Karen Bachman
Karen Bachman
Karen was a four-year starter in basketball and volleyball who earned All-State honors twice in both sports. Karen helped the Falcons win four NCCC league titles in basketball and volleyball before going on to play collegiate basketball at New York University.
Karen played basketball from a young age but didn’t take up volleyball until she was a freshman at Avon High School. She was good enough to start as a freshman and earned All-NCCC honors all four years and was a three-time All-State selection – twice in Class M and once in Class S. Karen helped the Falcons win four straight NCCC championships, finish the 2002 regular season with a 20-0 record and twice advanced into the Class M semifinals. Karen ended her career with school records for most kills in a single season (311 in 2002), kills in a career (976) and blocks in a career (151).
On the basketball court, Karen was also a four-year starter and a two-time All-State selection. She finished her career with 1,357 points, which is second in girls school history. She also found time to produce 640 rebounds, 187 assists, 178 steals and a school-record 260 blocks. During her Falcon basketball career, the team won four straight NCCC championships and four consecutive NCCC Tournament titles.
Despite being heavily recruited by a number of notable Division I programs to play volleyball, Karen decided to pursue basketball and played four years at New York University, leading her squad to the NCAA Division III Final Four semifinals in 2007. As a senior, Karen led NYU with 112 assists, 77 steals and 62 blocks while averaging 28.3 minutes a game. She started all 31 games that season and averaged 9.4 points and 8.7 rebounds a game for NYU during a stellar year in which they went 27-4.