Women's Basketball Awards and Accomplishments

March 31, 2008

Lisa Bluder
Big Ten Coach of the Year
WBCA Region 6 Coach of the Year
One of 25 finalists for the Naismith Coach of the Year
Won career game No. 500 in Iowa’s win at Penn State on Feb. 10, 2008

Wendy Ausdemore
Honorable Mention all-Big Ten
KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge all-Tournament team
ESPN The Magazine Academic all-District Third team
Academic all-Big Ten

Stacy Schlapkohl
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award nominee
Academic all-Big Ten

Megan Skouby
Big Ten “Sixth Player of the Year”
KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge all-Tournament team

Kristi Smith
WBCA Region 6 all-American (Honorable mention all-American)
First team all-Big Ten
Academic all-Big Ten

Johanna Solverson
Second team all-Big Ten
Big Ten co-Player of the Week (Feb. 11)
Big Ten co-Player of the Week (March 3)

Krista VandeVenter
Academic all-Big Ten

Individual Accomplishments
? Junior Wendy Ausdemore ranked third nationally in three-point field goal percentage (78-171, .456); she attempted 23 more triples than the top-ranked player
? Wendy Ausdemore’s three-point field goal percentage (.456, 78-171) ranks third-best in Iowa single-season history, but ranks first among former Hawkeyes who had 100 attempts or more
? Wendy Ausdemore made 78 three-pointers, which are the second-most in a single-season at Iowa and the most ever by an Iowa junior
? Wendy Ausdemore tied her own Carver-Hawkeye Arena record (by an Iowa player), draining six three-pointers vs. Purdue
? Wendy Ausdemore finished her junior season ranked second in career three-pointers at Iowa with 160; she is 101 away from career-leader Lindsey Meder (261)
? Senior Johanna Solverson is only the second Iowa player ever to amass over 1,000 points, 550 rebounds, 350 assists and 175 steals (Franthea Price)
? Megan Skouby blocked 23 shots, which is the fifth-most ever by an Iowa junior
? Kristi Smith made 53 three-pointers, which is the third-most ever by an Iowa junior
? Kristi Smith amassed over 400 points and 100 assists the last two seasons; she had 425 points and 103 assists her junior campaign and 402 points and 124 assists her sophomore season
? Kristi Smith’s 425 points is a single-season best and ranks 31st-best in Iowa single-season history
? JoAnn Hamlin blocked 23 shots, which is the fourth-most ever by an Iowa sophomore
? Three players (Megan Skouby, Kristi Smith and Johanna Solverson) amassed over 1,000 career points during the year, marking the first time in school history three players reached the 1,000-point plateau in the same season.
? Johanna Solverson scored the second-most points by an Iowa women’s basketball player in a half when she poured in 23 during the first 20 minutes at Wisconsin
? Kristi Smith netted 15 points, or more, a team-best 14 times and topped the 20-point plateau a team-best four times
? Kristi Smith finished her junior year ranked sixth in Iowa career three-pointers, ninth in assists and 24th in scoring
? Johanna Solverson finished her career ranked third in assists, fifth in three-pointers, seventh in steals, 13th in rebounding and 18th in scoring at Iowa
? Krista VandeVenter finished her career ranked sixth in Iowa career rebounding, 15th in steals and 16th in assists
? Megan Skouby finished her junior year ranked fourth in Iowa career rebounding and 21st in scoring

Team Accomplishments
? Won a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, Iowa’s first regular season title since 1998. Iowa has nine Big Ten regular season titles, the second-most in the conference
? Iowa was 13-3 in home games, including 8-1 during conference play
? Iowa defeated every Big Ten team at least once, except Ohio State
? After starting the season 9-7, Iowa concluded the regular season 11-2, including winning eight straight games during conference play. The eight-game winning streak was the longest by any Big Ten team. The last time Iowa won eight straight conference games was during the 1995-96 season.
? Iowa won 21 games, marking the 14th time in 34 seasons a Hawkeye team eclipsed 20 wins, including the third time during Coach Bluder’s eight-year tenure.
? Broke the school record for field goal percentage in a half (17-23, .739) at Wisconsin
? Broke the school record for consecutive three-pointers made in a single-game (7) vs. Minnesota
? Broke the school’s NCAA Tournament record for most three-point attempts in a single-game (22) vs. Georgia
? Tied the school’s NCAA Tournament record for most three-pointers made in a single-game (9) vs. Georgia
? Ranked seventh in the country in three-point accuracy (197-506, .389), 29th in assists (15.7) and 39th in assist/turnover ratio (0.93)
? Iowa’s three-point field goal percentage (.389, 197-506) ranks third-best in Iowa single-season history, but ranks first among past seasons that had 400 attempts or more
? Iowa’s free throw percentage (.733, 373-509) ranks sixth-best in Iowa single-season history
? Iowa was a perfect 5-0 in conference games decided by five points or less
? Iowa held Michigan to only 37 points, which is the fewest scored in Big Ten Tournament history
? Iowa made 197 three-pointers, the second-most in school history (199 during the 2001-02 season)
? Last year, Iowa ranked last in Big Ten scoring defense (71.7), field goal percentage defense (.447) and three-point field goal percentage defense (.347). The 2008 Hawkeyes ranked first in three-point field goal percentage defense (.292), second in field goal percentage defense (.441) and fifth in scoring defense (60.2).
? The Hawkeyes ranked in the top three in 11 Big Ten statistical categories
? Iowa won five Big Ten Conference road games this season, the most by any league team
? Iowa received an at-large berth to its 17th NCAA Tournament. Iowa has advanced to post-season play seven of the eight years during Coach Bluder’s tenure, including five NCAA Tournament appearances. Bluder has guided the Black and Gold to five Big Ten first division finishes
? Iowa had seven different players lead the team in scoring at least once
? Iowa’s 44-point win over Northern Illinois tied the program’s 17th-largest margin of victory
? Iowa reached the Big Ten Tournament semifinals for the sixth time since the tournament began in 1995
? Iowa received votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches poll the six weeks of the season