Stefanie Wenzel

Height:
6-0
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Hartland Arrowhead
Hometown:
Sussex, Wis.

2003-04 HONORS:

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM

BGSU FEMALE SENIOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

ALL-MAC SECOND TEAM

ACADEMIC ALL-MAC

MAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (DEC. 2 & Dec. 16)

ISLANDER CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

2003-04: A team co-captain ... an Academic All-America First-Team selection ... the fifth player in school history named to the Acad. A-A team, and only the third to earn first-team honors ... a two-time MAC Scholar-Athlete of

Senior co-captains Stefanie Wenzel (10) and Lindsay Austin (12) celebrate after Austin[apos]s buzzer-beating shot lifted the Falcons over Western Michigan in the quarterfinals of the 2004 Kraft MAC Tournament. Austin also hit the winning shot at the buzzer two days later, as the Falcons downed top-seeded Miami in the semifinals

the Week in her senior season ... also was named to the Academic All-District First Team ... the only Falcon to average double digits in scoring in each of the last three seasons ... picked up a pair of awards at the team[apos]s banquet ... earned the Scholar-Athlete Award for the second consecutive year ... also was named the Impact Player of the Year, presented to the player who made significant contributions throughout the season ... started all 31 games in 2003-04, tying a school record ... surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career in the KSU game (Feb. 21), and finished 14th in school history with 1,099 career points ... averaged a team-high 14.7 points (fourth in the MAC) and 4.4 rebounds ... was second on the team with 1.8 assists per game ... scored in double figures 27 times in 31 games on the year, including six 20-point efforts ... shot .411 from three-point range, having made 65 three-pointers, the second-highest total in school history ... ranked 17th in the nation in three-point pct. ... made 10-of-19 treys (.526) in the four MAC Tournament games ... hit four or more three-pointers in seven games on the year ... had 15 points, tying a career high with five three-point field goals, in league tourney quarterfinal win over Western Michigan ... had 14 points, including a late trey, in the semifinal victory over top-seeded Miami ... scored 10 points in the MAC Championship game vs. Eastern Michigan ... saw a 10-game double-digit scoring streak snapped in MAC Tournament opener ... had eight points and tied her career high with four assists in that game, a win over Central Michigan ... had a team-high 19 points vs. Toledo, including nine points by the first media timeout and 14 points in the first 13 minutes ... had a game-high 21 points at Marshall ... tied her career best with five three-pointers made ... after starting 0-for-2 from long distance, made her last five triple tries on the night ... had 18 points, five rebounds and three assists in 51 minutes vs. Northern Illinois ... scored 13 points at CMU ... tied for game honors with 19 points at Ohio ... had a game-high 23 points, including four treys, and added nine rebounds and two assists in regular-season win over WMU ... 15 points at Miami ... had a game-high 20 points and a team-best nine rebounds vs. UB ... had a team-high 16 points, including 12 in the second half, at UT ... scored 12 of BGSU[apos]s first 18 points of that half, going 5-for-5 (with two three-pointers) during that stanza ... 14 points and seven rebounds vs. CMU ... had 12 points and three assists vs. Akron ... had six points in the first Ball State meeting, breaking her string of consecutive double-digit scoring games at a career-best 10, including three 20-point games ... scored 18 points vs. Cleveland State ... had 27 points vs. both Morehead State and TAMU-Corpus Christi ... in the MSU game, scored 21 of BGSU[apos]s 33 second-half points, and added eight rebounds in the game ... scored 20 points vs. IPFW ... had a double-double, with 16 points, 10 rebounds and four assists at Bucknell ... scored 14 points vs. Detroit.

2002-03: An Academic All-MAC Team selection ... also named to the Verizon Academic All-District Team, earning second-team honors ... named BGSU[apos]s Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... played in all 28 games, starting 24 ... started the first 19 of the season ... averaged 10.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game ... hit three or more three-pointers on six occasions ... scored in double digits 16 times on the year, including three games of 20-plus points ... scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in conference tourney game at EMU ... 12 points and four rebounds at KSU, going 3-of-5 from behind the arc ... nine points and nine rebounds vs. Marshall, leading the team in boards and assists (four) ... MU game ended a streak of four consecutive double-digit games ... scored a game-high 20 points, including 16 in the first half, at Akron ... had seven of BGSU[apos]s 12 first-half buckets, including the team[apos]s last five before the break ... scored 16 points vs. Ball State ... had her first double-double of the season, and the third of her career, in the Miami game ... scored 13 points and tied her career high with 11 rebounds in that game ... had four of BGSU[apos]s eight offensive boards ... scored 15 points, tying her career best with five three-pointers, at UB ... has now had five treys in three career games, all vs. the Bulls ... had 10 points, all in the second half, and five rebounds vs. NIU ... was held scoreless at WMU, her first outing without a point since November of 2001 ... led BG in scoring and rebounding, with a season-high 23 points and seven boards, at Ball State ... went 9-of-15 from the field in that game ... had 14 points and a season-best eight rebounds vs. IUPUI ... scored 20 points vs. Iona ... had 14 points and season highs of four assists and four steals at IPFW ... also had four assists vs. Youngstown State.

2001-02: Played in all 28 games, starting the last 20 ... averaged a team-high 11.6 points and 4.3 rebounds ... named BGSU[apos]s Player of the Year ... after scoring a total of 48 points in her first 21 career games, scored 313 points in the last 22 contests of the season ... scored in double digits in 12 of the last 15 games ... had 12 points, four assists and three steals in MAC tourney game at Ohio ... had her second double-double of the season, and the second of her career, with 15 points and 10 rebounds vs. EMU ... also had a career-best four assists in that game ... had 12 points at OU (regular season) ... held to eight points, all in the first half, vs. WMU ... played a career-high 38 minutes in that game ... had a team-high 18 points at Miami ... scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds vs. Ohio ... had 21 points, including five three-pointers, in the win at UB ... the five treys tied her career best, set in the year[apos]s first UB meeting ... also set a career best with eight FG made ... 12 points at Toledo ... had her first career double-double, with 19 points and 11 boards vs. Marshall ... had a team-high 13 points and seven rebounds at KSU ... held to two points at BSU, but had seven rebounds, a career high-tying three steals and a nifty blocked shot from behind on BSU[apos]s Tamara Bowie ... named MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 16) ... had a team-best 20 points vs. Akron ... went 11-of-12 from the charity stripe for the second consecutive game, matching her career bests set vs. Buffalo ... scored a career-high 30 points vs. UB ... also set career bests in three-pointers made (five), FT made and attempted and minutes played (37) ... 10 points and seven rebounds in 36 minutes vs. NIU ... scored 16 points, making a career-high seven field goals, in the win over Lehigh ... had a then career-high 25 points vs. Wright State ... it marked the second time in a four-game span that she had set a career scoring mark ... made three treys (a career best at the time) and went 10-of-11 from the free-throw line in 33 minutes ... made her first collegiate start in that game ... led BG in both scoring and rebounding vs. UWM, with 15 points and seven boards ... in that UWM contest, had two three-pointers and played 32 minutes ... had a breakout game vs. IPFW, exploding for 23 points ... had scored 12 points on the year prior to the IPFW contest ... in that game, more than tripled her previous career scoring high (seven points vs. Ohio State as a freshman) ... scored six points, just one off her then-career high, at YSU.

2000-01: Saw action in 16 games off the bench ... averaged 2.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 7.6 minutes played ... was 5-for-10 (.500) from three-point land on the year ... missed the Marshall game due to illness ... had two points, making her only field-goal attempt, in three minutes at Miami ... hit her only shot, a three-pointer, at NIU ... had two points, two boards, an assist and a season-high two steals at KSU ... played in the first 11 games of the season ... played six minutes at UWM ... her sister saw action for UWM ... had a pair of rebounds in five minutes at Wright State ... had a season-high seven points against Ohio State, adding four boards ... played a season-high 16 minutes vs. the Buckeyes ... two points and a rebound vs. Fresno State ... had five points in 13 minutes at St. Bonaventure ... scored four points and had a steal vs. Detroit ... hit a three-pointer in that game ... had two points, making her only shot attempt, vs. Auburn ... also had a steal in four minutes ... had four points, four rebounds, an assist and a blocked shot in 13 minutes at EKU ... scored five points and had five rebounds in just 13 minutes against YSU ... hit her only three-point attempt ... three of her boards came at the offensive end ... also had a steal ... did not see action in either exhibition game.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner for coach Heidi Hamilton ... was a starter all four years for the Warhawks ... was averaging 17.9 points and seven rebounds her final year before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the 10th game of the season ... earned Second-Team All-Classic 8 Conference honors four times ... was listed among the top 25 seniors in the state of Wisconsin, after being named on similar lists as both a sophomore and a junior ... a two-time all-county selection ... earned all-state honorable mention ... earned three volleyball letters, and was all conference in that sport ... also earned three track letters, and one in cross country ... twice garnered all-state laurels in track, and helped the team to a state runner-up finish in cross country her senior year ... earned second-team all-league honors in that sport, as well as academic all-state honors ... National Honor Society member ... member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

PERSONAL: Stefanie Marie Wenzel was born July 28, 1982, in Milwaukee, Wis. ... daughter of Gary and Ingrid Wenzel ... integrated language arts major with a minor in interpersonal communications ... had a stellar cumulative GPA of 3.84 at BGSU ... vice president of Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... also a member of H2O ... the middle of three children ... has an older sister, Angie, and a younger brother, Jeremy ... Angie played basketball at UW-Milwaukee ... has coached at numerous summer basketball camps.