Hall of Fame
2008-09 Women’s Basketball (team category)
Posted a record of 32-2, with its 32 wins being the most in a season in team history…Won NSIC Championship with a 19-1 conference record…Started the season with a 17-0 record…Five Mavericks received All-NSIC honors, including Heather Johnson, Joanne Noreen and Alex Andrews who garnered All-NSIC First Team honors…Won all three NCAA Central Region Tournament games to advance to first NCAA Elite Eight…Claimed wins over Michigan Tech (61-53) and Alaska Anchorage (83-60) before defeating Franklin Pierce 103-94 in NCAA national championship game, scoring the second-most points in an NCAA Division II Championship game…Scored 2,763 points over the course of the season and shot 47.2% from the field, both of which are team records…Heather Johnson, Alex Andrews and Joanne Noreen all reached 1,000 career points during the 2008-09 season, while Tiffany Moe and Liz Trauger joined the 1,000 point club the following season…Head coach Pam Gohl was named the NSIC Coach of the Year and the DII Bulletin Coach of the Year…Heather Johnson was named DII Bulletin All-American Second Team, while Joanne Noreen was named honorable mention…Both Johnson and Noreen received WBCA All-American Honorable Mention honors…Team finished in the top 10 in several categories in NCAA Division II including win/loss percentage (1st/.941), assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd/1.27), field goal percentage (3rd/.472), turnover margin (4th/+7.15), points per game (7th/81.3), scoring margin (9th/+16.6)...Team members included: Pam Gohl (head coach), Amy Sander (asst. coach), Sarah Tracy (asst. coach), Heather Johnson, Lauren Barber, Nicole (Christianson) Benish, Casey Christian, Liz (Trauger) Grant, Sarah (Wiens) Heath, Jennie (Noreen) Helget, Mari Korton, Gretta Layman, Tiffany Moe, Flecia (Foster) Neznik, Alex (Andrews) Shepp, Teresa (Parker) Stenzel, Joanne (Noreen) Thomason, Alyssa Van Klei, Andrea Walsh, Laura Weber, Amanda (Nygaard) Williams.
Induction video.
