Baseball

May 24, 2003

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout Greg Meinertz (So, La Crosse) was named to the third team of the 2003 NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region baseball team.

Meinertz, an outfielder who was a first team all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) choice, ranked in the WIAC's top 10 in five different offensive categories, hitting percentage (.383, tied for fifth), slugging percentage (.546, 10th), hits (54, fourth), doubles (12, tied for fifth) and total bases (77, eighth). Meinertz hit a team-high three home runs, two of them grand slams.

Meinertz started the season slowly at the plate, working his way up from a batting average of .143 early in the season to become Stout's most prolific hitter. Midway through the season, Meinertz was hitting at a .456 clip before settling into the .380-area. Meinertz led Stout in batting average, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits and total bases.

May 24, 2003

CANTON, NY - UW-Stout's Ann Schachtner (So, Somerset) advanced out of the preliminary round of the shot put competion at the 2003 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships Saturday, May 24 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., but came up short in her bid for All-America status.

Schachtner tossed the shot put 42-feet, 6.25-inches during the preliminaries, but could not extend her distance in the final round and finished ninth during the wet, drizzly early afternoon. The top eight are named All-America. Healy Thompson of Williams College won the event with a throw of 49-9.75.

May 24, 2003

CANTON, N.Y. - UW-Stout's Nate Templer (Jr, Beaver Dam) was forced to withdraw from his final two races due to injury at NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Saturday, May 24 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y.

An injury late Thursday forced Templer to miss the 100-meter preliminaries, Friday, and the 200-meter finals, Saturday.

May 23, 2003

CANTON, N.Y. - UW-Stout's Lewis Cassellius (Jr, Glenwood City) placed 18th in the pole vault on the second day of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Friday, May 23 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y.

Cassellius, who was making his first appearance at the national meet, vaulted 14-feet, 7.25-inches. Hans Schmidt of UW-La Crosse won the event with a meet record mark of 17-6.50.

May 22, 2003

CANTON, N.Y. - UW-Stout's Nate Templer (Jr, Beaver Dam) qualified to the finals of the 200-meter dash during the first day of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Thursday, May 22 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y.

Templer finished fourth in his preliminary heat with a time of 22.14 seconds, qualifying him for the finals in the ninth and final spot, Saturday, May 24. Event favorite Andrew Rock of UW-La Crosse fielded the top time at 21.46 seconds.

The Blue Devil 4x100-meter relay team, in which Templer ran the second leg, did not make it out of the preliminary rounds, despite beating the old stadium record. The team of Sam Werner (Jr, Elk Mound), Templer, Brady Hurtgen (So, Ridgeland) and Joe Seep (Fr, Reedsburg) finished at 42.25 seconds and placed 13th. Rowan University in New Jersey posted the top time in the event at 40.83 seconds.

MAY 26, 2003

Soccer
Nellie Sivertsen (Sr, River Falls) - All-WIAC first team
Raina Schneider (Sr, Sheboygan) - All WIAC first team, WIAC player of the week
Stacy Normington (Sr, Delavan) - WIAC player of the week
Diane Ehlen (Jr, Bloomington, Minn) - WIAC player of the week
Melissa Ballweg (So, Merrimac) - WIAC player of the week

Volleyball
Tanille Zenner (Fr, Athens) - American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) freshman of the year; AVCA third team all-region; WIAC player of the week; all-WIAC first team; Midwest Region freshman of the year; All-Midwest region first team
Brooke Viegut (Jr, Abbotsford) - all-WIAC first team; WIAC player of the week; Midwest Region honorable mention
Laura Bogenschutz (Jr, Baxter, Minn) - All-WIAC honorable mention
Erin Heger (So, Chaska, Minn) - WIAC all-defensive team
Tami Martinek (Sr, Eau Claire) - 2002 Verizon Academic all-District V second team
Team ranked as high as No. 17 nationally

Football
Jamie Spielman (Sr, Menomonie) - Unanimous All-WIAC first team; AP Little AllAmerica; D3football.com first team All-America; Football Gazette second team All-America; American Football Coaches Association first team All-America; team captain in all-star Aztec Bowl; All-West Region first team; finalist for Gagliardi Award
Tyrone Rhone (Sr, Milwaukee) - All-WIAC first team; D3football.com first team All-America; All-West Region third team; WIAC player of the week
Ben Knepper (Jr, Rice Lake) - Unanimous All-WIAC first team; D3football.com second team All-America; Football Gazette third team All-America; All-West Region first team;
Josh Towner (Jr, La Crosse) - All-WIAC second team; All-West Region second team
Joe Kersten (Jr, Menasha) - All-WIAC first team; All-West Region third team
Luke Bundgaard (Jr, Weyerhaeuser) - Unanimous All-WIAC first team; WIAC player of the week;
Mark Ralph (Sr, Colfax) - Max Sparger co-Scholar/Athlete; All-WIAC second team
Clint Greenebaum (Jr, Hartland) - All-WIAC second team
Matt Schaeuble (So, Wrightstown) - All-WIAC second team
Ryan Englebert (Fr, Sturgeon Bay) - All-WIAC second team
Nick Ohman (So, Glenwood City) - All-WIAC honorable mention; Football Gazette national player of the week; WIAC player of the week;
Matt Mueller (Jr, Chaska, Minn) - All-WIAC second team
Eric Moe (Sr, Hixton) - All-WIAC second team; WIAC player of the week; D3football.com team of the week member
Jarrid Gohs (Sr, Franklin) - All-WIAC honorable mention
Jordan Sinz (So, Edgar) - WIAC player of the week
Kevin Dewey (Jr, Burnsville, Minn) - WIAC player of the week; D3football.com team of the week member
Tony Beckham (2001 graduate) - earns roster spot with Tennessee Titans of National Football League
Team ranked as high as 13th nationally

Men's and Women's Cross Country
Scholar All-America team awards by the NCAA Division III Cross Country Coaches.

Women's Cross Country
Lacey Osuldsen (So, Ladysmith) - WIAC runner of the week

Men's Cross Country
Justin Graham (So, Apple Valley, Minn) - WIAC runner of the week

Women's Basketball
Laura Verdegan (Jr, Tony) - All-WIAC first team, WIAC defensive team, WIAC player of the week, D3hoops.com All-Central Region third team, Verizon CoSIDA Academic All-District V second team, Millikin all-tournament team;
Tiffani Calmes (Sr, Colby) - Verizon Academic All-District V third team;
Lindsey Erichsen (So, Spring Valley, Minn) - WIAC honorable mention, WIAC
player of the week
Sara Kahl (Jr, Menomonie) - Millikin all-tournament team
Team ranked as high as No. 10 nationally

Men's Basketball
Casey Chapman (Sr, Hartland) - All-WIAC honorable mention, WIAC player of the week
Nate Templer (Jr, Beaver Dam) - All-WIAC honorable mention, WIAC player of the week
Andy Bray (Jr, Menomonee, Mich) - All-WIAC honorable mention

Hockey
Lewie Kellin (Jr, Grand Rapids, Minn) - NCHA All-Academic team; All-WIAC honorable mention;
Mitch Kellin (Jr, Grand Rapids, Minn) - NCHA All-Academic team; NCHA player of the week;
Drew Nichols (Sr, Victoria, Minn) - NCHA All-Academic team;
Derek Nichols (Jr, Victoria, Minn) - NCHA All-Academic team;
Dan Riffe (Jr, Byron, Ill) - NCHA All-Academic team;
Dan Moes (Sr, North St. Paul, Minn) - NCHA All-Academic team;
Jeff Dotson (Jr, Chanhassen, Minn) - All-WIAC honorable mention
Bryan Cummings (Jr, Austin, Minn) - All-WIAC honorable mention
Justin Huth (Fr, Shakopee, Minn) - WIAC player of the week

Gymnastics
Cassie Johnston (Fr, Albertville, Minn) - NCGA All-America, regional champion on floor exercise
Tiffany Reber (Sr, Mantorville, Minn) - NCGA All-America, NCGA Scholar All-American, 2x WIAC gymnast of the week
Helen Pansch (Fr, Zimmerman, Minn) - advanced to national meet
Rhian Paulson (Fr, Stillwater, Minn) - advanced to natioanal meet
Jenny Rosinsky (Jr, Green Bay), Mandy Neuman (So, St. Paul, Minn), Tasha Pasch (Sr, Northfield, Minn), Jill Birschbach (So, Chilton) named as 2001-02 Scholastic All-America by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC).
As a team, UW-Stout ranked 26th academically of all women's gymnastics programs, which includes NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA programs.

Women's Indoor Track & Field
Laura Verdegan (So, Tony) - All-America long jump, All-America triple jump, WIAC triple jump champion, WIAC field athlete of the championship meet, broke conference triple jump record.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
Lewis Cassellius (Jr, Glenwood City) - WIAC field athlete of the week

Softball
Erin O'Connell (So, Altoona) - Third team All-America, first team all-region, first team all-WIAC, WIAC player of the week
Sara Jensen (Sr, Eau Claire) - Verizon CoSIDA Academic All-District V second team
Kaela Wold (So, Altoona) - First team all-WIAC, second team all-region
Kim Caswell (Jr, Stanley) - Honorable mention all-WIAC, third team all-region

Baseball
Greg Meinertz (So, La Crosse) - First team all-WIAC, third team all-Midwest Region
Seth Maier (So, Park Falls) - First team all-WIAC
Justin Biever (Sr, South Milwaukee) - Honorable mention all-WIAC

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Ann Schachtner (So, Somerset) - advanced to national meet in shot put

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Lewis Cassellius (Jr, Glenwood City) - advanced to national meet in pole vault
Nate Templer (Jr, Beaver Dam) - advanced to national meet in three events, second team all-conference 100, 200 and 4x100-relay team
4x100-relay team (Templer; Joe Seep, Fr, Reedsburg; Brady Hurtgen, So, Ridgeland; Tyrone Rhone, Sr, Milwaukee; Sam Werner, Jr, Elk Mound) - advanced to national meet, second team all-conference

Updated: May 26, 2003