1993 Miracle Yearbook

SHOOTING FOR TWO,Melissa Hartman gives it all she's got. PASSING THE BALLINSIDE,AmyZehr is a team player. Photo by Steve Cook The 1992-93 Lady Jacket basketball season was full of streaks. Cedarville's 18-10 campaign opened with two losses before the club ranoffaschoolrecord13-straightvictories.Sixconsecutivelosseswere followed by five straight wins. But the women finished their season with back-to-back setbacksin NCCAA and NAIA tournament play. CoachKathyFreese'steam wasranlced ashigh as23rd nationallyin NATA Division II when they were 13-2 following the memorable winning streak. The Jackets were also rated as high as third in the NCCAA and finished fourth ofeightschoolsin the Mid-Ohio Confer- ence with an 8-6 mark. AmyZehr,a5'9"seniorforwardfrom FortWayne,IN,wasselected to the NAIA Division II and NCCAA All-American first teams. She became the Lady Jackets first NAIA All-American in basketball. Zehr averaged 24.7 points and 14.0 rebounds per game. She was also named theNAIA District22DivisionIIand Mid-OhioConference Player of the Year. Zehr finished her career as the Lady Jackets' all-time leading rebounder with 1,049 rebounds and as the third leading scorer with 1,646 points. She also holds school records for most reboundsin one season(377),plus single-game recordsfor most points(41),rebounds (26),and steals(8). Another key to the success of the team was the play offreshman point guard Melissa Hartman. She averaged 14.4 points per game which wasthe mostby a LadyJacketrookiein 16years. Hartman also averaged 4.0 assists per game and shot.739from the free throw line, both team highs. Senior guard MindyHumblecompleted her career with 8.5 points per game. She ranked second in assists with 91. Cedarville won its own invitational as well as the Wilmington Tournament. TheLadyJacketswerealso12-2athomewhichincluded a 78-68 win over defending MOCchampionShawnee State. The women wereseeded#2in theNCCAA District III playoffs,but wereknocked offathome77-63byOakland Cityinthesemifinals. The Jackets were then seeded #5 in the eight-team NAIA District 22 Division II field,but their season ended with a loss at Tiffin,79-65. Besidesallthe honorsthatZehrreceived this year,Hartmanaswell asclassmateBeckyCave,wereboth named to the All-MOCFreshmen team.CinnamonBrown wasselected totheNCCAA,MOC,andNAIA District 22 Division LI Scholar-Athlete squads. *Mark Womback Photo by Steve Cook , Photo by Stese Cook LOOKING FOR THE OPEN MAN,Sarah Stiles tries to pass the ball.