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Katie Trolla

Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 8th Year at Oakland Alma Mater: Oakland, '03

Former Oakland standout Katie Trolla is entering her eighth season on the women's basketball staff at OU, where as a player she became just the second player in Mid-Continent Conference history to receive first team all-league honors all four years of her career.

Trolla serves as the team's recruiting coordinator, and also is involved in player development, scouting, and camps. Over her tenure at Oakland, both as a player and a coach, the Golden Grizzlies have won five championships; three during her playing days and two during her time as an assistant coach. OU has also made two WNIT appearances during Trolla's tenure as an assistant coach.

Trolla played professionally in Denmark and Iceland before ending her playing career due to injury. Trolla returned to the U.S. where she accepted a position on the Oakland coaching staff.

Trolla enjoyed a very successful career at Oakland, tallying 2,065 points to rank third on OU's all-time list. She also appears on 10 other career lists for Oakland, including ranking first in free throws made, amassing 509. The Cedar Springs, Mich. native additionally holds the all-time record for free throws in a game, sinking 17 against Niagara on Nov. 25, 2001.

Trolla led the Golden Grizzlies to the NCAA Tournament in 2002 after claiming the program's first ever Mid-Con tournament title. She was named to the league's all-tournament team for her performance. One year prior, Trolla was a Kodak All-America honorable mention selection as a sophomore and registered double figures in 28 of the team's 30 games that year.

After redshirting the 1998-99 season, Trolla was named the Mid-Con's Newcomer and Freshman of the Year after starting all 29 games for OU while ranking second on the team and third in the conference with 17.3 points per game. For her career, Trolla averaged 17.5 ppg to tie for fourth in Oakland's record book and rank fifth in conference history.

Trolla earned her bachelor's degree in Sociology - Criminal Justice at Oakland with a minor in general business. She is married to Joe Trolla and the couple currently resides in Rochester Hills, Mich. Katie had her first child, Lincoln Eugene Trolla, in July.