Hall of Famer, Karen (Bauer) Stenftenagel honored

Jasper– At last night’s Jasper 72 – 49 win over Forest Park at the Cabby O’neill Gymnasium, Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Karen Stenftenagel was honored by the community.

Karen (Bauer) Stenftenagel helped Jasper to three sectional championships, two regional championships, one semi-state championship and an appearance in the 1979 state finals, where she received the IHSAA’s mental attitude award. Jasper was 49-5 during her three- year career as a starter.

She became a pioneer at Ball State University, where she received the school’s first female full-ride athletic scholarship, and became the first woman to score over 1,000 career points.

She graduated with 10 school records including points (1,095) and rebounds (760) and continues to hold Ball State’s single-season rebounding average record (11.3 per game in 1981-82) and ranks in the top 5 in career free throws attempted and made.

She was twice named 2nd team Academic All-American and in 2000 was inducted in the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame.

Karen has taught high school mathematics for 30 years and has served as head girls basketball coach at Princeton and Jasper high schools, accumulating 200 career wins in 15 seasons, along with eight sectional and two regional championships.