Tanja Kostic is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 women's basketball player of Serbian origin best known for playing with the Oregon State Beavers

Oregon State Beavers

The Oregon State Beavers is a name shared by all sports teams at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The Beavers are part of the Pacific-12 Conference . Oregon State's mascot is Benny the Beaver...

 from 1993-1996.

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

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

 (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-America

All-America

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n 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

Portland Power (basketball)

The Portland Power was a women's professional basketball team in the American Basketball League based in Portland, Oregon. The Power began play in 1996, and disbanded when the ABL folded at the end of 1998.-1996-97 season:...

 of the American Basketball League

American Basketball League (1996-1998)

The American Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL of 1996 was an independent professional basketball league for women in the United States. At the same time the ABL was being formed, the National Basketball Association was creating the Women's National Basketball Association...

, as well as the Cleveland Rockers

Cleveland Rockers

This article is about the defunct WNBA team; for the American Basketball Association team, see Cleveland Rockers .The Cleveland Rockers were a Women's National Basketball Association team that played from 1997 until 2003. The Rockers were one of the original eight franchises of the WNBA, which...

 and Utah Starzz

Utah Starzz

The Utah Starzz were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They began play in the 1997 WNBA season as one of the league's eight original teams. The Starzz relocated, in 2003, to San Antonio, Texas where the team became the San Antonio Silver Stars...

 of the Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. She played in five games for the Rockers in 1998 and five games for the Starzz in 2000.