Yellowjacket of the Week 2004-2005

Each week we will highlight a Yellowjacket student-athlete who excelled during the previous week.  Below is a list of the "Yellowjackets of the Week" for 2004-2005.  Click HERE for a list of 2003-2004 winners.
 

Christy Wankel, May 16, 2005
.....Wankel, a junior outfielder from Great Falls, MT, was named to the NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team...she batted a team high .364 in four games, leading all outfielders at the tournament in batting average...Wankel was Wankel was 4-for-11 at the plate with three RBI and two runs.

Softball Team, May 10, 2005
.....The Yellowjacket softball team are collectively the Yellowjackets of the Week after qualifying for their first NCAA Tournament in school history...MSU Billings earned the No. 3 seed at the NCAA West Regional which runs May 12-15...the softball team is the first Yellowjacket team besides men's or women's basketball to qualify for NCAA Tournament play.

Theresa Campbell, Softball, May 2, 2005
.....Campbell, a senior from Great Falls, MT, batted .647 in six games last week to lead MSU Billings to six wins...was 11-for-17 at the plate with four home runs and 10 RBI in the six games...she also scored six times...five of her eleven hits went for extra bases and she posted a 1.412 slugging percentage for the week...that boosted her season slugging percentage to a PacWest best .805...Campbell also leads the conference with 14 home runs...she ranks second with a .478 on base percentage and sixth with a .398 batting average. 

Halley Montalban, Women's Golf, April 25, 2005
.....Montalban, a freshman from Billings, earned first team All-PacWest honors after placing second at the PacWest Championships in Hilo, HI...Montalban shot rounds of 76, 78, and 77 to finish with an 18-over 231 for the three rounds.

Chris McConnell, Men's Golf, April 25, 2005
.....McConnell, a junior from Lewistown, MT, earned first team All-PacWest honors after placing third at the PacWest Championships in Hilo, HI...McConnell shot rounds of 71, 69 and 69 on the par-71 course to finish with a 4-under 209 for the three rounds...it was the first time a Yellowjacket golfer has finished a three round tournament under par.

Nicholas Larson, Men's Golf, April 18, 2005
.....Larson, a freshman from Riverton, WY, shot a 1-under 71 in Tuesday's final round of the Buzzini/Stanislaus Invitational to place in the top 10...he tied for ninth place with a three round total of 218...Larson carded rounds of 73, 74 and 71...it was the first time a men's player has finished in the top 10 at a major West Region tournament.

Cami Rainey, Softball, April 11, 2005
.....Rainey, a senior from Terreton, ID, was named PacWest Player of the Week after leading the Yellowjackets to a 5-1 conference mark for the weekincluding a pair of upsets of first place Hawaii-Hilo...the Yellowjackets’ leadoff hitter batted .571 for the week, scoring 10 runs and driving in four RBI...she had a .905 slugging percentage with five extra base hits—four doubles and a home run. 

Sara Hanley, Softball, April 4, 2005
.....Hanley, a senior from Kalispell, MT, helped lead the Yellowjackets to a 4-2 record at the Easton Tournament of Champions...she batted .529 in six games, going 9-for-17 at the plate...she also scored two runs...Hanley was named to the Easton Tournament of Champions All-Tournament Team and also earned Pacific West Conference Co-Player of the Week honors...for the season, Hanley is hitting .290.

Yellowjacket Cheer Team, March 28, 2005
.....The MSU Billings Cheer Team won the team competition for the second-straight year at the COA Open in Irvine, CA...Frankie Reno and Kristin Hodges won first place in the Co-ed Partner Division...Marc Snider and Brooke Henderson took second place...Bradley Lauckner and Veronica Butts took fourth place...Lindsey Hart and Eric Faulks placed eighth...Brandi Hallgren, Laura Steiger, Ashley Henderson, Kristin Hodges, and Lindsey Leischner captured a first-place trophy in the All-Girls Partner Stunting division...Lindsey Hart, Lynsey Parrish, Marissa Anderson, Tracy Mann and Anna Ferguson, earned second place.

Marta Borges, Women's Tennis, March 21, 2005
.....Borges, a freshman from Lisbon, Portugal, had singles and doubles wins over Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado State-Pueblo, and Metro State on the Yellowjackets' spring break trip...she also posted a doubles win over Colorado College and was 7-1 overall for the week, leading the Lady Jackets to a 3-1 record.

Rachel Quarnburg, Softball, March 14, 2005
.....Quarnburg, a sophomore from Billings, batted a blistering .667 for the week to lead the Yellowjackets to a 4-1 record...she was 8-of-12 at the plate and drove in eight RBI...she also scored two runs and hit her second home run of the year.

Cami Rainey, Softball, March 7, 2005
.....Rainey, a senior from Terreton, ID, batted .500 for the week as the Yellowjackets went 6-2 on an important West Region road swing...she was 14-of-28 at the plate with a team-best nine RBI and eight runs scored...Rainey also had three doubles and two home runs for the week.

Justin Hassell, Men's Basketball, February 28, 2005
.....Hassell, a senior from Brooklyn, NY, averaged 27 points and 10.5 rebounds to lead the Yellowjackets to a pair of wins to close out the home schedule...he netted a career-high 33 points with 12 rebounds on Senior Night as the Jackets defeated Johnson & Wales, 124-92.

Robyn Milne, Women's Basketball, February 21, 2005
.....Milne, a senior from Richey, MT, led the Lady Jackets to a pair of important West Region wins over the weekend...she averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocked shots in the two games...in Saturday's overtime win, she scored 26 points, including the game winning basket...with her eight blocked shots in the two games, Milne moved to No. 17 in NCAA Division II history for career blocked shots.

Cameron Munoz, Men's Basketball, February 14, 2005
.....Munoz, a junior guard from Chino, CA, was named the Pacific West Conference player of the week after leading the Yellowjackets to three straight conference wins...in the three games he knocked down 18 3-pointers with seven in two of the games...his 6.0 made threes per game for the week moved his season average to 4.16, taking over the top spot in the PacWest stats rankings...for the week Munoz was 23-51 from the field, 18-43 from 3-point, and 17-21 from the line.

Jenny Langford, Women's Basketball, February 7, 2005
.....Langford, a junior guard from Reedpoint, MT, scored 11 points in the Lady Yellowjackets road win over St. Martin's, the fifth-ranked team in the West Region....Langford was 3-of-6 from 3-point range, including a three with just 1:28 remaining to put the game out of reach.

Lucas Walker, Men's Basketball, January 31, 2005
.....Walker, a freshman from Launceston, Australia, was named the Pacific West Conference Player of the week after averaging 24 points in two Yellowjacket wins...he scored 26 points in just 14 minutes in Thursday's 118-70 win over Western New Mexico...he added 22 points and eight rebounds in Saturday's 104-76 victory.

Carlin Hughes, Men's Basketball, January 24, 2005
.....Hughes, a freshman from Perth, Australia, averaged 11.7 points and 5.7 assists per game in three PacWest Conference games...he scored 17 points and handed out a career-high nine assists in the Yellowjackets' first conference win of the season on Tuesday.

Tanya Petersen, Women's Basketball, January 17, 2005
.....Petersen, a junior forward from Billings, had a solid game in all aspects when the Yellowjackets defeated Montana Tech last week...she scored a game-high 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting...she handed out four assists...and she blocked four shots...her four blocks gave her 59 for her career, just five short of tying Shelley Altrogge for fifth all-time in school history.

Michelle Lieber, Women's Basketball, January 10, 2005
.....Lieber, a sophomore forward from Gillette, WY, averaged 15.5 points and 9 rebounds a game in two games for the Lady Yellowjackets...she scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a road win against Northwest Nazarene on Monday...she posted a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds in a loss to St. Martin's on Thursday.

Buddy Windy Boy, Men's Basketball, January 3, 2005
.....Windy Boy, a junior from Lodge Grass, MT, scored a game-high 29 points in the Yellowjackets' 103-81 win against Haskell Indian Nations...he was 9-of-16 from the field and 8-of-15 from 3-point range...Windy Boy played all 40 minutes in the game...he also grabbed six rebounds and handed out four assists.

Justin Hassell, Men's Basketball, December 27, 2004
.....Hassell, a senior captain from Brooklyn, NY, averaged 17.5 points and 10 rebounds in two wins against Saint Leo on Monday and Tuesday...he recorded a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds in Monday's 107-99 victory and netted 18 points and grabbed eight boards in Tuesday's 113-106 overtime win...Hassell was named the Pacific West Conference player of the week for his performances.

Shannon Harvey, Women's Basketball, December 20, 2004
.....Harvey, a sophomore from Billings, tied the school single-game record for 3-pointers in Saturday's win over Humboldt State...she drained seven from behind the arc to finish with a career-high 21 points...Harvey currently leads the Lady Jackets in 3-point shooting, averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers per game...she is also tops on the team with a blistering 45 percent averaging from long range.

Robyn Milne, Women's Basketball, December 13, 2004
.....Milne, a senior from Richey, MT, was named to the North Coast Inn Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 17 points and 15.5 rebounds a game...she recorded double-doubles in both games of the tournament, including 24 points and 19 rebounds in a win over Southern Oregon...with her 34 points over the weekend, Milne became just the 21st player in Lady Jacket history to score over 800 points in a career...she is also the sixth player to have more than 700 rebounds.

Lucas Walker, Men's Basketball, December 6, 2004
.....Walker, a freshman from Launceston, Australia, recorded a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds in Saturday afternoon's 101-90 win over visiting Chadron State...the 13 rebounds was a season-high for Walker, who has started every game so far...he has two double-doubles in four games and is averaging 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Cameron Munoz, Men's Basketball, November 29, 2004
.....Munoz, a junior from Chino, CA, totaled 48 points in two wins over Ohio Valley College over the weekend...he netted a game-high 33 points in Friday's win, making eight of the Yellowjackets' 12 3-pointers...Munoz had 10 3-pointers for the weekend, putting him over the 200 mark for his career...he currently ranks fifth in school history with 209 career 3-pointers.

Robyn Milne, Women's Basketball, November 22, 2004
.....Milne, a senior center from Richey, MT, scored a career-high 29 points on Saturday in the Lady Yellowjackets' season-opening win over Western Washington...she was 11-of-15 from the field and a perfect 7-of-7 from the free throw line...Milne also grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds and narrowly missed a triple-double, handing out a career-high eight assists.

Jessica Bratton, Volleyball, November 15, 2004
.....Bratton finished the season with a flourish, totaling 58 kills in two matches at Western New Mexico...her 33 kills in Friday's match tied for the fourth-most in a single match in PacWest history...she averaged 6.44 kills per game for the weekend to climb into third in the PacWest's final rankings for kills per game at 4.48.

Jessica Bratton, Volleyball, November 8, 2004
.....Bratton, a sophomore from Casper, WY, had one of her best weekend's of the season in leading the Jackets to two wins over Hawaii-Hilo...the outside hitter recorded 23 kills and 23 digs in Monday night's win...on Tuesday, she hammered down a match-high 21 kills to go with 17 digs...for the season, Bratton currently ranks fifth in the PacWest for kills per game (4.26).

Candy Cherry, Women's Soccer, November 1, 2004
.....Cherry, a senior from Missoula, MT, scored her fourth goal of the season on Sunday in a 3-0 win over Carroll College...Cherry captained the Yellowjackets to a 12-4-3 mark this season, the best record in school history...MSU Billings was also unbeaten at home, going 9-0-1.

Heidi Robertson, Sarah Lord & Chelsea Lynnes; Women's Cross-Country, October 25, 2004
.....Robertson, Lord and Lynnes finished 2nd, 3rd and 5th respectively at the Pacific West Conference Cross-Country Championships held in Billings...the trio's dominating performance led the Lady Yellowjacket team to a second place finish, just 12 points behind race favorite BYU-Hawaii...each runner set a personal best for the season at 5,000 meters, with Robertson finishing in 19:00, Lord in 19:04 and Lynnes in 19:19...all three earned All-Pacific West Conference honors.

Brian Palmer, Men's Soccer, October 18, 2004
.....Palmer, a senior from Laramie, Wyoming, made his last home game a memorable one with two goals in a 2-0 Senior Day win against University of Mary...he teamed with fellow senior Thomas Pertuit for the first goal of the game and capped the scoring with an unassisted goal in the second half...Palmer is having the best season of his career with six goals and 14 points.

Margot Merrill-Johnson, Women's Soccer, October 11, 2004
.....Merrill-Johnson, a senior from Salt Lake City, scored two goals and had three assists to lead the Lady Jackets to a pair of wins over the weekend...the two victories kept MSUB unbeaten at home and gave the team the school record for wins in a season with 10...Merrill-Johnson leads the team with eight goals and 21 points.

Thomas Pertuit, Men's Soccer, October 4, 2004
.....Pertuit, a senior from Billings, scored three goals in two games over the weekend...he scored twice on Sunday to lead the Yellowjackets to a 3-0 win over Westminster College...Pertuit has scored a team-best 11 goals in 13 games this season.

Olivia Munro, Volleyball, September 27, 2004
.....Munro broke the school record for career kills on Tuesday, knocking down 13 in a win at Rocky Mountain...Munro now has 1,045 career kills, two more than Brandee Sayles had in her career from 1994-1997...the senior from Toronto still has 15 matches remaining to add to her total.

Women's Soccer Team, September 20, 2004
.....For the first time, the Yellowjacket of the Week award goes to an entire team...the Lady Jacket soccer team matched its win total of a year ago and extended its school-record unbeaten streak to seven games with a 7-2 drubbing of Rocky Mountain College and a 5-1 defeat of West Region foe Central Washington...seven different players scored against Rocky, and five different players scored against Central Washington...the team is now 6-0-1 and averaging 3.23 goals per game.

Natalie Bills, Volleyball, September 13, 2004
.....Bills, a sophomore setter from Provo, UT, guided the Yellowjackets to three sweeps over the weekend...she has helped the Jackets to one of their best starts at 6-1...Bills ranked eighth in the NCAA II for assists per game in the first statistical rankings of the season.

Jessica Bratton, Volleyball, September 7, 2004
.....Bratton, a sophomore outside hitter from Casper, WY, was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Aspen Hotels Invitational in Anchorage...she averaged 4.79 kills per game to lead the Yellowjackets to the tournament title...Bratton also earned PacWest Player of the Week honors.

Alyssa Wolfer, Women's Soccer, August 30, 2004
.....Wolfer, a sophomore forward from Longmont, Colo., scored two goals in the Yellowjackets' 4-0 victory over St. Cloud State on Sunday...the goals were the first of her collegiate career after spending her freshman season as a backup goalkeeper...in the weekend's two wins, Wolfer had five shots, four of which were on goal.

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