ST. LOUIS – As part of the celebrations surrounding the 25
th Anniversary of women's sports, the Missouri Valley Conference is naming a 25-Year Anniversary Teams for each of the Valley's sponsored women's sports. For women's basketball, Indiana State's Melanie Boeglin was named to the anniversary team.
A 2006 All-American, Boeglin was a four-time All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree while also receiving the league's Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors and was a three-time all-tournament team honoree.
Boeglin was a standout player for Indiana State from 2002 to 2006 and received numerous national and MVC honors during her playing career. She was the first athlete in the history of the MVC to win the Jackie Stiles Player of the Year award and the Prairie Farms Women's Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year award in the same season, both coming in 2006.
She was also named to several All-American teams in 2006 including honorable mention on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association/Kodak All-American Team, honorable mention on the Associated Press All-American Team, and third team on The Sporting News All-American Team. She was also named a First Team Academic All-American by ESPN the Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA).
She still holds numerous Indiana State records including career steals (436), career assists (685), career games played (124), career free throws made (576), points scored in a season (600 in 2005-06), free throws made in a season (166 in 2005-2006), assists in a season (237 in 2005-2006), steals in a season (123 in 2004-2005), points scored in game (46 against Drake on Jan. 26, 2006), and field goals made in a game (19 against Drake on Jan. 26, 2006).
Boeglin was the 2005 MVC Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-Defensive Team and All-Conference Team all four years at Indiana State. She was also named to the 2003 MVC All-Freshman Team and was selected as the MVC Player of the Week nine times.
During her Sycamore career, Indiana State posted an 88-36 record, won or finished second in the MVC regular season three times, and participated in the Women's National Invitation Tournament three times.
Team composition for each sport has been determined by a 25-person committee (two representatives from each MVC institution and a panel of five voters from the Conference office). The team composition includes years in which league teams competed under the MVC umbrella during the past 25 years (1992-2017) and does not include competition from the current season.
The Missouri Valley Conference was founded in 1907 and is the nation's second oldest Division I athletics conference. Women's sports were incorporated into the MVC in 1992, having previously competed under the Gateway Conference banner from 1982-92. In August 2017, the Conference announced its 2018 Hall of Fame Class, which featured three women (in the six- person class). A total of 22 women's athletes, coaches and pioneers have been honored by the MVC as part of the Hall.
For women's basketball, a total of 49 student-athletes were nominated, and the voting panel determined a 'Top 10' from a list of 25 finalists. Those top 10 honorees are listed below, and the top vote-getter is denoted.
Women's Basketball (sponsorship from 1992-2017): 12 different institutions have sponsored women's basketball in the Conference during the past 25 years, including: Bradley (1992-present); Creighton (1992-2013); Drake (1992-present); Evansville (1994-present); Illinois State (1992-present); Indiana State (1992-present); Loyola (2013-present); Missouri State (1992-present); Northern Iowa (1992-present); Southern Illinois (1992-present); and Wichita State (1992- 2017). Valparaiso also competes in women's basketball. Valpo joined the Conference for the 2017-18 season.
For the latest information on the Sycamore Women's Basketball team, make sure to check out
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MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 25-YEAR TEAM
| Name |
School |
Years |
Notable Honors |
| Carla Bennett |
Drake |
1999-03 |
4-time All-MVC, MVC Freshman of the Year, MVC Tourney MVP, 2001 All-American |
| Tricia Wakely |
Drake |
1992-96 |
2-time All-MVC, MVC Player of the Year, 2-time All-American |
| Lizzy Wendell |
Drake |
2013-17 |
4-time All-MVC, Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, 2-time MVC all-tourney team, 3rd on MVC all-time scoring list, 2017 All-American |
| Kristi Cirone |
Illinois State |
2005-09 |
3-time All-MVC, 3-time Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, 2008 MVC Tourney MVP, 5th on MVC all-time scoring list, 2009 All-American |
| Melanie Boeglin |
Indiana State |
2002-06 |
4-time All-MVC, Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, 3-time all-tourney team, 2006 All-American |
| Melody Howard |
Missouri State |
1991-94 |
3-time All-MVC, Player of the Year, 1994 all-tourney team, 10th on MVC all-time scoring list, 2-time All-American |
| Kari Koch |
Missouri State |
2003-06 |
4-time All-MVC, Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, 2-time MVC tourney MVP, 7th on MVC all-time scoring list |
| *Jackie Stiles |
Missouri State |
1998-01 |
4-time All-MVC, 3-time Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, 2-time MVC tourney MVP, MVC all-time leading scorer, 4-time All-American, 2001 National Player of the Year |
| Jacqui Kalin |
UNI |
2007-13 |
3-time All-MVC, 2-time Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, 2013 All-American |
| Alex Harden |
Wichita State |
2012-15 |
3-time All-MVC, Player of the Year, 2-time Defensive Player of the Year, 3-time MVC tourney MVP, 2015 All-American |
