Women's Basketball

After leading the DePauw women's basketball team to the 2013 NCAA Division III National Championship and an NCAA Div. III record 34-0 record, head coach Kris Huffman was named the D3hoops.com Coach of the Year. Also earning All-America honors from D3hoops.com was DPU junior forward Alex Gasaway (Crawfordsville, IN/Crawfordsville) who was a third-team selection.

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DePauw University (34-0) bested Wisconsin Whitewater (26-7), 69-51, to claim the 2012-13 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball championship. The Tigers victory capped a perfect season and gave DePauw more wins in a single season than any other Division III team has ever posted.  The 34 wins breaks the Division III record for wins in a season and the Tigers are the only team in North Coast Athletic Conference history to post an undefeated overall record; they're the seventh team to do so in NCAA Division III history. The championship is the second for DePauw, which also took home the crown in 2007, and is the first women's basketball title for the NCAC.

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DePauw sophomore Hannah Lukemeyer (Bloomington, IN/North) has been named the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2013 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship. Lukemeyer is majoring in kinesiology and currently carries a 3.973 cumulative grade point average. The Elite 89, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers.

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The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments continues this weekend with the women's semifinal round Friday and the men's third round Saturday. The DePauw University women’s basketball team is headed to the semifinals for the third time in school history after cruising through the sectional rounds of the national tournament in Greencastle last weekend. The Tigers (32-0) knocked off Washington (MO), 59-42, in the sectional semifinals and then booked their ticket to Holland, Michigan, with a 76-55 triumph over Christopher Newport in the sectional finals. The Tigers, who now own the school record for wins in a season, will square off against Williams (27-5) in the national semifinals on Friday, at Hope College’s DeVos Fieldhouse. On the men's side, Wooster (24-5) cruised into the third round with an 80-54 victory over Dickinson. The Fighting Scots will now host Cabrini (24-5) at 7:00 p.m. in a third round contest on Saturday, at Timken Gymnasium. The game will feature the last two national runner-ups in Div. III, Wooster in 2011 and Cabrini in 2012. In preparation for this weekend's action, Russell Kramer, NCAC Assistant Executive Director, caught up with both head coaches to delve into each team's mindset.