Williy Wonka - Naomi's "roots" are in the Twin Cities area. In addition to having gone to school at St Paul Academy, that is where she later began her coaching career as the JV Coach and Varsity Assistan Coach. Her first full time teaching position was at Minnetonka. Naomi taught middle school Physical Education and Health and coached at the high school for both basketball & softball. She worked with on-court skill development and was a part of Minnetonka history as the varsity earned their first trip to the Class AAAA State Girl's Basketball Tournament. After two years in Fargo at NDSU, she returned to coaching high school basketball at her neighborhood high school, North High.

When I said "welcome home", I was refering to the area where she grew up and not to St Peter. One normally "comes home" to something familiar and from the past, not something in the future. However, you are the pro writer and expert with words, so I apologize if I misled you with my choice of words.  Your grammar in your sentence puzzled me but I got the message.

Welcome Home and welcome to GAC and St Peter Naomi!

Now that you have only one sister to watch, I hope to see you at more GAC games.
I did see her play at the "Y" last night and she looks stronger and more motivated than ever. Apparently, her injury and the subsequent recovery did not slow her down at all. In her role on the team, I believe she is one of the top three players. She's a banger, a rebounder, an assister, a defender and now with new patience, an even more affective shooter.

I guess we'll just have to pick on one another until someone else posts something.
It's all in good fun tho. Looking forward to an exciting year for the team.

GO GUSTIES!

Naomi Stohlman has been hired as Assistant Women's Basketball Coach by GAC.

Naomi is a graduate of Concordia Academy HS and graduated from Concordia College, St Paul in 1997. She obtained her Masters Degree at Arizona State University.

Basketball background includes serving as an assistant basketball coach at Arizona State University and at North Dakota State University. Most recently she served as Head Women's Basketball Coach at Dobson HS, Phoenix, AZ.

Naomi was selected as the top candidate from over 35 applicants! Welcome home to the Twin Cities Naomi.

To all commenting on coach of the year and this includes WW.

As all know. the Coach of the Year Award is awarded by MIAC peers. I have no clue as to what criteria is, or has been used, by the individual coaches as they cast their votes. These people meet and know each other very well. Do they have an understanding of criteria, either written or unwritten? Who knows?

One thing however is sure. the coaches who vote are in the middle of the action. They work together on MIAC issues and they work against one-another on the court. They probably know each other, particularly those who have been around a few years, better than any of the pundits who post to this site. Fortunately, they make the choice and not all of the second guessors and rable rowsers who post.


I would remind everyone also, that at the beginning of the season most posters to the site predicted the Gusties to end up in 7th or 8th place this year. Just maybe, Coach Haller deserves the honor bestowed by her peers for having inspired  and lead such a dismal team to achieve the position they did in the playoffs. 

 

 :)Congratulations to the Cobbers!!!  A great season with a strong finish.
Now if the Bennies can get the get the call to the Nationals, MIAC will be well represented. I will be very disappointed if Ben's doesn't go.

The Nationals - GO MIAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

blazerball:

We won at your house with Michelle Linbo!

I didn't mention referees, they didn't determine the outcome of this game.

Quote from: blazerball on February 19, 2006, 11:52:11 PM
GACker sketchy point of the day: Wonka trying to take attention away from the fact that his team got schooled at HOME with a conference title on the line...

What is this!! St Ben's "schooled" the Gusties?

                           St Bens              Gusties

Total FG's. . . . . . . 24-56. . . . . . . .  22-54
3-Pt . . . . . . . . . . .   2-13. . . . . . . .    5-12
Freethrows . . . . .  20-24. . . . . . . . .11-13
Off Rebounds. . . .      8   . . . . . . . .      7
Def Rebounds . .  .    26  . . . . . . . .      27
Total Rebounds . .    34   . . . . . . . .     34
Fouls. . . . . . . . . . .    14  . . . . . . . .     15
Total Points . . . . .     70 . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Assists  . . . . . . . .     11 . . . . . . . . . . .   8
Turnovers . . . . . . .    14 . . . . . . . . . .   16
Blocks . . . . . . . . .       5 . . . . . . . . . .     3
Steals . . . . . . . . . .     8 . . . . . . . . . . .  10

If you call a game that is statistically that close a "schooling", then your perception is skewed. If you're a fisherman, I'd want to see the fish you caught and not the one you want to tell me about!

This was a very good game, played hard by all participants. It had to have been extremely difficult for the Gusties, after losing their strongest point-guard on Wednesday to make adjustments in there game before playing the leading team
(Your Bennies) in the conference on Saturday.

As it was, they did a fine job, pulling to within 2 points in the second half and then not trailing by more than six until the very end when the usual game end fouls allowed St Bens to get their final points.