2001-02 WIAC Women's
Basketball Headlines
Oshkosh Women's
Basketball Team Cited For Academic Success
RELEASED: Wednesday, September 18, 2002
In addition to compiling a 21-7 record, the 2001-02 UW-Oshkosh
women's basketball team also performed admirably in the classroom.
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced September 17 its
2001-02 NCAA Division III Academic Team Honor Roll, with UW-Oshkosh ranking
third in the list of 25 schools mentioned. The honor roll recognizes the nation's
highest team grade point averages based upon nominations submitted by WBCA-member
coaches. Besides NCAA Division III, the WBCA also cites academic excellence
in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NAIA and Junior/Community College.
"Every year I am nothing short of amazed at how incredible some of these
grade point averages are," said Beth Bass, the Chief Executive Officer
of the WBCA. "For entire teams to produce grade point averages like these
is astounding. I am as proud of these student-athletes as I am sure their coaches
and administrations are. Congratulations to the 118 teams we honor this year."
Grade point averages are calculated by dividing the total number of quality
points earned by each student-athlete on an institution's squad list in the
given academic terms by the total number of hours earned by the team. The grade
point averages are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point.
In NCAA Division III classrooms, Messiah College (Pa.) made a repeat first-place
finish in the Academic Team Honor Roll by compiling a 3.733 cumulative grade
point average. The Falcons, who went 23-4 on the basketball court this past
year, have been ranked in the Top 25 of the WBCA's Academic Honor Roll five
times in the past six seasons.
Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) ranked second in the honor roll with
a 3.605 cumulative grade point average, while UW-Oshkosh ranked third at 3.569,
Nebraska Wesleyan University fourth at 3.544 and Wartburg College (Iowa) fifth
at 3.536. UW-Oshkosh was the lone WIAC school mentioned in the poll.
Other first-place rankings went to the University of Wyoming in NCAA Division
I (3.486), Abilene Christian University (Texas) in NCAA Division II (3.666),
Concordia University (Neb.) in the NAIA (3.685) and Seward County Community
College (Kan.) in the Junior/Community College (3.769).
Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at
all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote
the development of the game in all of its aspects as an amateur sport for women
and girls. For more information about the WBCA visit its web site at www.wbca.org.
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Egner Named Wisconsin
Basketball Coaches Association
Coach of the Year
RELEASED: Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Stevens Point, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's basketball
coach Shirley Egner has been named the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association
women's basketball College Coach of the Year after leading the Pointers to a
30-3 record and the NCAA Division III national championship.
Egner was selected among all of the collegiate women's basketball coaches in
Wisconsin for the honor. University of Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was the men's
winner and Jack Hervert from UW-Waukesha County was the top junior college coach
in the state.
Egner has compiled a 200-128 overall record in 13 seasons, winning her 200th
career game in the 2002 Division III championship game when the Pointers defeated
St. Lawrence (N.Y.) 67-65. UW-Stevens Point's 30-3 record in 2001-02 made the
Pointers just the eighth team in Division III history to win 30 games in a season.
The championship season marked the 12th time in her career she has led the team
to a double-digit victory total. The Pointers' 14-2 conference record in 2001-02
is the best in Egner's tenure and the school's best since a 15-1 mark in 1986-87.
She will be presented the award at the organization's fall clinic Sept. 27-28
in Madison.
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Stevens Point's
Groshek Named First Team All-America
RELEASED: Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Madison, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point senior center Kari
Groshek has been named to the 2002 D3Hoops.com All-America First Team, it was
announced recently by the Internet site.
Groshek, a Rosholt, Wis. native, helped UW-Stevens Point to the 2002 NCAA Division
III national championship and a school record 30-3 mark. She ranked third in
the WIAC with 15.0 points per game and also added 6.4 rebounds per affair to
rank ninth in the WIAC. Groshek also ranked fourth in the league with a 54.9
field goal percentage and scored in double-figures in 28 of 33 contests this
season. She also established a new school record with 38 points against Whitewater
on January 23.
Earlier this season, she was named one of 10 finalists for the Jostens Trophy,
given to the Division III Women's Basketball Player of the Year. Groshek was
named the 2002 WIAC Player of the Year and earned All-WIAC First Team and All-Defensive
Team honors during the 2000-01 campaign.
Groshek finished her Pointer career as the school's third all-time leading scorer
with 1,414 points. Her 495 points this season is the second highest single-season
total in school history, just four points shy of the record. Groshek's 679 career
rebounds rank fourth on the all-time list.
Stevens Point defeated St. Lawrence University (N.Y.), 67-65, on March 16 to
win the school's second national championship. In the process, the Pointers
became the eighth school in NCAA Division III history to win 30 games in a season.
The Pointers also won the national title in 1987.
Groshek is joined on the first team by guards Missy Peterson of St. Thomas (Minn.)
and Jill Dewane of Lakeland (Wis.) as well as forwards Heather Kile of Swarthmore
(Penn.) and Kendra Anderson of Hardin-Simmons (Tex.).
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Four Earn D3Hoops.com
All-Region Women's Basketball Honors
RELEASED: Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Madison, Wis.--Four Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)
women's basketball players have been named to the 2002 D3Hoops.com All-Central
Region Team. Eau Claire's Kristi Channing and Stevens Point's Kari Groshek were
named to the first team, while Platteville's Crystal Stietz earned second team
honors. Stout's Amy Zelinger was named to the third team.
Channing, a junior forward from Fall Creek, Wis., was the second-leading scorer
in the WIAC with 17.2 points per game. She also ranked fifth in league with
a 53.8 field goal percentage and sixth with a 79.4 free throw percentage. The
All-WIAC First Team selection also scored in double-figures in 22 of 26 contests
this season. Against Millikin, she scored 35 points, the second-highest point
total in Blugold history.
Channing was the only junior named to the five-person first team. Earlier this
season, she was one of 10 finalists for the Jostens Trophy, given to Division
III Women's Basketball Player of the Year.
Groshek, a senior center from Rosholt, Wis., ranked third in the league with
15.0 points per game and also added 6.4 rebounds per affair to rank ninth in
the WIAC. She was named the 2002 WIAC Player of the Year and earned All-WIAC
First Team and All-Defensive Team honors during the 2000-01 campaign.
Groshek was also named a finalist for the Jostens Trophy. She ranks third on
the school's all-time scoring list with 1,414 points and her 495 points this
season is the second highest single-season total in Pointer history. Groshek's
679 career rebounds rank fourth on the all-time list.
Stietz, a senior forward from Argyle, Wis., was the league's leading scorer
with 19.2 points per game. She also ranked third in the WIAC with a 55.1 field
goal percentage and ranked fifth with 7.3 rebounds per contest. Stietz, who
earned All-WIAC First Team accolades earlier this season, scored in double figures
in 24 of 26 games and tallied a career-high 36 points against St. Ambrose on
November 20.
Zelinger, a senior guard from Racine, Wis. (Park HS), helped the Blue Devils
to their first WIAC regular season title since the 1996-97 campaign. The Blue
Devils also captured the WIAC Tournament title this season. She led the team
in scoring with 9.6 points per game, pulled down 3.7 rebounds and dished out
a team-high 2.8 assists per contests. She also added 2.0 steals per game this
season.
Zelinger, a two-time All-WIAC First Team and All-WIAC Defensive Team selection,
holds the school record for career steals with 275. She also ranks fourth on
the school's all-time scoring list with 1,046 career points.
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Stevens Point Wins Women's Basketball
National Championship
Listen To The Final
Play of UWSP's Championship Game
Terre
Haute, Ind.--Looking closely at the uniforms of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point women’s basketball team may reveal the outline of a bulletproof vest
underneath.
The Pointers had to be wearing some kind of armor Saturday night and throughout
the 2002 NCAA Division III tournament to fend off a furious second half assault
from St. Lawrence University and capture the Division III national championship
with a 67-65 victory at Hulbert Arena.
The victory capped an impressive tournament run for the Pointers, who finished
30-3 overall despite finishing second in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (WIAC) and falling in the semifinals of the league’s conference
tournament.
UW-Stevens Point, which also won the national title in 1987, becomes just the
fourth school ever to win multiple championships, joining Washington (Mo.),
Capital (Ohio) and Elizabethtown (Pa.). The Pointers and UW-Oshkosh are the
only WIAC schools to win a women's basketball national title. The Titans won
the title in 1996. Additionally, the Pointers are also the eighth Division III
women’s team ever to win 30 or more games in a season.
“I could think of no better way to end a career,” said Pointers’
senior Kari Groshek, who totaled 12 points and nine rebounds in the title game.
“It’s a dream come true. To win this is unbelievable.”
The victory had added sweetness as the 200th career win for 13th year UW-Stevens
Point coach Shirley Egner.
“It feels great,” Egner said. “But, the most important thing
is being national champions. I’m so proud of our team for just getting
the job done and stepping up and doing whatever it takes.”
The Pointers built a 12-point halftime lead at 37-25 by shooting 59 percent
in the first half. However, St. Lawrence crawled back throughout the second
half, cutting the lead to 49-47 with 10:32 left. After the Pointers built the
lead back up to six points, the Saints rallied again and trimmed the lead to
58-57 with 5:37 left.
UW-Stevens Point pushed the lead back to 64-57 over the next minute on four
free throws by Cassandra Heuer and a layup by Kari Groshek. But, again the Saints
rallied and pulled to within 64-63 on two free throws by Jessica Zuk with 1:26
left.
The Pointers ran the shot clock on their next possession and Heuer hit a short
shot in the lane to push the lead back to 66-63. UW-Stevens Point stopped the
Saints on their next two possessions and Andrea Kraemer hit one of two free
throws with 10 seconds left for a 67-63 lead. St. Lawrence’s Cara Barbierri
then scored a rebound basket with one second left before the Pointers dodged
their biggest bullet of the night.
With the Pointers inbounding under the St. Lawrence basket and one second on
the clock, UW-Stevens Point’s Amie Schultz attempted a long pass, but Barbierri
intercepted the toss and her 30-foot shot bounced off the rim as the buzzer
sounded.
“The darn thing went like a duck and I thought, ‘Oh my God,’”
said Egner, whose team never relinquished the lead in the second half. “Somebody
was looking out for us tonight. The play was diagrammed, but the pass just didn’t
get any air.”
The win was similar to the Pointers’ triumph over four-time defending national
champion Washington (Mo.) on March 2 when UW-Stevens Point led by 11 points
at halftime and fought off numerous Washington rallied, but never gave up the
lead.
Heuer scored 14 of her game-high 17 points in the second half to lead the Pointers.
Carry Boehning sparked the first half by scoring 11 of her 15 points and keying
a 15-4 run that took the Pointers from a 12-11 lead to a 27-15 advantage. Boehning
was named the tournament Most Valuable Player for her performance.
Pointers’ sophomore guard Tara Schmitt was also an all-tournament selection
after holding national Player of the Year Meredith Eisenhut to just five points.
Schmitt also handled a full-court press the entire game and tied a career high
with eight assists.
“She’s a good player and I just wanted to do my best,” Schmitt
said of Eisenhut. “I wanted to try my hardest and not think about the fact
that she was the Player of the Year.”
The Pointers are now 11-1 all-time in three NCAA tournament appearances, having
won five straight games for the 1987 championship and six straight games this
season.
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Groshek Named
Women's Basketball Second Team
Academic All-American
RELEASED: Monday, March 11, 2002
Stevens Point, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point senior Kari
Groshek has been named to the 2001-2002 Verizon women’s basketball Academic
All-America Second Team.
The Rosholt, Wis. native is a biology major who carries a 3.74 grade point average
and is set to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in May
of 2002. She became eligible for the honor by previously being named to the
Academic All-District First Team. Groshek earned Academic All-District honors
last year as well.
She is the first women’s basketball player in school history to receive
the Academic All-American honor. Groshek is the 12th student-athlete in UW-Stevens
Point history to earn the award and is the ninth selection in the last three
years.
Groshek has helped the Pointers to a 28-3 record so far this season and has
guided the team to a berth in the NCAA Division III final four this weekend
in Terre Haute, Ind.
She leads the team in scoring (15.3 points per game), rebounds (6.0 per game)
and blocked shots (1.5 per game). Groshek earned All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (WIAC) First Team honors as a senior and a junior and was
named the WIAC Player of the Year this season. She was also the recipient of
this year’s Judy Kruckman WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award.
Groshek ranked third in scoring and field goal percentage in the WIAC this season.
Her 38-point performance against UW-Whitewater on Jan. 23 broke UW-Stevens Point’s
single-game scoring record.
Groshek currently ranks third on UW-Stevens Point’s all-time scoring list
with 1,394 career points. This season, she was named one of the 10 finalists
for the Josten’s Trophy which honors the top Division III women’s
basketball player.
Her efforts the past two seasons have helped the Pointers achieve their second
and third 20-win seasons in school history. The 28 victories this season are
a school record.
UW-Stevens Point will take on Marymount (Va.) in the semifinal round of the
Division III tournament this Friday with the winner advancing to the national
championship game on Saturday.
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Pointers Advance To Women's Basketball
National Semifinals
Stevens
Point, Wis.--The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women’s basketball
team’s improbable dream season will live to see another weekend.
Seven days after shocking four-time defending national champion Washington University
(Mo.) on its home court, the Pointers posted their second win on their home
court in consecutive days to earn a berth in the NCAA Division III Final Four.
Kari Groshek scored 12 of her game-high 16 points in the second half as UW-Stevens
Point outscored Pacific Lutheran (23-4) 37-22 in the second half on its way
to a 64-47 victory. The Pointers advance to face Marymount (Va.) in the national
semifinals Friday in Terre Haute, Ind. DePauw (Ind.) and St. Lawrence (N.Y.)
meet in the other semifinal.
The Pointers are the first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's
basketball team to reach the national semifinals since UW-Eau Claire (1996-97
season).
“It’s just wonderful to coach a group of kids who are so unselfish
and don’t worry about their stats,” said Pointer coach Shirley Egner
who credited the team’s three seniors, Groshek, Amie Schultz and Carry
Boehning.
“These three seniors are the ones who got us here,” Egner stated.
“We’re on a mission, and I’m glad I’m on a mission with
these three seniors.
“These three kids have done a tremendous job of leading by example.”
Cassandra Heuer, who had 13 in the first half, and Andrea Kraemer added 15 points
apiece for the Pointers (28-3) who picked up their season-record 28th win and
will make their first trip to the Final Four since winning the national championship
in 1987.
The Final Four appearance for UW-Stevens Point comes just two seasons after
finishing 11-14 and seventh place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference.
Neither team led by more than five points in a closely contested first half.
Pacific Lutheran held a 21-18 lead with 3:41 remaining in the first half when
UW-Stevens Point went on a 9-2 run to take a 27-23 lead behind six points from
Heuer.
With the Pointers leading 27-25 at halftime, Egner stressed to her team that
the outcome would come down to who wanted it more.
“We talked about if we could go hard for 20 minutes, we would go to the
‘big dance,’” Egner said. “Things just started to go our
way and I have to believe it started on the defensive end.”
UW-Stevens Point opening the second half on a 16-6 run over the first 8:24 to
take a 43-31 lead. Following a three-pointer by PLU’s Katie Springer, the
Pointers used a 10-1 run to stretch its lead to 53-35 at the 6:20 mark.
Pacific Lutheran hit just seven of 24 shots in the second half and could never
mount a serious charge with its shots not falling.
“I thought we outplayed them in the first half and we were down two,”
Lutes’ coach Gil Rigell said. “In the second half we just didn’t
hit our shots. They got into a flow, one that we never did get into.”
With the victory, the Pointers became just the second team in three seasons
to advance to the Final Four by winning on their home court, joining Washington
(Mo.), which accomplished the feat in 2000.
For Schultz, being able to cut down the nets in her final game at Berg Gymnasium
was a sweet feeling.
“It was an awesome feeling; an incredible experience,” Schultz said.
“It was great to be able to do it on our home floor.”
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Groshek Claims
Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete Award
RELEASED: Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Madison, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Kari Groshek
has been named the 2001-02 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)
Judy Kruckman Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete, it was announced recently
by WIAC Commissioner Gary Karner.
Groshek, a senior from Rosholt, Wis., is majoring in biology with a minor in
chemistry and carries a 3.74 grade point average. She has been named to the
Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team the past two seasons and is
a three-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. Groshek has appeared
on the UW-Stevens Point Honor Roll eight semesters and the Dean's List three
semesters. She has also received her institution's Academy of Letters and Science
Distinguished Achievement Award.
Groshek, a team captain for the last three seasons, has helped the Pointers
to a 24-3 record this year and a spot in the NCAA Division III Tournament. She
was named the conference's Player of the Year this season was named to the All-WIAC
First Team and All-Defensive Team last year.
Groshek established a new school record for points in a game with 38 in the
Pointers' 83-50 victory over Whitewater on January 23. She broke the mark previously
held by Jessica Ott (2000) and Sonja Sorensen (1986). Groshek also scored her
1,000th career point earlier this season, becoming the 11th player in school
history to accomplish the mark.
Groshek is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma and Beta Beta Beta, and
has also worked in the UW-Stevens Point strength center five years.
Groshek becomes the third Pointer to win the conference's women's basketball
scholar-athlete award, joining Christina Bergman (1997-98) and Lisa Grudzinski
(1993-94).
Also nominated for the scholar-athlete award were: Eau Claire's Ann Bauer and
Sarah Hughes, La Crosse's Shelley Bakken, Oshkosh's Jamie Turtenwald, Platteville's
Crystal Stietz, River Falls' Sarah Pollock and Tara Wakefield, and Stout's Amy
Zelinger.
The WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award is sponsored by Culver's. In order to be nominated
for the scholar-athlete award, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.25 grade
point average, be in their last year of competition, or on schedule to graduate
this academic year, and have competed for a minimum of two years.
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Stout and Stevens
Point Women Receive NCAA Tournament Berths
RELEASED: Sunday, February 24, 2002
Madison, Wis.--The University of Wisconsin-Stout and UW-Stevens Point
women’s basketball teams will represent the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (WIAC) in the NCAA Division III Tournament based on pairings that
were announced earlier this evening by the NCAA.
Stout will travel to St. Joseph, Minn. to face the College of St. Benedict on
February 27. The Blue Devils received an automatic bid to the national tournament
by winning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) tournament.
Stout also won the WIAC regular season crown, their first conference title since
1996-97.
The Blue Devils (23-4) are making their sixth appearance in NCAA tournament
action (1992, 93, 94, 96, 97) and enter the national tournament on a 13-game
winning streak.
St. Benedict (23-4) won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular
season title but fell to upstart Carleton College, 79-63, in the MIAC tournament
championship game.
The winner of the Stout/St. Benedict game will travel to Tacoma, Wash. on March
2 to face Pacific Lutheran University. Pacific Lutheran enters the tournament
with a 21-3 record.
Stevens Point (24-3) received one of seven at-large bids into the tournament
and will host Lake Forest College (Ill.) on Wednesday, February 27 at Berg Gymnasium.
Lake Forest (19-6) won the Midwest Conference tournament for the third-consecutive
season to claim the conference’s automatic berth.
Stevens Point is making its first trip to the national tournament since the
1990-91 season. They won the national crown during their other appearance in
1986-87. The Pointers have won eight of their last nine contests.
The winner of the Stevens Point/Lake Forest game will travel to St. Louis, Mo.
on March 2 to face four-time defending national champion Washington (Mo.). The
Bears enter the tournament with a 25-0 record.
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Three Earn Academic All-District
Women's Basketball Honors
RELEASED: Thursday, February 21, 2002
Madison, Wis.--Three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)
student-athletes have been named to the 2001-02 Verizon Academic All-District
V Women's Basketball Team. UW-Stevens Point's Kari Groshek was a first team
selection, while UW-Platteville's Crystal Stietz and UW-Oshkosh's Brenda Utech
earned second and third team honors, respectively.
Groshek, a senior center from Rosholt, Wis., is a biology major and carries
a 3.74 grade point average. By earning All-District first team honors, Groshek
is now eligible to earn Academic All-American honors. She earned Academic All-District
First Team honors last year as well.
Groshek ranks third in the WIAC in scoring (15.1) and field goal percentage
(.556), ninth in free throw percentage (.748) and 13th in rebounding (5.8).
She set a school scoring record with 38 points against Whitewater on January
23. Last season, she earned All-WIAC First Team honors.
Groshek was recently named one of the ten finalists for the Josten's Trophy,
which honors the top NCAA Division III player.
Platteville's Crystal Stietz, a senior forward from Argyle, Wis., carries a
grade point average of 3.45 while majoring in physical education with a minor
in health promotions. She has earned departmental honors in physical education
and last year was the only undergraduate in Wisconsin to win the Governor's
Award for Physical Fitness.
On the court, Stietz led the Pioneers to their first .500 season (13-13) since
1991-92. She leads the league in scoring (19.2), while ranking fourth in field
goal percentage (.551) and fifth in rebounding (7.3). She registered a career-high
36 points against St. Ambrose (Iowa) and her 498 points this season were the
fourth-most in Pioneer history.
Oshkosh's Brenda Utech, a junior guard from Howard, Wis. (Bay Port HS), is majoring
in elementary education with a 3.90 grade point average. She registered 8.3
points and 1.8 rebounds per contest this season to add to her 40 assists and
35 steals. Utech started in 19 of the Titans' 28 games and shot .788 from the
free throw line.
Utech has volunteered for Special Olympics in 2000 and 2001 and has worked as
a tutor at Green Bay Danz School and the Oshkosh School District Speech Festival.
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Channing, Groshek
Named National Player of the Year Finalists
RELEASED: Thursday, February 19, 2002
Salem, Va.--University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Kristi Channing and
UW-Stevens Point's Kari Groshek have been selected as two of ten finalists for
the 2002 Jostens Trophy Division III Women's Basketball Player of the Year Award,
it was announced today by chairman Clinton S. Morse.
Channing, a junior from Fall Creek, Wis., was one of four juniors throughout
the nation selected as a finalist for this prestigious award. The second-leading
scorer in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Channing averages
17.2 points per game to go along with 5.7 rebounds per contest.
For the season, Channing has connected on 53.8 percent of her field goals and
79.4 percent from the free throw line. She has scored in double figures in 22-of-26
games in addition to compiling three double-doubles (points-rebounds) on the
year.
Groshek, a senior from Rosholt, Wis., ranks third in the WIAC in scoring with
15.1 points per game and grabs 5.8 rebounds per affair. She ranks third in field
goal percentage at 55.6 and fifth in blocked shots with 1.37 per contest.
Groshek, a team captain for the last three seasons, was named the All-Conference
and All-Defensive Teams last season. She established a new school record for
points in a game in the Pointers' 83-50 victory over Whitewater on January 23,
and also scored her 1,000th career point earlier this season, becoming the 11th
player in school history to accomplish the mark.
Additional women's finalists for the award include: Hardin-Simmons' Kendra Anderson;
Lakeland's Jill Dewane, Oglethorpe's Heather Francoeur, Swarthmore's Heather
Kile, Wellesley's Kate Kyren, St. Thomas' Missy Pederson, Maryville's (Tenn.)
Haley Smith and Carleton's Renee Willette.
The winner's institution will be notified on or about March 1, 2002. The recipient
and their head coach must be prepared to be at the award presentation in Salem,
Virginia on March 14, 2002.
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Stout Claims Undisputed
Women's Basketball Crown
Tanya Halbach
poured in a game-high 17 points and Erin Churchill chipped in ten points to
lead UW-Stout to a 91-53 victory over UW-Superior at Gates Gymnasium on February
13. The victory for the Blue Devils clinched the 2001-02 Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (WIAC) women's basketball regular-season championship.
The title for the Blue Devils is the second women's basketball championship
in school history and first-ever undisputed conference championship in any women's
sport. The Blue Devils shared the 1996-97 women's basketball title with UW-Eau
Claire.
Sara Kahl contributed nine points, while Bethany Halvorson, Amy Zelinger and
Laura Verdegan added eight points each. Zelinger also had a team-leading six
assists. Erin Churchill had six steals.
The Blue Devils raced out to a 45-22 halftime lead and forced the Yellowjackets
into 36 turnovers in the game.
Stout also secured the number one seed for the conference tournament, which
begins Monday, February 18. The tournament winner receive's the conference's
automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Remaining seeds for the conference
tournament will be announced on Saturday, February 16.
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