Yellowjacket of the Week 2007-2008

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Terina Stacks, Softball, Mar. 18
Stacks was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week this week as she had a team-high eight hits in 19 at bats last week for a .421 average.  She hit home runs in back-to-back games in the two victories over WOU on Saturday.  The first home run was the game-winner in a 2-1 decision and her second knotted the game at three as MSUB went on for a 6-4 win.

Steve Scott, Baseball, Mar. 13
Scott went 2-0 this past week at the RussMatt Invitational in Phoenix, Ariz.  He struck out 20, including setting the school-record and tying the GNAC record with 15 strikeouts in a 4-3 win over Mary.  For his efforts, he was named GNAC Co-Pitcher of the Week.

Leslie Davis, Softball, Mar. 3, 2008
had a solid week at the CWU Invitational as she led the team with a .500 average, 11 hits, two doubles, one home run and five RBI.  She slugged a team-best .727 and had an on base percentage of .522.

James Lester, Baseball, Feb. 26, 2008
Lester had a solid pitching debut in the Yellowjackets' season opener last week against British Columbia.  Lester went five innings, allowing five hits, one earned run an three strikeouts in a 3-2 victory to open the season.

Kacie Vanderloos, Track and Field, Feb. 19, 2008
She had an outstanding GNAC Indoor Track and Field Championship as she finished second in the shot put in the Yellowjackets' first GNAC Indoor Championship.  Vanderloos had a personal record 11.75 – 38-6 3/4 for the event.

Alira Carpenter, Women's Basketball, Feb. 12, 2008
She had another outstanding week for the Lady Jackets.  In two games, she averaged 22.5 points, was 15 of 41 from the field, made five three-pointers and was a perfect 10 of 10 from the line.  She also was named third team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District. 

Shantell Marquis, Women's Basketball, Feb. 4, 2008
Sophomore Shantell Marquis (Cascade, Mont.) had 14 points, 10 rebounds and tied her career-high with nine assists in a 69-56 victory over Western Oregon last Thursday.  On Saturday, she led the team with 15 points and four steals in a heartbreaking 68-67 loss to Saint Martin's. 

Ryan Ceynar, Men's Track and Field, Jan. 28, 2008
Freshman Ryan Ceynar (Glendive, Mont.) led the Yellowjacket men's indoor track team this past weekend at the Montana State Open with a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters.  Ceynar finished with a time of 2:12.65 and was running against mostly Division I competition from Montana and Montana State.

John Brooks, Men's Basketball, Jan. 22, 2008
Freshman John Brooks (Perris, Calif.) led the Yellowjackets this past week with 48 points, including a career-high 32 points against Western Oregon.  In that game, he was 10 of 22 from the field and 6 of 13 from beyond the arc and a perfect 6 of 6 from the line.

Shantell Marquis, Women's Basketball, Jan. 14, 2008
Marquis, a sophomore from Cascade, Mont., netted a career-high 20 points in Thursday's 58-49 conference win over previously undefeated Central Washington University.  In the game Marquis shot 7-of-13 from the floor and was 2-of-2 from beyond the arc.  Marquis recorded game-highs pulling down eight rebounds and nabbing five steals.  The Lady Jackets wrapped up the week with a 69-67 GNAC win over Western Washington University.  In the contest Marquis netted eight points, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out a game-high seven assists.  On the season Marquis is averaging 9.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.  She also is averaging a team-leading 2.85 steals per game.

Alira Carpenter, Women's Basketball, Jan. 7, 2008
Carpenter, a junior guard from Lewistown averaged 26.5 points per game in a split with the Alaska schools over the weekend.  The Lady Jackets fell 68-66 to No. 7 UAA and rebounded with a 60-51 win over UAF.  In the game against the Nanooks, she was 6 of 9 from long range-one off her career high.  Carpenter is averaging a conference-leading 19.2 points per game.  For the year, she is 35 of 80 from beyond the arc for a team-leading 44 percent and is 30 of 36 from the charity stripe for 83 percent.

Alira Carpenter, Women's Basketball, Dec. 31, 2007
Carpenter, a junior guard from Lewistown, Mont., eclipsed the 1,000 career-point mark in Saturday's 73-59 loss against No. 12 Chico State University.  Carpenter joins just 18 other Lady Yellowjackets who have accomplished this feat.  In Friday's loss to Sonoma State University Carpenter scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds in the game.  On Saturday Carpenter netted a game-high 23 points off 9-of-17 shooting from the floor.  For the week, she drilled five three pointers pushing her career total to 159.  She now stands in fourth place in the record books for career three-pointers made.  Carpenter averaged 17 points and four rebounds per game over the weekend and was named to the Hampton Inn & Suites Basketball Classic All-Tournament team. 

Troy Ruff, Men's Basketball, Dec. 24, 2007
Ruff, a sophomore forward from Custer, Mont., had a steady week for the Yellowjackets averaging 13 points and 3.67 rebounds per game in a trio of losses at home.  Ruff posted career-bests in points and rebounds in this last week's games.  Ruff has come off the Jackets' bench to average 8.1 points and 3.5 rebounds in 20.1 minutes of play.  Ruff has been consistent from both the field and long range shooting 41 percent and 40 percent respectively.  Ruff has knocked down 17 three-pointers on the season thus far.

Dani Henderson, Women's Basketball, Dec. 17, 2007
Henderson, a sophomore forward from Reed Point, Mont., netted a career-high 19 points in a 90-67 road loss against University of Mary Saturday in Bismark, N. D.  Henderson was 6-of-12 from the field and matched her career-high knocking down two 3-pointers in the game.  Henderson also pulled down a game-high nine boards.  On the season Henderson is averaging 10 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

Lexi Halvorson, Track and Field, Dec. 10, 2007
Halvorson, a freshman from Billings, Mont., picked up a fourth place finish in the shot put at the Fall Classic hosted by Black Hills State University last week.  Halvorson threw for a distance of 11.96 meters, currently ranking her second in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference standings.  The meet was the first ever NCAA track and field competition for MSUB as the team was a member of the NAIA back in the 1960's and 1970's.

Shantell Marquis, Women's Basketball, Dec. 3, 2007
Marquis, a sophomore guard from Cascade, Mont., assisted the Lady Jackets in a 67-55 road win against Colorado School of Mines on Saturday.  The feisty defender posted a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds in the game and recorded a game-high five steals.  Marquis also handed out a game-high four assists.  For the season, Marquis is averaging eight points and a team-leading 5.8 boards per game.  She also leads the Lady Jackets averaging 3.4 assists and 2.8 steals per game.

Aaron Terry, Men's Basketball, Nov. 26, 2007
Terry, a freshman guard from Moreno Valley, Calif., had a career-high 21 points in games against St. Cloud State and University of Nebraska-Omaha over the weekend.  Terry averaged 8.5 rebounds and 1.75 steals per game for the week.  Terry was 15-of-37 from the field for the week for 40 percent.  On the season Terry is averaging 15.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.

Jessica Lechner, Volleyball, Nov. 12, 2007
Lechner, a junior middle blocker from Pompey's Pillar, Mont., led the Jackets to a 3-2 win over GNAC opponent Seattle Pacific on Thursday.  Lechner posted a career-high 18 kills in the game to average 3.6 kills per game.  For the week she had 26 kills for a 2.89 kills per game average with a .221 hitting percentage.  Lechner also recorded six blocks for an average 0.67 blocks per game.

Sam Charles, Men's Soccer, Nov. 5, 2007
Charles, a sophomore forward from Weymouth, England was named the GNAC Player of the Year scoring 19 goals and 41 points.  Charles led the Jackets to a 13-4-1 overall record.  The team posted a 5-2-1 mark in the GNAC.  Charles ranks first in the school record history for goals scored in a single season (19), total points in a single season (41), and for consecutive games with at least one goal scored (8).

Tyler Nicholas, Men's Golf, Oct. 8, 2007
Nicholas, a senior from Sheridan, Wyo., carded rounds of 74 and 76 at the Hampton Inn/Palace City Classic hosted by Dakota Wesleyan over the weekend.  His 6-over 150 was good for fourth place in the individual standings and led the Yellowjackets to a third place finish at the eight-team tourney.  It was a strong showing for the Yellowjackets, who were playing in the first and only tournament of the fall.  Because of a late coaching change, the Yellowjackets were forced to cancel two of their three fall tournaments.  MSUB made the most of their one fall event and should be positioned to compete well during the spring schedule. 

Brittney Sandau, Women's Soccer, Oct. 1, 2007
Sandau, a senior midfielder from Billings, scored two goals on Saturday to carry the Yellowjackets to a 3-1 win at Northwest Nazarene University.  The win was the first road conference win for the Lady Jackets since joining the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and also broke a three-game winless streak.  MSUB moved from fifth place in the GNAC standings into a tie for third place.  Sandau opened the scoring in the 15th minute then broke a 1-1 tie with the game winner in the 53rd minute.  The goals were Sandau's sixth and seventh of the season and 26th and 27th of her career.  She is currently fourth in school history for both career points and career goals.

Devon Crotteau, Volleyball, Sept. 24, 2007
Crotteau, a sophomore outside hitter from Casper, Wyo., averaged 5.1 kills per game to lead MSU Billings to two Great Northwest Athletic Conference road wins in Alaska.  On Thursday, Crotteau knocked down 18 kills on 53 attempts in a 3-1 win at Alaska Fairbanks.  On Saturday, she drilled a career-high 23 kills on a .211 attack percentage in a 3-1 win at Alaska Anchorage.  She also had 19 digs and four blocks against the Seawolves.  The two wins kept MSU Billings in first place in the GNAC at 5-1.

Men's Soccer Defensive Line, Sept. 17, 2007
(Josh Hernandez, Tom Milroy, Justin Hoskins, Greg McKeever)
This week's honor goes to the entire MSUB men's soccer defensive unit.  The Yellowjackets continued to pitch shutouts, including a 1-0 win over nationally-ranked Seattle University, the program's first-ever win over a ranked team.  As a defensive line, the Yellowjackets have conceded just one goal while the offense has scored 18.  In seven games, MSUB has allowed just 42 shots total with 17 on goal.  The defense leads the conference posting six shutouts, and has a goals against average of 0.17.

Jarred Rensvold, Cross Country, Sept. 10, 2007
Rensvold, a senior captain from Wolf Point, Mont., ran the second-fastest 8K time of his MSUB career on Saturday to place seventh at the South Dakota School of Mines Invitational.  He posted a 28:33 to prevent a clean sweep by Black Hills State.  Rensvold's seventh place finish broke up the eleven BHSU runners who claimed 11 of the top 12 places. 

Alicia Cazemier, Volleyball, Sept. 3, 2007
Cazemier, a senior middle blocker from Vauxhall, Alberta, had 73 kills, 35 digs, 16 blocks and six service aces to lead the Yellowjackets to four wins in the Days Inn-Denver West Oredigger Classic in Denver over the weekend. Cazemier averaged 4.29 kills per game and hit .275 (73-24-178) in wins over Colorado School of Mines, Mesa State, Western State and Western New Mexico.  She had 22 kills, two short of her career high, and hit .439 in Saturday’s win over WNMU.  MSU Billings was one of just two teams to go 4-0 at the Oredigger Classic.  Cazemier was named to the all-tournament team, the only Yellowjacket to receive the honor, and on Monday was named the GNAC player of the week.  Cazemier entered 2007 as the career school record holder for total blocks, solo blocks, and hitting percentage.  With 15 block assists last weekend, she now also holds that school record with 291.

Sam Charles, Men's Soccer, Aug. 27, 2007
Charles, a sophomore forward from Weymouth, England, scored three goals in a pair of Yellowjacket wins on the opening weekend of the season.  On Thursday he netted a second half goal in a 2-0 win at Colorado Christian.  On Sunday, Charles scored both goals in a 2-0 win at Mesa State.  The two wins tie the school record for consecutive wins at three dating back to last year's final game.  They also give MSUB its first 2-0 start to a season.

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