Lakota Nation Invitational

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Former LNI Athletes in College

See who some of former participants are and where they are playing now. The LNI has provided a tournament for high school athletes to showcase their talents to the people of Western South Dakota. These are just a few student-athletes that have gone on to pursue collegiate basketball, however, there have been plenty of former LNI players who have gone on to earn college degrees and decided not to participate in college athletics.

Note: All photos courtesy of their respective colleges.

Laura Big Crow, Mayville State University

Laura was a four time LNI all tourney selection and won the Most Points and Most Rebounds awards throughout her high school career. She attended Williston State College where she was a JUCO all-American (H.M.) and conference MVP.

Pine Ridge High School

Brittni Walker, Minot State University

Brittni “wowed” the crowds at LNI with her all around ability that won her three all tourney team selections as well as Most Points, Miss Hustle and Team Sportsmanship. She led McLaughlin to the LNI finals as a senior.

Mackenzie Casey, South Dakota State University

Mackenzie led Red Cloud to the semi-finals of the LNI tourney as a senior when he scored 30 points per game in the tournament (120 total) good for the Most Points award. Not to be outdone, he also won the Most 3 Pointers award and hit 8 threes in one game against McLaughlin.

Paige Paulsen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Paige won LNI MVP honors as a senior when he led Custer to the 2002 championship and was named to the all tournament team as a sophomore and junior. He averaged 26 points/game as a soph. in the LNI tournament and was named to the R.C. Journal Honor Roll for his efforts.

Sunni Busch, Chadron State College

Sunni arrived on the LNI scene when she made the game winning shot as a sophomore to help Todd County win the championship. She won two MVP awards, two Most Points awards, a Steve Withorne award and four all tourney jackets.

McLaughlin High School

Red Cloud High School

Custer High School

Todd County High School

Quincey Oliver, Mount Marty College

Quincey was LNI all tourney as a junior and senior. As a junior he guided Douglas to a 3-1 finish, with the team’s only loss coming to finalist Cheyenne-Eagle Butte. He scored 20 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in his final LNI game as a senior when Douglas finished 11th overall.

Douglas High School

Megan Turner, University of Sioux Falls

Megan helped Custer to the 2005 LNI championship where she was named to the all tournament team. As a senior she won the Most 3 Pointers award, as well the all tournament team and the Steve Withorne Award.

Custer High School

Robin Webber, Brown Mackie College

Robin won the Miss Defense award as a junior and was selected to the all tournament team. As a senior she helped Pine Ridge to the championship and scored 33 points in a first round game as a junior.

Pine Ridge High School

Daelan High Wolf, Haskell Indian Nations University

Daelan was the LNI MVP as a sophomore when he guided Pine Ridge to the championship. He was an all tourney as a selection when he led Cheyenne-Eagle Butte to a third place finish and won the Steve Withorne Award.

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School

Anna Leigh Brady, University of North Dakota

Anna Leigh came to the LNI as a participant in the 2003 cross country meet where she ran away with the individual championship. She also finished in the top 3 at the North Dakota Class B cross country championships. She played in the NCAA D2 Elite Eight last season.

Four Winds High School

Lennea Mueller, Northern State University

Lennea won MVP honors as a senior when she guided Custer to the 2005 championship. She was also all tourney as a sophomore and a LNI scholarship recipient as a senior. She also played in the tournament as an 8th grader with the Custer JV team.

Custer High School

Zach Finley, Princeton University

Zach earned MVP honors as a senior after leading STM to the 2005 championship and picked up all tournament honors the year before. St. Thomas More finished 7th in 2003, 2nd in 2004 and 1st in 2005.

St. Thomas More High School

Alexis Krull, Black Hills State University

When Hill City participated in their first ever girls LNI in Feb. 2003, Alexis Krull and company put on a show, taking their team to the championship upsetting Todd County, Pine Ridge and Douglas in the process. Alexis was all tourney that year as a junior and during her senior year as well.

Hill City High School

Brittany Azure, Williston State College

Brittany was named to the all tournament team during her sophomore through senior years at the LNI. She helped C-EB to the championship game as a senior where she won the Steve Withorne Award and Most Inspirational.

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School

Jordyn Brown, Williston State College

Jordyn earned all tournament honors as a senior while helping Cheyenne-Eagle Butte to the championship game.

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School

T.J. McCauley, Bismarck State College

T.J. won LNI MVP honors as a sophomore when he led Lower Brule to the 2004 championship and again earned MVP accolades as a senior when he guided Little Wound to the championship. He also won the Most Points and Most 3 Pointers award as a sophomore.

Little Wound High School

TyAnn Pourier, Bismarck State College

TyAnn was named to the all tournament team as a senior when she helped Little Wound reach the finals as a senior, finishing as the 2005 LNI runner-up. Little Wound also played in the championship game in 2004, where they lost to Todd County.

Little Wound High School