The 1986-87 Women's Basketball Team was a team for the record books. Under the coaching of Lori Ulferts, the squad brought the first ever women's state title home to UMC and, in the process, broke 45 team and individual records. The team finished third in the Region 13 National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, and this group claimed the most victories of any women's team to date--with 19 wins on the season.
The team also set marks in most points in a season, most field goals, most free throws, most rebounds, most assists, and a host of other records. In addition they scored 118 points in one game and claimed a record high 59-point margin of victory in another game that season.
Numerous individual records were set. UMC Hall of Famer LeeAnn (Langenbau) Stange and Pam Overbeek set six records each. Kim Vesey entered the record book in four categories. Others setting records were DeDe Vonesh, and Michelle Johnson.
Members of the team included Deb Klein, Kelli O'Riley, Michelle Johnson, June Forde, Kelley Pierce, Shelly (Hegg) Kinn, Becky (Jagelski) Bakke, Pam Overbeek, Kim Vesey, DeDe (Vonesh) Nelson, LeeAnn (Langenbau) Stange, Lynn Johnson, Nancy (Rolsczynski) Piga. Lori Ulferts was the head coach, and Deanna (Broden) Nyegaard served as student coach.
