GLIAC Announces All-Conference, Special Awards
HOUGHTON, Mich. - The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognized three Huskies Friday, with two all-conference honorees and one special award winner. Junior guard Ellie Mackay was named First Team All-GLIAC for the second straight year. Sophomore guard Alex Rondorf was named Second Team All-GLIAC and All-GLIAC Defensive team. Freshman guard Isabella Lenz earned GLIAC Freshman of the Year.
ELLIE MACKAY (Jr. – Novi, Mich. – G)
Reigning GLIAC Player of the Year and GLIAC Tournament most valuable player Ellie Mackay was again named First Team All-GLIAC in 2021-22. Mackay currently ranks third in the league in scoring at 16.9 points per game. On January 6, she posted 36 points in a game against Wisconsin-Parkside and was subsequently named GLIAC North Division Player of the Week for the third time in her three-year career.
Mackay remains one of the best shooters in Division two with 10 games of 20 or more points. She also posted her first double-double this season and scored 23 points Thursday night in the GLIAC Tournament quarterfinals, including seven points in overtime to help MTU advance. Last season Mackay was recognized as a WBCA Division II Honorable Mention All-American. She was also All-GLIAC second team in 2019-20 and GLIAC Freshman of the Year in 2018-19.
ALEX RONDORF (So. – West Bend, Wis. – G)
Rondorf earned All-GLIAC Second Team and All-GLIAC Defensive Team honors for the first time in her career in 2021-22. Rondorf ranks second on the team with 12.3 points per game with 26 starts for the Huskies. She has scored double figures on 16 occasions this season and posted a career-high 27 points against Northwood on January 27. Rondorf connected on 7 of 9 long-range attempts in the game. She ranks No. 2 in the conference in field goal percentage (55.1-percent), behind only teammate Sara Dax (55.5-percent). Rondorf is also third in the conference in blocked shots.
ISABELLA LENZ (Fr. – Prescott, Wis. – G)
Lenz is the fifth Husky to win GLIAC Freshman of the Year since 1989, joining Ellie Mackay (2019), Katie Wysocky (2007), Sarah Stream (2005), and Dawn Zarling (1991). Lenz's breakout game came on January 13, when she played 25 minutes and scored 13 points at Northern Michigan. She earned her second career start four nights later and posted a season-high 17 points at Purdue Northwest, shooting 6-for-9 from the field with three triples. Lenz again made it to double-figures with 12 points against Parkside on February 5, a game in which she also passed five assists. Lenz is shooting 42.3-percent from the floor with 28 games played and five starts. She also has 23 steals and 42 assists.
Michigan Tech women's basketball plays in the GLIAC Semifinals on Saturday, March 5 at No. 2 Grand Valley State at 2 p.m. Fans can listen on Mix 93.5 FM WKMJ.