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| Brooke Ubelaker named to first team Daktronics All-Region squad Brister is joined on the first team by LSC rival Kanani Marshal of Texas A&M-Commerce and three Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association standouts in Inga Buzoka of Missouri Western, Michelle Stueve of Emporia State and Brooke Ubelaker of Washburn. Brister, Stueve and Ubelaker are all repeat first team selections from 2005-06. The second team is led by Abilene Christian sophomore center Audrey Maxwell, followed by Michelle Lieber of Montana State-Billings, Britney Jordan of Texas A&M-Commerce, Alex Guiton of Abilene Christian and Lizzie Brenner of Central Oklahoma. Texas A&M-Commerce and Abilene Christian were the only schools in the region to place two players on the team. Brister's name appeared on 27 of 31 ballots cast, and she received a region-high eight first-place votes for 174 total points. Buzoka was the second-leading vote-getter with 161 points after she earned four first-place votes and was named on 22 of 31 ballots. Stueve actually garnered the second-most first-place votes (six) to finish with the third-highest point total in the region (152), while Ubelaker finished with 138 points (two first-place votes) and Marshal with 131 (three first-place votes). Late last month, Brister was named the LSC South Division MVP for the second time in as many seasons as she led the Lady Buffs to a perfect 14-0 division record. Brister led the LSC in scoring for a second straight season (22.9 ppg), and she was also second in the league in steals (2.90 spg). She ranks fifth in NCAA Division II women's basketball in scoring, and she has the Lady Buffs (27-4) in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament again, this time as the No. 2 seed. Last year as a freshman, Brister was named WBCA honorable mention All-American and selected Daktronics third team all-America. She was also named the LSC Female Athlete of the Year. After only two seasons of collegiate basketball, she already ranks in the top 10 in West Texas A&M school history in scoring with 1,387 points. Stueve followed up her first team all-region campaign from 2005-06 with another solid effort in 2006-07, leading the Lady Hornets back to the regional tournament as the No. 4 seed. Stueve was second in the MIAA in scoring (17.7 ppg) and led the league in rebounding at 9.2 boards per contest. She also led the MIAA in free throw percentage (85.7 percent), was seventh in field goal percentage (43.7 percent) and 10 th in 3-point field goal percentage (35.9). Ubelaker is putting the finishing touches on one of the great careers in Washburn basketball history as she ranks fourth on the school's all-time scoring chart with 1,791 points. Ubelaker - a 5-10 senior from Osborne, Kan. - was an honorable mention all-America selection last year, and she has started more games than any other player in MIAA history. Ubelaker leads the MIAA in 3-point field goals made (81) and is 22 nd in the NCAA in 3-point field goals made per game (2.7). She also ranks sixth in the MIAA in scoring (15.0 ppg) and sixth in field goal percentage (46.0 percent). Ubelaker is ranked in the top 10 in Washburn single-season history in 3-point field goals made (current 81) and on career charts in 3-point field goals (1), 3-point field goals attempted (1), games started (1), 3-point field goal percentage (2), minutes played (4), points (4), field goals made (5 ) , field goals attempted (6), free throw percentage (7) and scoring average (9). Marshal last month was named the LSC North Division MVP, and last week she led the Lady Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce to the program's first LSC Post-Season Tournament title with an 81-71 win over West Texas A&M in the championship game. The win gave the Lady Lions an automatic bid in the NCAA regional where they will play their first NCAA post-season game against Emporia State. Marshal has an NCAA Division II-best 132 3-point field goals this season, shattering the old LSC single-season record of 104. She also leads NCAA Division II women's basketball in 3-point field goals made per game (4.0). She led the LSC in steals (3.48 per game) and she was third in scoring (18.1 ppg) and assists (4.42 apg). Each member of the first team all-region squad will automatically advance to the ballot for the Daktronics all-America team. The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing, and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). First Team Emily Brister, G, 5-9, soph, West Texas A&M University (Amarillo, TX) Second Team
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