Monika Czinano

Monika Czinano (born January 20, 2000) is an American professional basketball player.

She plays the power forward and center positions.

She achieved a major milestone during her senior season at Iowa, becoming the fifth Hawkeye to surpass 2,000 career points and the 38th all-time in Big Ten Conference history.

Czinano and her teammate Caitlin Clark made history as the first pair of teammates to surpass 2,000 career points in the same season in Big Ten women's basketball history.

As of the 2023/24 season, Czinano is playing for TFSE-MTK Budapest in Eurobasket's Hungary-A Division.

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Czinano, who hails from Watertown, Minnesota, joined the Hawkeye women’s basketball program in 2018.

As a freshman, she played behind former Hawkeye Megan Gustafson in the 2018–19 season, and took over the starting center position in 2019–20.