Team of the Week

The Team of the Week is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 12th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men Pos. Women

William Montgomery
So., Rust

G Anna Findley
Sr., Oglethorpe

Nate Stahl
Sr., Capital

G

Karissa Koerner 
Jr., Mount St. Vincent

Wade Weldon
So., Oglethorpe

F

Tillisha Givens
So., Louisiana College

Andy Meier
Jr., Cal Lutheran

F

Jessica McKenzie
Sr., Muskingum

Brent Ruch
Sr., Elmhurst

C

Sharese VanSloten
Sr., Wartburg

Games of Dec. 15-21, 2008.

 

 

Women's

Anna Findley
Findley led the Petrels to two wins against St. Norbert and Transylvania. The point guard pulled down 6.5 rebounds per game and shot 56% from the field and 50% from the 3-point line (7-for-14) in averaging 20.5 points and 3.5 assists per game. She also set the school record for career steals.

Karissa Koerner
Koerner led the Dolphins by averaging 23.0 points over two games. Against Montclair State on Dec. 16, an 82-80 overtime loss, Koerner paced the Dolphins with a career-high 29 points highlighted by a career-high seven 3-pointers made. She went 9-for-19 from the floor and 7-for-13 from 3-point range, pulling down seven rebounds. Two days later at William Paterson, Koerner was again the team's top scorer finishing with 17 points on 6-for-15 shooting. She also went 4-for-10 from long range and added four rebounds.

Tillisha Givens
Givens posted 16 points in each of LC's two games last week. She nearly averaged a double-double for the week, grabbing an average of nine rebounds to go along with her 16 point per game average. Fourteen of those rebounds came against defending national champion Howard Payne. In a win against Sul Ross State, she grabbed seven steals.

Jessica McKenzie
McKenzie averaged 24.5 points and 18 rebounds per game. She scored a career-high 37 points and grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds against Manhattanville. Her 37 points tied the Muskingum school record for points in a game and her 22 rebounds were one shy of the school mark.

Sharese VanSloten
VanSloten tied the school record for points in a game (37) in an 89-80 overtime win at St. Ambrose on Dec. 19 and came back with a team-high 18 points and seven rebounds as Knights defeated previously unbeaten Gustavus Adolphus on Dec. 21. She shot 21-for-30 (70 percent) from the floor and 13-for-17 (76.5 percent) from the line for the week.

Men's

William Montgomery
Montgomery averaged 10.0 points and 10.5 assists in a 2-0 week for Rust, with wins against LaGrange and Birmingham-Southern. He was 7-for-16 from the floor and 3-for-5 from 3-point range.

Nate Stahl
Stahl was a perfect 6-for-6 from 3-point range in a 77-63 win over Ohio Dominican, the most makes without a miss from 3-point range of any player in Division III this season. He finished the week averaging 13.5 points, shooting 10-for-20 from the floor and 7-for-11 from beyond the arc.

Wade Weldon
Weldon was 14-for-22 from the floor and 5-for-9 from three-point range as the Stormy Petrels beat Buffalo State and Pitt-Greensburg. He averaged 18.0 points and 3.5 rebounds for the week.

Andy Meier
Meier scored 28 points against Lawrence, just one shy of his career high, to go along with 12 rebounds as part of a 2-0 week. He scored 24.0 points per game and pulled down 13.5 rebounds, while shooting 16-for-25 from the floor and 16-for-20 from the line.

Brent Ruch
Ruch had 21 points, nine rebounds, three assists, and two steals in Elmhurst's win at Fontbonne. He added 27 points in 23 minutes in a win against Benedictine and finished the week with 16 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and a block in Elmhurst's win over top-ranked Washington U.