Stephen Madison — men’s basketball
The Idaho men’s basketball team got its first set of wins in the WAC Tournament March 13-15 in Las Vegas. Even though the wins were significant for coach Don Verlin, they were also significant for senior Stephen Madison. The senior averaged just under 23 points per game during the tournament and had a career high in rebounds with 17 in the Vandals quarterfinal matchup against Missouri-Kansas City. His performance in the tournament was good enough to get him a spot on the WAC All-Tournament Team. He also secured the second spot on the Vandal’s all-time scoring list with 1,624 points.
Stacey Barr — women’s basketball
Stacey Barr continued her amazing season in the WAC Tournament by helping the Vandals win their second straight WAC title and second straight berth in the NCAA Tournament. In the WAC Tournament, she was named the WAC Tournament’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. Barr, a junior from Melbourne, Australia, was able to score 26 points per game in the tournament, including a career-high 35 points in the semifinal match against New Mexico State.
Ali Forde — women’s basketball
The Idaho women’s basketball team lost to Louisville 88-42 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The one bright spot for the Vandals was sophomore post Ali Forde. Forde was the leading scorer for Idaho with 16 points on 7-9 shooting from the field. Forde tied for the game-high in points with Louisville’s Sara Hammond. She also grabbed eight rebounds and had two blocks for Idaho. The Vandals finished the season at 25-9.
Jamie Sterbis — swim and dive
The Vandal swim and dive team was represented at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship at the University of Minnesota, when sophomore Jamie Sterbis was able to qualify and compete in the meet. Sterbis, who hails from Brookings, S.D., competed in both the 100-yard and 200 butterfly. In the competition, she was able to swim her second best 100 butterfly time of her career. It wasn’t good enough to advance in the meet, but it was a good start and warm up to lead into her specialty — the 200 butterfly. While it wasn’t exactly the race that Sterbis wanted, she was able to finish 49th in the event.
“We are so proud of Jamie for representing the Vandals at our national championships as well as our conference,” Idaho coach Mark Sowa said. “In two short years, she has turned herself into one of the best butterflyers in the country and she and her team have such a bright future.”
Ana Pardo and Andrey Levkiv — track and field
The Idaho track and field throwers were in action when they traveled to Spokane to compete in the Whitworth Buc Scoring Invite over the weekend. For the women, freshman Ana Pardo competed well enough to claim the top spot in the women’s shot put with a heave of 44 feet, 2.5 inches. On the men’s side, senior Andrey Levkiv finished second in both the shot put (54-10.75) and the discus throw (155-6). The Vandals travel to Spokane next weekend to compete in the Sam Adams Classic, hosted by Whitworth.