Lexi Donarski

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-0
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Aquinas
Hometown:
La Crosse, Wis.

Awards & Honors
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2021-22)
All-Big 12 First Team (2021-22)
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2022-23)
Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2023)
Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 (2022-23)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021-22, 2022-23)
Academic All-Big 12 First-Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2020-21)
Unanimous Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2020-21)
Big 12 Freshman of the Week (2020-21: Dec. 14, Jan. 11, Feb. 15, Feb. 22, March 1)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F20, S21, F21, S22, F22)

2022-23
Started all 35 games on her way to earning All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades ... earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team for the second time in her career after finishing with 32 steals ... was third on the team averaging 12.1 points (16th in Big 12), while also recording 2.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists ... connected on 55 3-pointers at a 31.8 percent clip ... shot 86.7 percent at the free-throw line ... became the 33rd player in Iowa State history to reach 1,000 career points, doing so against West Virginia on Jan. 4 ... reached double figures in 21 games, tallying 20+ points five times ... scored a season-high 22 points against Southern and SIUE ... earned Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team honors after averaging 11.7 points in three games as ISU won its first conference tournament since 2001 ... was 7-for-11, including 3-for-3 behind the arc, to finish with 20 points against Oklahoma in the semfinals ... connected on four 3-pointers and scored 14 points against K-State ... transferred at end of season, finishing Cyclone career with 1,251 points, 301 rebounds and 203 assists in her career.

2021-22
Started in all 35 games of a season where she earned All-Big 12 First Team ... became the first player in Iowa State history to be named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year ... in conference play, held opponent she was primarily responsible for defending to 9.3 ppg and a 30.0 shooting percentage (players entered games vs. Donarski and ISU averaging 14.7 ppg and 40.9 FG%) ... scored in double figures 30 times, including six 20-point efforts ... ranked 17th in the country with 88 made 3-pointers on the season ... became second-fastest player in ISU history to reach 100 career 3-pointers, doing so in 45 games ... posted a season-best 26 points on 10-of-17 shooting, including six 3-pointers, against Prairie View A&M ... also had six 3-pointers in season opener vs. Omaha ... had five 3-pointers in a game at Oklahoma State and at Kansas ... grabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. UNI ... dished out season-best five assists vs. Drake.

2020-21
Started in all 28 of Iowa State’s games on the season…averaged 13.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game… shot 40.5 percent from the field and 41.1 percent from long range, connecting on a team-high 53 triples…her 13.0 points ranks second on the team and the most of any freshman in the Big 12…earned Big 12 Freshman of the Year, becoming the second Cyclone ever to earn the honor…tallied 13 points at SDSU…netted 13 points off 5-of-8 shooting at home against No. 1 South Carolina…dropped 25 points against NDSU, going 10-of-19 from the field and adding seven boards and three assists…Netted 19 points in ISU’s win at UNI…went 7-of-9 from downtown at Texas Tech, tallying 25 points for ISU…scored 17 points in the Cyclones’ win at Baylor, going 6-of-10 from the field…netted 17 points at home against Texas Tech, while adding five boards…tallied a career-high 32 points against TCU, after going 10-0f-14 from the field…netted 20 points at Kansas, adding four rebounds and four assists…scored 10 points against Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament…added 18 points against Texas A&M in the NCAA Second Round.

Prior to Iowa State
Averaged 24.2 points, 6.9 assists, 5.5 steals and 4.5 rebounds per game in her senior campaign… was a four-year lettwerwinner at Aquinas High School and closed her high school career with 2,106 points and a 107-3 team record …led the Blugolds to two State Championship wins, with her senior tournament run cut short due to COVID-19…earned First-team All-State honors in 2019 and 2020…was named Wisconsin’s Gatorade Player-of-the-Year and Miss Basketball in 2020… was a member of the McDonald’s All-America team and the Jordan Brand Classic… earned an invite to Steph Curry’s SC30 Elite Camp in California… was a member of WI Fight Elite, an accomplished AAU program that claimed a 2018 Adidas National Championship and most recently a trip to the Under Armour Association Final Four…rated a five-star prospect on all major recruiting websites, and was ranked No. 14 overall by ESPN, and is the highest-rated recruit to sign with the Cyclones.

Personal
Daughter of Dave and Pam Donarski... has one sister, Macy … born on Jan. 11, 2002 ... Majoring in marketing and management.