January 17, 2005

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Wartburg College basketball player Nate Schmidt (Cascade, Iowa/Cascade) and Buena Vista University basketball player Katie Maguire (Treynor, Iowa/Treynor) were named IIAC Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sunday, January 16.

Schmidt, a junior center, averaged 20.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.0 steals per game in three contests during the week. He shot 61.5 percent from the floor (24-of-39) and 85.7 percent from the free throw line (12-of-14) in victories over #7-Buena Vista (72-61), Central (76-58) and Coe (68-67). He scored 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting, had four rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal as the Knights beat Buena Vista for the first time since 2002-03. Against Central, he scored 20 points on 10-of-14 shooting, grabbed three rebounds and had two steals. Schmidt scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting against Coe. He also had seven rebounds and three blocks in that contest.

Maguire, a junior guard, averaged 22.0 points, 6.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game in three contests during the week. She shot 47.5 percent from the floor (19-of-40) and 79.2 percent from the free throw line (19-of-24) in victories over Wartburg (84-78), Dubuque (89-54) and Simpson (83-75). She had nearly identical numbers in the Wartburg and Dubuque games, scoring 27 points, dishing out six assists and grabbing three rebounds in both games. Against Wartburg, Maguire had two steals, made of 7-of-17 field goals and 10-of-13 free throws. Against Dubuque, she had three steals and made 11-of-16 field goals including 5-of-7 three pointers as Beaver coach Janet Berry won her 200th career game. Maguire scored 12 points, had seven assists, five rebounds and a steal against Simpson.

The IIAC also announced on Monday its Performers of the Week in the seven Conference sports in competition. Schmidt and Maguire received the weekly honor in their respective sports, while the following individuals were recognized for their weekly performances.

Men’s Swimming & Diving: Luther College freshman Bryan Perrott (Northfield, Minn./Northfield) finished in the top-3 of six events at the Grinnell Invitational, leading the Norse to a second-place finish. In individual events, he won the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.56), finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (54.44) and third in the 400-yard individual medley (4:33.66). Perrott was also a member of the three relay teams – the winning 800-yard freestyle (7:32.84), runner-up 400-yard medley relay (3:48.42) and third-place 200-yard medley relay (1:44.01).

Women’s Swimming & Diving: Luther College freshman Elissa Schmidt (Claremont, Minn./Owatonna) garnered six top-3 finishes at the Grinnell Invitational, leading the Norse to a third-place finish. She finished second in two individual events – 200-yard individual medley (2:18.21) and 100-yard freestyle (56.04). Schmidt was a member of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:45.60), runner-up 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:43.52), and third-place 400-yard medley relay team (4:20.04) and 800-yard freestyle relay team (8:18.52, a school record).

Men’s Track & Field: Simpson College senior Nick Bowerman (Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead) won the mile run and was a member of the winning 4x800 relay team at the Graceland Invitational. He finished the mile in 4:32.27, winning by nearly 12 seconds (runner-up finished in 4:44.25). Simpson’s 4x800 relay team finished in 8:41.37, winning by four-tenths of a second.

Women’s Track & Field: Cornell College senior Lynn Schneider (Nebraska City, Neb./Nebraska City) won the shot put and finished second in the weight throw at the Platteville Open hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Schneider recorded a mark of 40-1.5 in the shot put, winning by 2-2.75, and a mark of 42-4.25 in the weight throw.

Wrestling: Coe College senior Adam Reid went 6-0 during the week at 174-pounds including two pins and three major decisions. In a dual against #21-Augustana (Ill.), he won by major decision over Nate Demus (13-2). Reid then led Coe to a first-place finish at the North Central (Ill.) Invitational. He pinned Lawrence’s Joe Austin (4:16) and Rose Hulman’s Mark Tappendorf (2:45). He won by major decision over Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Joe Fields (13-0) and University of Chicago’s Phil Kruzel (15-1), and won by decision over Elmhurst’s Toby Boltz (6-1).

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