Bio

A product of Wallkill High School, Michelle Diener graduated from SUNY Orange in 1991 and continued her education and playing career at Wagner College. Michelle was a two-sport standout for the Colts, excelling in basketball and softball. As a freshman forward on the hardwood, she led the Colts to a Region XV Championship and a berth in the NJCAA National Tournament. She was named to the Region XV first team, as well as the all-tournament team, during both her freshman and sophomore campaigns. A solid offensive player on the softball diamond, Michelle was selected as a Mid-Hudson Conference all-star following each of her two seasons.

At Wagner, Michelle averaged 12 points and 7.9 rebounds as a junior in 1991-92 and 9.3 points and 6.7 rebounds as a senior in 1992-93. She grabbed a career-high 24 rebounds against Robert Morris during the 1992-93 campaign, posting the third-highest single-game rebound total in Wagner history. Only one player in the past 24 seasons has equaled that mark. Her four steals against St. Francis (Pa.) during the 1992 Northeast Conference Tournament tied a Wagner record for steals in an NEC tourney game. Michelle was named the Kingston Freeman’s 1989 Girl’s High School “Player of the Year.”