March 14, 2006
Women's Basketball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MELANIE BOEGLIN NAMED KODAK/WBCA ALL-AMERICA FINALIST

ATLANTA – Indiana State senior point guard Melanie Boeglin, winner of the 2006 Jackie Stiles Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Award as well as the Prairie Farms MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award was named today (March 14) as a finalist for the Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association (WBCA) All-America Basketball Team. She is one of 48 athletes nationwide to make the finalist list, including six from WBCA Region 6.

Boeglin is the first player in the history of the MVC to earn both the Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards in the same season. She is a four-time All-MVC performer and was the 2005 MVC Defensive Player of the Year. An ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection, Boeglin is the school’s all-time leader in career assists (677), steals (431), and free throws made (571). She ranks first in The Valley all-time for assists and steals while ranking third in free throws.

This season she is averaging a career-best 18.3 points per game and pulls down 4.5 boards. Boeglin has dished out a career single-season best 209 assists this season. She tied the NCAA single-game high for the year by scoring 46 points in a double overtime victory at Drake (Jan. 26). Her 19 assists at Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 20) are also an NCAA best this season.

Joining Boeglin on the WBCA Region 6 list are Jessica Davenport of Ohio State, Katie Gearlds of Purdue, Kari Koch of Missouri State, Liz Shimek of Michigan State and Crystal Smith of Iowa.

The 48 finalists, were determined by a vote of WBCA member coaches in each of the eight WBCA geographical regions, and are now in the running for selection to the 10-member Kodak/WBCA All-America Team.

The NCAA Division I Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team will be announced at a press conference inside the Westin Copley Place on April 1, 2006 during Final Four Weekend at Boston, Mass.

Boeglin and the rest of the Sycamores return to action in the opening round of the WNIT versus Eastern Michigan on Thursday, March 16 at Hulman Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. (EST).