Of Note: Program's first signee from Sweden
2020-21: Played in 14 games, averaging 2.0 minutes per game ... saw her first action as a Badger vs. Western Illinois (Nov. 29), playing less than a minute ... played a career-high six minutes vs. North Dakota (Dec. 13) and at Michigan (Dec. 31) ... scored her first points against the Fighting Hawks, shooting 1-2 from the free-throw line ... also recorded one steal vs. UND ... scored her first field goal at Michigan, scoring a career-best two points ... also added two points vs. Northwestern (Jan. 6) and vs. Michigan State (Jan. 24) ... pulled down one rebound at Maryland (Feb. 4) and at Penn State (Feb. 7) ... averaged 0.5 points, 0.1 rebounds and 0.1 steals per game
High School: An elite international prospect …. RIG Mark's second leading scorer … the team's leading rebounder while also shooting 36.7 percent from behind the arc … competed on the Sweden U18 national team in the European U18 championship in Skopje, Macedonia in 2019.
Personal: Parents are Jan Djurström and Ann-Charlotte Carlsson ... has two siblings - Martina (22) and Vilhelm (15) ... born May 29 ... major is business
Why Wisconsin?
“I chose Wisconsin was because I wanted a combination of great academics and a family-based basketball program. I felt that Wisconsin could offer me both which made it a perfect choice”
Career Highs:
Points: 2 (3x; MR vs. Michigan State, 1/24/21)
FG: 1 at Michigan, 12/31/20
FG Atts:2 at Michigan, 12/31/20
3-pt FG:
3-pt FG Att.:
FT: 2 (2x; MR vs. Michigan State, 1/24/21)
FT Att.: 2 (4x; MR at Maryland, 2/4/21)
Rebs:1 (2x; MR at Penn State, 2/7/21)
Asts:
Blks:
Stls: 1 vs. North Dakota, 12/13/20
Minutes: 6 (2x; MR at Michigan, 12/31/20)
Off the court with Lovisa
Most influential people in your life: Probably my parents, they´ve always pushed me to try new things and are always there to support me no matter what. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for them.
Are you involved with any on campus organizations? A part of International Student Services
Favorite Charity/Non-Profit: Cancerfonden, it’s a non-profit organization from Sweden that works towards the vision of defeating cancer through financing the best cancer research in Sweden
If you could have dinner with three people, who would you invite? Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama and Isabella Löwengrip
If you could only listen to one musical artist for a year, who would it be: Eminem or SIA, can´t pick one
Name three people you most admire: My mum, Jonas Jerebko, Amanda Zahui B
Favorite Quote: "Don’t stop until you’re proud"
My secret addiction is: a game on my phone called Bricks Breaker Quest. I spend way too much time playing that game…
My bucket list includes: traveling to new Zealand, Rome and Paris
Jersey Number significance: I used to have 11 before but decided to double it up for college.
What is your greatest athletic achievement? Being selected to represent my country for the European championship for U16 and U18
If I did not play basketball, I would play: volleyball
If you could play 1 v. 1 against anyone who would it be? My sister. We always laugh a lot when we play against each other which makes it a lot of fun.
If you could have any current or former WNBA player on the roster, who would you choose? Elena Delle Donne, its fun to watch her play cause she brings a lot of versatility
If your teammates gave you a superlative it would be: the blondest (but not the dumbest)
Three words to describe Wisconsin: great location, great people, great sports
