2007-2008 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship Press Book

NOTES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP The 18th Annual NAIA Division · II Women's Basketball National Champion- ship will be held at the Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena in Sioux city, Iowa on March 11-17, 2009. The 32-team, single elimination tourna- ment will start with the first round games on Wednesday, March 11 , 2009 and will end with the championship game on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. The tournament will be held in Sioux City for the 12th straight season. Prior to that the championships were held at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth, Ore. from 1992-95 and at Tri-State University in Angola, Ind. from 1996-97. TYSON EVENTS CENTER/GATEWAY ARENA Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena has hosted the NAIA Division II Women's Bas- ketball National Championships since 2004. Prior to that Sioux city Auditorium was the site from 1998-2003. The Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena is located at 401 Gordon Drive (Exit 149 off of 1-29) with 1023 parking spaces available on site. LOOKING BACK Northwestern (Iowa) used a strong second half to earn a hard fought 82-75 victory over YEAR CHAMPION the College of 1992 Northern State (S.D.J the Ozarks (Mo .) 1993 Northern Montana to caputure the 1994 Northern State (S.D. 2008 NAIA Divi- 1995 Western Ore on 1997 Northwest Nazarene 1998 Walsh (Ohio 1999 Shawnee State (Ohio 2000 Mar (N.D.) 2001 Northwestern (Iowa) 2002 Hasti n s (Neb. ) 2004 Momin side (Iowa) 2005 Momin side rlowa) 2006 Hasti n s /Neb. 2007 Indiana Wesle an 2008 Northwestern (Iowa) sion II Women 's Basketball Na- tional Champion- ship. This was North- western's second title. The Red Raiders won their first title in 2001 defeating College of Idaho, 77-50. For Ozarks this was the third straight sea- son finishing as the runner up. Three schools have captured back-to-back titles in Division II history. Western Oregon (1995 and 1996), Hastings (Neb.) (2002 and .2003) and Morningside (Iowa) (2004 and 2005) all defended their title after win- ning their first championship . Hastings has captured the most champion- ships with three, while Moringside, North- ern State (S.D.) Northwestern (Iowa) and Western Oregon all won two titles . SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT FOR GPAC The schools from Great Plains Athletic Con- st ference have captured seven out of the la eight national championships. Indiana Wesleyan won the title in 200 7 C breaking the streak of six straight by GPA schools. GPAC also owns most titles (7) among th conferences (Hastings (Neb.), 2002 , 200 and 2006, Morningside (Iowa), 2004 an 2005 and Northwestern (Iowa), 2001 an 2008). Cascade Collegiate Conferenc e 3 d d e schools have won three (Western Oregon 1995 and 1996 and Northwe,st Nazaren 1997) while American Mideas,t Conferenc e, e d schools took two (Walsh (Ohio), 1998 an Shawnee State (Ohio), 1999). Dakota Ath letic Conference (Mary (N.D.) , 2000), Fron tier Conference (Northern Montana, 1993 and Mid-Central Conference (Indiana Wes leyan , 2007) each has one. Northern State r (S.D.) who was an Independent Membe captured two titles (1992 and 1994). REMMERDE AND SMART REWRITE s .RECORD BOOK Over the past five years , Deb Remmerde '08, of Northwestern (Iowa) and Brittan y I d 8 Smart, '07 , of Cedarville (Ohio) have es tablished themselves in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championship recor book. These two athletes together hold 1 of the 30 individual records. Smart has 12 records while Remmerde owns six. BRITTANY SMART Most Points, Game: 47 Most Points Career: 405 Most Field Goas Made Game: 17 • Most Field Goals Made, Career: 139 Most Field Goals Attemoted, Game: 31 Most Field Goals Attemoted , Tournament: 95 Most Field Goals Attemoted , Career: 297 Most Free Throws Made Game: 16 Most Free Throws Made, Tournament: 37 Most Free Throws Made, Career: 100 Most Free ThrowsAttemoted, Career: 115 Most Steals, Tournament: 22 DEB REMMERDE Most Points Tournament: 177 Most Field Goals Made Tournament: 56 Most 3-Point Field Goals Made, Game: 10 Most 3-Point Field Goals Made, Tournament: 30 Most 3-Point Field Goals Made, Career: 58 Most 3-Point Field Goals Attemoted , Game 16** *tied with Katarzyna Dydek, Evangel (Mo.) ••tied with Stephanie Gill , Indiana Wesleyan and Kris Sneider, Aquinas (Mich. ) FIFTEEN AND COUNTING College of the Ozarks (Mo .) is making its 15th NAIA Division II National Champion ship Tournament appearance, most by any DII women's basketball teams. The 2009 trip also marks the eighth straight fo Ozarks. Shawnee State Ohio is makin its 14th 2009 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS REGULAR SEASON American Mideast: Shawnee State (Ohiol Annalachian: Kinn ITenn.l & Millican !Tenn.\ California Pacific: Holv Names rcalif.l Cascade: Collene of Idaho & Concordia /Ore.l Chicanoland : Cardinal Stritch /Wi s. l Dakota Athletic: Dickinson State IN.D. \ Great Plains Athletic: Morninoside l lowal Kansas Colleoiate: Kansas \Neslevan &Sterlina /Kan.1 Kentuck" lntercolleniate: IU Southeast Mid-Central : Bethel (lnd.l Midlands: Ozarkst Mo.l Midwest: Iowa Weslevan Sunrise: Maine-Fort Kent The Sun: Northwood' Fla.' & St. Thomas /Fla.\ Wolverine-Hoosier: Davennort /Mich.\ TOURNAMENT ' I American Mideast: Ohio Dominican Aooalachian: Covenant IGa. l California Pacific: Holv Names /Calif.\ Cascade: Concordia IOre.l Chicanoland: Cardinal Stritch /Wi s. ) ' Dakota Athletic: Dickinson State IN.D.l i:: Great Plains Athletic: Morninaside /Iowa) Kansas Colleniate: Kansas Weslevan Kentuckv lntercolleoiate: IU Southeast Mid-Central: Huntinnton l lnd.l Midlands: Collene of the Ozarks /Mo. l Midwest: Iowa Weslevan The Sun: Flori da Memorial Sunrise: Maine at Fort Kent Wolverine-Hoosier: Cornerstone (Mich.) ,_,. trip to the tournament while Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) and Sterling (Kan.) are appearing in their 13th. Cardinal Stritch is also making its eighth consecutive trip to the big dance. Hastings (Neb .) is making its ninth straight trip and two away from the record . Shaw- nee State holds the record with 11 from 1994-2004. CONTRACT EXTENDED WITH SIOUX CITY The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced in Novem- ber that the contract has been extended with Sioux City, Iowa, for another three years from .2010-2012 as the host site of the NAIA Division II Women 's Basketball National Championship. The current three- year contract signed in 2006 expires after the 2009 tournament at the Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena. ~ -- SIOUX CITY AND NAIA ~ The 2009 NAIA Division II Women's Bas- ~ ketball National Championship will mark the jj;,, 12th straight year that the tournament will t;:: be held in Sioux City and will continue for ~ another three years until 2012. ~ ~ Sioux City hosted the NAIAVolleyball Cham- "= pionship in December (2-6) and has been := given that contract for 2008 and 2009. ~ ';I). Sioux City has also hosted the NAIA Base- ball World Series (1960 , 1961, 1995, 1996 = and 1997), and the NAIA Wrestling Cham- i pionships (1973, 1975, 2005, 2006, 2007 : - an·d 2008). . i!::t•IONSDIP