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Women's Basketball 6/2/2014 11:13:00 AM Howie Thompson, Director of Sports Communication

Women's Basketball Hands Out Final Team Awards

Whitney Kieffer is within striking distance of becoming the Peacocks' leading scorer in program history heading into her senior season.

The Peacock women's basketball team (5-22, 4-18 NSIC) got together for one final time as May Term ended on campus at Upper Iowa University to hand out their team awards for the 2013-14 season.

Most Valuable Player	Newcomer of the Year	Peacock Leadership Award	Peacock Toughness Award	Best Off-Season Performance
Whitney Kieffer	Emily Gustafson	Sam Thrapp	Sam Thrapp	Olivia Meier

Peacock Perseverance Award	Clean-Up Award (Most Rebounds)	Best FG %	Best 3-Point FG %	Top FT Shooter
Sarah Benson	Lauren Buck (182 - 6.7/game)	Emily Gustafson (55.9%)	Lindsay Carroll (40.0%)	Lindsay Carroll (85.7%)

Whitney Kieffer was named to the All-NSIC Second Team and the All-NSIC Defensive Team. The honors mark the second time that the Scales Mound, Ill. native has earned a spot on the All-NSIC and All-NSIC Defensive Team and third straight season with a postseason award from the NSIC. As a sophomore, Kieffer was named to the All-NSIC First Team as well as the All-NSIC Defensive Team. As a freshman, she was selected for the All-NSIC Freshmen Team. The junior scored her 1,000^th point becoming in a win over the Wartburg College Knights and became the 11^th Peacock to reach the 1,000-point plateau and only the second junior in the history of the program to reach the lofty mark.

For the season, Kieffer netted 437 points (16.2/game) scoring in double figures in 22 of her 27 games including 9 games that she scored over 20 points and 2 with more than 30. She got the nod onto the All-Defensive Team thanks to her rebounding and her pressure defense on ball handlers which earned her 2.2 steals per game, which ranked 5th in the NSIC. For her career, Kieffer has scored 1,408 points. Kieffer is now just 23 points shy of the all-time leader in points, Hall of Famer Vicky (Ringeberg) Rarick (1995-99) with 1,431, and 16 points behind second place, Hall of Famer Walida (Hawkins) Hewitt (1993-97) with 1,424.

Sam Thrapp averaged 10 points and 4.4 assists per game at the point guard position, while Carly Pagel dropped in 10 points and pulled down 5.1 rebounds per game in the post. Lauren Buck scored 9.9 points and grabbed a team-high 6.7 boards per game from the wing position while adding 1.2 assists a contest.

Freshman Emily Gustafson made an impact on the glass as well averaging 4.8 rebounds per contest and adding 3.1 points per game while shooting 55.9% from the floor. Lindsay Carroll led UIU's three-point attack at a 40% clip from behind the arc; she averaged 7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.

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