Amy Wiersma

                    6'5 center

It will be impossible to remember Amy without thinking of unmet expectations and unrealized potential.  A fluid 6'5 athlete, Wiersma was blessed with the perfect basketball body--except for her hands.  Despite her height and the fact that she rarely shot from more than 5 feet, she finished her career as a 37% field goal shooter.  With each missed shot her head sunk lower, her frustrations mounted and her overall play deteriorated.  She averaged a rebound every 3.5 minutes in her career, but she probably had one bounce off both hands for every one she caught.  It's impossible to know what happened and unfair to guess.  Anyone who watched her practice knows that her problems weren't caused by a lack of effort or by poor work habits.  She missed much of her senior year with a finger injury, but she had already lost her starting job to freshman Jessie Stomski when she was hurt and her play when she returned was typical of her first three years.  She was generally a solid defensive player, although she never got out of the habit of swatting at shots and was called for more fouls than necessary as a result.

Honors:  Academic all-Big 10 1997, 1998, 1999
               1995 second team Parade all-American,  Miss Wisconsin basketball
 
 
GP/GS
Min
Av Min
FG
FGA
FG%
3P
3PA
3P%
FT
FTA
FT%
95-6
29/0
336
11.6
33
86
.384
0
0
.000
23
44
.523
96-7
27/16
526
19.5
51
147
.347
0
1
.000
44
74
.595
97-8
19/4
274
14.4
26
63
.413
0
0
.000
22
33
.667
98-9
 21/5
328 
 15.6 
24 
69 
.348 
0 
 0 
.000 
 24 
 51 
.585 
Total
96/25 
1464 
 15.3 
134 
365 
.367 
0 
1 
.000 
113 
202 
.559 
High
 
 
 
7
12
 
 
 
 
5
9
 

 
 
 
Off Reb
Def Reb
Tot Reb
Av Reb
Ass
TO
Blk
Stl
Pf-D
Pts
Av
95-6
  31 46 
 77
2.7
8
24
19
11
52-1
89
3.1
96-7
 47
 92 
139
5.1
7
35
47
16
82-1
146
5.4
97-8
 39
43
 82
4.6
10
19
17
4
35-0
74
3.9
98-9
 41
 69 
 110 
 5.2 
 6 
 23 
20 
 5 
 40-0 
 72 
3.4 
Total
 158
250 
408 
 4.3 
31 
101 
103 
36 
209-2 
381 
4.0 
High
 
 
15
 
2
 
5
2
 
17
 

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