February 13, 2006

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Luther College basketball player Anne Straate (Postville, Iowa/Postville) and University of Dubuque basketball player Tyler Daugherty (Bellevue, Iowa/Bellevue) have been named the IIAC Female and Male Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sunday, February 12. The Conference also announced the Performers of the Week for each of the Conference’s six sports in competition during the week.

Women’s Basketball – Anne Straate, Luther College, Postville, Iowa/Postville
Straate, a senior forward, averaged 18.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.7 blocks and 2.3 steals in three games during the week. She shot 63.6 percent (21-of-33) from the floor and 81.3 percent (13-of-16) from the free throw line in victories over Central (97-72), Cornell (81-55) and Buena Vista (72-69) as Luther took over sole possession of second place in the Conference. She scored 17 points (on 7-of-13 shooting), had nine rebounds, two steals and a block against Central. Against Cornell, Straate scored 12 points (on 3-of-6 shooting), had seven rebounds, four steals, three blocks and three assists. She finished the week with a double-double against Buena Vista, scoring 26 points (on 11-of-14 shooting) to go along with 14 rebounds, five assists, four blocks and a steal.

Men’s Basketball – Tyler Daugherty, Univ. of Dubuque, Bellevue, Iowa/Bellevue
Daugherty, a sophomore guard, averaged 24.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals in two games during the week. He shot 48.4 percent (15-of-31) from the floor, including 41.7 percent (5-of-12) from behind the 3-point arc, and 82.4 percent (14-of-17) from the free throw line in victories over Central (83-72) and Cornell (95-85 in overtime). He scored 26 points (on 10-of-19 shooting), had eight rebounds, five assists and four steals against Central. In the overtime win against Cornell, Daugherty scored 23 points (on 5-of-12 shooting), had eight rebounds and five assists.

Men’s Tennis – Ryan Yao, Coe College, Naperville, Ill./Nequa Valley
Yao, a junior, went 4-0 during the week with two victories at #1 singles and two victories at #3 doubles. He defeated the #19th-ranked player in the Central Region, Jordan Schiltz of Wisconsin-Whitewater (6-3, 7-6) and Monmouth (Ill.)’s Jared Kunkle (6-0, 6-0). In doubles, with partner Jake Michael, he posted an 8-1 victory over Monmouth and an 8-6 win over Wisconsin-Whitewater, the 13th-ranked team in the Central Region.

Women’s Track & Field – Sherri Schenkel, Univ. of Dubuque, Lehigh Acres, Fla./Dunbar
Schenkel, a freshman, was part of three school records at the Monmouth (Ill.) Fighting Scots Invitational. She set the school record with her first-place finish in the 200-meter dash (27.02) and third-place finish in the 55-meter dash (7.62). She was also a member of the winning sprint medley relay team (4:29.33) that set the school record.

Men’s Track & Field – Josh Hauser, Wartburg College, Union, Iowa/BCL-UW (Conrad)
Hauser, a senior, won the 400-meter dash (49.45) and was a member of the winning 4x400 relay team (3:20.98) at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Classic. Both times were NCAA provisional qualifying marks.

Wrestling – Dave Paramski, Cornell College, Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville
Paramski, a freshman ranked eighth nationally at 141-pounds, pinned the sixth-ranked Niles Mercer of Coe at 6:48 in the teams’ dual meet tie (19-19).

Other Outstanding Weekly Performers
The IIAC also recognized the following outstanding athletic performances from the past week.

• University of Dubuque freshman Jeanriles Metezier (Pompano Beach, Fla./Coconut Creek) provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 55-meter dash with a run of 6.46 seconds at the Monmouth (Ill.) Fighting Scot Invitational. He was also a member of the school record-setting 4x200 relay team (1:30.43) that finished second and was second in the 200-meter dash (22.52).

• Loras College senior Andy Stoecken (Bellevue, Iowa/Bellevue) bettered his NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the high jump with a mark of 2.07 meters at Buena Vista’s Dennis Young Classic.

• Loras College junior Whitney Calvert (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the pole vault with a winning jump of 3.38 meters at the Dennis Young Classic.

• Wartburg College junior Lucy Joseph (Lake Worth, Fla./Lake Worth) bettered her NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 55-meter hurdles, winning the event at the Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Classic in a time of 8.43. She also finished second in the 55-meter dash (7.43).

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