Education
Karvonen earned a scholarship to play at Old Dominion University, but finished her college career at Louisiana Technology
Karvonen earned a scholarship to play at Old Dominion University, but finished her college career at Louisiana Technology
Karvonen scored over 3,000 points in her high school career and led New York Mills state championships in 1977, 1978, and 1979 and a third-place finish in 1980. Karvonen guided her high school of New York Mills to three consecutive state championships from 1977-1979. She scored 3,129 points in her high school career, a state record that stood until 1997.
Janet is best known for her picture perfect jump-shot.
She also held many State Tournament records that have since been broken. Karvonen started her collegiate career Old Dominion University, where she played for two years with 6"8 Anne Donovan.
In 1982, she transferred to Louisiana Technical University and sat out the 1982-1983 season. She concluded her college career by playing two years for Leon Barmore and the Lady Techsters.
Janet made final four appearances with both schools.
She is currently in her 22nd year of operating a summer basketball camp for girls all over the Twin Cities metro area. Her camp, for girls ages 6–18, stresses correct basketball fundamentals, but also focuses on teaching life skills. Karvonen used to work for the local television station as an analyst during the high school state basketball tournament.
