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Basketball News Release.

 

 

 
Monmouth trio of women named All-Midwest Conference

Release Date:  March 5, 2008

Image of Ashley Yeast.

Ashley Yeast

Image of Melissa Gorksi.

Melissa Gorksi

Image of Elise Waldorf.

Elise Waldorf

MONMOUTH, Ill. 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.

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