Kate Achter

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Clay
Hometown:
Oregon, Ohio

ACHTER AND THE FALCONS:
Since arriving on BGSU[apos]s campus, Achter and the Falcons have experienced win after win after win after win and with a win at Central Michigan (Feb. 13) she and her fellow senior, Whitney Taylor, joined an elite group of both Bowling Green and Mid-American Conference players in winning 100 games in their collegiate careers ... only six other women[apos]s groups and one men[apos]s class have accomplished the feat ... she is also a member of the only active senior class in the MAC to win at least one NCAA Tournament game and have less than 25 loses in their collegiate career ... as a junior, she was a starter on the MAC[apos]s most historic women[apos]s basketball team ... not only did that team advance to the Sweet Sixteen, but they also won 31 games; the most of any men[apos]s or women[apos]s MAC affiliate in conference history ... the only player in program history to score at least 1,450+ points and record 600+ assists ... has been named to the MAC[apos]s All-Tournament Team in each of her first three conference championship seasons ... named MAC Tournament MVP as a freshman ... numerous MAC Player of the Week honors ... averaged 27 wins per season and never saw her basketball calendar end before March 19 of any given year while with BGSU ... will graduate with a 108-23 overall record.

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Achter will graduate fourth on the all-time scoring ilst with her 1,580 points in the Brown and Orange. (BGSU Photo Services)

ACHTER IN THE RECORD BOOKS
BSGU Career
Scoring - 4th (1,580)
Scoring Average - 11th (12.1)
Assists - Record Holder (688)
Games Started - 3rd (124)
Free Throw Attempts - Record Holder (718)
Free Throws Made - Record Holder (551)
BGSU Single Season
Free Throw Attempts - 3rd (208 - 2007-08)
Free Throw Attempts - 5th (180 - 2005-06)
Free Throw Attempts - 6th (174 - 2006-07)
Only player to be listed more than once in the top six
Free Throws Made - 2nd (163 - 2007-08)
Free Throws Made - 4th (134 - 2005-06)
Free Throws Made - 5th (133 - 2006-07)
Only player to be listed more than once in the top five
Assists - Record Holder (237 - 2007-08)
Assists - 5th (177 - 2006-07)
Only player to be listed more than once in the top five
MAC Career
Most wins in a four year career - 108
Free Throws Made - 4th (551)
Free Throw Attempts - 4th (718)
Assists - 4th (688)
MAC Single Season
Assists - 4th (237 - 2007-08)

Achter and the Falcons extended their schedule into the postseason with three NCAA and one WNIT appearances. (BGSU Photo Services)

2007-08 HONORS:
* PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM * MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Nov. 19)
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Nov. 26)
* CORNELL CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* IOWA STATE CYCLONE SHOOTOUT ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Feb. 25)
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Mar. 3)
* FIRST TEAM ALL-MAC
* MAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
* [apos]BUZZ PLAYER[apos] - NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD
* FRANCIS POMEROY NAISMITH AWARD NOMINEE
* STATE FARM ALL-AMERICA REGIONAL FINALIST
* STATE FARM ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION

2006-07 HONORS:
* ALL-MAC SECOND TEAM
* MAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Nov. 28)
* PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM

2005-06 HONORS:
* ALL-MAC SECOND TEAM
* MAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* HAMPTON INN CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Feb. 6) 2004-05 HONORS:
* MAC TOURNAMENT MVP
* MAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* MAC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

2007-08 // Achter[apos]s Final Career Stats in PDF Format // Achter For All-American Flier in PDF Format
A tri-captain ... began the season earning Preseason All-MAC honors ... took back-to-back MAC Player of the Week honors (Nov. 19 and Nov. 26) and would go onto to earn the award again on back-to-back weeks - Feb. 25 and Mar. 5 ... named to the All-Tournament teams for both the Cornell Classic and the Iowa State Cyclone Shootout ... was one of only 25 point guards to be mentioned as a 'Buzz Player[apos] for the Nancy Lieberman Award given annually by the Rotary Club of Detroit for the best point guard in the

Achter helped the Falcons to the first ever four-peat of a regular season MAC Championship. (BGSU Photo Services)

country ... Achter[apos]s 32 points versus St. Bonaventure (Nov. 24) also set a new personal best for the senior; previously her highest scoring game (29 pts.) was a 77-66 win at Belmont - just six days prior ... went 15-17 from the free throw line in both games ... her Bonaventure outing made her just three points shy of tying the program record of 35 points in one game ... orchestrated her first double-digit assist night as she contributed 11 of the Falcons 18 assists in a 74-60 win over Florida Gulf Coast at the Cornell Classic ... hit a last second jumper (00:05) to send BGSU into the locker room down two on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame (Dec. 5) ... converted an 'and-one[apos] to tie the game during the second half of play ... finished the narrow loss with 20 points and a game high seven assists ... chipped in 10 helpers in a road win at Delaware (Dec. 21) ... was perfect from the floor on the final day of the Iowa State Cyclone Shootout (Dec. 30) going 6-6 from the floor, with a three point field goal and was 1-1 from the line versus UT-Martin ... finished that game with 14 pts., five assists and rebounds and four steals in 22 minutes of play ... was 11-11 from the FT line while participating in the three-day Shootout including an 8-8 night versus Hampton ... nearly double-doubled (9 p-10a) as the Falcons closed the non-conference season with a win over Chicago State to open the new year on Jan. 5 ... opening the MAC season was just short of recording another pair of double-doubles versus Akron (Jan. 9) and at Kent State (Jan. 16) with nine assists and a respective 12 and 10 points ... at Toledo (Feb. 2) dishes 13 assists while scoring 11 points and did not commit a turnover in 31 minutes of play as the Falcons posted a 30 point (71-41) victory over their rival at Savage Hall ... at the 14:55 mark in the second half of play in Mount Pleasant, Mich. (Feb. 13) Achter tied and then broke the all-time free throws made record ... she went on to finish the night going 8-10 from the stripe as BGSU picked-up a road win over Central Michigan, 87-82 ... produced her first of two double-doubles finding 10 assists and 16 points in a win over Kent State (Feb. 20) ... her 16 points versus the Golden Flashes helped her to claim a place in Falcon women[apos]s basketball history pushing her to a total of 1,440 career points with the Orange and Brown (6th overall) ... at Millet Hall on Feb. 23 afternoon, Achter helped to rectify an earlier loss to the Miami RedHawks with another 15 points and 10 additional contributors ... nine of those 15 points were scored at the free throw line as the tri-captain was 9-of-11 from the stripe; she hit six down the stretch as the Falcons secured their 10th win of the conference season ... her performance in Oxford, Ohio helped the all-time free throws made recorder holder extend her count to 506 and become the only player in Falcon women[apos]s basketball history to sink more than 500 free throws during their tenure with the program ... was 10-of-18 from the floor at Ohio University scoring 27 points as she and fellow senior Whitney Taylor became the winningest class in MAC history with their 82-67 - total of 104 in four years as of Feb. 27, 2008 ... she also contributed eight assists, a defensive rebound, a block and a steal .... saw a game high 24 points on Senior Day versus Buffalo (Mar. 1) including a career-high two three point field goals ... added seven assists in that win ... in her final regular season game, scored a game high 23 points at Akron (Mar. 5) for her third consecutive 20-point game ... that game also advanced Achter to the top five of the all-time BGSU scoring list ... in the MAC QF game versus Kent State (Mar. 11) recorded 11 assists, including 10 in the first half ... came close to a double-double that game with 9 pts./ 11 rbs ... also had four steals ... scored 11 points while picking-up a team high four assists in a 2OT semifinal loss to Ohio (Mar. 14) in the MAC Tournament ... broke the BGSU career and single season assist records with her 10 assists in a WNIT first round win over Dayton (Mar. 20) in her first and only postseason win in Anderson Arena ... recorded her fourth points/assists double-double with 15 pts and 11 assists ... nine of her 15 points came at the free throw line ... also led BG with a game high seven rebounds ... was named a regional All-America finalist earlier that week ... in her final collegiate game, contributed 16 points and seven assists as BGSU fell to Michigan State (Mar. 22) in the second round of the WNIT at the Breslin Center ... 10 of her 6 points came from the free throw line that afternoon ... also picked-up three boards ... had a hand in the Falcons[apos] final 12 points either scoring them herself or being credited with the assist ... finished the season averaging 14.5 points per game and nearly seven (6.97) assists per game ... that total ranked among the top ten in the country for a majority of the season.

Kate Achter signals BG[apos]s defense during the 2007 MAC Tournament championship-game win over Ball State (BGSU Photo Services)

2006-07
An All-MAC Second-Team pick for the second consecutive season ... also named to the MAC[apos]s All-Tournament Team, for the third time in her three seasons as a Falcon ... started all 35 games for the Brown and Orange ... averaged 11.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and a team-best 5.1 assists per game ... total of 177 assists was the fourth highest in BGSU history ... earned BGSU[apos]s Playmaker-of-the-Year Award for the third consecutive season ... shot 50.0 percent from the field ... was third on the team in scoring, and also ranked third in steals, with 46 ... her 23 double-digit scoring games included a streak of 16-straight games, culminating with the NCAA second-round win over Vanderbilt ... made 133 free throws (fourth-highest seasonal total in school history) in 174 attempts (fifth in BG history) ... had four games of 20 points or more, including a 23-point performance vs. Temple and 22-point games against both Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois ... shot a perfect 8-for-8 from the field in that Temple contest, and became the eighth player in BG history to reach 300 assists that night as well ... named the MAC[apos]s P-O-W for her performance in that TU game ... had a season-high 10 assists in home win over Delaware ... had 17 games of five assists or more, including nine helpers vs. Oklahoma State and eight against Vandy in national tourney wins ... in MAC games only, averaged 12.7 points and 4.6 helpers, shooting 51.4% from the field ... averaged 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists in the Falcons[apos] three league tournament wins ... played all 40 minutes in three-straight games -- the MAC Tournament championship-game win over Ball State and the two NCAA victories ... named the MAC Player of the Week on Nov. 28 ... led the Falcons with 20 points at Notre Dame, also posting game-high totals of nine assists and five steals ... had 19 points and hit her first career three-pointer at Western Michigan ... was 8-of-11 from the floor in that game ... that WMU contest began a 16-game span, culminating with the Vanderbilt game, in which she averaged a team-high 15.6 points per game ... scored a game-high 22 points and was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in win at Eastern Michigan ... scored 15 points and added a game-high several assists (with just one turnover) in come-from-behind win over Toledo ... tied for team honors with 18 points in regular-season win over Ball State, adding six boards and four assists ... her 22-point game at NIU came on 8-of-15 shooting ... scored a team-high 17 points, including her 1,000th career point, in the home game vs. Ohio ... became the 22nd player in BG history to reach the millennium mark, and only the eighth to do so prior to her senior year ... had 13 points and eight assists in home win over Miami to close the regular season ... had 15 points and tied for game honors with four assists in MAC Tournament quarterfinal win over Toledo ... had 12 points, a season-high seven rebounds and five assists in semifinal win over Eastern Michigan ... played 39 minutes in that game, a career-high total at the time, before playing all 40 minutes in each of the next three contests ... scored 18 points in the league tourney championship game vs. BSU, adding seven helpers and six boards ... had 14 points vs. Oklahoma State, as BGSU won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in 18 years ... hit a key hoop late in that game, cutting through the lane, taking a pass from Ali Mann and converting a layup for a four-point lead in the final minute of play ... also had nine assists in that OSU game, and hit the second three-pointer of her career ... had 10 points and a game-high eight assists in the NCAA second-round win over Vanderbilt ... finally came out of a game with 12:45 left in the second half of the Arizona State contest ... that substitution ended a streak of consecutive minutes played at 167:15, dating to halftime of the MAC semifinal win over EMU ... averaged 12.1 ppg and shot nearly 60.0% from the field in home games ... chosen to the Preseason All-MAC Team.

2005-06
An All-MAC Second-Team selection ... also named to the MAC[apos]s All-Tournament team for the second consecutive season ... helped the Falcons to the league[apos]s regular-season and tournament titles, both for the second-straight year ... averaged 10.9 points per game to rank fourth on the team ... finished third on the Falcons in rebounding, with a 4.5 rpg average ... shared the team[apos]s Playmaker of the Year award after leading the Brown and Orange in assists (4.8 per game) ... had an assist-turnover ratio of 1.56 ... flirted with a triple-double in the season opener, with seven points and career-high totals of nine rebounds and 10 assists vs. IPFW ... played a total of 28 minutes in that game, sitting out the final 8:36 of the contest ... named to the all-tournament team at Indiana[apos]s Hampton Inn Classic ... tied the school single-game record for free-throw percentage, going 12-for-12 in the Falcons[apos] win at Detroit ... had a game-high 20 points in win at Florida International ... scored 14 points and had a game-high nine assists in home win over Ohio ... scored 19 points and added a game-best nine rebounds vs. Western Michigan ... led the Falcons with 20 points in win over Eastern Michigan, in the MAC[apos]s first-ever meeting of 7-0 teams ... named the MAC Player of the Week on Feb. 6, after averaging 17.0 points and 4.5 assists in wins over EMU and Toledo ... scored 14 points in the come-from-behind win at UT ... had her first career double-double, with 11 points and a game- and career-high 11 rebounds in home win over Buffalo ... had nine points and 10 boards by halftime of that game ... 11 points in final regular-season game, at Miami ... scored 14 points in MAC Tournament win over Northern Illinois, adding five assists ... had 11 points and six assists in NCAA Tournament game vs. UCLA.

Achter in action in the [apos]05 league tourney title game. Achter was named tournament MVP in her freshman year. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

2004-05
The MVP of the Kraft MAC Tournament after helping the Falcons to the title ... earned the team[apos]s Playmaker of the Year award ... replaced a four-year starter and all-league performer (Lindsay Austin) at the point-guard position, and the Falcons did not miss a beat ... in the Kraft MAC Tournament, posted team-high averages of 18.0 points and 5.8 assists during the Falcons[apos] three wins ... was named to the all-tournament team as well as the MAC[apos]s All-Freshman Team, and was runner-up for the MAC Freshman-of-the-Year award ... played in all 31 games on the season ... started 24 games, including each of the last 23, and the Falcons went 20-4 in those games ... on the year, averaged 11.0 points and 4.0 boards to rank fourth on the team in each category ... led the team with 4.0 assists per game ... showed an ability to get to the line and convert, as she also led BG in free throws made (121) and attempted (156) and free-throw percentage (.776) ... ranked second in the MAC in FTM and fourth in FTA ... her total of 121 FTM was nearly double the total of the next MAC freshman (62) ... ranked 20th in the MAC in scoring ... finished third in the league in assists, fifth in assist/turnover ratio and 12th in FT pct., leading all MAC freshmen in each of those three categories ... in MAC games only, was ranked 24th in scoring, tied for 11th in assists, placed 13th in assist/TO ratio and was 14th in FT pct. ... was a perfect 8-for-8 from the field in her Anderson Arena debut, scoring 23 points in a win over Youngstown State ... had 27 points in the win over Marshall, going 13-for-14 at the free-throw line ... went 11-for-11 from the stripe in the league tourney championship game, en route to a 21-point performance vs. Kent State ... was a perfect 20-for-20 at the free-throw line in the conference tournament, shattering the tourney record (the old mark of 13-for-13 was shared by three people, including former Falcon Francine Miller in 2001) ... hit double digits in scoring 16 times, including in each of the last seven games ... averaged 15.9 points during that seven-game span, in which the Falcons clinched the MAC[apos]s regular-season title and won the league tourney ... became only the second freshman in MAC history to be named MVP of the league tourney ... led the team in scoring in six games on the year ... her total of 124 assists set a BGSU freshman record, while her 49 steals ranked second on that BGSU frosh list ... placed third on the school single-season list for freshmen with 341 points ... led the team in scoring in home games, averaging 14.3 points in the 10 games at Anderson Arena ... shot 55.7% from the field at home.

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner for coach Roger Achter, her father, at Oregon Clay High School ... a three-time league Player of the Year ... earned that honor in the Great Lakes League as both a sophomore and a junior, as the Eagles captured the league crown each year ... was the Toledo City League P-O-Y as a senior, and earned all-state first-team honors as well ... averaged 24.9 points, 7.0 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game as a senior ... finished her career as the school[apos]s all-time leading scorer, boy or girl, with 1,564 points ... also had 502 assists and 415 rebounds in her high school tenure ... was the Toledo Blade Player of the Year as a senior, and also was the District 7 and the Northwest Ohio P-O-Y ... a three-time all-district first-team pick ... earned all-state third-team honors as a junior after garnering honorable mention as a sophomore ... an All-Northwest Ohio Second-Team honoree in each of those years ... MVP of the Ohio/Indiana All-Star Game ... also earned four letters each in golf and track ... was a multi-year team captain in all three sports ... a four-time all-district first-team golfer ... finished second in the state in the 100 hurdles as a senior ... was first-team all-state in that event, as well as the long jump and the 100 meters her junior year ... a state qualifier in both the long jump and the 100 hurdles as a freshman and sophomore ... Senior Class President ... Student Council Vice-President ... member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).

PERSONAL
Kate Elizabeth Achter was born April 30, 1986, in Oregon, Ohio ... sport enterprise major at BGSU ... daughter of Roger and Maryann Achter ... the oldest of four children ... has a pair of sisters and a brother ... father played baseball at BGSU ... has played club ball for the North Coast Hurricanes and the Roppe Rockers, helping the former team to a national ninth-place finish in 2001-02.