Clare Duwelius

Clare Duwelius played four years at WSC (2008 - 2012) and is the school's all-time 3-point shot leader with 252 and tied for single season 3's with 83 during her senior season.

A graduate of Des Moines Dowling Catholic High School in Iowa, she was named NSIC Freshman of the Year coming off the bench averaging 11.8 points per game.  As a senior Duwelius was All-NSIC First Team averaging 10.3 points per game and leading the league shooting 45.3 percent from the 3-point line and third in 3-pointers per game (2.42).

She played on three straight NCAA Tournament Teams, back-to-back NSIC regular season championship teams as a junior and senior and won two NSIC Tournament titles (2010, 2012). Duwelius made the game-winning 3-pointer vs. Augustana in the 2012 NSIC Tournament Championship game as time expired for a 62-59 win over the Vikings in Rochester. WSC went on to host the NCAA Central Regional, winning the title and advancing to the NCAA Elite 8 with a school-best record of 32-3.

Duwelius ranks 20th in career scoring at WSC with 1,170 points and is the schools' all-time leader in 3-point field goals made (252).

Following her playing days at WSC, Duwelius served as a graduate assistant coach at Southwest Minnesota State under former Wildcat assistant Alison Kruger and then moved on to work for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA where she started out as operations coordinator in 2014, named Basketball Operations Manager in 2016, promoted to Assistant General Manager in 2018 and named General Manager on December 13, 2022. She worked 10 years for the Minnesota Lynx organization and on November 11, 2024 was named Executive Vice President and General Manager of the new Unrivaled 3-on-3 Professional Women's Basketball League. Duwelius resides in New Brighton, Minn.