SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco women's basketball team announced the signing of Amalie Langer to a national letter of intent. Langer, a product of Denmark, will be expected to arrive on the Hilltop in the fall.
She is a 2017 graduate of Rungsted Gymnasium in Denmark. Langer has been a leader player on the most winning Danish youth team in history, with three Danish National titles, four Danish Cup titles, and three Nordic Club Championships (Scania Cup), including four All-Star Team selections and two personal titles as Scania Queen (tournament MVP). Langer has also won two All-Star Team selections in the European Youth Basketball League and been in the in the starting lineup on the Danish National Youth Team since she was 14.
She has experience playing in the big leagues as well. She was a rookie in the senior women's league in Denmark in 2015 and continued to play on the squad until 2017. In the most recent season, her team (Hørsholm 79'ers) reached the finals.
She is the daughter of Katrine and Kim and has two older brothers. Her dad, Kim, was an East Coast Soccer Champion with the Potomac Kickers U-15 team in 1977. She also has a cat named Chili, who has the reputation of being a grump.
The signing of Langer marks the Dons sixth signee of the year. The
previous five include Marta Galic (guard, Croatia), Marija Galic (forward, Croatia), Marianna Klavina (guard, Latvia), Abby Rathbun (forward, Washington) and Kia Vaalavirta (guard, Finland). As it stands now, the international contingency on the squad will outnumber the home grown athletes, nine to five.
Please give a warm welcome to Amalie via our social media channels!
The 2018-19 schedule is taking shape and will feature pre-season opponents Stanford, Washington State, and Idaho. Of those, there are one Sweet-16 team (Stanford) and one WNIT team (Idaho). San Jose State, Cal Poly, Northern Colorado, UT-Arlington, and Sacramento State will also be included in preseason match ups.
Prices for the three different levels (general admission, baseline and courtside seats) will remain the same for next year's season. Season tickets start at $50 for the entire slate of competitions, including preseason and regular season. Purchase here
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