Three members of Monmouth College’s women’s basketball team have
been named All-Midwest Conference.
Senior center Ashley Yeast (Sciota, Ill./West Prairie), junior
guard Melissa Gorksi (Arlington Hts., Ill./Buffalo Grove) and
sophomore guard Elise Waldorf (Glasford, Ill./Canton) were named to
the team in a vote of the league coaches. This marks the second
straight year the Fighting Scots have had three players named
all-conference. "I think having three all-conference performers two
years in a row shows we are starting to head in the right direction
with our program," said coach Melissa Jones.
Yeast, named to the first team, picked up her third straight
all-conference honor. She led the MWC in rebounds (238) and rebound
average (10.3). She holds the Fighting Scots women’s rebounding
records for single game (21), season (315), season average (13.7)
and career average (10.9). Her 1,008 rebounds is the school record
for women or men. Her 990 career points ranks her seventh all-time
among Monmouth women. "This is a fitting honor for Ashley to end her
career," said Jones. "She represents exactly what we want out of our
student-athletes at Monmouth – a good work ethic, leadership, great
attitude and athletic ability."
Gorski was named second team all-conference for the second
straight year. She was third in the conference in assists (86) and
assists per game (3.74). Gorksi led the Fighting Scots in scoring
(295) and was second in points per game (12.8). Her 904 career
points ranks her eighth all-time at Monmouth. "Mit is a great leader
both on and off the court," praised Jones. "She is a solid
all-around player and really improved on her rebounding this season,
but I am most excited about her turnover-to-assist ratio which
ranked her third in the conference."
Waldorf, who was selected second team all-conference, led the
Scots in scoring average (13.6) and blocks (28). She was third in
the league in field goal percentage (.520) and fourth in scoring
average. "Elise did an outstanding job for us this year," reported
Jones. "She did a great job handling her mid-season injury and was
one spot shy of making first team all-conference. I’m very proud of
how her offense has progressed."
The Scots finished in fifth place in the Midwest Conference
(12-11/8-8), just one position out of a conference tournament berth.
Monmouth was the only league team to defeat conference champion and
NCAA tournament qualifier St. Norbert.