EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball Coach Rick Stein has been named the Chuck Mallander Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year in a vote by the league’s head coaches.
Additionally, senior guard Tanner Marcum (New Albany, Indiana) has been named first-team All-GLVC, while senior forward Hannah Wascher (Rantoul, Illinois) and junior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois) were named second-team All-GLVC.
Junior forward Morgan Dahlstrom (Grayslake, Illinois) was named third-team All-GLVC, while junior guard Randa Harshbarger (Philo, Illinois) was USI’s nominee for the James P. Spalding Sportsmanship award.
Stein, who is earning GLVC Coach of the Year honors for the second time in his career and the first time since 2000-01, led the Screaming Eagles to the GLVC East Division title with a regular-season record of 24-4 overall and 16-2 in the GLVC. USI won the East Division by three games after being picked to finish fourth prior to the start of the season.
Earlier this year, Stein became the first basketball coach in USI history to earn his 300th career victory.
Marcum earns her second All-GLVC award and her first-career first-team honor after averaging 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.0 steals per game. The 16th player in program history to reach the 1,000-career point plateau, Marcum leads the GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2), steals per game and total steals (85).
Grooms is earning her first career All-GLVC award after averaging a career-high 15.5 points per game during the regular-season. Grooms, who has reached double-figures in the scoring column 25 times this year, recently became the 17th player in program history to reach the 1,000-career point plateau.
Wascher is earning second-team All-GLVC honors for the second consecutive year after averaging 12.5 points and a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game. Wascher is currently ranked third in the GLVC in rebounding after recording a team-high seven double-doubles during the regular-season.
Like Grooms, Dahlstrom is earning her first-career All-GLVC honor after averaging a career-high 10.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game during the regular-season. Dahlstrom racked up four double-doubles this year and had a team-high 17 rebounds in USI’s win at Wayne State University.
Harshbarger has been nominated for the James P. Spalding Sportsmanship award after leading USI with 3.7 assists per contest.
USI begins the GLVC Tournament Friday at 6 p.m. when it takes on the University of Indianapolis in the quarterfinals at the Ford Center.
2016-17 Women’s Basketball All-GLVC Teams & Post-Season Honors
Player of the Year
Jessica Kelliher, So., F, LEWIS
Defensive Player of the Year
Kalea Parks, R-Sr., F, SJC
Freshman of the Year
Hailey Diestelkamp, Fr., F, DU
Coach of the Year
Rick Stein, USI
First Team
Sarah Galvin, Sr., F/G, BU
Heather Harman, Jr., G, DU
Martha Burse, Jr., G, UINDY
Jamie Johnson, R-Sr., G, LEWIS
Jessica Kelliher, So., F, LEWIS
Mary Dineen, Sr., G, RU #
Kalea Parks, Sr., F, SJC
Cassidy Clark, Sr., C, TSU
Tanner Marcum, Sr., G, USI
Maddie Nelson, Sr., G, WJC
# unanimous selection
Second Team
Raven Merriweather, Jr., G, BU
Hailey Diestelkamp, Fr., F, DU
Paige Wilson, Sr., G, DU
Nicole Anderson, Sr., F, UINDY
Sydney Brackemyre, Jr., G/F, UINDY
Ali Ringering, Jr., G, MU
Jordan Fletcher, R-Jr., C, UMSL
Kaydie Grooms, Jr., G/F, USI
Hannah Wascher, Sr., F, USI
Rachel Edmundson, So., G, TSU
Third Team
Daejah Bernard, Fr., PG, DU
Briana Jones, Sr., F, DU
Syerra Cunningham, Sr., C, UIS
Destiny Ramsey, Jr., F, UIS
Stephanie Sherwood, So., F, MU
Laura Szorenyi, So., G, UMSL
Marisa Lowe, So., F, RU
Jillian Myers, Jr., G, RU
Hannah Albrecht, Fr., G, SJC
Morgan Dahlstrom, Jr., F, USI
Brittney Fair, Sr., G, UWP
