Nebraska Continues to Grow Thriving Tradition

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2 Nebraska Continues to Grow Thriving Tradition By Mike Babcock During a ceremony at halftime of a victory against Iowa State at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in January of 1995, Karen Jennings' No. 51 jersey was retired. Jennings was the fi rst woman basketball player in the history of the University of Nebraska to be so honored. Given Jennings' accomplishments in four seasons as a Husker, the honor was a slam dunk. She was the fi rst woman in school history to be chosen as a fi rstteam basketball All-American. She was awarded the Margaret Wade Trophy after her senior season. Wade was the first women's coach to be inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The trophy named in her honor is presented annually to the women's collegiate player voted to be the nation's best. Jennings twice was honored as the Big Eight Conference Player of the Year. She finished as Nebraska's career scoring leader and the secondleading scorer in conference history. She was first-team all-conference three times, and she led the Huskers to the NCAA Tournament in Jennings distinguished herself in the classroom as well as on the court. She was a three-time GTE Academic All-American. She earned Big Eight and NCAA post-graduate scholarships, and her academic success, combined with her athletic accomplishments, earned her recognition as the Big Eight Female Athlete of the Year in Jennings ranks as one of the most infl uential players in the first century of Nebraska women's basketball, but its roots can be traced to the 1890s. In March of 1898, a university women's team played a game against an outside opponent for the first time. The opposition was provided by a team from Council Bluffs, Iowa. The contest was played at the Nebraska armory, Grant Memorial Hall. Among the matters to be resolved before the game was whether men's rules or those of Smith College should apply. In 1894, only three years after Dr. James Naismith established the rules for basketball, Senda Berenson, director of physical education at Smith College in Massachusetts, modifi ed Naismith's game for women. In contrast to the Nebraska team, the captain of which was graduate student Louise Pound, the team from Council Bluffs had been playing by the more physical men's rules. A compromise was reached. The fi rst half would by played by men's rules, the second by Smith College rules. The teams played six on a side: two centers, two guards and two forwards. Pound played center. Another issue was whether men should be allowed to attend. Administrators decided that any "gentleman'' accompanied by a "lady'' would be admitted, but single men might be prohibited lest the game attract the wrong kind of audience. The unfl attering bloomers women wore in gym classes were regarded as inappropriate dress for mixed company, regardless of the circumstances. As a result, intramural track and fi eld competition involving women was held indoors until Early basketball games involving the university women were well-attended, and there was "always a goodly surplus in the treasury,'' according to the Karen Jennings was named the captain of Nebraska's All-Century Team. Jennings was a two-time All-American and two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. Nebraska State Journal. The gymnasium was fi lled well in advance of the game's start. The Council Bluffs team, made up of girls who were "slighter of build and younger,'' proved to be no match for Pound and her university teammates. Pound, who also was the fi rst all-university tennis champion, accounted for three fi eld goals and fi ve free throws in a 15-7 win. The play of Nebraska's Harriet Cooke and Marie Beach drew mention in newspaper accounts. Cooke, like Pound, played center and accounted for Nebraska's other points. Beach was a guard, along with Marie Kennedy. The Council Bluffs forwards were much shorter and had diffi culty passing the ball over Beach and Kennedy to their centers, who were responsible for scoring goals. Bertha du Teil and Helen Welch were Nebraska's forwards. Rose Long was a substitute. Basketball was introduced in the university's physical education classes for sophomore women in As was the case with male students, class teams competed against each other. The fi rst all-university women's team was organized in 1896, according to the Nebraska State Journal. It included the best players regardless of their class, among them Welch, the only player from that fi rst team who participated in the contest against the Council Bluffs team in March of Welch and her fi ve teammates were "trained'' by Anne Louise Barr and played other inter-class teams. The first women's game played before an audience was part of NU's sixth annual gymnasium exhibition in the spring of 1897, according to Phyllis Kay Wilke's "Physical Education for Women at Nebraska University, ,'' published in the spring 1975 issue of Nebraska History. Pound was the driving force in women's basketball at the university, organizing as well as playing on the earliest teams. She was a member of the team in the school year. It didn't play any opponents from outside of the university and very few intramural opponents, for that matter, because a large pipe organ donated by an alumni group was stored in the gym. In April of 1901, the university sponsored a women's state tournament under Pound's direction at Grant Hall. Nebraska was represented by a fi rst and second team in a fi eld that included teams from the Omaha YWCA, Lincoln High and Wahoo High. The university's fi rst team, led by captain Eleanore Miller, won the two-day competition. In November of 1901, Nebraska played a team from the University of Missouri at Grant Hall, "the fi rst intercollegiate match for girls ever played in the west,'' according to the Nebraska State Journal. Missouri was no match for its experienced opponent. Miller, who was still on the varsity team, had been succeeded as captain by Hannah Pillsbury. Nebraska won The varsity team had yet to lose in its brief history. Nebraska's varsity team didn't play against outside competition again until 1903, when it defeated the Omaha YWCA in Omaha 18-9 and a team from the Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kan., The University second team also played that day, defeating Baker University, Efforts were being made to encourage intercollegiate competition for women, according to the Nebraska student yearbook for 1902, The Sombrero. The next university yearbook, published two years later, noted that women's basketball was experiencing dramatic growth. In 1904, Nebraska suffered its fi rst defeat, losing to the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis after opening an abbreviated schedule by shutting out the Lincoln YWCA Nebraska avenged the loss two weeks later in Lincoln. Nebraska was 3-0 in 1905, against the Haskell Indian School, Missouri and the Omaha YWCA, the last two games on the road. The season was short but successful, the student yearbook noted: "Owing to an inability to schedule games with desirable teams, only three games were played.'' In 1907, no women's varsity team was picked. In March of 1908, Nebraska played games against Minnesota, home-and-home, two weeks apart. Nebraska lost them both, 9-3 and 28-22, after a fi ve-minute overtime. Earlier, Nebraska had defeated a team from Nebraska Wesleyan to finish its fi nal season with a 1-2 record. Despite their remarkable success, the university women were allowed to play basketball only in physical education classes after April 24, In response to the concerns of faculty members, who considered such activity inappropriate, the Board of Regents abolished intercollegiate athletics for women. More than 60 years would pass before the University would sponsor women's teams. Women's club teams were formed beginning in In , such a team coached by Jan Callahan won nine of 16 games. Only three of the games were against opponents from outside the state. 164 Nebraska defeated Missouri in its first intercollegiate women's basketball game in November 1901.

3 By Adding to a Century of Women's Basketball The team played on the small court in Mabel Lee Hall, which was named for the women's physical education director from 1924 to A typical audience might be 30, mostly friends and relatives of the players. The modern era of women's basketball at Nebraska more accurately dates from 1975, with the arrival of Aleen Swofford as women's athletic director and the offering of scholarships. The total budget for women's athletics was less than $40,000. George Nicodemus, an Iowa native who had directed John F. Kennedy College in Wahoo, Neb., to a pair of AAU women's national titles, succeeded Callahan as volunteer coach of NU's fledgling program in With seven scholarships and Jan Crouch, his tallest starter at 5-foot-11, Nicodemus produced a 22-9 record in his first season. The Huskers fi nished third in the Big Eight Tournament in Manhattan, Kan., in February of They won the state collegiate tournament held at Midland College in Fremont, Neb.; lost in the second round of an Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) regional tournament in Fargo, N.D.; and fi nished by winning two consolation games at the National Women's Invitational Tournament at Amarillo, Texas. "We are only a couple of tall girls away from winning a national championship,'' Nicodemus said after his fi rst year. Nicodemus, whose duties also included the softball program, became a paid coach his second season at Nebraska, receiving an annual salary of $12,000. The Huskers fi nished and finished second to Kansas State at the league tournament in Boulder, Colo. Nebraska's season ended with a loss at Nebraska-Omaha in the first round of the state tournament. The UNO game was Nicodemus' last as NU's coach. Dr. June Davis, who had served for two years as women's sports information director at the university, succeeded Swofford as women's athletic director and set about replacing Nicodemus. Davis hired Marcia Walker, who had spent two years at Dakota Wesleyan. Walker announced she would resign with about a third of a season remaining. The team would have four more coaches in the next nine years, including Lorrie Gallagher, Colleen Matsuhara, Kelly Hill and Angela Beck, who fi nally brought stability to the program in Gallagher followed Walker and coached two 20- win seasons, both of which earned the Huskers AIAW regional tournament berths. The fi rst of Matsuhara's three teams advanced to an AIAW regional, making it three in a row. NU would have only one winning season in the next five. The Huskers lost nearly twice as often as they won during the next two years, which preceded the promotion of Dr. Barbara Hibner to women's athletic director and Beck's arrival from Bradley. Among the dominant Nebraska players of the late 1970s and early 1980s were 1,000-point careerscorers Jan Crouch, Diane DelVigna, Janet Smith, Kathy Hagerstrom, Cathy Owen, Debra Powell, Stacy Imming and Angie Miller. Powell fi nished her four-year career in as the Huskers' all-time leader with 1,843 points, a total that has since been exceeded. Powell was the fi rst Husker to earn fi rst-team All-Big Eight honors, earning the award as a junior. DelVigna was the most prolifi c of the eight scorers, averaging 19.1 points per game during her two seasons at NU. Smith, who played on the three consecutive AIAW regional qualifiers coached by Gallagher and Matsuhara, pulled down a school-record 1,280 rebounds and scored 1,284 points. The 29-year-old Beck, a native of Decatur, Ill., had been an All-American at Millikan, an NCAA Division III school located in her hometown. Beck inherited two players who helped the Huskers make history by capturing their first Big Eight regular-season championship, the best record in school history and the fi rst NCAA Tournament bid in The two players, both Nebraskans, were Maurtice Ivy and Amy Stephens. The 5-foot-9 Ivy joined the Huskers in 1984, after a remarkable career at Omaha Central High School. She was a three-time Super-State basketball player and was chosen by the Lincoln Journal Star as the state's outstanding female high school athlete for Stephens arrived a year later from Alliance, Neb., where she enjoyed a high school career as much publicized as that of Ivy. Both were prolifi c scorers. Ivy was the first player to score 2,000 points during her career at Nebraska. She reached that total, appropriately enough, at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on "Maurtice Ivy Night'' in February of Mayor Bernie Simon had declared Feb. 17, "Maurtice Ivy Day'' in Omaha. A proclamation to that effect was read before the game against Kansas. Ivy received a plaque from Omaha's Lewis and Clark Junior High, and her high school coach announced that her No. 22 jersey was being retired by Omaha Central. Proving her sense of the dramatic was as keen as her shooting eye, Ivy hit a free throw with 23 seconds remaining in the game for point No. 2,001. That point also secured what would be a victory. Ivy hit three more free throws before game's end. The win was crucial to Nebraska winning the conference crown and earning an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. The season and Ivy's Nebraska career ended at 22-7 with a loss at USC in the fi rst round of the regional at Los Angeles. Ivy was chosen as the 1988 Big Eight Player of the Year. Beck was the conference coach of the year, and Kim Harris, a transfer from Bradley, earned Big Eight Newcomerof-the-Year honors. Ivy, whose career point total reached 2,131, was named to the Big Eight's all-decade women's basketball team for the 1980s. Stephens, who finished just 24 points shy of 2,000, received honorable mention on the conference all-decade team. Jennings was recruited from Persia, Iowa, in 1989, after playing six-on-six, half-court basketball at Tri- Center High School in Neola, Iowa, where she averaged an astonishing 59 points per game as a senior. Jennings adapted quickly to fi ve-on-fi ve basketball, leading the Huskers to back-to-back 20-win seasons as a junior and senior. She was voted the Big Eight Player of the Year both seasons, and in , after Nebraska earned an NCAA regional bid, was chosen a fi rst-team Kodak All-American. Nebraska fi nished second in the Big Eight, then lost to Kansas in the championship game of the conference tournament at Salina, Kan., to enter NCAA play with a 22-7 record. The Huskers defeated San Diego in Lincoln, 81-58, before losing to USC, 78-60, in Los Angeles. Beck coached Nebraska to the 1996 NCAA Tournament before leaving for the fledgling (and now defunct) American Basketball League after the season. She was replaced by Paul Sanderford, who had taken Western Kentucky to the NCAA Tournament 12 times in 15 years as a coach. His Hilltoppers advanced to the semifi nals three times and lost in the 1992 title game. Led by Anna DeForge, the squad tied school records for wins (23) and conference victories (11) and advanced to an NCAA sub-regional at Norfolk, Va., where it defeated New Mexico before bowing out against perennial power Old Dominion. Enthusiasm was such that the Huskers drew what were then the two largest crowds for women's basketball games in school history just six days apart to fi nish the regular season: 12,181 for a win over Iowa State and 11,465 for a victory against Colorado. Attendance at the Devaney Center averaged a then-school-record 3,452 per game. The attendance records were short-lived. Nebraska averaged 5,000 fans per game at the Devaney Center in , with a high of 13,135 for a win over Iowa State. The Nicole Kubik-led Huskers finished and again advanced to an NCAA sub-regional, losing to Kentucky In , the Huskers achieved another school fi rst by advancing to their third consecutive NCAA Tournament, while Kubik capped her career by fi nishing as the school's No. 4 all-time scorer while ranking in the top 10 in NCAA Division I history with 418 career steals. Nebraska's fan base also continued to grow, as the Huskers ranked 14th nationally in average home attendance. In Kubik's fi nal home game on "Senior Night" against Kansas State on Feb. 26, 2000, 13,226 Husker fans gathered to say farewell to her and fellow seniors Brooke Schwartz, Charlie Rogers and Naciska Gilmore. Schwartz, Rogers and Kubik, all Nebraska natives, went on to become the fi rst trio from the same Nebraska recruiting class to each score 1,000 points. NU turned another page in its history when Coach Connie Yori was named the Huskers' ninth head coach on June 24, Yori's Huskers began to lay a new foundation for the program in , running to an record in one of the nation's best turnarounds after going 8-20 with only a handful of scholarship players in The Huskers added another postseason trip in , despite featuring four fi rst-time starters. Sophomore Kiera Hardy earned first-team All-Big 12 honors, while Jelena Spiric claimed Big 12 Newcomerof-the-Year accolades. NU was also back in the top 25 in the national attendance rankings, averaging more than 4,000 fans per game. The Huskers also drew two crowds of more than 12,000 to the Devaney Center. Perhaps most impressively, the Huskers produced the biggest win in school history with a triple overtime victory over eventual national champion Baylor at the Devaney Center on Jan. 12. In the future, the Huskers hope to build on a tradition established before the turn of the century. It's been a long journey, with an intermission of more than 60 years. Women's basketball became a varsity sport at Nebraska in

4 National and Conference Honors and Awards Wade Trophy Award Winner Karen Jennings Kodak First-Team All-Amer i can Karen Jennings Kodak Honorable-Men tion All-American Anna DeForge Karen Jennings Karen Jennings AP Honorable-Mention All-Amer i can Nicole Kubik Anna DeForge Anna DeForge Kodak District V All-Amer i can Amy Stephens CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year Karen Jennings Karen Jennings CoSIDA Academic All-Amer i can Karen Jennings (1st) Karen Jennings (1st) Karen Jennings (1st) Stephanie Bolli (1st) Stephanie Bolli (HM) Terri Parriott (3rd) Kelli Benson (HM) WBCA All-Star Challenge Par tic i pant Nicole Kubik Women's Basketball News Service Defensive Player of the Year Nicole Kubik Women's Basketball News Service All-American Nicole Kubik (2nd) Nicole Kubik (2nd) Women's Basketball Jour nal Defensive All-American Nicole Kubik (1st) Nicole Kubik (1st) Big Eight Female Athlete of the Year Karen Jennings Big Eight Player of the Year Karen Jennings Karen Jennings Maurtice Ivy Big Eight Newcomer of the Year Meggan Yedsena Karen Jennings Kim Harris Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Jelena Spiric Keasha Cannon Big 12 All-Tournament Team Nicole Kubik Anna DeForge Big Eight All-Tour na ment Team Karen Jennings Maurtice Ivy Maurtice Ivy Kathy Hagerstrom Diane DelVigna... Janet Smith Diane DelVigna...Car ol Garey Jan Crouch Kathy Hawkins All-Big Kiera Hardy (1st)... Jina Johansen (HM) Keasha Cannon-Johnson (HM)... Alexa Johnson (HM) Alexa Johnson (HM) Keasha Cannon (HM) Casey Leonhardt (HM) Nicole Kubik (1st)... Brooke Schwartz (HM) Nicole Kubik (2nd)... Brooke Schwartz (3rd) Anna DeForge (1st)...Nicole Kubik (3rd) Anna DeForge (1st)...LaToya Doage (3rd)...Tina McClain (HM) All-Big Eight Tina McClain (2nd)...Kate Galligan (HM)... Pyra Aarden (HM)...Anna DeForge (HM)...LaToya Doage (HM) Anna DeForge (HM)... Pyra Aarden (HM) Nafeesah Brown (1st)...Meggan Yedsena (2nd) Karen Jennings (1st)...Meggan Yedsena (2nd)... Nafeesah Brown (HM) Karen Jennings (1st)...Meggan Yedsena (2nd) Karen Jennings (1st)...Meggan Yedsena (HM) Ann Halsne (HM) Amy Stephens (1st) Maurtice Ivy (1st) Maurtice Ivy (1st) Maurtice Ivy (1st)...Angie Miller (HM) Debra Powell (2nd) Debra Powell (1st) Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship Laura Pilakowski Kate Benson Academic All-Big 12 (43 Awards, 36 First Team, 26 Individuals) Jina Johansen...Jessica Gerhart...Chelsea Aubry (2nd) Jina Johansen... Katie Morse Greichaly Cepero...Jina Johansen... Laura Pilakowski...Shahidrah Roberts (2nd) K.C. Cowgill...Alexa Johnson... Katie Morse Greichaly Cepero... Stephanie Jones...Paige Sutton...Shahidrah Roberts (2nd) Jennifer Jaracz...Charlie Rogers Kate Benson...Jennifer Jaracz...Cori McDill... Lisa Reitsma...Charlie Rogers... Amanda Went Kate Benson...Amy Gusso... J.J. Jurgens...Jami Kubik...Cori McDill...Charlie Rogers... Amanda Went...Anna DeForge (HM)...Emily Thompson (HM) Kate Benson...Amy Gusso... J.J. Jurgens...Jami Kubik... Nicole Kubik...Cori McDill...Charlie Rogers... Renee Saunders...Anna DeForge (HM)... Sheila McPherson (HM) Academic All-Big Eight (43 Awards, 27 Individuals) Pyra Aarden... Kate Benson... Lis Brenden... Kate Galligan...Amy Gusso... J.J. Jurgens...Jami Kubik...Cori McDill...Kate McEwen...Sheila McPherson Pyra Aarden... Kate Galligan...Jami Kubik... Lis Brenden... Anna DeForge...Kate McEwen...Tanya Upthegrove Kate Galligan...Pyra Aarden...Chris Dillavou...Dina Haselip...Tanya Upthegrove Karen Jennings... Meggan Yedsena...Kristi Anderson... Kate Galligan...Dina Haselip Karen Jennings... Meggan Yedsena Ann Halsne...Karen Jennings Ann Halsne...Carol Russell...Sarah Muller Amy Bullock...Ann Halsne Stephanie Bolli Stephanie Bolli... Stacy Imming Stephanie Bolli Terri Parriott Kelli Benson... Cathy Owen 166 Karen Jennings was a two-time Big Eight Player of the Year, winning the award in 1992 and 1993.

5 Karen Jennings #51 (1) 2, , Forward Persia, Iowa The captain of Nebraska's All-Century Team announced in February of 2000, Karen Jennings closed the greatest career in the history of Nebraska women's basketball as the only player to score more than 2,000 points and record 1,000 career rebounds. Jennings was also chosen as one of 25 Women of Distinction honored during the Nebraska Athletic Department's Silver Anniversary celebration of 25 years of women's athletics at the University of Nebraska in The 6-2 forward from Persia, Iowa, was a four-year starter for the Huskers and led Nebraska to the second round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament. She won the Margaret Wade Trophy, awarded to the nation's outstanding player, and earned Kodak First-Team All-America honors. Along with her honors on the court, Jennings was one of the top student-athletes in school history. She captured CoSIDA Academic All-American-of-the-Year accolades in both and , along with claiming CoSIDA First-Team Karen Jennings was the most decorated player in Husker history. The two-time All- American was also a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-Amer i can of the Year and a threetime ac a dem ic All-Amer i can. Jennings Honors and Awards 4Margaret Wade Trophy, Nation's Outstanding Player (1993) 4Kodak First-Team All-American (1993) 4CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (1992, 1993) 4CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American (1991, 1992, 1993) 4Big Eight Female Athlete of the Year (1993) 4Big Eight Player of the Year (1992, 1993) 4Big Eight Newcomer of the Year (1990) 4First-Team All-Big Eight (1991, 1992, 1993) 4Big Eight All-Tournament Team (1993) 4First-Team Academic All-Big Eight (1991, 1992, 1993) Academic All-America honors on three occasions by earning the honor in , and A two-time Big Eight Conference Player of the Year ( , ) and a three-time fi rst-team all-conference selection, Jennings was also the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year in Jennings averaged 20.2 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per contest for her career. Along with ranking fi rst in career points (2,405), she also ranks second in career rebounds (1,000), fi rst in fi eld goals made (981), second in field goals attempted (1,726), second in fi eld-goal percentage (.568), third in free throws made (426), tied for third in free throws attempted (570), tied for seventh in free throw percentage (.747) and tied for seventh in blocked shots (63). Jennings' 810 points and 25.3 points per game average in rank as the highest single-season totals in school history, while her 319 rebounds and 10.0 rebounds per game allowed her to average a double-double during her junior season. Along with holding the Nebraska career and single-season scoring records, Jennings also owns the Huskers' single-game scoring mark with a 48-point outburst in an win over Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan., on Jan. 21, In her freshman season, the Huskers struggled to a overall record, but with Jennings as a nucleus to build around, Nebraska improved to during her sophomore season, while setting the Husker sophomore record for scoring average at 20.5 points per game (574 points). Nebraska continued to improve during Jennings' record-setting junior campaign, posting a mark and advancing to the National Women's Invitational Tournament. In her fi nal season, Jennings helped the Huskers to the fi rst NCAA Tournament win in school history with 14 points and eight rebounds in an win over San Diego at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on March 17, Jennings added 16 points and 13 rebounds in a loss at Southern California in the tournament's second round. Nebraska fi nished with a 23-8 record and a second-place fi nish with a 10-4 mark in Big Eight Conference play. Jennings also claimed a spot on the Big Eight All-Tournament team after leading the Huskers to the tournament championship game. Still actively involved in supporting Nebraska women's basketball, Jennings now lives in Omaha. Jennings' Career Statistics Career , , , Karen Jennings is the only player in Nebraska history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds. 167

6 Maurtice Ivy #30 (2) 2, , Forward/Guard Omaha, Neb. (Central) Amy Stephens #35 (3) 1, , Guard Alliance, Neb. (Alliance) One of the most athletic players in Nebraska history, Maurtice Ivy was the first player in Husker history to surpass the 2,000-point barrier. She was also one of five players chosen to Nebraska's All- Century Team in February of 2000, and one of the Nebraska Athletic Department's 25 Women of Distinction selected in as part of the school's silver anniversary of women's athletics at NU. The swing player from Omaha Central High School was the fi rst Husker to earn Big Eight Player-of-the-Year honors after leading Nebraska to the Big Eight title in Ivy also earned a spot on the Big Eight All-Tournament team in and A three-time first-team All-Big Eight selection, Ivy's 19.2 points per game rank second on Nebraska's career charts, while her 778 career rebounds rank fi fth on the Huskers' all-time list. Although Ivy was only 5-9, her outstanding leaping ability and excellent court awareness made her a fierce shot blocker, as she fi nished third on Nebraska's alltime list with 104 blocked shots. Ivy also ranks second in free throws made (431), fi rst in fi eld goals attempted (1,799), second in career fi eld goals made (847), tied for third in free throws attempted (570) and fi fth in free throw percentage (.756). Ivy's 23.6 points per game average in rank as the second-best singleseason scoring average in school history, and her 683 points as a junior rank as the third-highest total at Nebraska. Her 153 made free throws and 196 free throws attempted in are also single-season Nebraska records. Ivy produced one of the greatest performances in Husker history when she erupted for 46 points in Nebraska's loss to Illinois at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., on Dec. 30, She added the eighth-best rebound total in school history with 19 boards to go along with 23 points in a win over Brigham Young at the Illinois Invitational in Champaign, Ill., on Dec. 14, Along with leading the Huskers to their fi rst conference tournament title, Ivy guided Nebraska to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in Ivy led the Huskers in the loss at USC with a team-high 22 points to go along with nine rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot and one steal in her fi nal game in a Nebraska uniform. Ivy now lives in Omaha, and she was named an assistant coach at Nebraska-Omaha during the summer of Ivy's Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA FT-FTA 3FG-Att. Reb.-Avg TP-Avg NA NA NA Career , , One of the greatest three-point shooters in Nebraska history, Amy Stephens connected on 129 of 323 long-range attempts (.399) in just two seasons with the three-point shot at her disposal. The 5-6 guard from Alliance, Neb., shares Nebraska's single-season record with 85 made three-pointers in 216 attempts as a senior in , when she produced the third-highest single-season scoring average (21.9 ppg) and seventhhighest point total (612) in school history. She claimed a spot on Nebraska's All-Century Team when it was announced in February of Along with being a tremendous scorer with 1,976 career points, Stephens was also a gifted passer, ranking fourth all-time with 444 assists. She was also a strong defensive player, ranking third all-time at Nebraska with 280 career steals. The four-year starter ranks sixth in Husker history with 113 career starts to go along with the second-highest free throw percentage (.837) in school history. Amy Stephens was chosen to Nebraska's Team of the Century, joining Karen Jennings, Maurtice Ivy, Nicole Kubik and Anna DeForge. Stephens erupted for the fourth-highest single-game point total in school history with a 40-point performance in an win over Oklahoma on Feb. 8, She added a 37-point outburst in an loss at Kansas, where she tied her own school record that she had set on Dec. 30, 1988, against Iowa with seven three-pointers. Stephens earned Kodak District V All-America honors in to go along with fi rst-team All-Big Eight Conference accolades. Playing alongside three-time first-team All-Big Eight swing player Maurtice Ivy, Stephens helped the Huskers to the Big Eight title and their fi rst NCAA Tournament in In a loss at USC, Stephens scored 20 points to go along with three assists and two rebounds, while connecting on 4-of-8 three-pointers. After spending the season as an assistant coach at Nebraska, Stephens became the head coach at Drake. She is entering her third season with the Bulldogs. Stephens' Career Statistics NA NA Career , , Maurtice Ivy was a three-time first-team All-Big Eight pick from 1986 to 1988.

7 Nicole Kubik #32 (4) 1, , Guard Cambridge, Neb. (Cambridge) Nicole Kubik's success on the court was almost criminal. The 5-10 guard from Cambridge, Neb., was a two-time first-team defensive All-American by the Women's Basketball News Service, while fi nishing ninth all-time in the NCAA Division I record book with 418 career steals. As a junior, she set the school record with a nation-leading 136 steals to earn Women's Basketball News Service National Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors. Kubik added 108 steals as a senior and 104 steals as a sophomore, giving her the top three single-season totals in school history. But defense was just a small part of Kubik's scintillating game. She led the Huskers in scoring as a junior and a senior and fi nished her career ranked fourth in school history with 1,867 points. She also ranked third in school history with 563 career assists. A dangerous penetrator, Kubik had a knack for getting to the free throw line. Her 440 made free throws rank at the top of the Husker charts, while her 586 free throws attempted rank second. Her 119 career starts are tied for fourth at Nebraska. As a senior, Kubik was named one of 10 fi nalists for the Nancy Lieberman- Cline Award honoring the nation's top point guard. She earned fi rst-team All-Big 12 Conference honors and Big 12 All-Tournament and was chosen to play in the WBCA All-Star Challenge. She was also honored as one of five players on Nebraska's All-Century Team announced in February of Following her senior season, Kubik became the fi rst Husker player ever chosen in the WNBA Draft. She was taken with the 15th overall pick in the fi rst round by the Los Angeles Sparks. However, Kubik did not make the Sparks opening day roster, but signed a contract with the Phoenix Mercury on July 30, She played in her fi rst WNBA game later that same day. As a junior, Kubik earned National Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors from the Women's Basketball News Service to go along with honorable-mention All-America honors from The Associated Press. Her junior season scoring average ranks seventh all-time on the Husker single-season charts, while her 654 points as a junior rank fourth on Nebraska's single-season list. Kubik produced one of the best single-game performances in school history with 36 points, eight rebounds, eight steals and six assists, while setting Nebraska records with 16 made free throws and 18 free throws attempted, to lead the Huskers to an win over Kansas on Jan. 16, Always at her best in big games, Kubik led Nebraska to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and owns the Husker career mark with 81 points in four tournament games, including an NU NCAA Tournament single-game record 32 points in a loss to Kentucky in Los Angeles, on March 13, Kubik earned second-team All-Big 12 honors in and third-team allconference honors in She also claimed fi rst-team academic All-Big 12 honors in Kubik is an assistant basketball coach on the staff of former Husker Lis Brenden at Lincoln Southwest High School. Kubik's Career Statistics Career , , Anna DeForge #30 (5) 1, , Guard Niagara, Wis. (Niagara) One of the best all-around players in Nebraska history, Anna DeForge earned honorable-mention All-America honors from The Associated Press in both and , while claiming fi rst-team All-Big 12 Conference honors in both seasons. She also earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament team as a junior in Along with her accomplishments on the court, DeForge was a strong performer in the classroom, earning honorable-mention academic All-Big 12 honors in and DeForge's success earned her one of fi ve spots on Nebraska's All-Century Team announced in February of DeForge ranks fifth in total points (1,859), fourth in total rebounds (804), sixth in assists (392) and sixth in steals (222). DeForge's 15.9 points per game rank as the seventhhighest career average and her 6.9 rebounds per game rank eighth all time at Nebraska. DeForge scored a career-high 33 points in an loss at Colorado on Jan. 7, 1998, and set a career best with 15 rebounds in a win over the Buffaloes in Lincoln on Feb. 22, The Niagara, Wis., native produced 611 points and 260 rebounds as a senior to rank eighth on Nebraska's singleseason scoring chart and ninth on NU's season rebounding chart, while helping the Huskers to the second NCAA Tournament victory in school history. In a drubbing of New Mexico Anna DeForge earned a spot in the WNBA All-Star game in 2004 as a member of the Phoenix Mercury. DeForge led the WNBA in three-pointers in at Norfolk, Va., on March 13, 1998, DeForge scored 13 points to go along with a career-high tying 15 rebounds and six assists. She added 17 points and nine rebounds in the fi nal game of her Husker career in a loss at No. 2 Old Dominion in the tournament's second round. DeForge went on to become a second-round draft pick of the San Jose Lasers in the 1999 American Basketball League Draft. She was also the first Nebraska player to earn a spot on a WNBA regular-season roster after starting the 2000 season with the Detroit Shock. In 2004, DeForge became a WNBA All-Star by ranking 10th in the league with 14.4 points per game, while leading the league in minutes played and three-pointers made (70). She added 3.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game on the year. In 2003, she led the Mercury with 11.9 points per game to go along with 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. She averaged 13.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game in DeForge's Career Statistics Career , , Anna DeForge earned a spot in the WNBA All-Star Game in

8 Debra Powell #32 (6) 1, , Forward/Guard East St. Louis, Ill. (Lincoln) A predecessor of Maurtice Ivy and Anna DeForge as one of the most talented swing players in Nebraska history, Debra Powell brought tremendous scoring and rebounding ability to the court for the Huskers. The 5-9 forward/guard from Lincoln High School in East St. Louis, Ill., ranks sixth all time on the Husker scoring charts with 1,843 points, while ranking sixth all time with 750 career rebounds. Powell was also a strong defensive player with 231 career steals to rank fourth all time at Nebraska. Powell was the fi rst Husker in history to earn All-Big Eight accolades by claiming firstteam honors after the season. She added secondteam all-conference honors in The most prolifi c player in Nebraska history at getting to the free throw line, Powell attempted 644 free throws during her career, while connecting on 407 attempts to rank fourth on the Huskers' all-time charts. Powell produced a careerhigh 34 points on three occasions, including a double-overtime win at Notre Dame on Feb. 25, 1982, a 102- Deb Powell is one of the best all-around athletes in Nebraska history, earning All-Big Eight honors in basketball and All-America honors in track. 89 win at Pepperdine on Jan. 11, 1984, and an win over Morningside at the Devaney Center on Dec. 11, Along with her accomplishments on the hardwood, Powell also displayed her athleticism as an All-America sprinter for the Nebraska track and fi eld team. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 1984, Powell joined Rhonda Blanford, Jennie Gorham Badami and Angela Thacker on the Huskers' 4x100-meter relay team that fi nished fi fth. She was also a three-time Big Eight Conference champion, fi rst as a member of the Huskers' sprint medley squad with Debra James, Blanford and Merlene Ottey, before winning titles in the 4x100 relay in both 1983 and In 1983, Powell teamed with Blanford, Thacker and Ottey to win the 4x100 crown. Powell lettered in outdoor track in 1982, 1983 and Powell became the first female mayor of East St. Louis, Ill., in 1999 and served as the city's mayor until Powell's Career Statistics NA NA NA NA Career , NA , Kathy Hagerstrom #10 (7) 1, , Forward DePere, Wis. (Neenan) A formidable presence inside for the Huskers, Kathy Hagerstrom may be the best player from the fi rst decade of Husker basketball. The 6-0 forward from DePere, Wis., ranks third on Nebraska's all-time charts with 874 career rebounds, fourth with 102 career blocked shots and seventh with 1,778 career points, while ranking No. 2 with 130 games played. She shot 51.7 percent (742-1,434) from the field during her career, while ranking seventh in free throws made (294) and fi fth in free throws attempted (444). She enjoyed her best season as a sophomore, averaging 17.6 points and 8.7 rebounds, while shooting 58.3 percent ( ) from the fi eld, which ranks as the fifth-best single-season shooting total in school history. She led the Huskers to the 1981 AIAW Regional Tournament. She helped Nebraska to a record as a freshman in and a trip to AIAW Regionals. Kathy Hagerstrom ranks in the top 10 in Husker history in points, rebounds and blocked shots. Hagerstrom scored a career-high 29 points in a win over Creighton at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Jan. 21, 1981, after erupting for a 27-point, 21-rebound effort in an loss to Iowa State in the Big Eight Tournament at Lawrence, Kan., on Jan. 16, Hagerstrom's 21 boards rank in a tie for the fourth-highest single-game total in school history. Hagerstrom came to Nebraska after earning state player-of-the-year honors and Parade All-America accolades during her Wisconsin prep career. She earned her bachelor's degree in advertising and broadcasting from Nebraska in 1983, before serving as an assistant coach at Central Missouri State. She helped lead Central Missouri State to an NCAA Division II title in 1985, before being named the head coach at NCAA Division III Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Entering her 14th season as the head coach, Hagerstrom has guided Wellesley to a record as the school's all-time winningest coach. Hagerstrom's Career Statistics NA NA NA NA Career , NA , In her 14th season, Kathy Hagerstrom is the all-time winningest coach in Wellesley College history.

9 Angie Miller #10 (8) 1, , Center Clatonia, Neb. (Wilber-Clatonia) One of the shortest centers in NCAA Division I basketball during her playing career, Miller played much larger inside than her size, ranking eighth all time at Nebraska with 1,541 career points and seventh all time with 661 career rebounds. Along with being a strong inside scorer and rebounder, Miller was one of the best shooters in NU history, connecting on 79.6 percent ( ) of her free throw attempts in her career to rank third on NU's all-time list. Her.511 career field goal percentage (603-1,181) ranks seventh all time at Nebraska. Miller enjoyed her finest season as a junior, scoring 500 points to go along with 185 rebounds to average 18.5 points and 6.9 boards per game. Miller also connected on 83.6 percent ( ) of her free throw attempts as a junior in to rank sixth on Nebraska's single-season chart. She earned honorablemention All-Big Eight accolades in Miller produced career highs with 30 points in an loss One of the shortest centers in Division I when she played, Angie Miller ranks in the top 10 in points and rebounds in the Nebraska record book. at Kansas on Feb. 16, 1985, and a loss at Creighton on Jan. 6, She pulled down a career-high 22 rebounds in an overtime loss to Missouri-Kansas City on Dec. 7, 1983, which ranks as the third-best total in NU history. Miller was elected to the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame in As a two-time all-class all-state performer in both volleyball and basketball at Wilber- Clatonia High School, Miller scored 1,581 points in her career and led the Wolverines to a Class C title as a senior with a 27-0 record. Miller's Career Statistics NA NA NA NA Career , NA , Diane DelVigna #30 (9) 1, , Forward Oakland, Calif. (Holy Name) One of the most explosive players in Nebraska basketball history, Diane DelVigna may have owned every scoring and rebounding record at Nebraska if she had played more than two seasons. A transfer from Feather River College in California, DelVigna set the NU single-season record with 646 points in , before shattering that mark with 787 points as a senior. That total ranks second on NU's all-time list, while her 646 points as a junior ranks sixth. DelVigna earned spots on the Big Eight All-Tournament team in both and She ranks ninth on Nebraska's career charts with 1,433 points and ninth in scoring average with 19.1 points per game. Her 7.2 rebounds per game also rank sixth on the Huskers' all-time list. DelVigna ranks eighth on NU's career charts with 191 steals. She was the first player in Husker history to record 100 steals in a season, reaching the century mark in She added 91 steals as a senior for the fifth-best single-season total in school history. Those Diane DelVigna scored more than 1,400 points and pulled down more than 500 rebounds in just two seasons. two single-season marks stood as the best in school history until Nicole Kubik produced three consecutive 100-plus steal seasons in , and DelVigna set a career high with 32 points in Nebraska's win over Arizona State on Nov. 29, DelVigna now makes her home in Dublin, Calif. DelVigna's Career Statistics NA NA Career , NA , Diane DelVigna owns the Nebraska record for points by a junior college transfer with 1,

10 Janet Smith #42 (10) 1, , Center Omaha, Neb. (Burke) Brooke Schwartz #21 (11) 1, , Guard Gering, Neb. (Gering) The greatest shot blocker in the history of Nebraska women's basketball, Janet Smith owns each of the four highest single-season block totals in school history to rank first on the Husker career chart with 238 blocks. Smith's blocked shot total ranks ahead of second-place Charlie Rogers by a remarkable 112 blocks. The 6-2 center from Omaha Burke High School provided a truly dominant presence inside during the early years of Husker basketball. Along with ranking fi rst all time in blocks, Smith holds a commanding lead on Nebraska's all-time charts with 1,280 boards and a 9.4 rebound per game average during her career. Smith's 136 games played also rank fi rst at Nebraska. Smith earned a spot on the Big Eight Conference All- Tournament team in , along with Husker teammate Diane DelVigna. Smith produced one of the best seasons in Nebraska Nebraska's all-time leader in rebounding and blocked shots, Janet Smith also ranks 10th at Nebraska with 1,284 points. history by averaging 14.4 points, 13.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots per game in She scored a career high with 22 points, while pulling down 14 rebounds in an loss to Iowa State at the Big Eight Tournament in Lawrence, Kan., on Jan. 16, She added a 22-point performance in an win over Central Missouri at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Jan. 23, Smith set the Nebraska and Devaney Center single-game record with 25 rebounds in a win over Nebraska-Omaha on Dec. 19, She grabbed 20 or more rebounds in a single-game on two other occasions, including 21 boards in a win over South Dakota on Jan. 30, 1981, and 20 rebounds in a win over Northwestern on Nov. 29, Smith's Career Statistics NA NA NA NA Career , NA 1, , Brooke Schwartz capped a solid all-around career for the Huskers by finishing 11th on Nebraska's all-time scoring list with 1,243 points. Along with her scoring ability, the Gering, Neb., native fi nished fi fth in the Husker record book with 223 steals, while just missing the top 10 in career assists with 295 to fi nish 12th. Schwartz was also a talented rebounder, leading the team as a junior with 5.9 boards per game. She fi nished her career with 513 rebounds and is one of only 12 players in Husker history to score more than 1,000 points and pull down more than 500 rebounds. Schwartz was a third-team All-Big 12 Conference pick as a junior in after averaging 13.2 points and 5.9 rebounds and added honorable-mention All-Big 12 honors as a senior. She also ranks seventh in three-point field goals made (81) and seventh in three-pointers attempted (270) to rank 10th in career three-point percentage at 30.0 percent. Her career free throw accuracy of 74.5 percent also ranks 10th all time at Nebraska. Schwartz also helped Nebraska to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments in 1998, 1999 and Schwartz erupted for a careerhigh 31 points against Drake in the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Dec. 12, She pulled down a career-best 15 rebounds at Texas Brooke Schwartz is one of just 12 players in school history to score more than 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds. on Jan. 9, Schwartz is now an assistant basketball coach at Garden City Community College. Schwartz's Career Statistics Career , , Janet Smith owns the top four single-season blocked shot totals in school history.

11 Jan Crouch #32 (12) 1, , Forward Lincoln, Neb. (East) Meggan Yedsena #24 (13) 1, , Guard Mahoney, Pa. (City) The only native of Lincoln, Neb., among the Huskers' 1,000-point scorers, Jan Crouch was a leader in the earliest days of the Nebraska women's basketball program. A graduate of Lincoln East High School, the 5-11 forward was the second player in Husker history to earn a spot on the Big Eight All-Tournament team during the season, when she helped the Huskers to a second-place fi nish. A talented rebounder, Crouch still ranks ninth on the Huskers' all-time list with 681 boards, while ranking 12th on NU's career chart with 1,183 points. She is also tied for ninth with 368 free throw attempts in her career. Crouch was a solid defensive player who recorded eight steals in a win over Northwest Missouri State on Dec. 14, 1976, to tie for seventh on Nebraska's single-game steals list. Crouch was a pioneering girls basketball player growing up in Lincoln, as she asked the Lincoln Public Schools Board to add schoolsponsored girls basketball teams as a junior in She played as a senior on Lincoln East High School's first school-sponsored team in Crouch, who is an accountant in Jan Crouch was the first player in Nebraska history to score 1,000 points in her career. She added 681 rebounds, while starting 103 games. Lincoln, is still an active member of the Fastbreakers Women's Basketball Booster Club. Crouch's Career Statistics NA NA NA NA Career , NA , The most prolifi c passer in Nebraska history, Meggan Yedsena dished out 696 assists during her career for a record 5.8 assists per game. Yedsena owns four of the top six single-season assist totals in the Nebraska record books, including 195 assists during the season. Nebraska's all-time leading scorer Karen Jennings and 1,000-point club member Nafeesah Brown were the two major beneficiaries of Yedsena's passing proficiency. Yedsena's skill helped her earn Big Eight Newcomer-ofthe-Year honors in She was a three-time second-team All-Big Eight pick, after earning honorable-mention all-league accolades as a freshman. An outstanding student, Yedsena also captured first-team academic All-Big Eight awards in and Yedsena was a solid shooter and one of the top defensive players in NU history. The 5-8 point guard from Mahoney, Pa., started a school-record 120 straight games during her career, averaging 9.3 points per game to fi nish with 1,116 points to rank 13th on Meggan Yedsena started all 120 games of her Nebraska's all-time list. Her career and dished out a school-record steals established a Husker assists, while scoring 1,116 points. career mark until Nicole Kubik surpassed it in Yedsena set a career best with 12 assists in a win over Oklahoma at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Jan. 26, 1991, and tied that mark in an win at Arizona State on Jan. 4, Both totals are tied for fi fth all time on the Nebraska single-game charts. Amazingly, Yedsena never scored 20 points in a single game, recording a career-high with 19 points in Nebraska's win over Kansas State on Feb. 11, Yedsena helped the Huskers to the first NCAA Tournament victory in school history with six points, seven assists and four rebounds in an win over San Diego in Lincoln on March 17, Yedsena spent the 2003 season with the Colorado Chill of the NWBL, before signing with the Birmingham Power for She spent 2001 and 2002 playing for the Schuykill (Pa.) Syrens in the Women's American Basketball Association, leading them to the championship game in the league's inaugural season. Yedsena's Career Statistics Career , Jan Crouch was the fi rst player in Nebraska history to score 1,000 career points. 173

12 Ann Halsne #13 (14) 1, , Forward Spencer, Iowa (Spencer) Nafeesah Brown #30 (15) 1, , Forward Chicago, Ill. (Harlan) Ann Halsne was a steady scoring and rebounding threat during her Husker career. The 6-1 forward from Spencer, Iowa, fi nished a solid Nebraska career ranked 14th all time on the NU scoring list with 1,096 points, while just missing the top 10 with 545 career rebounds. Halsne earned honorable-mention All-Big Eight honors in , when she enjoyed her best season by averaging 11.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. An excellent performer in the classroom as well, Halsne was a three-time fi rst-team academic All-Big Eight selection ( , , ). She posted a career high with 29 points in Nebraska's loss at Kansas State on Jan. 21, 1989, while grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds in a loss at Oklahoma on Jan. 25, As a freshman, Halsne helped the Huskers to the Big Eight Conference title and the first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. She scored six points and grabbed six rebounds in the Huskers' loss at USC in the 1988 NCAA Tournament. Ann Halsne scored more than 1,000 points and hauled in more than 500 rebounds in her Nebraska basketball career. Halsne set a freshman school record with a.560 field goal percentage (79-141) that was not broken until Charlie Rogers connected on 58.2 percent (78-134) of her shots as a freshman in Halsne's.529 career field goal percentage ( ) ranks as the fourth-best mark in Husker history. As a senior softball player in 1992, Halsne led the team with a.321 batting average and tied for the team lead with 20 RBIs, while producing the eighth-highest single-season assist total in school history with 142 in She lettered as a softball player in 1988 and Halsne served as the head women's basketball coach at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, until She now lives in Las Vegas, Nev. Halsne's Career Statistics Career , One of the most explosive players to ever wear the scarlet and cream, Nafeesah Brown produced one of the best seasons in school history as a senior in She ranks 15th all time at Nebraska with 1,089 points. The 6-1 forward from Chicago, Ill., shredded opponents by averaging 20.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game as a senior. Her scoring average ranks as the sixth-best singleseason mark in school history, while her rebounding average ranks as the second-best mark in the NU record books. Brown's career rebounding average of 8.6 boards per game also ranks as the second-best mark at Nebraska, while her 16.3 points per game career average is the sixth-best fi gure in school history. Brown earned first-team All-Big Eight honors as a senior in , after claiming honorable-mention all-conference accolades in Brown earned second-team NJCAA All-America honors as a sophomore at Westark Nafeesah Brown averaged 20.2 points and 10.1 rebounds as a senior for the Huskers in Community College in Fort Smith, Ark., averaging 18.4 points and 9.9 rebounds in her career while scoring 1,281 points, before transferring to Nebraska for her junior season. In her first year at Nebraska in , Brown suffered a knee injury that sidelined her for the year after appearing in six games, but she was granted a medical hardship to extend her career. Brown helped Nebraska to the fi rst NCAA Tournament win in school history with 26 points, 13 rebounds and six steals in an win over San Diego in Lincoln on March 17, Brown's 26-point effort against San Diego was a career high until connecting for 32 points in an win at Missouri on Jan. 23, She posted career highs with 16 rebounds on three different occasions. Brown and her husband, former Nebraska football letterwinner Ed Morrow, make their home in Lincoln. Brown's Career Statistics Career , Nafeesah Brown earned fi rst-team all-conference honors in 1994.

13 Tina McClain #22 (16) 1, , Forward Montrose, Mo. (Montrose) Kate Galligan #11 (17) 1, , Guard Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Jefferson) An outstanding all-around athlete, Tina McClain ranks among Nebraska's career leaders in rebounds, steals and blocked shots while ranking 16th with 1,074 points. The 5-10 forward from Montrose, Mo., was a four-year starter for the Huskers, joining Nebraska's No. 5 all-time leading scorer Anna DeForge as a dangerous 1-2 punch for the Huskers. McClain's 46 career blocks rank ninth on the Husker career charts, while her 181 steals and 641 career rebounds both rank 10th in the NU record books. McClain earned second-team All-Big Eight honors in before earning honorablemention All-Big 12 accolades in McClain enjoyed her best statistical season as a junior in , averaging 13.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game while connecting on 56.2 percent ( ) of her field goal attempts, which ranks as the ninth-best singleseason shooting percentage in NU history. She also hit 82 percent (73-89) of her free throw attempts to tie DeForge for eighth on the Huskers' Tina McClain averaged 13.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game to help the Huskers to their third NCAA Tournament bid in single-season list. McClain helped the Huskers to the third NCAA Tournament bid in school history in 1996, scoring 11 points and pulling down eight rebounds in the Huskers' loss to Colorado State in Stanford, Calif. McClain posted a career high with 25 points in a overtime loss at Iowa State on Jan. 28, 1996, and matched that output in a win over Missouri in the Big Eight Tournament on March 2, She pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds on three occasions. McClain is currently living in Omaha. McClain's Career Statistics Career , One of the best pure shooters in Nebraska history, Kate Galligan ranks second on the Husker all-time list with 145 made three-pointers in her four-year career, trailing only Amy Stephens. She also ranks 17th all time at Nebraska with 1,069 points. Galligan's 377 career three-point attempts rank third on the NU charts, while her.385 career three-point percentage also ranks third. Her six made three-pointers in a loss at Kansas on Feb. 11, 1996, ranks as the fifth-highest single-game total in school history. Not surprisingly, the 5-8 guard from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is also one of the best free throw shooters in school history, connecting on 77.6 percent ( ) of her attempts to rank fourth in Husker history. Her 12-for-12 shooting performance from the free throw line against Missouri on Feb. 18, 1996, and her 10-for-10 effort at the line against Iowa State on Feb. 27, 1994, rank as two of only seven perfect free throw performances in NU history. She also ranks 11th at Nebraska with 299 career assists. She earned honorable-mention All-Big Eight honors as a senior in Along with being a standout Kate Galligan is one of the top long-range shooters shooter, Galligan was an in school history, knocking down 145-of-377 threepointers in her career. a four-time first-team academic outstanding student, becoming all-conference selection. Galligan helped the Huskers to the third NCAA Tournament bid in school history during her senior season, where she scored a team-high 12 points, while adding four assists and three rebounds in a loss to Colorado State at Stanford, Calif., on March 17, Galligan scored a career-high 26 points in an win at Iowa State on Feb. 27, After graduating from Nebraska, Galligan served as a graduate assistant with the Huskers before taking assistant coaching positions at Pittsburgh, Texas-Pan American and the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She served as an assistant coach at Kansas in Galligan's Career Statistics Career , Kate Galligan was a four-time fi rst-team academic all-conference selection from 1993 to

14 Cathy Owen #14 (18) 1, , Guard Ventura, Calif. (Buena) Stacy Imming #22 (19) 1, , Guard Kearney, Neb. (Kearney) The best free throw shooter in Nebraska history, Cathy Owen connected on 87.9 percent ( ) of her attempts, including an amazing 95.0 percent (57-60) of her free throws in Her 10-for-10 shooting night from the line on March 2, 1985, against Oklahoma also ranks as one of only seven perfect singlegame free throw shooting performances in school history. Owen was one of the top field goal shooters in history, connecting on 52.3 percent ( ) of her attempts in her career to rank fi fth all time at NU. A model of consistency during her career, Owen never scored 300 points in a single season, but still managed to claim a spot in Nebraska's 1,000-Point Club by ranking 18th with 1,048 points in her career. The 5-6 guard from Ventura, Calif., enjoyed her best season as a junior in , averaging 10.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. She scored a careerhigh 23 points in a win at Cathy Owen is the best free throw shooter in Husker history. She connected on 95 percent of her free throws in Kentucky on Jan. 4, Owen was also a strong performer in the classroom, earning firstteam academic All-Big Eight honors in Owen's Career Statistics NA NA NA NA Career NA , One of only fi ve players in Nebraska history to post 400 or more career assists, Stacy Imming ranks fifth on NU's all-time charts with 402 assists. Her 159 assists in also rank as the eighth-best single-season total in Husker history, while her 13 assists against Oklahoma on Feb. 21, 1987, rank as the fourth-best single-game mark. Imming's name would have appeared even higher on the Husker charts had she not left the team for personal reasons after the first 10 games of She returned to start all 29 games as a senior. The 5-8 guard from Kearney, Neb., was an explosive scoring threat, erupting for a career-high 28 points and 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State on Feb. 24, She was also a talented performer in the classroom, earning fi rst-team academic All-Big Eight honors in Imming was inducted into the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame in She was an all-class all-state selection in both basketball and volleyball her senior season at Kearney High School. Imming's Career Statistics NA NA NA NA Career NA , Stacy Imming is one of only five players in Nebraska history to distribute more than 400 assists in her career. A graduate of Kearney High School, Imming is one of nine Nebraska natives in NU's 1,000-point club. 176 Stacy Imming was inducted into the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame in 2000.

15 Alexa Johnson #42 (20) 1, , Forward Hacienda Heights, Calif. (Los Altos) Nebraska's leading scorer her final two seasons, Alexa Johnson became the 21st Husker to reach the 1,000-point plateau and the fi rst under Coach Connie Yori. A two-time honorable-mention All-Big 12 Conference performer, Johnson enjoyed her finest season as a junior by averaging 14.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Her 415 points as a junior nearly doubled her combined output from her freshman (33) and sophomore (204) seasons. The 6-1 forward from Hacienda Heights, Calif., added 383 points as a senior, while averaging 12.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest. Johnson helped lead one of the biggest turnarounds in the nation during her senior season, as the Huskers finished with an overall record and advanced to the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament. A year earlier, the Huskers battled to an 8-20 record, giving NU a 10-game improvement from Johnson's junior to senior season. She finished her senior season on a strong note by registering double figures in points in each of her last 14 games, including six consecutive games with 16 or more points to close her A two-time honorable-mention All-Big 12 performer, Alexa Johnson scored 798 total points in her final two seasons to become NU's 21st 1,000-point scorer. career. A sharp-shooting southpaw, Johnson finished in a tie for third on Nebraska's career free throw percentage chart by connecting on 79.6 percent ( ) of her attempts. She added 37.9 percent (39-103) accuracy from long range in her career, including a 40.0 percent success rate as a senior, when she hit 22-of-55 three-pointers. Johnson produced a career-high 27 points in Nebraska's upset of No. 25 Cincinnati on Dec. 15, She added a career-best with 13 rebounds against Grambling State on Nov. 22, A two-time academic All-Big 12 performer, Johnson earned first-team academic all-conference accolades as a sophomore before adding second-team honors in She earned her bachelor's degree in economics in Johnson's Career Statistics Career , Charlie Rogers #33 (21) 1, , Center South Sioux City, Neb. (South Sioux City) One of the top shot blockers and rebounders in Nebraska history, Charlie Rogers earned a place among the elite scorers in the Husker record book in her fi nal game in a Nebraska uniform. Rogers scored 13 points on a 5-for-5 performance from the fi eld and a 3-for-3 effort from the free throw line against Boston College on March 17, 2000, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Rogers' two free throws with 34 seconds left pushed her over the 1,000-point barrier making her, Brooke Schwartz and Nicole Kubik the first three members of the same Nebraska recruiting class to achieve the 1,000-point mark. Rogers, a Nebraska native and a prep product of national high school power South Sioux City, fi nished her career ranked No. 2 at Nebraska with 126 blocked shots, while ranking eighth on Nebraska's career rebounding list with 659 boards. As a senior, she led the Huskers with 7.9 rebounds per game, while averaging 9.8 points per contest. She pulled down 20 rebounds against Drake on Dec. 2, 1999, and posted a career-high 20 points against Arizona on Dec. 7, Her five blocked shots in her fi nal home game against Kansas State were also a career Charlie Rogers scored 13 points in her final game to become the 20th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. high. Rogers earned a spot on the Time Warner Cable Classic All-Tournament team in 1996, 1998 and Along with her accomplishments on the court, Rogers was a four-time first-team academic All-Big 12 selection and earned CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-District recognition as a senior in Rogers is now living in Lincoln. Rogers' Career Statistics Career , Charlie Rogers was a four-time academic All-Big 12 honoree from 1997 to

16 All-Time Roster and Statistics Player (Ht., Pos., Uniform #, Hometown/High School) Letters GP/GS Pts Reb Ast Aarden, Pyra (6-4, C, #44, Hudson, Wis./Hudson) / Adamczak, Annie (5-11, F, #42, Moose Lake, Minn./Moose Lake) / Anderson, Kristi (6-3, C, #50, Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lincoln) / Aubry, Chelsea (6-2, F, #45, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada/Grand River Coll.) / Austin, Tony 1988 Did Not Play Baade, Michelle (5-7, G, #23, Beatrice, Neb./Beatrice) / Bahe, Anita (5-7, G, #24, Aurora, Neb./Aurora) / Bartels, Kirsten 1991 Did Not Play Beiriger, Ami (5-5, G, #23, Hastings, Neb./St. Cecilia) / Benson, Kate (6-2, F, #40, Prairie Village, Kan./Shawnee Mission South) / Benson, Kelli (5-7, G, #21, Grand Island, Neb./Grand Island) / Blackbird, Candace (6-0, G/F, #41, South Sioux City, Neb./S. Sioux City) / Block, Shelly (5-9, F/G, #20, Gothenburg, Neb./Gothenburg) / Blue, Theresa Did Not Play Boller, Jeanne (6-3, C, #45, Dorchester, Neb./Dorchester) / Bolli, Stephanie (5-10, F, #34, Burwell, Neb./Burwell) / Brandenberg, Pam (5-3, G, #20, Papillion, Neb./Papillion-LaVista) / Brenden, Lis (5-6, G, #13, Silverton, Ore./Silverton) / Brink, Sherry (5-8, F, #43, Lincoln, Neb.) / Brooks, Sabrina (5-8, G, #32, Milwaukee, Wis./Bay View) / Brown, Nafeesah (6-1, F, #30, Chicago, Ill./Harlan) /48 1, Brown, Roquayyah (5-10, F, #32, Chicago, Ill./Harlan) / Buchholz, Amanda (5-7, G, #11, Ogallala, Neb./Ogallala) / Bullock, Amy (5-6, G, #10, Norton, Kan.) / Bynum, Belinda (5-8, G, #21, Kansas City, Mo./Southwest) / Cannon-Johnson, Keasha (5-10, G, #44, Kansas City, Kan./Washington) / Cepero, Greichaly (6-2, F, #1, Dorado, Puerto Rico/McDonogh, Md.) / Cheney, Renee (5-8, G, #54, Palmyra, Neb./Palmyra) / Cleveland, Amanda (6-3, F/C, #12, Lancaster, Texas/Lancaster) / Coleman, Crystal (5-7, G, #12, East St. Louis, Ill./Lin coln) / Collains, Shawn (6-0, F, #23, Chicago, Ill./Lindblom) / Conrad, Barb (5-8, F, #22, Fremont, Neb./Fremont) / Costello, Ann (5-8, G, #23, Leawood, Kan./Shawnee Mis sion East) / Cowgill, K.C. (5-8, G, #11, Grand Island, Neb./Central Catholic) / Crouch, Jan (5-11, F, #32, Lincoln, Neb./East) /103 1, Dahn, Kristi (5-11, G, #14, Lake Oswego, Ore./Lake Oswego) / DeForge, Anna (5-11, G, #30, Niagara, Wis./Niagara) /114 1, DelVigna, Diane (5-9, F, #30, Oakland, Calif./Holy Name) /73 1, Diaz, Elena (6-1, F, #15, Medellin, Colombia/Comfenalco at Cartagena) / Dillavou, Chris (5-11, G, #20, Rose Creek, Minn./Southland) / Doage, LaToya (5-6, G, #20, Bloomington, Ill./Bloomington) / Drmanac, Ivana (6-2, F, #30, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro/The XI Belgrade) / Dudeck, Leatha (5-8, F/G, #42, Butler, Pa./Butler) / Fiene, Pamela (5-6, G, #21, Elmhurst, Ill./York) / Foley, Kathy (5-3, G, #14, Blair, Neb./Blair) / Fosdick, Jill (5-10, G, #22, Lincoln, Neb./Pius X) / Frazee, Karen (5-9, F, #50, Summerfield, Kan.) / Galligan, Kate (5-8, G, #11, Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson) /79 1, Garey, Carol (6-0, F/C, #41, Sacramento, Calif.) / Gerhart, Jessica (6-2, F, #33, Fenton, Iowa/Sentral) / Gilmore, Naciska (6-0, F, #34, Tulsa, Okla./Will Rogers) / Gusso, Amy (5-6, G, #5, Spearfi sh, S.D./Spearfish) / Hagerstrom, Kathy (6-0, F, #10, DePere, Wis./Neenan) /120 1, Halsne, Ann (6-1, F, #13, Spencer, Iowa/Spencer) /55 1, Hanson, Lacey (5-10, G, #5, Omaha, Neb./Ralston) / Hardy, Kiera (5-6, G, #21, Kansas City, Mo./O'Hara) / Harris, Kim (6-1, C, #54, Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) / Hart, Sue (5-7, G, #14, Lincoln, Neb.) / Haselip, Dina (6-1, F, #33, Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City) / Hawkins, Kathy (5-6, G, #25, Omaha, Neb.) / Pyra Aarden, Hudson, Wis. ( ) Stephanie Bolli, Burwell, Neb. ( ) Keasha Cannon-Johnson, Kansas City, Kan. (2002, 2004) 178 The Huskers have featured 14 letterwinners from the state of Illinois since 1982.

17 All-Time Roster and Statistics Player (Ht., Pos., Uniform #, Hometown/High School) Letters GP/GS Pts Reb Ast Heaston, Tanya (5-11, F, #32, Atoscadero, Calif.) / Hesch, Susan (6-1, F, #42, Wahpeton, N.D./Wahpeton) / Hiestand, LeeAnna (5-10, G, #32, Moorhead, Minn./Shanley, N.D.) / Hill, Tiffany (6-0, C/F, #5, Boulder, Colo./Fairview) / Hoffman, Deborah (5-6, G, #15, Lincoln, Neb./Southeast) / Howell, LaToya (5-5, G, #5, Chicago, Ill./Queen of Peace/Air Force) / Howell, Shannon (5-10, G, #33, Los Angeles, Calif./St. Bernard) / Hubert, Kelly (6-1, F, #55, Peoria, Ill./Peoria) / Imming, Stacy (5-8, G, #22, Kearney, Neb./Kearney) /78 1, Ivy, Maurtice (5-9, F/G, #30, Omaha, Neb./Central) /107 2, James, Ruth (5-8, G, #20, Oakland, Calif.) / Jamison, Teri (5-7, G, #12, Lincoln, Neb.) / Janssen, Linda (5-8, F/G, #10, Syracuse, Neb./Syracuse) / Jaracz, Jennifer (6-0, F, #5, Crestwood, Ky./South Oldham) / Jennings, Karen (6-2, F, #51, Persia, Iowa/Tri-Center) /106 2,405 1, Johansen, Jina (5-7, G, #20, Dannebrog, Neb./Centura) / Johnson, Alexa (6-1, F, #42, Hacienda Heights, Calif./Los Altos) /65 1, Jones, Stephanie (6-2, F, #25, Omaha, Neb./Benson) / Jurgens, J.J. (5-6, G, #11, Omaha, Neb./Platteview) / Keith, Susan (5-8, F, #25, Ardmore, Okla./Bellevue East, Neb.) / Kelley, Isha (5-9, G, #10, Lincoln, Neb./Southeast) / Kephart, Heather (5-8, G, #22, Canute, Okla./Canute) / Keyes, Heidi (6-3, C, #30, Nederland, Colo.) / Kidder, Jacque (5-7, G, #14, York, Neb./York) / Kobza, Sue (6-1, C, #44, Schuyler, Neb./Schuyler) / Korinek, Kim (5-6, G, #34, Omaha, Neb.) 1976 Did Not Play Kowalski, Christine (6-1, F/C, #32, Elmwood Park, N.J.) / Kriebel, Wendy (6-3, C, #40, Benton, Pa./Benton) / Kubik, Jami (5-11, G, #24, Cambridge, Neb./Cambridge) / Kubik, Nicole (5-10, G, #32, Cambridge, Neb./Cambridge) /119 1, LaGuardia, Lisa (6-1, C/F, #25, Lakewood, Colo./Wheatridge) / Lee, Debbie (5-9, F, #30, Omaha, Neb./Central) / Lee, Liz (5-6, G, #21, Council Bluffs, Iowa) / Leigh, Chris (5-9, G/F, #22, Springfield, Neb./Platteview) / Leonhardt, Casey (6-5, C, #55, Downers Grove, Ill./North) / Lightbody, Brenda (5-7, G, #11, Lincoln, Neb.) / Lightfoot, Andrea (5-8, G, #23, Omaha, Neb./Marian) / Machmer, Johanna (5-8, G, #21, Greenville, Ill./Greenville) / Marks, Tamara (5-6, G, #44, Bellevue, Neb./West) / McClain, Tina (5-10, F, #22, Montrose, Mo./Montrose) /82 1, McDill, Cori (6-1, F, #15, Gillette, Wyo./Campbell County) / McEwen, Kate (5-8, G, #12, Topeka, Kan./West) / McPherson, Sheila (5-5, G, #31, Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) / McRoy, Annette 1987 Did Not Play Miller, Angie (5-11, C, #10, Clatonia, Neb./Wilber-Clatonia) /95 1, Miller, Lynne (5-9, F, #14, Grand Island, Neb.) / Morse, Katie (6-4, C, #53, Minden, Iowa/Tri-Center Community) / Mosley, Sydney (6-0, F, #31, Wayne, Neb./Wayne) / Muller, Karsen (5-6, G, #14, Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) / Muller, Sarah (6-1, F, #44, Fremont, Neb./Bergan) / Murray, Grainne (5-9, G, #34, Burlingame, Calif.) / Nelson, Sonija (6-0, F, #30, Kansas City, Mo./Central) / Offringa, Sara (5-10, G, #25, St. Joseph, Mo./Central) / Otis, Mathaline (5-10, F, #40, Richmond, Calif.) / Owen, Cathy (5-6, G, #14, Ventura, Calif./Buena) /98 1, Page, Danielle (6-2, F, #52, Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer) / Parriott, Terri (5-11, F/C, #25, Ventura, Calif./Buena) / Peterson, Melody (5-9, G, #4, Pasadena, Calif./Mater Dei) / Pilakowski, Laura (6-2, F, #23, Columbus, Neb./Columbus) / Jami Kubik, Cambridge, Neb. ( ) Nicole Kubik, Cambridge, Neb. ( ) Cori McDill, Gillette, Wyo. ( ) Nebraska has had eight letterwinners from the state of Iowa, including current Husker Jessica Gerhart. 179

18 All-Time Roster and Statistics Player (Ht., Pos., Uniform #, Hometown/High School) Letters GP/GS Pts Reb Ast Powell, Debra (5-9, F/G, #32, East St. Louis, Ill./Lincoln /100 1, Pritchard, Marta (5-6, G, #20, Falls City, Neb.) / Randolph, Stacy (5-4, G, #31, Webb City, Mo./Webb City) / Ransom, Tami (5-6, G, #31, Webb, Iowa/South Clay) / Rapp, Sue (5-6, G, #24, Lincoln, Neb.) / Reitsma, Lisa (6-4, C, #55, Sanborn, Iowa/Western Christian) / Rhodes, Rhonda (5-5, G, #51, Lincoln, Neb.) / Richards, Margaret (5-9, G, #22, Louisville, Ky./Central) / Roberts, Shahidrah (5-9, G, #24, Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley North) / Robinette, Katie (6-2, F, #21, South Sioux City, Neb./S. Sioux City) / Rogers, Charlie (6-2, C, #33, South Sioux City, Neb./S. Sioux City) /90 1, Rohde, Lisa (5-8, F, #55, Lincoln, Neb.) / Rose, Gretchen (5-10, F/C, #50, Hastings, Neb./Hastings) / Roubal, Sue (5-8, G, #40, North Bend, Neb./North Bend) / Ruetz, Margie (5-11, F, #35, Racine, Wis./St. Catherine) / Runty, Jessie (5-7, G, #11, Elkhorn, Neb./Millard North) / Russell, Carol (5-11, G, #41, Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan) / Rutherford, Teri (5-8, G, #32, Ralston, Neb./Ralston) 1976 Did Not Play Samardzsiska, Bojana (6-4, C, #11, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro/Zef Ljus Marku) / Sanford, Melissa (5-10, F/G, #12, Lincoln, Neb./East) / Saveri, Carla (5-5, G, #11, Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) / Scholting, Ronda (5-6, G, #33, LaVista, Neb./Papillion-LaVista) 1976 Did Not Play Schwartz, Brooke (5-9, G, #21, Gering, Neb./Gering) /74 1, Scott, Shelley (5-8, G, #22, Seward, Neb./Seward) / Searcy, Regina (5-9, G/F, #11, East St. Louis, Ill./Lincoln) / Shackelford, Jacquie (5-8, G, #24, Inglewood, Calif./Culver City) / Shanahan, Molly (6-1, F, #24, Ventura, Calif./Buena) / Sledge, Kala (5-6, G, #10, Omaha, Neb./Westside) / Smith, Heather (6-1, F, #23, Hurlock, Md./North Dorchester) / Smith, Janet (6-2, C, #42, Omaha, Neb./Burke) /122 1,284 1, Soulliere, Lisa (6-1, C/F, #12, Littleton, Colo./Columbine) / Spiric, Jelena (6-0, F, #4, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro/The V Belgrade) / Stephens, Amy (5-6, G, #35, Alliance, Neb./Alliance) /113 1, Stevens, Kit (5-5, G, #31, Omaha, Neb./Memorial, Joplin, Mo.) / Sutton, Paige (6-2, F, #30, San Diego, Calif./Bishop Gorman, Nev.) / Taylor, Rissa (6-1, F, #22, Peoria, Ill./Manual) / Taylor, Shawn (6-1, F, #23, Denver, Colo./East) / Thomas, Cynthia 1979 Did Not Play Thompson, Emily (6-3, C, #25, Springfield, Mo./Glendale) / Tietjen, Laura (5-8, G, #12, Byron, Neb./Byron) / Unwin, LaDonna (5-8, G, #12, Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park) / Upthegrove, Tanya (5-7, G, #10, Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton) / Went, Amanda (5-9, G, #20, Columbus, Neb./Columbus) / White, Sarah (6-0, F, #14, Topeka, Kan./Washburn Rural) / Whitfield, Monique (6-1, F, #44, Long Beach, Calif./Gahr) / Wickham, Susan (6-0, F, #33, Lincoln, Neb./East) / Williams, Monet (5-7, G, #31, Brooklyn, N.Y./Samuel J. Tilden) / Williamson, Darcy (5-9, G/F, #34, Arapahoe, Neb./Arapahoe) / Wilson, Phazaria (5-11, F, #53, Omaha, Neb./Central) / Witherspoon, Sauna (5-9, G, #45, Kansas City, Kan./Washington) / Woodberry, Stilin (5-9, G, #20, Mullins, S.C./Mullins) / Yancey, Kim (5-6, G, #20, Holden, Mo./Holden) / Yedsena, Meggan (5-8, G, #24, Mahoney, Pa./City) /120 1, Zink, Jan (5-10, F, #13, Sterling, Neb./Sterling) / Margaret Richards, Louisville, Ky. ( ) Charlie Rogers, S. Sioux City, Neb. ( ) Rissa Taylor, Peoria, Ill. ( ) 180 The Huskers have produced 10 letterwinners from Kansas and eight from Missouri.