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WIAC Men's & Women's Basketball Athletes of the Week: Jan. 25-31

02/02/2016, 1:00pm CST
By WIAC

From the WIAC -- 

WIAC Athletes of the Week
(Week of Jan. 25-31)

MEN’S BASKETBALL
Jared Staege, Senior (Waunakee, Wis.), Guard of UW-La Crosse
Staege averaged 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in two games during the week as the Eagles moved into a first-place tie in the WIAC standings. He finished with 14 points and seven rebounds against UW-River Falls on Jan. 27, and 21 points with six rebounds at UW-Platteville on Jan. 30. Staege has scored in double figures in 11 straight games.
 
Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, George Diekelman, Sophomore, Guard, Stevens Point, Wis. (SPASH)
UW-Oshkosh, Nick Olson, Senior, Center, Brookfield, Wis. (Central)
UW-Platteville, Boston Johnson, Senior, Guard, Oshkosh, Wis. (North)
UW-River Falls, Garrett Pearson, Junior, Forward, Rush City, Minn.
UW-Stevens Point, Stephen Pelkofer, Senior, Guard, Hales Corners, Wis. (Whitnall)
UW-Whitewater, Trinson White, Senior, Forward, Milwaukee, Wis. (Riverside)


WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Taylor Schmidt, Junior (Algoma, Wis.), Guard of UW-Oshkosh
Converting 13 of 23 shots (56.5 percent) from the field, including 5 of 8 behind the 3-point line (62.5 percent), and 8 of 9 free throws (88.9 percent), Schmidt averaged 19.5 points during UW-Oshkosh victories of 65-53 over UW-Eau Claire and 61-59 over UW-Stevens Point. Schmidt totaled 39 points and averaged 3.5 assists, while playing 25 minutes against UW-Eau Claire and 33 against UW-Stevens Point. In UW-Oshkosh’s home win over UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 27, Schmidt scored 18 points and tallied two assists. She made 5 of 10 shots from the field and 6 of 7 free throws. During the Titans’ road victory over No. 14-ranked UW-Stevens Point on Jan. 30, Schmidt counted 21 points and five assists, both game highs. She sank 8 of 13 shots from the field and both free throws.
 
Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Erin O’Toole, Sophomore, Center, Plymouth, Minn. (Hopkins)
UW-La Crosse, Elise De Noyer, Sophomore, Guard, Waukesha, Wis. (Wisconsin Lutheran)
UW-River Falls, Taylor Karge, Sophomore, Forward, Mankato, Minn. (East)
UW-Stevens Point, Allie Miceli, Senior, Post, Marseilles, Ill. (Ottawa Township)
UW-Stout, Kyleigh Hebert, Senior, Guard, Spencer, Wis.
UW-Whitewater, Malia Smith, Sophomore, Guard, Bolingbrook, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)

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