Titans Place Four Members On All-WIAC Team
Katelyn Kuehl and Taylor Schmidt headline four UW-Oshkosh selections on the 2015 All-WIAC Women's Basketball Team.
Kuehl and Schmidt were named to the 12-member first team while teammates Alex Richard and Marissa Selner were among 13 players receiving honorable mention recognition.
It's the second straight first-team accolade for Kuehl, who also was a repeat selection on the six-member WIAC All-Defensive Team. Schmidt earned first-team accolades for the first time after receiving honorable mention status last season.
Kuehl averages nine points and 4.7 rebounds per game while ranking fifth in the WIAC with 52 steals. The senior forward also ranks 10th in the league with a .789 (86-109) free throw percentage. Kuehl, who has started 26 of her 27 games played this season, is shooting 48.7 percent (73-150) from the floor.
Kuehl has compiled 765 points, 529 rebounds, 145 assists and 120 steals during her 83-game UW-Oshkosh career. She scored her 1,000th collegiate point during UW-Oshkosh's 66-59 victory over UW-Whitewater in the first round of the WIAC Tournament. Kuehl's overall total of 1,030 collegiate points includes 265 she tallied at Wisconsin Lutheran College before transferring to UW-Oshkosh for her last three years.
Schmidt has started all 28 games this season and averages 11 points per contest while shooting 38.7 percent (86-222) from the field and 82.5 percent (113-137) from the free throw line. The sophomore guard ranks sixth in the WIAC in both free throw percentage and assists (81), eighth in steals (49) and 10th in scoring. Schmidt has 14 double-digit scoring games this season, including a career-best 24 points in a 94-71 victory over UW-Stout.
Schmidt's first two seasons at UW-Oshkosh have resulted in 613 points, 167 assists, 147 rebounds and 88 steals. She has started all 58 games played by the Titans.
Other members of the All-WIAC First Team were UW-Eau Claire's Courtney Lewis and Teenie Lichtfuss; UW-Platteville's Stacy Clark and Alyssa Krajco; UW-Stevens Point's Lauren Anklam and Kaitlyn Jacobs; UW-Stout's Jenna Goldsmith; UW-Superior's Brynn Liljander and Sally Linzmeier; and UW-Whitewater's Abbie Reeves.
In addition to Kuehl, Lichtfuss, Clark, Krajco and Linzmeier were also named to the first team for the second straight year.
Richard averages 8.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.25 blocks per contest. The sophomore forward has a pair of double-doubles this season, including one of 17 points and 10 rebounds during a 94-71 victory over UW-Stout. Richard, a starter in all 28 games this season, ranks second in the league in blocks and ninth in rebounding. She has scored in double figures a team-high 15 times.
A starter in all 28 games, Selner has averaged 7.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest. The junior forward owns two double-doubles this season and a shooting percentage of 53.2 (75-141) from the field. Selner scored a career-high 20 points during an 86-52 victory over UW-Superior and totaled 12 points and 10 rebounds in a 60-47 win over UW-Platteville.
Other honorable mention selections were Rachel Atkinson, Elise DeNoyer and MaKenzie Miller of UW-La Crosse; Rachel Cropp and Taylor Lorbiecki of UW-Platteville, Taylor Karge and Richell Mehus of UW-River Falls; Brea Boomer and Katelynne Folkers of UW-Stout; Allyssa Lindberg of UW-Superior; and Lisa Palmer of UW-Whitewater.
Joining Kuehl on the All-Defensive Team were Folkers, Jacobs, Lichtfuss, Linzmeier and UW-Eau Claire's Ellen Blacklock.
Linzmeier repeated as WIAC Player of the Year. UW-Superior's Don Mulhern was chosen as the league's Coach of the Year.
UW-Oshkosh takes a 22-6 record into Friday's (March 6) first round game of the NCAA Division III Championship against North Central College (Ill.).