2006-07 Horizon League Women's Basketball Prospectus
Sept. 6, 2006
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UW-Milwaukee captured the Horizon League title in 2006 with a 71-63 victory over UIC in the championship game. The crown, the Panthers' first since 2001, snapped a four-year run by co-regular season champion UW-Green Bay. The rest of the League has to battle the two Wisconsin schools as the loop's title has rested in the state of Wisconsin for the last nine seasons. In 2006-07, UW-Green Bay, Butler and UIC should all present threats to the Panthers as they look to defend their title.
UWM posted a 22-9 record overall with a 14-2 mark in conference action a year ago. The Panthers slipped past Butler in the semifinals last season with a last-second layup by Molly O'Brien and then went on to knock off UIC in the championship game, 71-63. Their season ended in Chicago, Ill., in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament as Michigan State handed UWM a 65-46 loss.
UW-Milwaukee returns three starters this season, but loses First-Team All-League selection Nichole Drummond and All-Tournament Team honoree O'Brien, who combined for 22.3 points and 10 rebounds per contest last year.
Traci Edwards, the League's Newcomer of the Year last season, looks to improve upon her rookie campaign in which she finished with a spot on the First Team All-League and the MVP award at the conference tourney. Edwards paced the League in rebounding (10.0 per game), blocks (1.58 per contest) and field-goal percentage (.599), while placing fourth in scoring (16.1 ppg.). She had 15 double-doubles, including two games of 20 or more rebounds. Also returning will be starting point guard Meredith Onson. An All-Newcomer choice in 2005-06, Onson had a strong season after transferring from Boston University as she led the team in assists with 3.2 per game while chipping in 7.2 points per contest.
UW-Green Bay will look to bounce back and reclaim the League title this season with all five starters returning. The Phoenix fell in the semifinals to UIC, 74-62, marking the first time in 10 years the team did not appear in the championship game, but UWGB did earn a trip to the WNIT with its 23-7 overall (14-2 HL) record. As a team, the Phoenix ranked second in the country in turnovers per game (12.5) and seventh in three-point field goals made per game (7.4).
Reigning Player of the Year Nicole Soulis is primed to have a stellar senior season after claiming the League's scoring title (18.4 ppg.) and finishing fourth in rebounding (6.8 rpg.) as a junior. Classmate Natalie Berglin, a member of the All-League Second Team, returns at the point and will look to build upon her 14.3 points-per-game and 4.7 assists-per-game averages. The other returning starters include senior Amanda Popp, junior Kayla Groh and sophomore Rachel Porath. Popp placed fourth in loop in field-goal percentage (.515) and fifth in three-point field-goal percentage (.440) a year ago, while Porath was a member of the All-Newcomer squad.
Tournament runner-up UIC is coming off an exciting year in which the team knocked off UW-Green Bay in the semifinals of the tournament. The Flames will have to replace the leadership of graduated point guard Chrissy Dizon, who averaged 12.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game last season. The team will look to continue its strong defense that paced the loop in opponents' three-point percentage (.312) and steals per game (11.33).
LaShonda Grant returns as the Flames' leading scorer in 2005-06. She averaged 15.1 points per game and turned it on at the end of the year with a 21.8 points-per-game average over her last five outings. Her 30 points in the semifinals was the second-highest total in the loop a year ago. Fellow senior Krystal Hugelier will also return with her 10.8 points-per-contest average from last season.
Butler comes into '06-07 with four returning starters and the top five scorers from last season's squad. The Bulldogs have to replace the 4.4 points, 6.3 rebounds plus 3.1 assists per contest as well as the hustle and guidance of forward Stephanie Boeke. As a team, BU had the touch from outside, knocking down three-pointers at the fourth-highest rate in the nation (7.7 per game) and also ranking fourth with a 39.3 percent success rate.
First-Team All-League selections Lade Akande and Jackie Closser return as the top scorers from last year's squad. Akande, an All-Newcomer honoree as a freshman, averaged 16.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per contest -- good for third and second in the circuit, respectively. Closser looks to progress in her senior season as she poured in 15.1 points per game and handed out a League-best 5.21 assists per game. Closser and classmate Ellen Hamilton were lethal from behind the arc a year ago, averaging a combined 5.38 treys per outing.
Detroit and Wright State tied for the fifth spot in the League standings last year with 8-8 circuit ledgers, but come into the season with two completely different outlooks. The Titans will return only one starter while the Raiders have four of the five starters returning.
UDM will have to replace its top five scorers and 70 percent (45.8 points per game) of its scoring from last year's group. As a team, the Titans ranked sixth in the nation in three-point field goals per game with a rate of 7.6, but only 52 of the team's 213 treys were made by players on the 2006-07 club. The scoring load now falls to juniors Shawanna Stubblefield and Kandace Evans, who averaged 7.6 and 4.9 points respectively last season. Lauren Yurgens, the one returning starter, is the only senior on this year's squad.
Two-time First-Team All-League choice Brittney Whiteside leads Wright State into action this year. An All-Defensive Team honoree in each of her first three seasons, the senior guard will look to improve her team-best marks in scoring (13.9 ppg.), rebounding (6.5 rpg.) and assists (3.0 apg.). Also coming back for the Raiders is junior forward Whitney Lewis, who averaged 10.3 points and 6.1 boards per contest in '05-06. The WSU defense swatted a League-best 3.79 blocks per contest, while holding opponents to a 31.6 percent conversion rate from behind the arc, second-lowest in the loop.
Youngstown State claimed the loop's seventh seed last year with a 4-12 mark. The Penguins have lost three of their top four scorers and an average of 29.7 points per game. The team will now look in the direction of junior Jessica Schloemp and sophomore Monique Godfrey to pick up some of the scoring in 2006-07. Schloemp averaged 9.0 points and 7.1 rebounds a year ago. She showed signs of brilliance with two games of 19 rebounds and four double-doubles. Godfrey, a point guard last season, will move to the shooting guard for YSU. She will look to continue her late-season success, netting an average of 13 points per game over the last five contests.
Head coach Shannon Reidy enters her second team at Loyola with her top two scorers from 2005-06 back, along with six newcomers. Marquise Hanser, a Second-Team All-League honoree in 2005-06, was the circuit's second-leading scorer at 17.2 points per game, supplementing her rates of 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Fellow senior Jenna Real also returns this season after netting 11.9 points and grabbing 5.6 boards per contest a year ago. She set the loop's single-game point high with 31 against Cleveland State in the opening round of the League Championship.
Five freshmen enter the mix at Cleveland State as the team looks to improve upon its 4-24 record (2-14 HL) in 2005-06. All-Newcomer and All-Defensive team selection Dominique Butler returns to the club and hopes to build on her freshman campaign in which she led the League in steals. Her 2.86 thefts per contest ranked her 20th in the nation. Butler also led the Vikings in points per game (10.9) in conference play.
Competing in the Mid-Continent Conference this season, Valparaiso will officially join the Horizon League in 2007-08. The Crusaders are coming off of a 16-13 year with a 9-7 mark in the Mid-Con. The top three scorers from last year's team return in Betsy Rietema, Tamra Braun and Carrie Myers. Rietema tallied 13.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest in earning Second-Team All-Mid-Con honors, while Braun averaged 12.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.55 blocks en route to a First-Team All-Mid-Con selection. The tandem is seen on Valpo's career charts with Rietema's 232 made free throws standings sixth and Braun placing second in blocks (143) and ninth in rebounds (604).
Overall, the 2005-06 year primed the League for an exciting '06-07 campaign as eight of the ten members of the All-League Teams will return to their teams -- the only losses being UWM's Drummond (First Team) and UIC's Dizon (Second Team). Only Detroit (Lindsey Pasquinzo) and Cleveland State (Omega Harrington) will have to replace the team's top scorer.
It was a season that featured breakout seasons for several freshmen. UW-Milwaukee's Edwards led the League in rebounds (10.0), field-goal percentage (59.9) and blocked shots (1.58). In addition to her First-Team All-League selection, she was named the Newcomer of the Year and the Horizon League Tournament MVP. Butler's Akande was third in the circuit in scoring (18.4 points per game), while placing second in rebounds (8.0) and third in blocked shots (1.41). The 6-foot-1 forward/center earned Second-Team All-League, All-Newcomer Team honors and a spot on the All-Tournament Team. Cleveland State's Butler came on strong at the end of the season, earning a spot on the Newcomer squad and the All-Defensive Team.
Horizon League Team Notes
Butler
The eight returning Bulldogs accounted for 94.5 percent of the team's scoring, 83.7 percent of its rebounding, 83.6 percent of its assists and 100 percent of its three-pointers made in 2005-06.
Butler's 223 three-pointers made in 2005-06 set a school single-season record and was the fourth-highest mark in the nation. The team's .393 three-point percentage was tops in the league and eighth-best in the NCAA.
The Bulldogs will make a 7,000-mile round trip in November when the team participates in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaskan Shootout in Anchorage, Alaska. Butler will battle UC-Riverside on Nov. 21 before playing either Alaska-Anchorage or Air Force on Nov. 22.
Junior forward Cassie Freeman finished third in the Horizon League in three-point percentage, knocking down 45.5 percent. She was the only post player among the league's top 15 three-point shooters.
Butler newcomers Susan Lester, Tara Miller and Mel Thornton were all Indiana All-Stars in high school, while freshman Julie Seiss was a North-South All-Star.
Players to Watch
Jackie Closser - 5-5 * Sr. * GClosser, a First-Team All-Horizon League selection last year, enters her senior season with the Bulldogs just 110 points from becoming the 17th player in school history with 1,000 career points. One of the most prolific shooters from behind the arc in school history, she broke her own single-season record for three-pointers by netting 84 and is already the career leader with a total of 186. Her torrid pace of 3.0 triples per game last season was tops in the League and sixth-highest in the country.
Lade Akande - 6-1 * So. * F/CAkande earned All-League Second Team and All-Newcomer team honors last season after pacing the Bulldogs with 16.2 ppg and 8.0 rpg. Her 470 points was the fifth-highest single-season total in school history.
Ellen Hamilton - 5-10 * Sr. * GHamilton enters her senior season needing just 115 points for 1,000 in her career. She averaged 2.38 treys per game, good for second in the League in 2005-06.
Cleveland State
Cleveland State heads into the 2006-07 season having made a three-point field goal in 386 consecutive contests -- the longest active run in the nation and the second-longest streak ever. Louisville (394 games) ranks first all-time in NCAA annals, although the Cardinals had their streak come to an end during the 2004-05 campaign.
CSU fans may experience a little double-vision this season with the addition of twin guards Angel and Jessica Roque. The duo from Mississauga, Ontario, were named Toronto Sun 2005 Top Five All-Stars -- the first time a pair of teammates have received the honor in the same season. In addition, sophomore Dominique Butler and freshman Katie Baxter both have twin sisters as well.
This year's 15 home contests tops the previous record set last season when the Vikings had 14 games in the Wolstein Center.
Cleveland State is co-hosting the 2007 NCAA Women's Final Four on April 1 and 3 at Quicken Loans Arena. Last year, the Vikings welcomed North Carolina, Purdue, Rutgers and Tennessee to town for the Cleveland Regional.
Players to Watch
Dominique Butler - 5-9 * So. * G Butler enjoyed a successful freshman campaign that ended with All-Newcomer and All-Defensive Team honors. In her last eight games, she averaged 14 points per game and 8.4 rebounds. Butler's 2.86 steals average ranked 20th in the country and her 10.9 points per game in League play was a team best. She had a loop-high eight steals against Youngstown State on Feb. 13.
Brittany Korth - 5-10 * Jr. * GKorth had a season-high 16 points against UIC on Jan. 5 last year. She was a member of the All-Newcomer squad in 2004-05.
Natalie Miller - 5-10 * So. * GMiller appeared in all 28 games (two starts) in her freshman campaign for the Vikings and tallied five points per game last season.
Detroit
Detroit comes into this season having graduated its top five scorers from 2005-06. Last year's seniors accounted for 70 percent of the team's scoring (45.8 points per game out of the 65.2 points per game).
The Titans return 51 percent of their rebounding from last year, 34 percent of their assists and 29 percent of their steals.
Shawanna Stubblefield is the returning leading scorer. Last season she started for the first half of the year, then came off the bench in a sixth man role during conference season. She averaged 7.6 points per game and had a career high 21 points vs. Western Michigan on December 4, 2005.
The style in which the Titans score will probably change this season. Detroit ranked sixth in the nation in three-pointers attempted last year (7.6 per game) and 37th in percentage (35.9 percent). They had a total of 213 three-pointers made with only 52 made by players returning this season.
Players to Watch
Kandace Evans - 5-7 * Jr. * GThe Titans will look to Evans to shoulder some of the scoring load in 2006-07. While her average points per game was only 4.9 in 2005-06, she showed the potential to score more, netting a career-high 14 points against Loyola on Jan. 5 and hitting double figures in five total games. She came to the UDM program after competing for one year at the University of Wisconsin. In one season in a Badgers' uniform, she averaged 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per contest in limited minutes.
Lauren Yurgens - 6-1 * Sr. * CYurgens is the only returning starter from a year ago. Last season she averaged 1.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while starting 23 of 28 games.
Katy Dunlop - 6-4 * So. * CDunlop developed as a three-point threat in 2005-06, hitting 11-of-23 (.478) from behind the arc, while playing an average of 11.5 minutes per game.
UIC
The Flames are coming off a season in which they finished the year by winning nine of their last 12 games and made their first-ever appearance in the Horizon League Tournament title game.
The Flames return plenty of firepower in 2006-07 with ten letterwinners and four starters returning to the fray, including All-Horizon League and all-tournament team guard LaShondaGrant (15.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.5 spg), Krystal Hugelier (10.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg), Nicole Rinaldi (6.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.4 bpg) and Kelly True (6.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg).
The four returning starters bring a wealth of experience after playing in a total of 306 games, averaging 8.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game and posting a .345 three-point and .414 field-goal percentage.
Head coach Lisa Ryckbosch became UIC's second winningest coach at the conclusion of the 2005-06 season. With a 59-56 (.513) record after four years, Ryckbosch is behind only four-year coach Mary Kate Walsh (1974-78) who holds a .620 winning percentage.
UIC was efficient at both ends of the floor last season, ranking nationally in assists (30th), three-point percentage (23rd) and steals (15th).
Players to Watch
LaShonda Grant - 5-7 * Sr. * GGrant enters her senior season 43 points shy of 1,000 for her career. She averaged a team-best 15.1 points per game last season to go along with her 3.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists. Grant garnered Second-Team All-League honors and a spot on the All-Tournament team after leading UIC to the championship game. The 5-foot-7 guard knocked down 73 percent of her free throws last season, ranking her 11th in the League.
Krystal Hugelier - 5-9 * Sr. * GHugelier averaged 10.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest last season for the Flames.
Jacquay Holmes - 5-7 * Sr. * FHolmes poured in an average of 9.9 points per game in League action a year ago.
Loyola
Head Coach Shannon Reidy and her staff prepare for their second season with an overhauled roster. After dressing eight players for the majority of the season -- and just six due to injuries in one game -- Reidy and the staff welcome a highly-touted recruiting class of six freshmen, all Chicagoland products.
Loyola's four-person senior class of Marquise Hanser, Danielle Nabolotny, Emily Ponder and Jenna Real combined for nearly 64 percent of the team's scoring last season.
Hanser netted 17 points in the Ramblers' quarterfinal loss at Milwaukee, which gave her exactly 500 points for the season. In doing so, Hanser become just the fourth different Loyola player to accomplish the feat and the first since Sherry Metz scored 537 points in the 1991-92 season.
Both Hanser and Real enter the 2006-07 season with solid chances to become the 17th and 18th members of Loyola's 1,000-point club. Hanser is exactly 200 points shy, while Real needs 289 points for the milestone.
Players to Watch
Marquise Hanser - 5-9 * Sr. * GHanser finished her junior campaign with the second-highest scoring average in the League at 17.2 points per contest. She also placed second in free-throw percentage (.857), fifth in three-pointers made (2.14) and eighth in assists (3.10). Hanser more than tripled her scoring average in 2005-06 after averaging only 5.4 points during her first two seasons in a Rambler uniform.
Jenna Real - 6-0 * Sr. * FReal turned it on at the end of the season, notching a 17.5 points-per-game average over Loyola's last four contests.
Emily Ponder - 6-2 * Sr. * CPonder, the only Rambler to start all 29 games last season, averaged 8.8 points and 6.7 rebounds in League play.
UW-Green Bay
The Phoenix improved its all-time Horizon League record to 155-29 (84.2 winning pct.). Since joining the league in 1994-95, UW-Green Bay has won nine regular-season titles, including eight straight, and has never finished lower than fourth in the League standings.
UWGB returns all five starters from last year's 23-7 team, which made its ninth straight postseason appearance (seven NCAA, two WNIT) in 2005-06.
Since Jan. 1, 2000, UW-Green Bay has posted 163 wins, which ranks 13th in the NCAA during that time. The Phoenix ranks above such notable programs as Old Dominion, Notre Dame, UC Santa Barbara and Baylor on the list.
The 2006-07 season marks the final campaign for UW-Green Bay at the Phoenix Sports Center, as the team will move to the under-construction Kress Events Center in 2007-08. The Phoenix has had more than its fair share of success at the PSC, as UW-Green Bay is 287-63 all-time on the court, making the floor the 17th-toughest place to play in the NCAA.
Players to Watch
Nicole Soulis - 6-2 * Sr. * FSoulis, the reigning Horizon League Player of the Year, led the conference in scoring in 2005-06 with an average of 18.4 points per game. She earned three Player of the Week awards, while placing in the top five in blocks (1.47 - second), field-goal percentage (.515 - third) and rebounding (6.8 - fourth). The Green Bay, Wis., native posted 12 games of 20 or more points and five double-doubles during the 2005-06 campaign. Her 18.4 points-per-game average was good for 30th in the nation.
Natalie Berglin - 5-7 * Sr. * GBerglin was a Second-Team All-League selection last season, ranking among the League leaders in assists (4.67 - third), free-throw percentage (.792 - sixth) and points per game (14.3 - seventh).
Amanda Popp - 5-10 * Sr * GPopp averaged 10.7 points-per game in 2005-06, knocking down 51.5 percent of her shots. She shot 44 percent from three-point range to pace UW-Green Bay.
UW-Milwaukee
The Panthers enjoyed arguably the best season in school history in 2005-06, a year filled with milestones and records. UW-Milwaukee won a school-record 22 games, including a record 12 straight. With a 14-2 league mark, UWM claimed a regular season co-championship and the top seed in the league tournament for the first time in school history.
UWM continues to build on a strong tradition of success in League play, which has yielded a pair of loop titles in the last five seasons. During that time, the Panthers have compiled a 84-24 (.778) conference record, trailing only UW-Green Bay (96-12), while the next best mark is UIC at 57-51.
UW-Milwaukee opens the season at South Florida, an NCAA Tourney team last year, and also hosts crosstown rival Marquette, which advanced to the WNIT championship game.
Sandy Botham and her staff added a trio of incoming freshmen and one transfer to the 2006-07 team. Guards Danae Russell and Jodie McClain and forward Angel Calloway each signed National Letters of Intent to play for UWM this season.
Players to Watch
Traci Edwards - 6-2 * So. * C Edwards took the League by storm in her freshman campaign, averaging a double-double of 16.1 points and 10.0 rebounds. She pulled down a season-best 22 rebounds against Wright State on Jan. 26 as part of the loop's only 20 point-20 rebound game of the season. In addition to earning Newcomer of the Year honors, she took home the Tournament MVP after leading the Panthers to their first Horizon League crown since 2001. In the tournament, she averaged 17.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists.
Meredith Onson - 5-11 * Jr. * GOnson led the Panthers with 3.2 assists per contest in her first season with UWM after transferring from Boston University. She also chipped in 7.2 points per game.
Dana Schultz - 6-0 * Jr. * FSchultz started 26 games for the Panthers last season, averaging 3.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per contest.
Wright State
Wright State will have one of the smallest rosters in the Horizon League, both in numbers and in height, this season with only 10 players, none of which are taller than 6-2. The Raiders are also the only League team with no sophomores on the squad.
WSU has just six players returning, but four of those started 11 or more games last season, including seniors Brittney Whiteside, Tyanda Hammock and Steph Comisar.
Whiteside enters her senior campaign 10th on the all-time Raider scoring list with 1087 points and is just 220 points from tying Jenny Horn for second on that list. Whiteside will attempt to become the first WSU player to ever lead the squad in both scoring and rebounding in each of her four seasons.
After starting just one game her first two years, senior guard Comisar made 11 starts last season, including nine in Horizon League play. Comisar, who walked on the team as a freshman, is also a four-year starter as a goalkeeper for the Raider women's soccer team.
For the first time since the 2003-04 season, the Raiders will be at the Nutter Center more than on the road as WSU has 14 home games on the slate, including non-league visits from Ohio rivals Miami, Toledo and Dayton along with ACC member Wake Forest.
Players to Watch
Brittney Whiteside - 5-8 * Sr. * GWhiteside, a first-team all-League selection the last two seasons, comes into 2006-07 after leading the Raiders in scoring (13.9 ppg), rebounding (6.5 rpg) and assists (3.0 apg) last year. The 5-foot-8 guard has averaged double figures in each of her first three campaigns in the League and will look to improve her scoring touch as she has done the previous two seasons. Whiteside has also gotten the nod as an all-defensive team selection in every season she has played.
Whitney Lewis - 6-0 * Jr. * FLewis is the only Wright State returnee that has started every game in each of the last two seasons. She was named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year in 2004-05.
Tyanda Hammock - 5-10 * Sr. * FAs a fifth-year senior, Hammock returns for the Raiders after averaging nearly eight points and four rebounds per contest last year.
Youngstown State
The 2006-07 Youngstown State women's basketball team enters the season with no seniors on its roster.
The Penguins' season-opener against Cincinnati marks the first time the Penguins will face a Big East conference opponent since they played Pittsburgh during the 2000-01 season.
Sophomore Monique Godfrey, who started 11 games at point guard last season, will make to move the shooting guard slot in 2006-07. During the last five games of her rookie campaign, Godfrey averaged 13 points and 3.2 rebounds per game while shooting 52 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent from the three-point line.
Youngstown State lost 10 games by 10 points or less during the 2005-06 season.
Joining the Penguins in 2006-07 are Illinois transfer Kira Mowen, who sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules, junior college transfer Heather Karner, and freshmen Kaitlyn March, Anajalia Lyons and Ta-Myra Davis.
Players to Watch
Jessica Schloemp - 6-3 * Jr. * FSchloemp is the Penguins' top returning scorer and rebounder from last season with 9.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Schloemp scored in double figures 11 times and recorded four double-doubles last season. She pulled down 19 rebounds in a game twice during the 2005-06 season and averaged 11.4 boards per contest over a nine-game stretch (Jan. 19 - Feb. 16).
Lauren Branson - 5-6 * Jr. * GBranson returns after reconstructive knee surgery in January. Before her injury, Branson was averaging 5.5 points and 3.8 assists per game.
Monique Godfrey - 5-8 * So. * GGodfrey averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in her freshman campaign. She poured in a season-high 18 points against UW-Green Bay on Feb. 16.
Valparaiso
Valparaiso has posted a winning season in 15 of the last 16 years while sporting a winning Mid-Con mark in 13 of its 14 years in the league.
The Crusaders finished 16th in the nation last season in scoring defense (55.7 ppg) and 27th in three-point shooting (36.6 percent).
A total of 11 returnees, including three starters, are back from last season's 16-13 team that finished 9-7 in the Mid-Con and placed fourth.
Valpo boasts a 51-13 (.797) record at the Athletics-Recreation Center over the past four years.
Valpo's top three scorers from 2005-2006 return this season in Betsy Rietema, Tamra Braun and Carrie Myers.
The Crusaders will officially join the Horizon League on July 1, 2007. This season they will compete in the Mid-Continent Conference.
Players to Watch
Betsy Rietema - 6-1 * Sr. * FSecond Team All Mid-Con pick Betsy Rietema tallied 13.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest last season, good for sixth and ninth in the Mid-Continent Conference rankings, respectively. She is 17th all-time in school history with 855 career points and ranks sixth all-time with 232 made free throws.
Tamra Braun - 6-5 * Sr. * CThe Crusaders return two-time First Team All Mid-Continent Conference selection Braun, who averaged 12.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game last season while shooting 53.8 percent from the field.
Carrie Myers - 5-11 * Sr. * GMyers earned honorable mention all-conference accolades after tallying 10.6 points and shooting 40.2 percent from three-point range.
