2008 2009 UW-Stevens Point Athletics Accomplishments Superlatives UW-Stevens Point finished the 2008 2009 academic year ranked seventh in the Directors Cup Standings, which measures the nation s top overall NCAA Division III athletics programs among all 443 D-III Schools. (We were the only campus in Wisconsin to finish in the top 10.) This marks the 12th straight season UWSP has finished in the top-25 of the prestigious Directors Cup standings. The Pointers won eight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships in 2008 09 and four WIAC Tournament championships. Football, women s soccer, men s cross country and women s golf won four of the seven fall championships, with women s soccer also capturing the conference tournament crown. In the winter seasons, men s and women s basketball won conference regular season and tournament crowns. Men s swimming and diving also won their 10th straight WIAC championship. This spring, baseball also won the regular season and tournament titles (their fifth straight WIAC tournament championship). UW-Stevens Point won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Combined AllSports Award and the men s All-Sports Award for the 2008 09 academic year. The men s award is the first since 2004 and the 10th in school history. The combined trophy is the third in school listings. The All-Sports Awards are given annually by the conference according to the final conference standings in each sport. UW-Stevens Point qualified teams or athletes to NCAA tournament competition in 15 sports. Women s golf had the highest finish of any team in 2008 09, placing second at the 2009 Championships while men s cross country finished the 2008 season in fourth place. The UWSP women s golf team poses with their 2009 second place NCAA Division III Championship trophy 1
Five Pointer coaches earned Coach of the Year honors: Rick Witt (Men s Cross Country), John Miech (Football), Shelia Miech (Women s Soccer), Shirley Egner (Women s Basketball) and Bob Semling (Men s Basketball). Matt Interbartolo (Women s Golf) was also named the Division III SkyCaddie NGCA National Coach of the Year for the second time in three years and was also named Division III Central Region Coach of the Year for the third consecutive year. Four Pointer student-athletes earned WIAC/NCHA Player of the Year honors in their respective sports: Brad Vickroy (Football), Jessica Urban (Women s Golf), Nicole Grossman (Women s Hockey) and Jeremy Richter (Baseball). UW-Stevens Point teams finished a combined 198-99-9 record (.661 winning percentage) including an 86-48-5 record against conference opponents (.637 winning percentage). Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coaches of the Year John Miech, FootballShela Miech, Women s SoccerRick Witt, Men s Cross Country Shirley Egner, Women s BasketballBob Semling, Men s Basketball Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year John Miech Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year Bob Semling Shirley Egner Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference/NCHA Championship Teams Football 14 th title in school history, first since 2001 Women s Golf 2 nd straight title, 3 rd title in school history Men s Cross Country 4 th title in school history, first since 1997 Men s Swimming & Diving 10 th consecutive title Women s Basketball 4 th title in school history, first since 2005 2
Men s Basketball 25th league title, seventh in the past 10 years Baseball 8th title in school history Women s Soccer 12th title in program history, first since 2004 The UWSP Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) 2008 Women s Soccer Championship team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference/NCHA Tournament Championship Teams Women s Soccer (def. UW-Eau Claire 3-1) Women s Basketball (def. UW-Eau Claire 46-42) Men s Basketball (def. UW-Platteville 45-42) Baseball (def. UW-Whitewater 11-1) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference/NCHA Finishes Baseball 15-9 WIAC, 31-6 overall Tied for 1st (won conference tournament) Football 6-1 WIAC, 9-2 overall Tied for 1st Men s Basketball 14-2 WIAC, 24-5 overall 1st (won conference tournament) Women s Basketball 14-2 WIAC, 26-4 overall 1st (won conference tournament) Men s Cross Country 1st Women s Cross Country 4th Men s Ice Hockey 2-5-1 WIAC, 3rd (5th in NCHA, 6-7-1, 15-10-2 overall) Women s Ice Hockey 11-4-3 NCHA, 16-6-6 overall 3rd in NCHA. Men s Swimming & Diving 1st Women s Swimming & Diving 2nd Men s Indoor Track & Field 2nd Men s Outdoor Track & Field 2nd Softball 5-11 WIAC, 21-20 overall 7th Volleyball 1-7 WIAC, 12-23 overall 8th Women s Golf 1st Women s Outdoor Track & Field 4th Women s Indoor Track & Field 4th Women s Soccer 8-0 WIAC, 19-4 overall 1st (won conference tournament) Women s Tennis 2-4 WIAC, 9-5 overall 5th Wrestling 4-1-1 WIAC, 16-4-1 overall 4th 3
NCAA Division III National Tournament Places Football 17th Men s Basketball 17th Women s Basketball 9th Men s Cross Country 4th Men s Swimming & Diving 8th Women s Swimming & Diving 27th Men s Indoor Track & Field 8th Women s Indoor Track & Field 28th Men s Outdoor Track & Field 25th Women s Outdoor Track & Field 53rd Women s Golf 2nd Women s Soccer 9th Wrestling 17th The 2008 2009 UWSP men s basketball team placed 17th in the NCAA Division III tournament NCAA Division III All-Americans (64 awards) Dominick Meyer, Men s Cross Country Kathleen Folbrecht, Women s Indoor Track & Field (400 meters, 4x400 relay); Women s Outdoor Track & Field (400 Meters, 4x400 relay) Jerry Prusinski, Men s Indoor Track & Field (weight throw) Kristin Kuber, Women s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay); Women s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Mark Cufaude, Men s Indoor Track & Field (pole vault) Laura Simonis, Women s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay); Women s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Elizabeth Caine, Women s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay); Women s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Mike Dellemann, Men s Indoor Track & Field (pentathlon) Keith Ingram, Men s Indoor Track & Field (55m dash); Men s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Brad Koback, Men s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Kyle Scofield, Men s Indoor Track & Field (shot put); Men s Outdoor Track & Field (shot put) Ernest Edmond, Men s Outdoor Track & Field, (4x100 relay) Chase Gross, Men s Swimming & Diving (50-Yard Freestyle, 100-Yard Freestyle, 100-Yard Butterfly, 200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay, 200-Yard Medley Relay, 400-Yard Medley Relay) Pat Leonard, Men s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Sam Davy, Men s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay, 800-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Medley Relay) Adam Lang, Men s Outdoor Track & Field (800 meters) Matt Olp, Men s Swimming & Diving (100-Yard Butterfly, 200-Yard Medley Relay, 400-Yard Medley Relay) UWSP All-American Dominick Meyer 4
Ian Girdley, Men s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Backstroke) Ryan Golz, Men s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Freestyle Relay) Rob Donisch, Men s Swimming & Diving (100-Yard Butterfly, 200-Yard Butterfly, 200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay, 800-Yard Freestyle Relay, 200-Yard Medley Relay) Steve Lynam, Men s Swimming & Diving (400-Yard Freestyle Relay, 800-Yard Freestyle Relay) Vaughn Forsythe, Men s Swimming & Diving (800-Yard Freestyle Relay) Beth Ann Abraham, Women s Swimming & Diving (400-Yard Individual Medley, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay, 800-Yard Freestyle Relay) Ben Schreiber, Men s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Medley Relay, 400-Yard Medley Relay) Jessica Nordstrom, Women s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay) Lisa Clemens, Women s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Freestyle Relay) Whitney Boehme, Women s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 800-Yard Freestyle Relay) Lindsay Lukes, Women s Swimming & Diving (200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay, 800-Yard Freestyle Relay) Abby Strobel, Women s Swimming & Diving (400-Yard Freestyle Relay, 800-Yard Freestyle Relay) Chase DeCleene, Wrestling (141 pounds) Ben Engelland, Wrestling (184 pounds) American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division III AllMidwest Region Jeremy Richter (First Team) Kyle Cummings (Second Team) Scott Williams (Second Team) Jeff Zielke (Third Team) National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar-Athletes Chase DeCleene Dennis Reckelberg Ben Engelland Brett Oswald Chad Gregory UWSP All-American and National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Chase DeCleene (right) USCHO.com All-West Region Rookie Team Jon Madden (Men s Hockey) 2nd consecutive season a Pointer has made this team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference/NCHA Scholar Athletes Rob Donisch, Men s Swimming & Diving Abby Strobel, Women s Swimming & Diving Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athletes of the Year/Meet Brad Vickroy, Football Jessica Urban, Women s Golf Jeremy Richter, Baseball 5
Nicole Grossmann, Women s Hockey Chase Gross, Men s Swimming & Diving Jake Wozniak, Wrestling National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas NCAA Division III All- American Amanda Prawat National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas All-Central Region Amanda Prawat Meghan Vanden Heuvel Kaylee Weise Mary Jean CorneliusEmily Walsh National Golf Coaches Association PING Division III Player of the Year Jessica Urban Duramed NGCA Division III All-American Jessica Urban Michelle Pascavis NGCA All-Region Central Team Jessica Urban Michelle Pascavis Nacheynah Green D3football.com West Region Defensive Player of the Year Brad Vickroy D3football.com All-West Region Brad Vickroy Brad Kalsow Bryan Blum Jared Jenkins 6
National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District Team Pete Rortvedt D3hoops.com All-Region Britta Petersen (Second Team) Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd Amanda Prawat (Women s Soccer) National Strength and Conditioning All-American Athlete of the Year Bryan Blum Meghan Vanden Heuvel College Swimming Coaches Association of America Academic All-American Team Women s Swimming and Diving United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team Claire Roberts, Women s Cross Country United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team Men s Cross Country 7