By Becky Walz,
Three Warriors and two Trojans from the Upper Iowa Conference were recently listed as members of the All-UIC teams. All five are first-time honorees. While no one was named to the first team, one Warrior was listed on second team with the other four honorable mentions.
Second team
Breaking the school record for the most three-pointers in a season, junior Karissa Wenthold was the lone South Winn recipient of a second team nod. The Warrior tied Kee’s Rylee Mudderman the UIC with 57 threes made in a season.
Wenthold averaged 11.0 points per game, leading the Warriors with 253 points for the season as well. She was second on the squad with 49 steals and assists with 34 to go with 47 total rebounds.
Honorable mention
Two athletes from each UIC squad were named to the honorable mention list. Representing South Winn were senior Aubrey Willey and sophomore Alyssa Holthaus.
Willey led the Warriors with 42 assists and was third on the team in steals with 45 as she averaged 4.2 points and 2.0 rebounds an outing. Through the 23 games played, the senior led South Winn in rebounds with a total of 109 (82 defensive, 27 offensive).
Averaging 6.4 points a night, Holthaus was second in scoring for the Warriors with a total of 147 points and had a team-high eight blocks and steals with 52. In addition, the sophomore was second in rebounds pulling down 55 defensive and 49 offensive boards to go with 25 assists.
For the Trojans it was senior Mariah Throndson and sophomore Annika Bodensteiner receiving honorable mention.
Throndson averaged 7.4 points to lead the team with 163 total points to go with 3.0 rebounds an outing for a total of 67 (39 offensive, 28 defensive). She concluded her career with 51 steals, the second-best on the Trojan squad and 40 assists.
With 155 total points for the 2023-24 season, Bodensteiner was second in scoring for the Trojans while leading the team in rebounds with 115, averaging 5.2 a night. The sophomore had 12 blocks to top that column for Turkey Valley to go with 28 assists and 21 steals.
All-UIC Teams
First team – Hannah Bogdonovich, Sr., MFL MarMac; Ashlyn Sherf, Sr., Central; Addison Winters, So., Kee; Kaelyn Elsbernd, Jr., North Fayette Valley; Kaitlyn Picha, Sr., MFL MarMac; Rylee Mudderman, Fr., Kee; Brooklyn Hoey, Sr., North Fayette Valley
Second team – Emme Wikner, Fr., MFL MarMac; Ava Kishman, Jr., MFL MarMac; Brylee Erickson, Fr., Central; Grace Kuehl, Sr., Central, Lexi McGowan, Fr., North Fayette Valley; Amyra Millard, Jr., Clayton Ridge; Karissa Wenthold, Jr., South Winn; Emily Timp, Sr., Postville
Honorable Mention – Autumn Shaw, Jr., MFL MarMac; Gracie Cummer, Sr., Central; Makayla Erickson, Sr., Central; Mallory Mohn, Sr., Kee; Lilly Kolsrud, So., Kee; Mady Ney, Sr., North Fayette Valley; Hannah Schroeder, So., North Fayette Valley; Katy Geuder, Sr., Clayton Ridge; Alyssa Wille, Jr., Clayton Ridge; Aubrey Willey, Sr., South Winn; Alyssa Holthaus, So., South Winn; Mariah Throndson, Sr., Turkey Valley; Annika Bodensteiner, So., Turkey Valley; Claire Martins, Sr., Postville; Meluni Mejia, Jr., Postville; Kassidy Bantz, Sr., West Central; Faith Steinbronn, Jr., West Central
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