Tanja Kostić

Tanja Kostić (Serbian: Тања Костић, Tanja Kostić; born November 10, 1972) is a Swedish women's basketball player of Serbian origin best known for playing with the Oregon State Beavers from 1993-1996. She won a EuroLeague Women in 1998 with CJM Bourges Basket.

Early life

Kostic was born in Solna, Sweden, and was a member of the Swedish National Team for women's basketball when she was 19. She then moved to the United States and enrolled at Oregon State University (OSU) in 1992. Throughout her career at OSU, she recorded school records of 2,349 points scored and 1,001 rebounds made in 111 career games. She is the only player in school history to have collected both 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Tanja made 869 field goals, and set Oregon State and Pac-10 records for free throws attempted (903), free throws made (608), and set an OSU record for field goals attempted with 1,773. She is the second all-time leading career scorer in the Pac-10, and the sixth all-time leading career rebounder in the Pac-10.

Honors

Kostic was a first-team All Pac-10 team member all of her four years at Oregon State, making the All-Freshman Pac-10 first team in 1993. She was a consensus All-American in 1996 on the second team, and was Pac-10 Player of the Year in both 1995 and 1996.

Professional career

Kostic played for the Portland Power of the American Basketball League, as well as the Cleveland Rockers and Utah Starzz of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played in five games for the Rockers in 1998 and five games for the Starzz in 2000.

Personal life

Her parents are Serbian. She is married with fellow Lithuanian basketball star Rimantas Kaukėnas, with whom she has three daughters.