Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus Augustana (Exhibition) on October 29, 2025
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
Lueck, Megan
Megan Lueck
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Megan.Lueck@sdstate.edu
Megan Lueck enters her seventh season as an assistant coach at SDSU in 2024-25. She is responsible for game scheduling and assists with opponent scouting, defense and recruiting.Â
With Lueck as an assistant the Jackrabbits are 157-42 overall and have won five Summit League regular season titles, three Summit League tournaments and appeared in six national postseason tournaments, including an NCAA Sweet Sixteen run in 2019.Â
South Dakota State repeated as Summit League regular-season and postseason champions in 2023-24. The Jacks became the first Summit League team in history to go unbeaten in back-to-back seasons, finishing the year with a 16-0 conference record. They entered the postseason as the No. 1 seed for the fifth time in the last six seasons and won their 11th Summit League tournament title with three double-digit wins. The Jackrabbits were a No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament and fell to No. 5 Utah in the First Round in Spokane, Washington, ending the year with a 27-6 overall record.
Brooklyn Meyer was honored as the Summit League Player of the Year in 2024, the first sophomore to earn the award since 2011. She was also the Summit League Defensive Player of the Year. Paige Meyer joined Brooklyn Meyer on the Summit League First Team while Madison Mathiowetz deemed honorable mention. Tori Nelson picked up all-defensive team honors and Jenna Hopp landed on the all-freshman team.
In 2022-23, the Jackrabbits went 29-6 overall and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in program history. The No. 8-seed Jackrabbits opened the tournament with a thrilling 62-57 overtime victory over No. 9 USC before falling to No. 1 Virginia Tech on the Hokies’ home court in the second round.
During the non-conference slate, South Dakota State knocked off a pair of ranked opponents in No. 10 Louisville (65-55) at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas and No. 24 Kansas State (82-78) at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. The Jacks went 18-0 in the Summit League regular season to win their third straight conference title and dominated the Summit League Tournament to return to the national stage. Myah Selland was named the Summit League Player of the Year for the second time and was joined in all-league team recognition by Paiton Burckhard (second team), Paige Meyer (second team) and Haleigh Timmer (second team). Kallie Theisen was named the Summit League Sixth Woman of the Year and Dru Gylten was an all-newcomer team honoree.
SDSU finished the 2021-22 season with a 29-9 overall mark and once again won a Summit League crown, compiling a 17-1 mark for the program's seventh regular season title. The Jackrabbits finished runner-up in the Summit League Tournament and accepted an invitation to the WNIT for the fifth time in program history.
The Jacks rattled off six straight WNIT wins at Frost Arena en route to the program's first WNIT championship, including an 82-50 victory over Seton Hall in the title tilt. Myah Selland (MVP) and Haleigh Timmer were named to the WNIT all-tournament team. SDSU opened the tournament with a trio of dominant wins, beating Ohio 87-57, Minnesota 78-57 and Drake 84-66. In the quarterfinal game, the Jacks held off Alabama 78-73 and then did the same with UCLA, winning 62-59 in the semifinal matchup. State opened up a 25-7 lead over Seton Hall during the first quarter of the championship contest and never looked back, cruising to the 32-point win and setting a new championship game record for margin of victory.Â
The Jackrabbits returned to the top of the Summit League during the 2020-21 season, capturing its sixth regular season title. State posted a 14-0 conference record, going undefeated in Summit League action for the first time in program history. The squad topped three nationally ranked opponents throughout the season, defeating No. 15 Iowa State, No. 18 Gonzaga and 20th-ranked Missouri State.
The Jacks fell in the quarterfinals of The Summit League Tournament to Omaha, but earned its 10th NCAA Tournament berth with the program's first ever at-large bid. SDSU finished the season with a 21-4 record, falling to No. 8-seeded Syracuse, 72-55, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. State spent nine weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll and eight weeks in the USA TODAY/Coaches Poll during the 2020-21 season. The Jacks ranked as high as 21st in the Coaches Poll and No. 22 in the AP Poll.Â
State finished the 2019-20 season 23-10 overall. SDSU topped nationally ranked South Florida and earned its 1,000th program win over Notre Dame at the Cancun Challenge. The squad went 13-3 in Summit League action and finished runners-up in the Summit League Tournament. Tori Nelson was named Summit League Freshman of the Year and earned a place on the All-Newcomer team. Paiton Burckhard and Tagyn Larson were both selected to All-Summit League teams. Following the Summit League Tournament, all post-season tournaments were canceled due to COVID-19.
With several key players returning in 2018-19, the Jackrabbits were poised for another big season. With Summit League career scoring leader Macy Miller and the top three-point shooter in program and league history, Madison Guebert, leading the backcourt, SDSU cruised to the Summit League regular season title with a 15-1 record. The Jackrabbits also came out victorious in the league tournament for the ninth time in 11 tries, again defeating their in-state rival South Dakota, 83-71, in the title tilt.
Lueck spent the 2017-18 season at Florida State, serving as the video coordinator for a squad that posted a 26-7 record and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She oversaw all scouting, practice and gameday videos for the Seminoles while also coaching the practice players, assisting with recruiting efforts and running the team camp.
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Prior to arriving at Florida State, Lueck spent the 2015-16 season as the women's basketball video coordinator at Vanderbilt.
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A native of Winona, Minnesota, Lueck began her collegiate coaching career by spending a year and half at Mercer University as a graduate assistant. In addition to managing all film and video operations, she directed basketball camps and helped with the team's marketing and social media efforts.
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A four-year letterwinner at Minnesota-Duluth from 2010-14, Lueck was the Bulldogs’ captain in 2013-14 and a three-time NSIC All-Academic Team member. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Minnesota Duluth in 2014 and received her master’s degree in educational leadership from Mercer in 2015.
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Lueck starred at Winona High School, where she graduated as the program’s all-time leading scorer.Â
With Lueck as an assistant the Jackrabbits are 157-42 overall and have won five Summit League regular season titles, three Summit League tournaments and appeared in six national postseason tournaments, including an NCAA Sweet Sixteen run in 2019.Â
South Dakota State repeated as Summit League regular-season and postseason champions in 2023-24. The Jacks became the first Summit League team in history to go unbeaten in back-to-back seasons, finishing the year with a 16-0 conference record. They entered the postseason as the No. 1 seed for the fifth time in the last six seasons and won their 11th Summit League tournament title with three double-digit wins. The Jackrabbits were a No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament and fell to No. 5 Utah in the First Round in Spokane, Washington, ending the year with a 27-6 overall record.
Brooklyn Meyer was honored as the Summit League Player of the Year in 2024, the first sophomore to earn the award since 2011. She was also the Summit League Defensive Player of the Year. Paige Meyer joined Brooklyn Meyer on the Summit League First Team while Madison Mathiowetz deemed honorable mention. Tori Nelson picked up all-defensive team honors and Jenna Hopp landed on the all-freshman team.
In 2022-23, the Jackrabbits went 29-6 overall and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in program history. The No. 8-seed Jackrabbits opened the tournament with a thrilling 62-57 overtime victory over No. 9 USC before falling to No. 1 Virginia Tech on the Hokies’ home court in the second round.
During the non-conference slate, South Dakota State knocked off a pair of ranked opponents in No. 10 Louisville (65-55) at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas and No. 24 Kansas State (82-78) at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. The Jacks went 18-0 in the Summit League regular season to win their third straight conference title and dominated the Summit League Tournament to return to the national stage. Myah Selland was named the Summit League Player of the Year for the second time and was joined in all-league team recognition by Paiton Burckhard (second team), Paige Meyer (second team) and Haleigh Timmer (second team). Kallie Theisen was named the Summit League Sixth Woman of the Year and Dru Gylten was an all-newcomer team honoree.
SDSU finished the 2021-22 season with a 29-9 overall mark and once again won a Summit League crown, compiling a 17-1 mark for the program's seventh regular season title. The Jackrabbits finished runner-up in the Summit League Tournament and accepted an invitation to the WNIT for the fifth time in program history.
The Jacks rattled off six straight WNIT wins at Frost Arena en route to the program's first WNIT championship, including an 82-50 victory over Seton Hall in the title tilt. Myah Selland (MVP) and Haleigh Timmer were named to the WNIT all-tournament team. SDSU opened the tournament with a trio of dominant wins, beating Ohio 87-57, Minnesota 78-57 and Drake 84-66. In the quarterfinal game, the Jacks held off Alabama 78-73 and then did the same with UCLA, winning 62-59 in the semifinal matchup. State opened up a 25-7 lead over Seton Hall during the first quarter of the championship contest and never looked back, cruising to the 32-point win and setting a new championship game record for margin of victory.Â
The Jackrabbits returned to the top of the Summit League during the 2020-21 season, capturing its sixth regular season title. State posted a 14-0 conference record, going undefeated in Summit League action for the first time in program history. The squad topped three nationally ranked opponents throughout the season, defeating No. 15 Iowa State, No. 18 Gonzaga and 20th-ranked Missouri State.
The Jacks fell in the quarterfinals of The Summit League Tournament to Omaha, but earned its 10th NCAA Tournament berth with the program's first ever at-large bid. SDSU finished the season with a 21-4 record, falling to No. 8-seeded Syracuse, 72-55, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. State spent nine weeks ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll and eight weeks in the USA TODAY/Coaches Poll during the 2020-21 season. The Jacks ranked as high as 21st in the Coaches Poll and No. 22 in the AP Poll.Â
State finished the 2019-20 season 23-10 overall. SDSU topped nationally ranked South Florida and earned its 1,000th program win over Notre Dame at the Cancun Challenge. The squad went 13-3 in Summit League action and finished runners-up in the Summit League Tournament. Tori Nelson was named Summit League Freshman of the Year and earned a place on the All-Newcomer team. Paiton Burckhard and Tagyn Larson were both selected to All-Summit League teams. Following the Summit League Tournament, all post-season tournaments were canceled due to COVID-19.
With several key players returning in 2018-19, the Jackrabbits were poised for another big season. With Summit League career scoring leader Macy Miller and the top three-point shooter in program and league history, Madison Guebert, leading the backcourt, SDSU cruised to the Summit League regular season title with a 15-1 record. The Jackrabbits also came out victorious in the league tournament for the ninth time in 11 tries, again defeating their in-state rival South Dakota, 83-71, in the title tilt.
Lueck spent the 2017-18 season at Florida State, serving as the video coordinator for a squad that posted a 26-7 record and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She oversaw all scouting, practice and gameday videos for the Seminoles while also coaching the practice players, assisting with recruiting efforts and running the team camp.
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Prior to arriving at Florida State, Lueck spent the 2015-16 season as the women's basketball video coordinator at Vanderbilt.
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A native of Winona, Minnesota, Lueck began her collegiate coaching career by spending a year and half at Mercer University as a graduate assistant. In addition to managing all film and video operations, she directed basketball camps and helped with the team's marketing and social media efforts.
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A four-year letterwinner at Minnesota-Duluth from 2010-14, Lueck was the Bulldogs’ captain in 2013-14 and a three-time NSIC All-Academic Team member. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Minnesota Duluth in 2014 and received her master’s degree in educational leadership from Mercer in 2015.
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Lueck starred at Winona High School, where she graduated as the program’s all-time leading scorer.Â
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