Karen Dahlgren Schonewise

Karen Dahlgren Schonewise (née Dahlgren) is a retired volleyball player, who played collegiately for Nebraska.

Early life Dahlgren was born to Robert and Betty Dahlgren and grew up in Bertrand, Nebraska. She attended Bertrand High School, where she excelled athletically, earning all-state honors for both basketball and volleyball, while winning the Nebraska 100-meter low hurdles event in both 1981 and 1982.

College Dahlgren started her collegiate volleyball career at Nebraska in 1983, playing for Terry Pettit. Between her sophomore and junior years, she participated on the Junior National Team at the World University Games in Japan. She noticed a particular formation run by the team from Korea, called the slide attack, which she brought back to the US. She is credited as the first college player to run this formation in the US which occurred in 1986. When she was a junior, she helped lead the team as a middle blocker to their first NCAA title game in 1986 at the 1986 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament. 1987 CoSIDA Academic All-American

2017 Inducted into the University of Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame

June 25, 2024 Honorary Grand Marshal of the 74th Annual Bertrand Days Fair & Rodeo, Bertrand, NE