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- | ====== Kristen Maskala #22 ====== | ||
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- | **High School:** Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), Westchester, | ||
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- | ===== High School Career ===== | ||
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- | In 1987, Maskala was named to the Chicago Sun-Times All-State team and the Chicago Tribune' | ||
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- | She was named to the Champaign News-Gazette and Sun-Times All-State teams as well as the Tribune' | ||
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- | Her senior year, Maskala repeated as an All-State selection in the News-Gazette and Sun-Times and was named to the Tribune' | ||
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- | ===== Marquette Career ===== | ||
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- | One of the most prolific scorers in Marquette history, Maskala scored in double figures in 85 of 89 career games and was a three-time Great Midwest Conference First Team selection. | ||
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- | A member of the women’s basketball team from 1991-1994, Maskala helped Marquette achieve many firsts in the history of the program. | ||
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- | In 1992, Marquette made its first postseason appearance in the National Women’s Invitation Tournament (NWIT), after capturing first place in the Great Midwest Conference with a 10-0 record. Maskala was a First Team All-Great Midwest selection. | ||
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- | The following season, Marquette would make its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament, after the team tallied a program-best 22 wins. Maskala was again rewarded for her play with with back-to-back First Team All-Great Midwest honors. | ||
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- | After the 1993-94 season in which she earned her third First Team All-Great Midwest accolade, Maskala received the Hank Raymonds Sportsmanship Award as well as the McCahill award in 1994. | ||
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- | Maskala was named the state of Wisconsin Woman of the Year by the NCAA in 1994. | ||
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- | Her name is inked in the Marquette women’s basketball record books, as she holds the all-time career scoring average record at 19.6 points per game. | ||
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- | She led the Warriors in scoring in each of her three seasons with 21.9, 19.6 and 17.5 points, respectively each season from 1992-1994. Maskala left Marquette with 1,745 career points in three seasons, which currently ranks third on the all-time scoring list. She also set single-season records in points (635), scoring average (21.9), and field goals made (242), in 1991-92. | ||
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- | A student-athlete in every sense of the word, Maskala earned academic All-American recognition in each of her three seasons, becoming the first female Marquette student-athlete to have that honor. Following completion of her senior year in 1994, Maskala was named the GTE Academic All-American of the Year in women' | ||
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- | In 2004, she was inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame in 2004. | ||
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- | On January 28, 2006, her jersey was the second to be retired and lofted up in "The Al." [[http:// | ||
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- | ===== Personal ===== | ||
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- | Dr. Maskala is currently an orthopedic surgeon in West Bend, WI. | ||
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- | She also volunteers as the team doctor for Hartford High School and organizes a free girl’s basketball camp each fall in Washington County with fellow former teammates from Marquette. |