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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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32 Natalie Bruns

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Cybersecurity (Tandon School of Engineering)
  • Hometown St. Louis, MO
  • High School Kirkwood

Biography

2024-25
  • Started all 31 games
  • Led team in points (17.2), rebounds (6.5), assists (5.3), blocks (2.9), and minutes (26.6) per game,
  • NCAA Elite 90 Award
  • Josten’s Award Winner
  • D3hoops.com National Player of the Year, First Team All-American, Region IV Most Outstanding Player, and Region IV First Team
  • MBWA Division III Player of the Year and First Team, 2x Player of the Week (12/10), (2/25) 3x Honorable Mention (2/4), (2/11), (2/18)
  • WBCA DIII Player of the Year and All-American
  • UAA Player of the Year and First Team All-UAA
  • 6x UAA Athlete of the Week (12/9), (2/3), (2/10), (2/17), (3/3), (3/10)
  • Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • CSC Academic Team Member of the Year, All-America First Team, Academic All-District
  • UAA Winter All-Academic
  • Graduated sixth on NYU’s all-time scoring list (1661) and as the Violets’ all-time leading shot blocker (328)
2023-24
  • Started all 31 games
  • Set program records for blocks in a season (98) and career (237). Also led the team in points (442), rebounds (226), and field goals made (186)
  • Fourth player in program history to win back-to-back UAA Player of the Year honors
  • NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • WBCA Division III Player of the Year and All-American
  • MBWA Division III Player of the Year
  • D3hoops.com National Player of the Year, Region 4 Player of the Year, Region 4 First Team, First Team All-American
  • First Team All-UAA
  • UC Santa Cruz Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • Tallied season-highs of 23 points, seven assists and five steals against Emory (2/4)
  • Also had seven assists against Colorado College (11/19) and Case Western Reserve (2/9)
  • Grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds vs. Emory (1/28)
  • Recorded six double-doubles
  • Had a team and season-high eight blocks vs. Chicago (2/18)
  • Played a season-high 39 minutes against Tufts (12/9)
  • CSC Division III Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, First Team Academic All-American, Academic All-District
  • Student Athlete Academic Achievement Award
  • UAA Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete Team
2022-23 
  • Appeared in 28 games, starting 27 
  • WBCA All-American 
  • D3hoops.com First Team All-American, Region 4 Most Outstanding Player and First Team honoree 
  • UAA Player of the Year and First Team All-UAA
  • NYU Holiday Classic Most Outstanding Player & All-Classic Team (12/29-30) 
  • NYU Tip-Off All-Classic Team (11/12-13) 
  • Three-time UAA Athlete of the Week (1/23, 2/13, 3/6) 
  • Two-time D3hoops.com Team of the Week (1/24, 1/31) 
  • MBWA Division II/II Player of the Week (1/31) 
  • Totaled season highs of 29 points and 15 rebounds vs. Greensboro (3/3) 
  • Recorded 10+ rebounds on 10 occasions 
  • Recorded a triple-double (16 points, 14 rebounds, 10 blocks) vs. Carnegie Mellon (1/27) 
  • Played a season-high 36 minutes on three occasions 
  • CSC Third Team Academic All-America and Academic All-District 
  • UAA Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete and Winter Sport All-Academic 
2021-22 
  • Started 26 of her 27 games played 
  • Second Team All-UAA and Sophomore Rookie of the Year 
  • UAA Athlete of the Week (11/8) 
  • Led the UAA in blocks per game (2.2) and finished sixth in rebounding (7.6) 
  • Recorded the fifth-most blocks in a single season in program history (59) 
  • Scored in double-figures 14 times 
  • Posted five double-doubles, highlighted by a 15-point, season-best 16-rebound performance at Emory (1/30) 
  • Poured in a season-high 22 points vs. Rochester (2/4) 
  • Had two-or-more blocks 15 times, including a stretch of six straight games with at least three blocks (2/13-3/5) 
  • Notched a season-high six blocks on three occasions 
  • UAA Winter Sport All-Academic 
2020-21 
  • NYU did not compete due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic 
Personal 
  • Minoring in Integrated Digital Media 
  • Four-year team member in high school 
  • Enjoys playing the piano, double bass and the ukulele 
Bruns on NYU 
  • Decided to attend NYU because of the “widespread opportunities that come from NYU’s location, excellent academics and athletics.” 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2021-22Sophomore

    Forward
    6'1"
    35
  • 32
    C

    2022-23Junior

    Forward
    6'1"
    32
    C
  • 32
    C

    2023-24Senior

    Forward
    6'1"
    32
    C
  • 32
    C

    2024-25Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'1"
    32
    C