WAUKESHA – Sweeping the highest honors in the Eastern Division of the Wisconsin Athletic Conference (WCC), University of Wisconsin-Waukesha basketball coaches Jack Hervert and Neal Nelson were chosen by their peers as Coach of the Year for women’s and men’s basketball, respectively, and players Andy Kieck, Waukesha, and Amy Kujawa, Delafield, were elected Player of the Year on men’s and women’s sides, respectively.
In addition, both Andy Kieck and Matt Poytinger, Waukesha, were named to the men’s first team all conference, and Amy Kujawa and Susie Deprey, Milwaukee, made first team all conference for the women. Joe Stocks, Waukesha, was chosen for second team all conference. Angela Scherrer, Milwaukee, Angela Palesse, Waukesha, and Carrie Ferris, Westfield, all received honorable mention in the coaches’ poll.
The UW-Waukesha Cougars also won the Wisconsin Junior College Athletic Association (WJCAA) championships with players Susie Deprey, Angela Scherrer, and Megan Heritsch, all from Milwaukee, being named to the women’s All Tournament team and Andy Kieck, Matt Poytinger, and Joe Stocks to the men’s.
While this is Nelson’s 10th WCC Coach of the Year honor, it is Hervert’s first, and well deserved. “The honor is very humbling and much appreciated to be recognized by one’s peers,” Nelson commented.
The women’s team won the WCC conference title, while the men fell to the UW-Marathon Huskies, 60-64. |
