Final 2011-12 MIAA Women's Basketball Report

Final Standings

  League   Overall
  W L Avg. Opp.   W L Avg. Opp.
Calvin* 15 1 72.3 46.3   28 2 71.6 48.7
Hope 13 3 65.5 51.8   22 5 66.6 51.6
Albion 12 4 62.5 57.2   18 7 62.7 56.6
Saint Mary's 9 7 61.9 61.2   13 12 63.4 62.5
Adrian 6 10 52.1 55.7   11 13 53.2 54.4
Olivet 5 11 52.8 60.0   7 18 53.6 60.9
Trine 5 11 47.9 55.3   11 14 50.6 54.6
Alma 5 11 57.1 67.5   7 18 55.1 66.6
Kalamazoo 2 14 45.7 62.9   4 21 49.4 63.7

The regular season champion is determined solely on percentage of games won and lost. The conference tournament champion will receive the league's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

*MIAA Champion - Calvin

All-MIAA Honors

Most Valuable Player
Carissa Verkaik, Calvin
(Junior from Holland/Holland Christian HS)

Defensive Player of the Year
Liz Ellis, Hope
(Junior from Grand Rapids/East Grand Rapids HS)

All-MIAA First Team
Carissa Verkaik, Calvin*** (junior from Holland/Holland Christian HS)
Patty Rewa, Albion** (senior from Greenville/Greenville HS)
Kelley Murphy, Saint Mary’s** (senior from Olathe, Kan./Kansas City Notre Dame de Sion HS)
Liz Ellis, Hope* (junior from Grand Rapids/East Grand Rapids HS)
Julia Hilbrands, Calvin* (junior from Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS)
Courtney Kust, Hope* (junior from Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Hills Christian HS)

All-MIAA Second Team
Patsy Mahoney, Saint Mary’s (senior from Nashville, Tenn./Pope John Paul II HS)
Nicole Dennis, Albion (senior from St. Clair Shores/Lakeview HS)
Maddie Burnett, Hope (senior from Grand Rapids/Northview HS)
Katie Ross, Adrian (senior from Clawson/Clawson HS)
Kelsey Campbell, Olivet (sophomore from Olivet/Olivet HS)
Jessica Centa, Saint Mary’s (senior from Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth HS)

*- Denotes number of years All-MIAA First Team

NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
Sectional Championship - Saturday, March 10 at Chicago, Ill.
St. Thomas, Minn. 83, Calvin 72, ot box

NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
Sectionals - Friday, March 9 at Chicago, Ill.
Calvin 68, Univ. of Chicago 50 box

NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
Second Round - Saturday, March 3 at Calvin
Calvin 76, Wis.-Stevens Point 71 box

NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
First Round - Friday, March 2 at Calvin
Calvin 59, Wisconsin Lutheran 47 box

 

Saturday, February 25 - Championship
Calvin 65, Hope 43 box

Thursday, February 23 - Semifinals
#1 Calvin 78, #4 Saint Mary's 50 box
#2 Hope 58, #3 Albion 55 box

 

Player of the Week

Calvin guard Jill Thomas, a senior from Grand Rapids (West Catholic HS), scored 13 points, including three 3-ponters, as she helped the Knights defeat Hope, 65-43, in the championship game of the MIAA tournament on Saturday. Thomas, who is being honored as Player of the Week for the first time in her career, also had four assists and three steals in a 78-50 tournament semifinal win over Saint Mary’s.

 

Player of the Week Honor Roll

Week #1 - Patty Rewa, Albion and Carissa Verkaik, Calvin
Week #2 - Patsy Mahoney, Saint Mary's
Week #3 - Meredith Kussmaul, Hope
Week #4 - Maddie Burnett, Hope
Week #5 - Rebekah Llorens, Hope
Week #6 - Danielle Hicks, Alma
Week #7 - Katie Ross, Adrian
Week #8 - Carissa Verkaik, Calvin
Week #9 - Brett deBear, Albion
Week #10 - Kelsey Campbell, Olivet
Week #11 - Kelley Murphy, Saint Mary's
Week #12 - Patsy Mahoney, Saint Mary's
Week #13 - Patty Rewa, Albion
Week #14 - Patty Rewa, Albion
Week #15 - Jill Thomas, Calvin