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Maki heads Ail-WWIAC squadUW-Eau Claire and UW-Stouteach placed two players on the II* member All-Wisconsin Women’sIntercollegiate Athletic Conference first team.The Blugolds. who won the league title with a 14-2 record, landed Arlene Meinholz and Dawn Rattray.UW-Stout senior point guard Julie Maki was named Most Valuable Player and Scholar-Athlete Award winner and Coach Mark Thomas was chosen as Coach of the Year in a poll of leaguecoaches.The Blue Devils also landed Cindy Hovet.UW-Oshkosh led the way with three players — Amy Wing. Wendy Wangerin and Jessie Hoinacki.Maki, a graduate of Owen-Withee High School, led the Blue Devils to a 21-4 record and a berth in the NCAA Division III tournament for the second consecutive year. UW-Stout also finished second in the WWIAC, the best showing in school history. Inleading the team to a 13-3 conference mark. Maki topped the WWIAC in scoring at 24.1 points per game. She also finished fourth in assists, fifth in steals and ninthin free throw percentage.Maki has a 3.56 grade point average in business administrationuNobody noticesand has been named to theWWIAC Scholastic Honor Rollthree times. She also ha*, received the UW-Stout Chancellor's Award four times.“Never has this school had aplayer the caliber of Julie Maki,” Thomas said. “She is not onlv a«rhighly successful person on the basketball court, but also in life.She has been a leader for our program and is one of the finest athletes a coach could ever hope to work with,”In four vears with the BluewDevils. Maki scored a school-record 1.620 points, and she ranksamong the all-time NCAA DivisionIII assists leaders with 469. Sheaveraged a school-record 23 points per game this season while scoring a school-record 575 points.Thomas was selected as theWWIAC’s top coach after guidingUW-Stout to its first 20-win season. The Blue Devils battled for the league title throughout the year and defeated eventual champion UW-Eau Claire twice in regular season play.“It is an honor to be recognized by your peers.” Thomas said “It is especially an honor when you consider how tough this conference is and how many great coaches there are. This award is reallv areflection of the dedication and talent of my players■ Eau Claire's Chris Boos landedon the second team as did her former teammate at Chippewa balls McDonell Central High School, Julie Schindler, now with UW-Stevens Point.■ Rattray and UW Stout's Cyndi Cox each were voted onto the all-defensive teamALL WWIACFirst TeemKerry D** La CtQ$$e f RoSfvtNt Mtnn Co been Graham Whitewater $r Elmhurst #Itsa Grud/mski St ever* Pom* jr VeronaJ#ss*e Homac*u Oshkosh soph Berkn Cynd» Move? Stout f MtmeipofesDawn Krupp Whitewater $t Sew HotstemJuhe Ma* Stout $r Ower Anene Memhotf Eau Oa*e soph Deforest Dawn Rattray Eau C*eire %t Mapw Grove Wendy Wanoenn Oshkosh ft Wiuti—ha Amy W*ng Oshkosh soph OshkoshSecond TeamChris Boos Eau Oane \i Chippewa Fatts Shetfy Diet/ Oshkosh tr Mtnasha Brenda Hedrc* Super or it Ashland Micneie Johnson La Crosse *oph Rosemount I Juke Schindler Stevens Pomt jr Chippewa f artsWhom to callTo report sports results to theLeader-Telegram. call 833-9212 or toll-free. I 800-236-7077.MARCH SUPER BUYS
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Eau Claire Leader Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Mar 11, 1993
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