Picks by d3hoops.com Web Site
BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin-Wallace College senior women's basketball player Erika Schultz (Waterville/ Anthony Wayne High School) and junior men's basketball standout Thad Davis (Elyria/ Open Door Christian School) have been named as first-team All-Great Lakes Region players by the d3hoops.com Internet Web Site. Both now qualify for possible selection to the d3hoops.com NCAA Division III All-American team.
Schultz recently ended an outstanding four-year career as a Yellow Jacket. Highlighting Schultz's awards was being tabbed as the Helen Ludwig Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year by a vote of the OAC Coaches. She scored 1,059 points to rank eighth all-time at B-W and had 738 rebounds to rank fourth. The health and physical education major who carries a 3.769 grade point average and was a CoSIDA Academic All-District IV third-team and unanimous first-team Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference pick. As a senior, Schultz averaged 14.0 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets, 23-4 overall. She also shot 54.8 percent from the floor and 74 percent from the foul line. During her brilliant four-year career, Schultz helped B-W compile a 94-19 record with two OAC regular season titles, one OAC Tournament crown and at least two NCAA Division III national tourney appearances, including an "Elite Eight" finish as a freshman. Schultz was twice named OAC Player of the Week this year and earned the honor three times during her career. (d3hoops.com Women's All-Region Team)
Davis, who still has another year of eligibility, helped the B-W men compile an 18-8 overall record and tie for second place in the OAC. He averaged 19.0 points per game to rank third in the OAC, 10.4 rebounds per game to rank first, blocked 46 shots to rank second and made 51.1 percent of his field goal attempts to rank eighth. Davis was a first-team All-OAC choice and three times was named as the OAC Player of the Week. After three years, Davis ranks 13th all-time in scoring with 1,341 career points and sixth in rebounding with 653 career rebounds. (d3hoops.com Men's All-Region Team)
FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact SID Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX Machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Cheri Harrer, please call her at 440-826-3299, FAX her at 440-826-2192 or e-mail her at charrer@bw.edu.
