majoring in Kinesiology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2024-25Freshman

    Guard
    5'6"
    15
  • 2

    2025-26Sophomore

    Guard
    5'6"
    2