Lake Forest College Women's
Basketball News & Notes
March 5, 1999
Contact: Scott Rucker, SID
For Immediate Release
FORESTERS NET THREE ON ALL-MWC FIRST TEAM
Three Lake Forest women's basketball players -
Alison Grubbs, Melissa Schneider, and Addi Murphy -- were named to the
All-Midwest Conference first team. No other team had more than two
players represented on the first team. The Foresters won the MWC
regular season title with a 15-1 record before being upset by Illinois
College, 66-65, in the semi-finals of the MWC Championship tournament.
Grubbs, from Cullom, IL (Tri-Point High School),
was the only sophomore to make the first team. Grubbs, last season's
MWC South Division Player of the Year, averaged a league-high 19.1 points
per game in conference, along with 3.1 assists. She shot 39.8% from
the three-point arc and 84.0% from the free throw line. Grubbs was
named the Conference Player of the Week four times, as well as, to the
Division III Basketball Online National Team of the Week twice this season.
Schneider, a junior from Arlington Heights,
IL (John Hersey High School), averaged 11.4 points per game and shot 31.2%
from the three-point line in MWC games.
Murphy, a junior from Chillicothe, IL (Illinois
Valley Central High School), recovered from a broken wrist in December
to average 9.4 points and a team-high 8.1 rebounds per game.
1998-99 ALL-MIDWEST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Martha Vest, Illinois College SR F
Alison Grubbs, Lake Forest SO G
Liz Valela, St. Norbert JR G
Joy Rogatzki, Lawrence JR G
Jenny Gilge, Lawrence JR G-F
Karen Valentas, Monmouth SR C
Brooke McKinney, Knox SR G
Kerry Eddy, Carroll JR G
Melissa Schneider, Lake Forest JR G
Addi Murphy, Lake Forest JR F
SECOND TEAM
Mandi Hill, Grinnell JR F
Addie Ahlemeyer, Illinois College JR G
Jodi DeGroot, Illinois College SO G
Tara Miller, Knox SR G
Julie Schill, St. Norbert SO F
Crystal Grosskopf, Carroll JR F
Kari Walters, Monmouth SR G
Corey Henningfeld, Carroll SO C-F
Beth Pollnow, Lawrence FR G
Mandy Koch, Beloit SR G-F
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Martha Vest, Illinois College
COACH OF THE YEAR
Amy Proctor, Lawrence |
