Texans land Arkansas State transfer Karolina Szydlowska to begin 2022 recruiting class – Tarleton State University Athletics

STEPHENVILLE – For the second straight yr, Tarleton has gone to the Pure State to bolster its frontcourt prowess. 

Head coach Misty Wilson introduced the addition of Arkansas State switch Karolina Szydlowska to the Texans 2022-23 roster on Wednesday. 

Szydlowska, initially from Wroclaw, Poland, made 19 begins throughout 36 video games performed throughout the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. The 6-0 ahead averaged 4.9 factors and three.9 rebounds per sport over her two-year run with the Crimson Wolves. 

She ought to have little issue assimilating into the Texans’ frontcourt. Szydlowska was teammates with Seynabou Thiam, who arrived at Tarleton by the use of Arkansas State in 2021, throughout her sophomore yr. 

“Karolina is a participant that now we have had our eye on since her time at Seward County Neighborhood Faculty,” Wilson stated. “One of many issues I love most about Karolina is the quiet confidence she carries herself with. Her confidence as an individual and a participant is warranted, because it comes from the dedication and work she places into herself and her sport. Karolina is a ahead that may actually stretch the ground offensively in addition to deal with the ball in transition and make performs. Karolina is extraordinarily mature and can give us some worthwhile expertise on and off the ground. My workers and I are assured that she’s going to make an impression in her time at Tarleton State.” 

The addition of Szydlowska paired with Thiam – Tarleton’s single-season record-holder for blocked photographs (63) – offers the Texans two stout rim protectors. Szydlowska led the Crimson Wolves in blocks (23) in 2020-21. Previous to coming into the Division I ranks, Szydlowska prepped at Seward County Neighborhood Faculty, the place she ranked fourth within the Kansas Jayhawk Neighborhood Faculty Convention (KJCCC) in blocks with 42 throughout the 2019-20 season.  

Szydlowska was a key contributor for the Crimson Wolves within the COVID-19-condensed 2020-21 season. She appeared in all 21 video games and made 15 begins. Szydlowska ranked second on the crew in rebounds per sport (5.9) and snagged seven-or-more boards eight instances. She grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds in a sport at Louisiana on Feb. 5, 2021 and paired 11 rebounds with 10 factors to notch her first profession double-double in a win over Central Baptist on Jan. 4, 2021. Offensively, Szydlowska averaged a career-best 6.7 factors per outing and scored in double figures on seven events, together with a career-high 17 factors vs. Arkansas-Little Rock on Feb. 12, 2021. 

As a junior in 2021-22, Szydlowska shot 47.7 p.c mixed in 19 appearances for the Crimson Wolves. 

Szydlowska teased her D1 potential over two seasons at Seward County CC underneath head coach Austin Mefford. 

She was the highest general playmaker on a Saints squad that posted a 25-7 general document and superior to the semifinals of the NJCAA Area VI Match in 2019-20. Szydlowska averaged 11.3 factors, seven rebounds and 1.9 blocks per sport to steer Seward County CC in all classes. Following the Saints’ postseason run, she earned First Workforce All-KJCCC West and Second Workforce All-Area VI honors. 

Szydlowska was an integral member of a Seward County CC crew that superior to the NJCAA Match as a freshman in 2017-18. She averaged 9.8 factors and 6.5 rebounds per outing and ranked fourth amongst her convention friends in blocks per sport (1.4). 

Previous to shifting abroad, Szydlowska was the main scorer on the Polish U20 Nationwide Workforce. 

Szydlowska is the primary participant to signal with Tarleton throughout the 2022 recruiting cycle. 

The Texans anticipate asserting further signings within the coming weeks.