Our Cats are the 2006 WNIT champions!

Claire Coggins is MVP, and Lehning gets a triple-double!!



The Road to the WNIT Championship
 
3/17/06  K-State vs. Idaho State: 88 - 68
Claire Coggins scored a career-high 31 points in only 26 minutes of play. JoAnn Hamlin added 16 points. Marlies Gipson and Shalee Lehning had double-doubles. Attendance was 3,375.

3/22/06  K-State vs. Fresno State: 64 - 61
Twiggy McIntyre scored 15 points off the bench. Kimberly Dietz added 11 points, and Claire Coggins had 10. Attendance was 4,794.

3/24/06  K-State vs. Nebraska: 77 - 63
Claire Coggins led all scorers with 22 points, JoAnn Hamlin had 20 and Kimberly Dietz contributed 19. Shalee Lehning had eight assists and 11 rebounds, and she broke the single-season record for assists as she logged #176. Claire Coggins had five second-half three-pointers, and a record six for the game. Attendance was 6,258.

3/28/06  K-State vs. Western Kentucky: 57 - 56 (OT)
Claire Coggins had 16 points and JoAnn Hamlin had 15. Shalee Lehning had 10 rebounds. Attendance was 7,538.

3/31/06  K-State vs. Marquette: 77 - 65  WNIT Championship
It was Kansas State's first postseason championship! Shalee Lehning recorded the fourth triple-double in Kansas State history, and Kimberly Dietz contributed 21 points. Shalee had 14 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Twiggy McIntyre had a big night, with 16 points. Defense was strong, as the Cats had 10 first-half steals. Danielle Zanotti played a major role in the excellent defense, logging 26 minutes off the bench. Kimberly Dietz made the all-tournament team, and Claire Coggins was named tournament MVP. Attendance was 13,340, the second largest in WNIT history.



Shalee, age 8, trying out the K-State bench
(where she spent very few minutes this season)



Congratulations to Claire Coggins on her
career-high 31 points vs. Idaho State!
(accumulated in only 26 minutes)

5/06/06  Koehn vs. Wecker as professionals
Laurie Koehn and her former roommate, Kendra Wecker, faced each other in Wichita tonight. Laurie reported that it was the first time she'd ever guarded Wecker... even in practice. Here are the stories, from the Kansas City Star and the Wichita Eagle.

4/30/06  Wecker has more knee troubles
Shortly after returning to San Antonio for training for the Silver Stars, it was discovered that Kendra had a damaged meniscus in her recovering knee. Now that has been repaired, but she's facing more recovery time. Here's an article from the San Antonio Express News.

4/18/06  Mechelle Voepel has the Cats ranked next year
In a story she wrote for ESPN, the Kansas City Star writer sees good things ahead for the Cats. Any why not? Here's a team with five returning starters, Ashley and Kari on their way to Manhattan, and an average of 25 wins per season over the past five years.

4/09/06  2nd Annual State of Kansas Women's Basketball Showcase
Wecker, Koehn, McFarland, April Roadhouse and some KU players who will go unnamed played Kansas high school seniors on Sunday, April 9 in Salina's Bicentennial Center. It was a fun event, and worth the trip to Salina (any road trip to see Koehn and Wecker is worth it), but this production wasn't as fun as last year's, which was nonstop comedy, thanks to announcer Chris Allison. Ohlde was definitely missed, too. By the way, Kari Kincaid and Ashley Sweat were nowhere to be seen. The understanding is there were concerns about NCAA compliance issues in playing this game, and they were advised it might be a problem.

The college legends beat the high school seniors 125 - 69. The score could have been more lopsided. Generally speaking, there wasn't "in your face" defense. My friend Terry Dutton kept score in the bleachers. He had Laurie with 35, Wecker with 18 and Jessica McFarland with 24. The legends had the youngsters doubled at halftime, with a score of 59 - 28. Laurie only made nine of 16 threes, but it should be noted that three of those attempts were almost from half court, near the end of the game. In the pregame shootaround, I watched Laurie hit strings of seven, nine and 10 straight threes. It was great to see Wecker on the court again. She seems to have pretty good mobility, but she was avoiding her patented drives into the lane, which could get her hurt. We have to remember that she's hardly played in the past year.

Cat fans, this kind of event makes one appreciate the professional production of a K-State game. 1) About 1/3 of the court lights were on for the pregame shoot around. 2) When the clock ticked down to 0:00, another nine minutes were added before the game began. 3) The PA announcer was the cheesiest goofball I have ever heard. 4) They played ESPN's CD, Jock Jams Vol. 1, throughout the game. 5) They never did turn on all the available court lights, so the game was played in "twilight." And finally... 6) Don't turn off the court lights for player introductions, OK? I understand that this was supposed to be a casual and fun event, but the production of it was not what we're used to.

Regardless, it was great to see our friends McFarland, Wecker and Koehn, and they seemed to be having a wonderful time playing together again. Lehning, Dietz, Zanotti, Hamlin and Gipson came over to cheer for them. D. Scott Fritchen and Keener Tippen were there, so watch for professional coverage from GoPowercat.com and the Mercury. Here's a report from Keener. Also, here's a story, with quotes, from the Salina Journal.

4/05/06  A fine final RPI
The College Basketball News has posted its end-of-season women's RPI, and the Cats checked in at #30. In the Big 12, Oklahoma (31 - 5) and Baylor (26 - 7) came in higher, but our Cats still came in higher than a bunch of NCAA tournament teams!

4/01/06  Of course this win matters
Read this excellent column by Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star, written an hour after the WNIT championship victory.

2/18/06  Kendra Wecker's team wins the Radio Shack NBA Shooting Stars competition
Team San Antonio, comprised of current Spur Tony Parker, Spurs legend Steve Kerr and WNBA star Kendra Wecker of the Silver Stars, dominated the competition in the 2006 Radio Shack Shooting Stars challenge with a record-setting time of 25.1 seconds. Here are a story and a video from the NBA.

2/07/06  Ohlde and Wecker make the Big 12 10th anniversary women's team
The votes are in. Kendra Wecker and Nicole Ohlde are two of the five honorees on the ten year team, announced today. I voted for them, of course, along with Stacey Dales-Schuman of ESPN. Congratulations to our legendary players. They should have their jerseys retired!



Champions are made when no one is watching.




K-STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
AP Women's Poll
Yahoo! Sports
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Coaches' Women's Poll
ESPN
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RPI - NCAA
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updated continually
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RPI
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Big 12 Women's Basketball Big 12 Conference official site
Big 12 Women's Basketball StatisticsBig 12 Conference official site
ESPN Women's Basketballmain page
K-State Women's Basketball K-State Sports Information site
K-State Women's Basketball Season Statsstats through the latest game
NCAA Women's Basketballmain page
NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 2006info for Division I
WNITinfo on the postseason tournament
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SITES

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SCHEDULES/RESULTS

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LINKS TO BIG 12 STUDENT NEWSPAPERS

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K-STATE SPORTS
Big 12 Sports.com Big 12 Conference official site
College Sports.comall kinds of information
Inside K-State Sports Cat Cribs video, etc.
K-State Sports Informationthe main K-State sports site
Kansas State Fan Linksa nice collection of links
NCAA the official site
Newspapers with KSU Sports Coverage Capital-Journal   Collegian   K. C. Star
Manhattan Mercury   Wichita Eagle
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Connecticut SunMegan Mahoney's WNBA team
Rhondda RebelsLaurie Koehn's team in England
Laurie Koehn's WNBA Profilestatistics, etc.
Minnesota LynxOhlde's WNBA team
San Antonio Silver StarsKendra Wecker's WNBA team
Washington MysticsLaurie Koehn's WNBA team


WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PHOTO GALLERY
Cats Beat KU
March 6, 1997
Brit Jacobson
Deb Patterson and Ed O'Donnell
January 9, 2002
game day action
Deb Patterson and Sue Serafini
Nov. 24, 2002
applauding the WNIT championship
Ed O'Donnell interviews Deb Patterson
2001
Ed covered the Cats for 18 years.
Jenny Coalson
Dec. 1999
action photo
Kendra Wecker
Jan. 5, 2002
rebounding vs. ISU
Kendra Wecker
Jan. 23, 2002
action vs. KU
Kendra Wecker
Nov. 20, 2002
action vs. Southern Cal
Laurie Koehn
Jan. 23, 2002
action vs. KU
Laurie Koehn
Jan. 27, 2002
action vs. Texas Tech
Laurie Koehn
Oct. 31, 2002
at Big 12 Media Day
Laurie Koehn
Nov. 15, 2002
WNIT action vs. Ball State
Laurie Koehn
Dec. 7, 2002
action vs. Middle Tennessee St.
Laurie Koehn and Deb Patterson
Nov. 24, 2002
after the WNIT championship
Megan Mahoney
Jan. 19, 2002
action vs. Oklahoma State
Megan Mahoney
Jan. 27, 2002
celebration -- Texas Tech win
Megan Mahoney
Nov. 24, 2002
guarding Kelly Mazzante
Megan Mahoney and Chelsea Domenico
Nov. 24, 2002
with the WNIT trophy - 1
Megan Mahoney and Chelsea Domenico
Nov. 24, 2002
with the WNIT trophy - 2
Morgen Finneran
1999 - 2000
action photo
Morgen Finneran
1999
at practice
Morgen Finneran and Nicky Ramage
Oct. 28, 1999
signing autographs
Nicky Ramage
1999
at practice
Nicky Ramage
Jan. 2000
action photo
Nicky Ramage
Feb. 22, 2000
action photo
Nicole Ohlde
Oct. 30, 2001
at Fright Night
Nicole Ohlde
Nov. 7, 2001
action vs. Houston Jaguars
Nicole Ohlde
Jan. 2, 2002
in the defeat of #4 Iowa State
Nicole Ohlde
Jan. 5, 2002
action vs. Baylor
Nicole Ohlde
Jan. 12, 2002
shooting vs. Nebraska
Nicole Ohlde
Jan. 23, 2002
action vs. KU
Nicole Ohlde
Jan. 23, 2002
action vs. KU #2
Nicole Ohlde
Nov. 20, 2002
action vs. Southern Cal
Nicole Ohlde
Dec. 7, 2002
action vs. Weber State
Player Introductions
Feb. 20, 2002
as seen from my seat
Women's Basketball Team
1999 - 2000
team photo
Women's Basketball Team
2000 - 2001
my composite of pics
Women's Basketball Team
2001 - 2002
my composite of pics
Women's Basketball Team
2002 - 2003
my composite of pics


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