RELEASED:  Monday, October 20, 2008

UW-Stevens Point’s Urban Tops All-WIAC Women’s Golf Team

MADISON, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Jessica Urban was named the Player of the Year to headline the 10 individuals earning recognition on the 2008-09 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Golf Team.  Individuals were selected based on Golfstat’s rankings of lowest stroke average versus par following the conclusion of the WIAC championship.

Urban claimed first team honors for the third straight season.  She finished fourth at this year’s WIAC championship to help the Pointers to their second straight league crown and third in program history.   Urban compiled a conference-leading 79.2 stroke average during the fall.

UW-Stevens Point’s Michelle Pascavis claimed first team status for the second straight year after being named the league’s player of the year a season ago.   She placed sixth at the WIAC championship and captured medalist honors at the UW-Platteville Invitational and Illinois Wesleyan Invitational this fall.

Joining Urban and Pascavis on the first team were UW-Eau Claire’s Torie Ives and Katie Maurer, along with UW-Whitewater’s Chelsea Davis.  Ives secured first team accolades for the second time in her career.  She was a first team choice in 2006 and a second team pick a year ago.

Second team selections on this year’s squad consisted of:  UW-Eau Claire’s Lauren Gault and Emily Swift, UW-Stevens Point’s Nacheynah Green and Danelle Olson and UW-Whitewater’s Emily Kuiper.

The WIAC also announced an All-Sportsmanship Team for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season.  The team included one member from each school as selected by that school.

Named to the squad were:  UW-Eau Claire’s Katie Swift, UW-Oshkosh’s Emily Wichman, UW-Platteville’s Michelle Ebert, UW-River Falls’ Katie Kantrud, UW-Stevens Point’s Amanda Dlugopolski, UW-Stout’s Molly Loney, UW-Superior’s Amy Lenz and UW-Whitewater’s Diana Schmidt.

2008-09 All-WIAC Women’s Golf Team
First Team
Name, School, Year, Hometown (High School)
Jessica Urban, Stevens Point, Junior, Hartland (Arrowhead)
Michelle Pascavis, Stevens Point, Sophomore, Waukesha (South)
Chelsea Davis, Whitewater, Junior, Greendale
Katie Maurer, Eau Claire, Freshman, Forest Lake, Minn. (Convent of the Visitation)
Torie Ives, Eau Claire, Junior, Osseo (Osseo-Fairchild)

Second Team
Lauren Gault , Eau Claire, Freshman, Shorewood
Nacheynah Green, Stevens Point, Freshman, Poynette
Emily Kuiper, Whitewater, Sophomore, Racine (Case)
Danelle Olson, Stevens Point, Freshman, Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Emily Swift, Eau Claire, Freshman, Onalaska

All-Sportsmanship Team
Katie Swift, Eau Claire, Sophomore, Onalaska
Emily Wichman, Oshkosh, Junior, Neenah (Fox Valley Lutheran)
Michelle Ebert, Platteville, Senior, Kenosha (Bradford)
Katie Kantrud, River Falls, Senior, Fergus Falls, Minn.
Amanda Dlugopolski, Stevens Point, Senior, Appleton (East)
Molly Loney, Stout, Senior, River Falls
Amy Lenz, Superior, Senior, Frederic
Diana Schmidt, Whitewater, Senior, Mukwonago

Player of the Year:  Jessica Urban of Stevens Point
Coach of the Year:  John Means of Eau Claire
Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete:  Diana Schmidt of Whitewater