Women's Basketball

University of Wisconsin-Stout

218 Johnson Fieldhouse - Menomonie, WI - 54751
Team Office: Tel: (715) 232-2465 Fax: (715) 232-1684
Team website: www.uwstout.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1891 but not becoming a collegiate institution until the 1950's, UW Stout became part ot the 13 member state university system in 1971. UW Stout is a comprehensive university offering nearly 30 Bachelor degree programs and a dozen Masters. Majors offered include Occupational Safety and Health Technology, Foods and Nutrition Science, and Hotel/Motel and Restaurant Management. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Wisconsin:Stout in the third tier among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Menomonie (pop.14k), about 60 miles west of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

School website
www.uwstout.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

8,100

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$19,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Design and Applied Arts - Hospitality

Misc. Information

Mark Thomas completed his 21st season at UW-Stout in 2007-08. Taking over a struggling program in 1987-88 -- the team had won only two games in the two previous seasons -- Thomas put the program back on the road to respectability and then some. Over the last 17 seasons the Blue Devils have finished in the top 4 of their conference 16 times and made ten NCAA appearances. Except for his first two years, Thomas has not had a losing season. Thomas stresses not only athletics but academics and the Blue Devil squad is consistently one of the top ranked academic squads at the D3 level. Before coming to Stout, Thomas was an assistant football and baseball coach at Spring Valley HS. In 2007-08, Thomas guided the team to a 17-10 record.

Team Name	Blue Devils
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	436-368 (.542)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	17-10	23-6	22-8	102-36 (.739)
Conference	10-6	13-3	12-4	58-19 (.753)
Conf. Finish	3	1	1	1, 4, 4, 1, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	1st Rnd	Swt 16	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#18	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Mark Thomas
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Wisconsin-Stout	1987-88
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	372-188 (.664)
Record at Wisconsin-Stout	372-188 (.664)
Coaching Awards	WIAC COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Erin Konsela, Marianne Galfano

Recruiting Coordinator

Mark Thomas, (715) 232-2465, thomasm@uwstout.edu

Conference and Schedule

UW-Stout plays in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.uwsa.edu/wiac/) which is comprised nine teams all from Wisconsin, and all sister campuses of the U. of Wisconsin system. League play can commence in early December though non-league opponents are mixed in until January. Stout will play each team twice, home and away, and league games are usually played on Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the WIAC tourney which includes the top eight teams. Higher seeds host. Winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crose, UW-Oskhosh, UW-Plattevillle, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior, and UW-Whitewater.

Facilities

Johnson Fieldhouse
Capacity 2,800, Average attendance (____?)

Style/Stats

In 2007-08, Wis. Stout ranked #18 in offense, averaging 74.4 ppg.