This story is sponsored by: The Marshfield Tiger Booster Club
By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
Marshfield senior Caitlin Michaelis was a unanimous first-team selection for the third-straight season, and teammates Ellie Kummer and McKayla Scheuer were second-team picks to the 2014-15 All-Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Basketball Team, as voted on by the conference coaches.
Michaelis, who will play collegiately at NCAA Division II Minnesota-Crookston, led Marshfield in scoring at 13.7 points per game, which was tied for fifth in the Valley. She had a league-high 27 3-pointers and led the Tigers in rebounds and assists this season. Her 42 assists were second-best in the conference.
“Caitlin did so much for this team this year, leading in every category,” said Marshfield coach Heidi Michaelis, who is Caitlin’s mother. “She is an ultimate competitor and just always cared about one thing and that was winning games . She was a tremendous leader for us this year. As her mother and coach, I can honestly say I so enjoyed this whole experience.”
Scheuer, a junior, tied for seventh in scoring (11.8 ppg) and led the Valley in 3-point shooting percentage (43.1), making 25 of 58 shots from long-range.
Kummer, a senior who has signed to play for NAIA Cardinal Stritch College in Milwaukee next season, was ninth in scoring at 11.4 points per game and third in free-throw percentage (79.3 percent).
“Ellie had a tremendous year and proved, especially down the stretch, she could score in bunches,” Heidi Michaelis said. “She competes and works so hard every day, and was the best player I’ve ever had at beating kids to a spot to draw charges.
“Makayla shot such a high percentage from deep and always was telling her to shoot more. She was highly respected from the outside, but was also a player who could finish in the lane with either her right or left hand . I will look for her next year to lead for us, and she’s ready for that challenge as well.”
D.C. Everest’s Taylor Hodell, Wausau West’s Jasmin Samz and Wisconsin Rapids’ Victoria Hansen were unanimous first-team selections. Sarah Werner of Stevens Point also was chosen to the first team. All five first-team selections are seniors.
Samz, who led the conference in scoring at 26.8 points per game, was named Player of the Year.
2014-15 All-Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Basketball Team
First team: *Taylor Hodell, sr., D.C. Everest; *Caitlin Michaelis, sr., Marshfield; *Jasmin Samz, sr., Wausau West; *Victoria Hansen, sr., Wisconsin Rapids; Sarah Warner, sr., Stevens Point. (*Unanimous selection)
Second team: Ellie Kummer, sr., Marshfield; Maggie Negaard, fr., Stevens Point; McKayla Scheuer, jr., Marshfield; Mackenzie Mathies, sr., D.C. Everest; Haley Kroll, sr., D.C. Everest; Taylor Petit, fr., D.C. Everest; Abby Bohanski, sr., Stevens Point.
Honorable mention: Makayla Pagel, sr., D.C. Everest; Hannah Tipple, sr., D.C. Everest; Mariah Turenne, sr., Merrill; Kendra Lysne, jr., Wisconsin Rapids; Hannah Euting, sr., Wausau East; Jessyka Wiskofske, sr., Wausau West.
Player of the Year: Jasmin Samz, Wausau West.