WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The Blue Devils will see action in two last chance meets this weekend, returning to UW-La Crosse, Friday, May 10 at 3 p.m., the traveling to the University of Minnesota, Saturday, May 11 at 4 p.m. Last week: Stout placed sixth at the WIAC Championships last weekend in La Crosse.

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The Blue Devils will see action in two last chance meets this weekend, returning to UW-La Crosse, Friday, May 10 at 3 p.m., the traveling to the University of Minnesota, Saturday, May 11 at 4 p.m. Last week: Stout placed seventh at the WIAC Championships last weekend in La Crosse.

Softball

May 7, 2002

MENOMONIE - Freshman outfielder Kaela Wold (Altoona) was the lone UW-Stout player named to the 2002 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) softball first team.

Senior second baseman Sarah Kokke (Galesville) and sophomore shortstop Kim Caswell (Stanley) were named to the honorable mention team.

Wold, who started 19 of the Blue Devils' 24 games, led Stout in batting average (.409, 27 hits in 66 at-bats), runs batted in (14), home runs (4), slugging percentage (.712, 47 total bases) and matched Caswell for doubles (8). Wold finished with 13 runs scored and had a fielding percentage of .909.

Conference play did not deter the young Wold. Rather, she increased her percentages in conference games only, hitting at a .464 clip (13-of-28) with 11 RBI. She also smacked three home runs and three doubles in conference play.

Kokke was the Blue Devils' team captain and was also a clutch hitter this season, hitting .322 (19-of-59) with two doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI. She also stole three bases.

Caswell hit .297 (22-of-74), but in particular liked conference pitching, averaging .382 (13-of-34) in league play. Overall, she had eight doubles, one home run and 12 RBI. She was second on the team in stolen bases with eight.

Stout finished the season at 9-16 overall, 3-9 in WIAC play and tied for fifth in the WIAC tournament.

May 13, 2002

MENOMONIE - Jenney Luer (Sr, Colfax) and Laura Verdegan (So, Tony) was named as co-most valuable field performers while Kate Werner (Fr, Elk Mound) was named as the most valuable track performer, UW-Stout women's track & field coach Joe Harlan announced at the team's annual awards banquet, Sunday, May 12.

Both Luer and Verdegan have rewritten their portion of the Blue Devils' record books and both have earned All-America status this year by placing third at the 2002 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. The two scored 12 points at the meet, placing Stout 11th, the highest ever finish for a Blue Devil women's team at the national meet.

Both have qualified to the outdoor championships later this month. Luer has advanced in both the shot put and the discus, while Verdegan has secured a spot in the triple jump and is provisionally qualified in the long jump. Luer won the outdoor conference discus title, while Verdegan won the outdoor triple jump crown.

Luer set the school record this year in the indoor shot put (46-8), the outdoor shot put (46-10) and the discus (175-1), while Verdegan set the school mark for the indoor triple jump (38-3.50) and tied the school record for the outdoor long jump (18-4.50). Verdegan set the outdoor triple jump mark last season.

Werner was having an outstanding indoor season as a sprinter until an injury put her out for the second half of the season and part of the outdoor season. Werner came back in mid-April to run individual and relay races for the Blue Devils.

Marci Schachtner (Fr, Deer Park) was named the team's most improved performer. Schachtner started the outdoor season off with a hammer throw of 80-feet. Her next time out, she tossed the appliance 131-7 and went on to set the school record with a toss of 153-3. Her lone throw in the indoor 20-lb weight throw (36-11.75) was the best toss for a Blue Devils this season.

Distance runner Amy Arndt (Sr, Lakefield, Minn) was named the most inspirational. Arndt, along with Heidi Bedsted (Jr, Plainview, Minn), was honored as a 2002 team captain. Bedsted, Amy Biegel (Jr, Eau Claire) and Verdegan were named 2003 team captains.

2002 UW-Stout Women's Track & Field team awards
Most Valuable Field Performers: Jenney Luer (Sr, Colfax), Laura Verdegan (So, Tony)
Most Valuable Track Performer: Kate Werner (Fr, Elk Mound)
Most Improved: Marci Schachtner (Fr, Deer Park)
Most Inspirational: Amy Arndt (Sr, Lakefield, Minn)
2002 Team Captains: Heidi Bedsted (Jr, Plainview, Minn), Amy Arndt (Sr, Lakefield, Minn)
2003 Team Captains: Heidi Bedsted (Jr, Planview, Minn), Amy Biegel (Jr, Eau Claire), Laura Verdegan (So, Tony).

May 11, 2002

MINNEAPOLIS - UW-Stout's Jenney Luer (Sr, Colfax) has never let a little damp weather crimp her style. Rather, she has excelled in it, but never as much as Saturday, May 11 when Luer completely destroyed her discus record on her way to a first place finish at the University of Minnesota Qualifier.

Coming into the event with the top distance in NCAA Division III in the discus, Luer may have the put the event out of reach by tossing the plate 175-feet, 1-inch, in a constant drizzle, 16 feet over her previous best of 159-1. Her toss is an automatic distance in Division III and would be a provisional distance in Division I.

Not to be outdone, Marci Schachtner (Fr, Deer Park) snapped the school record in the hammer throw as she placed fifth behind four Division I competitors, tossing the ball on a wire in a provisional qualifying mark of 153-3, erasing Jen Turner's 1999 mark of 147-4.

Luer has qualified to the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, May 23-25 at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., in both the discus and the shot put.

Laura Verdegan (So, Tony) captured two first place finishes at the meet, jumping 17-9.50 in the long jump and 37-1 in the triple jump. Both are short of her season-bests.

May 10, 2002

LA CROSSE - UW-Stout's Marci Schachtner (Fr, Deer Park) set a personal best in the hammer throw at the Leo Schnur Invitational, Friday, May 10 in La Crosse.

Schachtner, who during the course of one week earlier in the season increased her distance by nearly 50 feet, placed sixth in the event, but threw the hammer 137-feet, 9-inches. Schachtner's previous best was 132-3, set last week at the conference meet.

Her cousin, Ann Schachtner (Fr, Somerset), placed second in the shot put with a throw of 40-0.75, her third best throw of the season.

Laura Verdegan (So, Tony) was trying to improve her distance in the long jump and placed third (17-7.50) and fourth in the 400-hurdles (1:05.72).

Tracy Oostdyk (So, Spooner) was ninth in the 3000-steeplechase (11:58.92, an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time) and Amy Arndt (Sr, Lakefield, Minn) was 13th (12:42.38).

May 10, 2002

LA CROSSE - UW-Stout's Dave Hanson (Jr, Sun Prairie) set a school record in the 400-meter hurdles and pole vaulers Jeff Rotering (Sr, Waumandee) and Lewis Cassellius (So, Glenwood City) improved on their season bests with performances at the Leo Schurr Invitational, Friday, May 10 in La Crosse.

Hanson placed second to UW-La Crosse nemesis, Derek Toshner, in the hurdles, clocking a time of 52.20 seconds, breaking the mark of 52.52 set by Dan Doucette in 1989. The time also automatically qualified Hanson for the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships, May 23-25 in St. Paul, Minn. Jeff Miller (Sr, St. Louis Park, Minn) was 10th in the event (56.15).

Vaulters Rotering and Cassellius placed third and fifth, respectively, with season bests. Rotering improved his lot for the NCAA championships with a leap of 15-feet, 10-inches, while Cassellius topped the career-best he set last week by sailing 15-2.25.

Dave Huber (Sr, Mendota Heights, Minn) placed second in the 10,000-meter run, improving his lot to advance to the NCAA championships with a time of 31:07.64. Justin Zmyewski (Fr, Houston, Minn) was fourth in the high jump witha collegiate-best of 6-3.50. John Hanson (Sr, Grantsburg) was eighth in the 800 (1:55.56). Ryan Chernik (Fr, Pewaukee) ran a 16:15.68 in the 5000-meter.

Women's Gymnastics

May 12, 2002

MENOMONIE - Tasha Pasch (Jr, Northfield, Minn) was named as the 2001-02 UW-Stout gymnastics team most valuable performer, coach Jeff Richards announced at the team's award banquet, Sunday, May 12.

Pasch made her third consecutive trip to the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships, this time advancing on the uneven bars where she set a school record in the event with a score of 9.225. Pasch either holds individually or shares four of the five possible UW-Stout records.

Scarlett Ramey (Sr, Seattle, Wash) was named most inspirational, Jennie Rosinsky (So, Green Bay) was named hardest working, Mandy Neuman (Fr, St. Paul, Minn) was named most consistent and Jill Birschbach (Fr, Chilton) was named most improved.

2001-02 UW-Stout Gymnastics Awards
Most valuable performer - Tasha Pasch (Jr, Northfield, Minn)
Most consistent - Mandy Neuman (Fr, St. Paul, Minn)
Hardest working - Jennie Rosinsky (So, Green Bay)
Most inspirational - Scarlett Ramey (Sr, Seattle, Wash)
Most improved - Jill Birschbach (Fr, Chilton)

2001-02 UW-Stout Gymnastics Letterwinners
Jill Birschbach, Fr, Chilton, Wis.; Mandy Neuman, Fr, St. Paul, Minn; Erika Opoien, Jr, Superior, Wis.; Tasha Pasch, Jr, Northfield, Minn.; Scarlett Ramey, Sr, Seattle, Wash; Jennie Rosinsky, So, Green Bay, Wis; Lacey Schroedl, Fr, Minneapolis, Minn.

Women's Tennis

May 9, 2002

MENOMONIE - Tanya Petcher (So, Marshfield) was named as the team captain for the 2002-03 UW-Stout women's tennis team, coach Luther Olson announced at the team's annual awards banquet recently.

Petcher played as the team's No. 1 singles player and teamed with her sister, Tammy Petcher (So, Marshfield) as the Blue Devils' No. 1 doubles team.

Amanda Micheel (So, Kaukauna) was given the most spirit award, Anna Ebert (Fr, Ripon) garnered the most improved award and Jill McDowell (Fr, Blaine, Minn) was named as total teammate.

2001-02 UW-Stout Women's Tennis team awards
Captain: Tanya Petcher (So, Marshfield)
Most Spirit: Amanda Micheel (So, Kaukauna)
Most Improved: Anna Ebert (Fr, Ripon)
Total Teammate: Jill McDowell (Fr, Blaine, Minn)

2001-02 Letterwinners
Tanya Petcher (So, Marshfield); Tammy Petcher (So, Marshfield); Rachael Weber (So, Onalaska/Holmen HS); Jill McDowell (Fr, Blaine, Minn); Tina Rodin (Fr, Champlin, Minn)/Park HS; Becky McNamara (Fr, New Richmond)

Participation Awards
Anna Ebert (Fr, Ripon); Lara Monk (Fr, Whitewater); Beth Laskaskie (Fr, Onalaska); Dana Rozmenoski (Sr, Black River Falls); Amanda Micheel (So, Kaukauna/Fox Valley Lutheran HS).

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May 10, 2002

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout volleyball coach Jill Jolliff announced the names of her recruiting class for the year 2002.

The Blue Devils, who compete in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC), finished with a 23-9 overall record and were tied for third in league play. Jolliff enters her 10th year as the Blue Devils' head coach.

The class consists of 14 hitters, five setters and two defensive specialists. The class includes three transfers.

Stout opens their season Aug. 30 at the UW-River Falls Tournament.

UW-Stout 2002 Volleyball Recruiting Class
Name, Pos, Ht, Yr, Hometown (High School) - Larissa Bloom, DS, 5-7, Fr, Maplewood, Minn. (Roseville); Ashley Brant, H, 5-10, Fr, St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville); Melissa Halama, H, 5-7, Fr, Whitehall, Wis.; Tanya Harter, S, 5-5, Fr, Grantsburg, Wis.; Kari Voth, H, 5-9, Fr, Red Wing, Minn.; Kensey Gore, H, 5-8, Fr, River Falls, Wis.; Nicole Rademacher, H, 5-10, Fr, St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville); Kelly Downing, H, 5-9, Fr, Brown Deer, Wis.; Christina Steinmetz, H, 5-10, Fr, Boyd, Wis. (Stanley-Boyd); Rachel Linbo, S, 5-9, Fr, Stewartville, Minn.; Stefanie Santspree, H, 5-11, Fr, Oconto, Wis.; Jamie Koss, DS, 5-5, Fr, Chippewa Falls, Wis.; Jill Luken, H, 5-8, Fr, St. Paul, Minn. (Highland Park); Andrea Schutt, S, 5-6, Fr, Amboy, Minn. (Maple River); Erin Strausbauch, S, 5-6, Fr, Rochester, Minn. (Lourdes); Courtney Zafft, H, 5-9, Fr, Rochester, Minn. (Century); Stefanie Zeihen, H, 5-11, Fr, Bristol, Wis. (Westosha Central); Tanille Zenner, H, 5-10, Fr, Athens, Wis.

Transfers
Jessica Brossard, H, 5-11, Jr, West Concord, Minn/Rochester CC; Erin Heger, S/DS, 5-6, So, Chaska, Minn./St. Benedict; Brooke Viegut, H, 5-9, Jr, Abbotsford, Wis./Western Illinois.

Updated: May 13, 2002