Hamline senior center Mary Wilkowski was named MIAC Player of the Year on Monday.
Wilkowski, Hamline's all-time leading scorer, led the conference in scoring (21.3 points per game) and was second in rebounding (8.9 per game), field-goal percentage (.560) and minutes per game (35.9). She completed a Pipers sweep of MIAC top player honors; Carl Hipp won the award for men's basketball.
Wilkowski recently was named a finalist for the Jostens Trophy, honoring the most outstanding women's basketball player in Division III, for the second season in a row.
She also was named all- conference for the fourth time.
Macalester's Ellen Thompson was named MIAC Coach of the Year for the second time after guiding the Scots to a 10-16 record and a berth in the conference playoffs.
NSIC rivals meet again NSIC regular-season men's champion Minnesota State Mankato will get a chance to avenge its conference tournament loss right away.
The Mavericks (24-4) earned the right to play host to the NCAA Division II Central Region tournament. They start play against eighth-seeded Winona State at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Warriors (20-9), NCAA champions in 2006 and '08 and the runner-up in 2007, beat Minnesota State Mankato 84-72 in the NSIC tournament semifinals last weekend in St. Paul.
"We are extremely excited about this opportunity," MSU coach Matt Margenthaler said Sunday night after the NCAA field was announced. "Obviously we have some unfinished business against the Warriors."
