IRVINE, Calif. - Former Concordia University Irvine women's basketball player and D2CCA All-American Michaela VanderKlugt has signed a pro contract to play for a team in Germany.

This marks the first time in the school's NCAA DII era that a CUI women's basketball alum will get this rare opportunity to play professionally overseas.

VanderKlugt will play for BC Pharmaserv Marburg - a team that is called the Blue Dolphins and based out of Marburg, Germany.

VanderKlugt enjoyed a decorated career at Concordia and recently was honored at the Concordia Senior Legacy Banquet as the school's Female Athlete of the Year.

The Carondelet High School alum was named the 2022 PacWest Conference Player of the Year and D2CCA West Region Player of the Year.  She averaged a double-double this past season with 18.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game while shooting 50 percent from the field.