2008 All-NAC Women's Basketball Awards Player of the Year:   Megan Scheele, Edgewood College Rookie of the Year:   Marche Smith, Concordia Chicago Coach of the Year:   Stacey Brunner, Concordia Wisconsin First Team All-NAC Angie Butler, Rockford Tamika Curtis, Benedictine Kristen Dillon, Wisconsin Lutheran Emily Laete, Wisconsin Lutheran Krista Mayyou, Concordia Wisconsin Megan Scheele, Edgewood  Second Team All-NAC Ellie Bravo, Concordia Chicago KC Blahnik, Lakeland Angie Davis, Concordia Wisconsin Colleen Goff, Maranatha Baptist Britany Lindert, Wisconsin Lutheran Jessica Salinas, Dominican Krista Woldeit, Concordia Chicago Honorable Mention Peggy Keiper, Lakeland Coleen Moody, Marian Brenda Paulson, Lakeland Meagan Re, Aurora Lisa Sorgi, Alverno Lindsey Trent, Dominican Kim Voiles, Aurora Pearl Wallace, Concordia Wisconsin All-Rookie Team Janelle Gosh, Edgewood Mel Kulibert, Concordia Wisconsin Erika Laete, Wisconsin Lutheran Michelle Perry, Aurora Marche Smith, Concordia Chicago [detailed listing]

Northern Athletics Conference announces women's basketball awards
VERONA, Wis. -- The Northern Athletics Conference has just released the All-Northern Athletics Conference awards for the 2007-08 women's basketball season.

Edgewood College's Megan Scheele (New Glarus, Wis.) was named Northern Athletics Conference Player of the Year.

Scheele led the Eagles (17-11, 12-6 NAC) to a runner-up finish in the 2008 NAC Women's Basketball Tournament last week, and a fourth place tie in the conference standings. Her 21.8 points per game led the conference in scoring, and is currently fifth best in all of NCAA Division III.

She also averaged 11.0 rebounds per game, second best in the NAC, as well as having a 57.6 field goal percentage, third best in the NAC. On the defensive end, the junior forward was also third in steals (2.54 spg) and seventh in blocks (0.96 bpg).

Scheele is one of 10 national finalists for the prestigious Jostens Award, and a member of the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Team.

Concordia University Chicago's Marche Smith (Oak Park, Ill.) was named the Northern Athletics Conference Rookie of the Year. The freshman guard averaged 14.1 points and 2.2 assists per game, and led the conference with 3.07 steals per game. Smith was also second in the NAC in free throw percentage going 103-for-123 (.837).

Concordia University Wisconsin's Stacey Brunner was named Northern Athletics Conference Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. Brunner's Falcons won the regular season conference championship for the second straight season, going 17-1 in conference play, and 20-7 overall. After losing their first conference game of the season, CUW won 17 straight regular season NAC contests.

Northern Athletics Conference, Sports Information Department, March 4, 2008.