Colorado College's Auguste; Oglethorpe's Kulavic Named NCAA Division III State Farm Coaches' All-America Finalists

ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with State Farm, announced the finalists for the 2009 State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball for NCAA Division III, and among the 42 finalists are Colorado College's Melanie Auguste and Oglethorpe University's Katie Kulavic. Complete Release

Auguste, the winner of the 2009 Jostens Award, was the first player in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference history to lead the league in scoring (20.0 points per game) and assists (7.0). She finished her career as the program's all-time leader with 612 assists and 243 steals. She also ranks No. 3 with 1,587 points and 102 three-point baskets, and is No. 4 with 827 rebounds. During the regular season, the senior scored in double figures in 23 of 24 games and had 20+ points in 12 games and 30+ points in two more. Auguste, who was a three-time SCAC Player-of-the-Week during the 2008-09 season, tallied 11 double-doubles and two triple doubles.

Kulavic, just the second player in conference history to earn All-SCAC First Team honors four times, became the league's all-time leading scorer on Feb. 22 against Centre, surpassing Tori Huggins of Hendrix with the 1,847th point of her career. Last season's SCAC Player-of-the-Year, she also moved past 600 career rebounds during last weekend's NCAA Tournament. Kulavic, who was a two-time conference Player-of-the-Week this season, is averaging 15.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 53.4% from the floor and 78.2% from the free-throw line. With 1,937 career points, she is just 63 points from becoming the first player in SCAC history - man or woman - to reach 2,000 career points.