Portland High School’s Malia Thelen to continue basketball career at Lawrence Tech

Malia Thelen recently signed to play basketball for Lawrence Technological University next year.  Thelen is a senior standout on the Raider basketball team. 

When asked about her decision to attend Lawrence Tech, Thelen told the Beacon, “The coaching staff is amazing and so caring.  LTU has great programs to help me get on my track towards orthodontics, and the people/players are great!”

In addition to three years playing varsity basketball at Portland, Thelen also played varsity soccer and golf for three years, and plans to play varsity softball this spring. 

Athletic honors and achievements she earned include:

Basketball

BCAM and Detroit Free Press All-State honorable mention 2022-23

Ionia County Player of the year 2022-23

First team All conference 22-23

Academic All conference 21-22 and 22-23

Lansing State journal All Area 22-23

Soccer

All district 2021-22 and 2022-23

First team All conference 21-22 and 22-23

Academic All conference 20-21, 21-22 and 22-23

Lansing state journal All Area 22-23

Golf

First team All conference 22-23 and 23-24

Academic All conference 21-22, 22-23 and 23-24

Thelen added, “Thank you to Coach Haid and Pettit for all their hard work and encouragement. Thank you to my teammates for being there for me and challenging me everyday. Thank you to parents, family, trainers, AAU coaches and teammates, and the community for continually supporting me.”

About Lawrence Technological University

Located in Southfield, Mich., LTU was founded in 1932 and offers more than 100 programs through its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, Engineering, and Health Sciences, as well as Specs@LTU as part of its growing Center for Professional Development.

Photos courtesy of PHS Athletic Department