Groshek Named WIAC Women�s Basketball Player of the Year

     Senior center Kari Groshek, a Rosholt native and Rosholt High graduate has also been named the WIAC Player of the Year, the first time a UW-Stevens Point player has ever earned the honor.

     Groshek was joined on the first team by sophomore guard Andrea Kraemer, a Waukesha native and North High graduate.

     The Pointers posted their best overall and league records since 1986-87 and finished second in the WIAC this season with a 14-2 record.

     Groshek ranked third in the WIAC with a 15.1 points per game average and a .556 field goal percentage. She also leads the Pointers in rebounding and blocks, averaging 5.8 and 1.4 per game, respectively. Groshek is one of 10 finalists for the Jostens Division III Player of the Year award.

     Kraemer averages 10.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for UW-Stevens Point. Her 4.4 assists per game and .492 three-point percentage led the conference. Kraemer is also considered one of the team�s best defensive players, often assigned to the opposing team�s top perimeter player.

     In addition, Pointer senior forwards Carry Boehning and Amie Schultz received honorable mention honors from the WIAC.

     Boehning, a Auburndale native and Auburndale High graduate, averages 8.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game for UW-Stevens Point. She scored her 1,000th career point in a victory over Carroll College earlier this season.

     Schultz, an Appleton native and East High graduate, has been one of the team�s most durable players over the past four seasons. This year she averages 8.2 points and 2.8 assists per game and led the WIAC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.14.