Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Bethany College, Lindsborg. Bethel College, North Newton. Friends University, Wichita. Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina. McPherson College, McPherson. Ottawa University, Ottawa. Southwestern College, Winfield. Sterling College, Sterling. Tabor College, Hillsboro. University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth.
NEWS from K.C.A.C. SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: A.John Pearson, 328 North First Street, Lindsborg, KS 67456; phones (H)785-227-2302, (cell) 785-227-5405; E-mail
Education Center, 3460 North Ridge Road, Suite 50, Wichita, KS, KS 67205, (O & Cell) 316-425-3460, Fax 316- 425-3461, E-mail
NEWS RELEASE. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM, and HONORABLE MENTION Players, Season-end honors. FOR RELEASE: Monday evening, P.M., February 28, 2011, or after. EMBARGOED! …HOLD FOR RELEASE!! Mailed: 2/27/2011.
[Note: The WOMEN’S honored players will be announced and recognized in-person during halftime of KCAC Post-season MEN’S Tournament championship game which begins at 6 pm on Monday evening, February 28, in Hartman Arena at Park City, Kansas (north edge of Wichita at Interstate-135 and 77th Street exit 16) — as the first of two tournament championship games of the KCAC Post-season Basketball Tournaments.] Contact: Dr. Scott Crawford commissioner of the KCAC Conference, or KCAC SID John Pearson [above].
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WICHITA, KS -- The 2011 All-Conference Women's Basketball Teams of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference have been selected by the ten women's head coaches. Coach-of-the-year is Lonnie Kruse of Sterling College “Lady Warriors,” the regular-season KCAC co-champions. Named "Player-of-the-year" is senior Britany Gaspar of Sterling College. The "Freshman-of-the-year" is freshman Laura Patrick of Sterling College, and "Newcomer-of-the-year” is junior Brett Bates of Southwestern College. Again this year in addition to First Team and Honorable Mention, both an All-Defense Team and an All-Freshman Team were selected by the coaches. Sterling College and Kansas Wesleyan University were this year’s KCAC women’s co-champions from the regular-season, with Sterling conference records of 16-2 KCAC and 24-4 overall and KWU conference records of 16-2 KCAC and 27-2 overall (prior to post-season competition). The team which wins the KCAC eighteenth annual KCAC post-season women's tournament (Feb. 24-28) will be the KCAC affiliated conference primary and automatic representative team to the NAIA Division II national championship tournament March 9-15, in the 32-team national tournament at Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena in Sioux City, Iowa, hosted by Sioux City Events & Facilities Bureau. Because the KCAC is a ten-team conference, a second team from the KCAC Conference also will receive a berth to the NAIA national championship tournament — the highest seeded team not winning the KCAC Tournament regardless of finish in the tournament. In addition, it is possible that the NAIA also will select an “at-large” team from the KCAC Conference for the national championship tournament.
The complete All-KCAC women's basketball team and honor lists for 2011 are:
K.C.A.C. 2010-2011 All-CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, First Team (U) Angela Wood, Sr., 5-7, Guard, Wichita, KS, BETHEL COLLEGE. (U) Ta’vionna Polley-Davis, Sr., 5-7, Guard, Tulsa, OK, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY. Shelby Babcock, Jr., 5-5, Guard, Ventura, CA, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. R Stephanie Frost, So., 5-10, Forward, Assaria, KS, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. R (U) LaCole Wilkinson, Sr., 5-3, Guard, Hempe, MO, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. 2 Kristen Ozbun, Sr., 5-6, Guard, Rose Hill, KS, Mc[HERSON COLLEGE. # (U) Brett Bates, Jr., 5-6, Guard, Hobart, OK, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE. Tyler Hartfield, Sr., 5-11, Forward, Cleveland, OH, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE. @ R (U) Britany Gasper, Sr., 5-10, Forward, Cawker City, KS, STERLING COLLEGE. F Laura Patrick, Fr., 5-10, Guard, Hutchinson, KS, STERLING COLLEGE. Jannica Schultze, Sr., 5-6, Guard, Waldo, KS, STERLING COLLEGE. (U) = Unanimous selection by the head coaches. R = Repeat first-team selection from last year's 2010 All-KCAC first team. @ = Selected "Player-of-the-year.” # = Selected "Newcomer-of-the-year.” F = Selected "Freshman-of-the-year.”
K.C.A.C. 2010-11 All-KCAC Honorable Mention, Women’s Basketball Cathy Wade, Sr., 5-10, Forward, Midwest City, OK, BETHANY COLLEGE. Jessica Muckenthaler, Jr., 5-5, Guard, Emporia, KS, BETHEL COLLEGE. Rebekah Bunde, Jr., 5-9, Forward, Valley Falls, KS, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. Katie Novack, Sr., 5-8, Guard, Holcomb, KS, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. Maggie Hasenkamp, Sr., 5-7, Guard, Soldier, KS, OTTAWA UNIVERSITY. Tessa Porter, Jr., 5-11, Forward, Anderson, MO, OTTAWA UNIVERSITY. Zefiryn Bryan, Fr., 6-0, Forward, Delphos, OH, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE. Erica Herman, Sr., 5-5, Guard, Derby, KS, STERLING COLLEGE. Madison Lucas, Sr., 5-10, Forward, Rose Hill, KS, STERLING COLLEGE. Tynan Honn, So., 5-11, Forward, Hutchinson, KS, TABOR COLLEGE. Samantha Ciani, Sr., 6-0, Forward, Glenwood Springs, CO, UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY.
K.C.A.C. 2010-11 All-KCAC All-Defensive Team, Women’s Basketball Angela Wood, Sr., 5-7, Guard, Wichita, KS, BETHEL COLLEGE. Ta’vionna Polley-Davis, Sr., 5-7, Guard, Tulsa, OK, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY. LaCole Wilkinson, Sr., 5-3, Guard, Hempe, MO, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. Britany Gasper, Sr., 5-10, Forward, Cawker City, KS, STERLING COLLEGE. Jannica Schultze, Sr., 5-6, Guard, Waldo, KS, STERLING COLLEGE.
K.C.A.C. 2010-11 All-KCAC All-Freshman Team, Women’s Basketball Amber Ramsey, Fr., 5-11, Forward, Olathe, KS, OTTAWA UNIVERSITY. Zefiryn Bryan, Fr., 6-0, Forward, Delphos, OH, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE. Kaitlin Tennyson, Fr., 5-10, Guard, Andover, KS, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE. Laura Patrick, Fr., 5-10, Guard, Hutchinson, KS, STERLING COLLEGE. Amy Jo Maphet, Fr., 5-5, Guard, Pratt, KS, TABOR COLLEGE.
The presentation of this year’s All-KCAC Women's Basketball awards will be given during halftime of the men's postseason tournament championship final, and the All-KCAC Men's Basketball awards will take place during halftime of the women's tournament championship final — all on KCAC Conference “Championship Monday” at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas, on the north edge of Wichita.
The ten independent colleges of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, commonly called “The Kansas Conference,” have combined student enrollments well over 10,000. The KCAC Conference traces roots back to February 15, 1890, when the Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association resulted from first successful attempt at organization among Kansas colleges, "to promote and regulate amateur intercollegiate athletics." The present KCAC legal entity comes from a reorganization of the conference on December 1, 1928.
The KCAC continues to be the only all-Kansas intercollegiate conference of the state’s four- year colleges and universities.
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The end of 2011 regular-season standings with the Conference champions for both women and men, and the KCAC Basketball postseason tournament seeds, are:
K.C.A.C. Men’s Basketball (thru Sat., 2/19/2011): K.C.A.C. Women’sBasketball (thru Sat.,2/19/2011): TEAM K.C.A.C. ALL TEAM K.C.A.C. ALL 1. Sterling College # ...... 14 – 4 18 – 10 1-t. Kansas Wesleyan University # . . . . 16 – 2 27 – 2 2-t. Tabor College...... 11 – 7 17 – 10 1-t. Sterling College # ...... 16 – 2 24 – 4 2-t. McPherson College...... 11 – 7 17 – 12 3. Southwestern College...... 14 – 4 21 – 6 2-t. Bethany College...... 11 – 7 13 – 15 4-t. Bethel College...... 9 – 9 15 – 13 5-t. University of Saint Mary...... 10 – 8 17 – 13 4-t. Friends University...... 9 – 9 14 – 14 5-t. Friends University...... 10 – 8 13 – 16 6-t. Ottawa University...... 8 – 10 11 – 17 7. Southwestern College...... 8 – 10 16 – 11 6-t. Tabor College...... 8 – 10 11 – 17 8. Bethel College...... 6 – 12 7 – 21 8-t. Bethany College...... 4 – 14 6 – 22 9. Kansas Wesleyan University...... 5 – 13 8 – 20 8-t. McPherson College...... 4 – 14 6 – 22 10. Ottawa University...... 4 – 14 7 – 21 10. University of Saint Mary...... 2 – 16 9 – 20
# Men’s Champion, regular-season: Sterling College. # Women’s Co-champions, regular-season: Kansas Wesleyan University and Sterling College.
K.C.A.C. Men’s seedings in the postseason K.C.A.C. Women’s seedings in postseason tournament, Feb.23-28 (with tie-breakers): tournament, Feb.24-28 (with tie-breakers): TEAM K.C.A.C. ALL TEAM K.C.A.C. ALL 1. Sterling College # ...... 14 – 4 18 – 10 1. Sterling College # ...... 16 – 2 24 – 4 2. McPherson College...... 11 – 7 17 – 12 2. Kansas Wesleyan University # . . . . . 16 – 2 27 – 2 3. Bethany College...... 11 – 7 13 – 15 3. Southwestern College...... 14 – 4 21 – 6 4. Tabor College...... 11 – 7 17 – 10 4. Bethel College...... 9 – 9 15 – 13 5. Friends University...... 10 – 8 13 – 16 5. Friends University...... 9 – 9 14 – 14 6. University of Saint Mary...... 10 – 8 17 – 13 6. Ottawa University...... 8 – 10 11 – 17 7. Southwestern College...... 8 – 10 16 – 11 7. Tabor College...... 8 – 10 11 – 17 8. Bethel College...... 6 – 12 7 – 21 8. Bethany College...... 4 – 14 6 – 22
SOURCE: Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference website
The tournament seedings are based on final regular-season standings of KCAC Conference, with the tie-breakers applied.
Conference information is updated on the website www.kcacsports.com , and Hartman Arena details and directions are online at www.hartmanarena.com
www.kcacsports.com NOTE: See Conference website www.kcacsports.com for up-to-date postings for all sanctioned sports of the KCAC, plus news, statistics, records, standings, lists, documents, links, and many lively features — including links to the ten institutions and their webcasts/radio broadcasts, and also a link to the new online KCAC Broadcast Network (live and archived games-of-the- week webcasts, occasional special shows of the KCAC) — accessible from a “WATCH LIVE” link on the homepage of kcacsports.com
NOTE: Go to You Tube at www.youtube.com/kcacsports for some KCAC Conference selected video highlights.
======2011 KCAC BASKETBALL 18th POST-SEASON TOURNAMENTS: BOTH MEN & WOMEN Tournaments: This year no Play-in Games; tournaments for top 8 teams at end of regular-season end for each division (men and women) — Men’s tournament Wed. Feb.23 through Mon. Feb.28; Men’s tournament Championship Final at Hartman Arena, Wichita, 6 PM, “CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY.” — Women’s tournament Thu. Feb.24 through Mon. Feb.28; Women’s tournament Championship Final at Hartman Arena, Wichita, 8 PM, “CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY.” 4 MEN’S Tipoff: Quarterfinals (Wed.) 7 PM, Semifinals (Sat.) 2 PM, ALL AT TOP-SEEDED CAMPUS SITES, then: Men’s Tournament Championship Mon., Feb.28, Hartman Arena, Wichita, 6 PM. WOMEN’S Tipoff: Quarterfinals (Thu.) 7 PM, Semifinals (Sat.) 7 PM, ALL AT TOP-SEEDED CAMPUS SITES, then: Women’s Tournament Championship Mon., Feb.28, Hartman Arena, Wichita, 8 PM. Tickets quarterfinals and semifinals at campus sites: $8 adult, $5 senior (55+), $3 student with ID & child age 5+. NAIA passes and approved media passes accepted. Tickets “Championship Monday” Games Feb.28 (all general admission): $10, good for both games in Hartman Arena. Available at door and online Stage 1 Tickets at http://www.stage1tickets.com
Men’ tournament champion: The KCAC men’s tournament winner advances to NAIA-II 20th Annual Men's Tournament, March 9-15, a 32-team tournament, at Branson area, Missouri (College of the Ozarks, Keeter Gymnasium, Point Lookout, MO).
Women’ tournament champion: The KCAC women’s tournament winner advances to NAIA-II 20th Annual Women's Tournament, March 9-15, a 32-team tournament, at Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena in Sioux City, Iowa, hosted by Sioux City Events & Facilities Bureau.
2011 Inaugural “KCAC Hoops at Hartman Arena” tournaments title games Mon., Feb. 28, 2011. Hartman Arena: See online www.hartmanarena.com for detailed directions and Hartman Arena venue information. See online www.kcacsports.com for Conference details.
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