2010-11 Milwaukee Panthers 2 | KIMEE CHANDLER 3 | KATIE EHLEN 11 | LINDSAY LAUR 12 | SAMMY THEUT 14 | STEPHANIE SCHELL Fr. | Guard | 5-7 So. | Guard | 5-10 Sr. | Forward | 6-0 So. | Guard | 5-8 Sr. | Guard | 5-10 Blanchardville, Wis. Cambridge, Wis. Blanchardville, Wis. Chester"eld Township, Mich. New Berlin, Wis. 20 | SAMI TUCKER 21 | AMANDA VIEHAUSER 23 | ANGELA RODRIGUEZ 25 | COURTNEY LINDFORS 32 | ANNE BRELAND So. | Guard | 5-11 Jr. | Forward | 6-2 Fr. | Guard | 5-8 Fr. | Center | 6-4 Sr. | Guard | 5-11 East Lansing, Mich. Minneapolis, Minn. Oak Creek, Wis. Elk Grove, Ill. Rochester, Minn. 33 | LAURA MELQUIST 34 | ASHLEY IMPERIALE 40 | ALLIE PFEFFER 44 | JENILEE KLOMSTAD 45 | ALEX KLAWITTER Fr. | Forward | 6-3 Sr. | Guard | 5-10 Fr. | Forward | 6-1 Sr. | Center | 6-4 Jr. | Guard | 5-8 Byron, Minn. Greendale, Wis. Fitchburg, Wis. Pewaukee, Wis. Janesville, Wis. 52 | EMILY DECORAH SANDY BOTHAM KEVIN McMANAMAN HEATHER MORRIS CAMERON TUCKER So. | Guard | 5-11 Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Blanchardville, Wis. 15th Season First Season First Season First Season 2010-11 Milwaukee Panthers Women’s Basketball Media Guide Coaching Staff Quick Facts General Information School Name University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee City/Zip Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 Founded 1885 Enrollment 30,000 Nickname Panthers Colors Black and Gold Arena/Capacity Klotsche Center/3,500 Conference Horizon League 2010-11 Seniors Interim Chancellor Michael Lovell Interim Director of Athletics Dave Gilbert Assoc. AD/SWA Kathy Litzau Table of Contents Athletics Phone 414-229-5151 Ticket Manager Brian Morgan TV/Radio Roster IFC Points-Rebounds-Assists 34-35 Ticket Office Phone 414-229-5886 Table of Contents/Quick Facts 1 Individual Highs and Lows 34-35 2010-11 Rosters 2 Team Highs and Lows 36 Coaching Staff 2010-11 Season Preview 3-5 Miscellaneous Statistics 37 Head Coach Sandy Botham Alma Mater/Year Notre Dame/1988 Coaching Staff History Record at Milwaukee 231-187/14 Years Sandy Botham 6-7 Women’s Basketball History 38 Career Record 253-191/15 Years Kevin McManaman 8 All-Time Letterwinners 39-40 Assistant Coach Kevin McManaman Heather Morris 8 All-Time Numerical Roster 41 Assistant Coach Heather Morris Cameron Tucker 9 Division I Individual Career Statistics 42-44 Assistant Coach Cameron Tucker Support Staff 9 Panther All-Americans 45 Director of Operations Nichole Drummond All-Time Award Winners 46-47 Video Coordinator Jessica Kern Media Information Panther Hall of Famers 48-49 Athletic Trainer Renee Reckelberg Milwaukee Sports Information 11-12 Post-Season Tournament Teams 50-53 On the Air 13 Team Information Records 2009-10 Overall Record 12-19 Panther Profiles Yearly Records 54 Home/Away/Neutral 5-9/6-10/1-0 Anne Breland 13 Records vs. Opponents 55-56 League Record 6-12 League Finish t-7th Ashley Imperiale 14-15 Records vs. Conferences 57 League Tournament Finish lost in quarterfinals Jenilee Klomstad 16-17 Overtime Games/Ranked Opponents 57 Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Lindsay Laur 18-19 Series Histories 58-63 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/4 Stephanie Schell 20-21 In-Season Tournament Results 63 Alex Klawitter 22 Game-by-Game Results 64-71 History Amanda Viehauser 23 1,000-Point Club 72-73 First Year of Basketball 1971 Katie Ehlen 24 Individual Scoring Records 74 First Year in Division I 1990-91 Sammy Theut 25 Individual Rebounding Records 75 All-Time Record 535-469 (.533) Sami Tucker 26 Other Individual Records 76-78 NCAA Appearances/Last 2/2006 Newcomers 27-28 Pre-Division I Records 78 Last NCAA Appearance Michigan State/L, 65-46 Team Picture 28 Class Records 79 Double-Doubles 80-81 Media Relations 2009-10 in Review Annual Leaders/Team Statistics 82-83 Assistant SID/WBB Contact Kevin Conway Team Statistics 29 Single-Game Team Records 84-85 Office Phone 414-229-2413 Schedule/Results 30 Opponent Team/Individual Records 86 Cell Phone 414-750-0298 Horizon League in Review 31 Team Single-Season Records 87 Home Phone 414-202-9329 Team Game-by-Game Statistics 32-33 Klotsche Center Records 88 E-mail [email protected] SID Kevin O’Connor The 2010-11 Women’s Basketball Media Guide was written and edited by Kevin Conway. Editorial assistance provided by Kevin Assistant SID Chris Zills O’Connor and Chris Zills. Photographs courtesy of Trevor Thompson, Steve Woltmann, John Ward, Milwaukee Convention and SID Fax 414-229-5749 Visitors Bureau, Kevin Conway, Dr. Joe Schell and UWM Visual Imaging. Printing by Commercial Communications, Inc. Press Row Phone 414-229-6276 1 Coaching Staff 2010-11 Milwaukee Panthers Women’s Basketball Media Guide 2010-11 Milwaukee Numerical Roster # Name Pos Year Height Hometown/High School/Last School Pronunciation 2 Kimee Chandler Fr. G 5-7 Blanchardville, Wis./Pecatonica 3 Katie Ehlen So. G 5-11 Cambridge, Wis./Cambridge EE-len 11 Lindsay Laur Jr. F 6-0 Roseville, Minn./Cretin Derham/Colorado State l-OW-er 12 Sammy Theut Fr. G 5-8 Chesterfield Township, Mich./Marine City Cardinal Mooney THOY-t 14 Stephanie Schell Jr. G 5-10 New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower shell 20 Sami Tucker Fr. G 5-11 East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Sammy 21 Angela Rodriguez Fr. G 5-8 Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek 23 Anne Breland Jr. G 5-11 Rochester, Minn./Lourdes/Rochester Community & Tech College BREE-land 25 Courtney Lindfors Fr. C 6-4 Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove 32 Danielle Jorgenson So. C 6-3 La Crosse, Wis./Logan 33 Laura Melquist Fr. F 6-2 Byron, Minn./Lourdes 34 Ashley Imperiale Jr. G 5-11 Greendale, Wis./Greendale/UW-La Crosse impure-ee-ALL-ee 40 Allie Pfeffer Fr. F 6-1 Fitchburg, Wis./Verona 44 Jenilee Klomstad Jr. C 6-4 Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee 45 Alex Klawitter So. G 5-8 Janesville, Wis./Parker 52 Emily Decorah** So. 5-11 G Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee/Edgewood de-CORE-a 2010-11 Milwaukee Alphabetical Roster # Name Pos Year Height Hometown/High School/Last School Pronunciation 23 Anne Breland Jr. G 5-11 Rochester, Minn./Lourdes/Rochester Community & Tech College BREE-land 2 Kimee Chandler Fr. G 5-7 Blanchardville, Wis./Pecatonica 52 Emily Decorah** So. G 5-11 Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee/Edgewood de-CORE-a 3 Katie Ehlen So. G 5-11 Cambridge, Wis./Cambridge EE-len 34 Ashley Imperiale Jr. G 5-11 Greendale, Wis./Greendale/UW-La Crosse im-pure-ee-ALL-ee 32 Danielle Jorgenson So. C 6-3 La Crosse, Wis./Logan 45 Alex Klawitter So. G 5-8 Janesville, Wis./Parker 44 Jenilee Klomstad Jr. C 6-4 Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee klom-stad 25 Courtney Lindfors Fr. C 6-4 Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove 11 Lindsay Laur Jr. F 6-0 Roseville, Minn./Cretin Derham/Colorado State l-OW-er 33 Laura Melquist Fr. F 6-2 Byron, Minn./Lourdes 40 Allie Pfeffer Fr. F 6-1 Fitchburg, Wis./Verona 21 Angela Rodriguez Fr. G 5-8 Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek 14 Stephanie Schell Jr. G 5-10 New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower shell 12 Sammy Theut Fr. G 5-8 Chesterfield Township, Mich./Marine City Cardinal Mooney THOY-t 20 Sami Tucker Fr. G 5-11 East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing ** Must sit out the 2010-11 season due to NCAA transfer rules Head Coach: Sandy Botham [BAH-thumb] Assistant Coach: Kevin McManaman Assistant Coach: Heather Morris Assistant Coach: Cameron Tucker Director of Operations: Nichole Drummond Video Coordinator: Jessica Kern Athletic Trainer: Renee Reckelberg 2 2010-11 Milwaukee Panthers Women’s Basketball Media Guide Coaching Staff Panthers Primed for success in 2010-11 Milwaukee has combination of experience, talent and youth to return to top of Horizon League The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s basketball team lost just two players from its regu- Laur Named To Preseason All-League Second Team lar rotation last season and adds one of its most Panthers picked sixth in preseason poll highly-touted recruiting classes as it looks to return to the top of the Horizon League. Lindsay Laur of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s basketball team was named to the Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team in the league’s annual preseason polling of league head “I’m excited about the season,” Milwaukee head coaches, sports information directors and media. coach Sandy Botham said. “We have added some nice pieces to our puzzle. I think we have addressed The Panthers, who tied for seventh in the league last season, were picked sixth in the preseason poll. some needs with some really talented players. We now have a lot more options as a program and a lot Laur returns as Milwaukee’s top scorer and rebounder from a year ago. She scored 13.4 points and pulled of depth. We are still going to be young, but hungry. down 7.7 rebounds per game to rank in the top 10 in the league in scoring and top five in rebounding. We have some good experience back that we could She enters her senior season needing just 114 points for 1,000 in her career. An inside-outside presence not say we had going into last year.” for UWM, she also led the team with nine double-doubles and 38 three-pointers. Just two years removed from a streak of nine- Defending regular season champion Green Bay topped the preseason poll with 26-of-27 possible first- straight top-two league finishes, the Panthers still place votes and 269 total points. The Phoenix also placed three players on the preseason first team, led know what it will take to traverse the ever-im- by preseason player of the year Kayla Tetschlag.