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UW-Stevens Point’s Petersen Tops All-WIAC Women’s Basketball Team; Egner Named Coach of the Year
 
MADISON, Wis.--University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Britta Petersen was chosen the Player of the Year to lead the 10 individuals selected to the 2010-11 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Basketball Team by the league coaches, while Pointers head coach Shirley Egner was selected the Coach of the Year.
 
Petersen’s selection marks the fourth time that a UW-Stevens Point player has secured the WIAC Player of the Year honor.  She claimed first team recognition for the third straight season and ranks second in the WIAC with a .576 field goal percentage, third with 14.3 points per game, seventh with 1.85 steals per game and 10th with 2.38 assists per game.
 
Petersen has reached double-figures in scoring in 21 of 26 games played, including a season-high 25 points in the season opener against University of St. Thomas (Minn.).  She surpassed the 20-point mark six times and produced three double-doubles (points-rebounds).  Petersen ranks fourth on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,460 points.
 
Repeat selections on the first team from a year ago included:  UW-Eau Claire’s Hannah Mesick, UW-La Crosse’s Dana Churchill, UW-River Falls’ Tiffany Gregorich and UW-Stevens Point’s Andrea Flease.
 
The five-member All-Defensive Team included Gregorich, Flease and UW-La Crosse’s Danielle Frank as repeat choices from last season.
 
Egner secured the coaching honor for the fourth time in her career after directing UW-Stevens Point to the fifth WIAC regular-season championship in program history.  The Pointers compiled a 16-0 record during the conference slate to become the sixth team to accomplish the feat since the league went to a 16-game schedule during the 1985-86 campaign.  UW-Stevens Point will take a school-record 18-game winning streak into the NCAA Division III Championship.
 
An All-Sportsmanship Team was chosen for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season.  It included one member from each school.

Player of the Year:  Britta Petersen of Stevens Point
Coach of the Year:  Shirley Egner of Stevens Point
Judy Kruckman Co-Scholar-Athletes:  Hannah Mesick of Eau Claire and Dana Churchill of La Crosse
 
2010-11 All-WIAC Women’s Basketball Team

First Team

Name, School, Year, Position, Hometown (High School)
Ashley Averkamp, Stevens Point, Junior, Post, New Berlin, Wis. (West)
Dana Churchill, La Crosse, Senior, Forward, Sheboygan, Wis. (North)
Shelby Churchill, Oshkosh, Senior, Forward, Sheboygan, Wis. (North)
Andrea Flease, Stevens Point, Senior, Guard, New London, Wis.
Danielle Frank, La Crosse, Senior, Center, Caledonia, Minn.
Tiffany Gregorich, River Falls, Junior, Guard, Altoona, Wis.
Hannah Mesick, Eau Claire, Senior, Center, Chatfield, Minn.
Britta Petersen, Stevens Point, Senior, Post, Luck, Wis.
Dana Thompson, Whitewater, Senior, Center, Belleville, Wis.
Tricia VanVreede, Stout, Senior, Forward, Little Chute, Wis. (Kimberly)
 
Honorable Mention
Cassie Bandow, Stevens Point, Junior, Guard, Plover, Wis. (Pacelli)
Michelle Boeder, Oshkosh, Senior, Guard, Oshkosh, Wis. (West)
Ashley Callahan, Platteville, Junior, Center, Dubuque, Iowa (Hempstead)
Nicole Christianson, Eau Claire, Junior, Guard, Chetek, Wis.
Bri Davis, Superior, Junior, Forward, Hermantown, Minn.
Maranda Dohrn, River Falls, Junior, Forward, Lake City, Minn.
Hailey Hart, Superior, Junior, Forward, Osseo, Wis.
Alise Holst, River Falls, Junior, Forward, Plainview, Minn. (Plainview-Elgin-Millville)
Lindsey Litrenta, La Crosse, Senior, Guard, Rothschild, Wis. (D.C. Everest)
Sami Schoeder, Stout, Freshman, Guard, Durand, Wis.
Kelsey Thingvold, Superior, Senior, Forward, Crystal, Minn.
 
All-Defensive Team
Andrea Flease, Stevens Point, Senior, Guard, New London, Wis.
Danielle Frank, La Crosse, Senior, Center, Caledonia, Minn.
Tiffany Gregorich, River Falls, Junior, Guard, Altoona, Wis.
Ellen Plendl, Eau Claire, Junior, Center, Chippewa Falls, Wis. (McDonell)
Kaitlyn Thill, Whitewater, Freshman, Guard, Belgium, Wis. (Ozaukee)
 
All-Sportsmanship Team
Callie Halama, Eau Claire, Junior, Forward, Independence, Wis.
Danielle Frank, La Crosse, Senior, Center, Caledonia, Minn.
Katie Kitzke, Oshkosh, Sophomore, Guard, South Milwaukee, Wis.
Ashley Wolf, Platteville, Senior, Guard, Verona, Wis.
Maranda Dohrn, River Falls, Junior, Forward, Lake City, Minn.
Christin Coles, Stevens Point, Senior, Guard, Hustisford, Wis.
Brittney Gerber, Stout, Senior, Guard, Exeland, Wis. (Bruce)
Kelsey Thingvold, Superior, Senior, Forward, Crystal, Minn.
Melissa Olsen, Whitewater, Senior, Forward, Carol Stream, Ill. (West Chicago Community)
 
Three Receive NCAA Women’s Basketball Bids
 
MADISON, Wis.--For the third time in the last four years, three teams will represent the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship after UW-La Crosse, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater received invitations into this year’s event.
 
UW-Stevens Point earned an automatic bid into the 64-team field by winning the WIAC Tournament title.  The Pointers (25-2) will host St. Norbert College (23-2) in a first round contest.  Also competing in Stevens Point will be Simpson College (Iowa) (21-6) and Concordia College-Moorhead (Minn.) (21-6).  UW-Stevens Point will make the program’s eighth NCAA appearance with an all-time mark of 19-6 and national championships in 1987 and 2002.
 
UW-La Crosse and UW-Whitewater received two of the 20 available at-large spots into the national experience.  The Eagles (20-7) will face Wisconsin Lutheran College (25-3) in a first round matchup in Bloomington, Ill.  UW-La Crosse will make its fourth NCAA appearance and first since 1988.
 
The Warhawks (21-6) will meet University of Mount Union (Ohio) (25-3) in their opening game in Crestview Hills, Ky.  UW-Whitewater will make its 11th NCAA showing and owns a 15-10 record.
 
First round games will be conducted March 4, while second round contests will be held March 5.