(Sioux City, Iowa) – Ashtyn Veerbeek of Dordt University has been selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2021-22. Veerbeek, a junior, averaged 18.2 points per game and 9.3 rebounds, 3.1 blocks and 2.1 assists. She shot 49.0 percent from the field and 90.4 percent from the line for Dordt who went 24-8 overall and 16-6 in conference play.
Other GPAC basketball honorees for 2021-22 include: Defensive Player-of-the-Year Kaylee Kirk of Dakota Wesleyan; Freshman-of-the-Year Mak Hatcliff of Doane; and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year Jason Christensen from Dakota Wesleyan. The All-GPAC Basketball Teams and honors are selected by the league’s 12 head coaches.
2021-22 GPAC Women’s Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team (10 Members, Listed Alphabetically by Last Name):
Name School Height Year Position Hometown
Madelyn Deitchler Briar Cliff 5-11 Senior C Treynor, Iowa
Hannah DeMars Jamestown 5-11 Junior F Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Sierra Mitchell Morningside 5-6 Senior G Pleasant Hill, Iowa
Sophia Peppers Morningside 5-10 Senior F Exira, Iowa
Karly Gustafson Dordt 5-11 Junior F Ethan, South Dakota
Mak Hatcliff Doane 5-7 Freshman G Beatrice, Nebraska
Matti Reiner Dakota Wesleyan 5-10 Junior F Tripp, South Dakota
Taysha Rushton Concordia 5-4 Freshman G Lubbock, Texas
Molly Schany Northwestern 6-1 Sophomore C Emmetsburg, Iowa
Ashtyn Veerbeek* Dordt 6-2 Junior F Sioux Center, Iowa
*GPAC Player-of-the-Year
Second Team (10 Members, Listed Alphabetically by Last Name):
Name School Height Year Position Hometown
Taylor Beacom Hastings 5-6 Senior G Papillion, Nebraska
Bailey Beckman Dordt 5-5 Junior G Panora, Iowa Jada Campbell Dakota Wesleyan 6-4 Senior C Alexandria, South Dakota
Maddie Jones Northwestern 5-6 Junior G Twin Lakes, Iowa
Noelle Josephson Jamestown 5-10 Senior F Ramsey, Minnesota
Kaylee Kirk Dakota Wesleyan 5-5 Senior G Balaton, Minnesota
Alyssa Marsh-Contreras College of Saint Mary 5-7 Senior G Omaha, Nebraska
McKenna Sims Morningside 5-8 Junior G South Sioux City, Nebraska
Konnor Sudmann Briar Cliff 5-11 Junior G Treynor, Iowa
Peyton Wingert Midland 5-11 Senior G Dakota Dunes, South Dakota
Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player-of-the-Year: Ashtyn Veerbeek, DordtGPAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year: Kaylee Kirk, Dakota WesleyanGPAC Freshman-of-the-Year: Mak Hatcliff, DoaneHauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year: Jason Christensen, Dakota Wesleyan
Honorable Mention:Briar Cliff: Payton Slaughter, Kennedy BenneCollege of Saint Mary: Sidney Anderson, Honnah LeoConcordia:Sadie Powell, Rylee Pauli, Mackenzie ToomeyDakota Wesleyan: Rynn OsthusDoane:Maddie DavisDordt: Janie SchoonhovenHastings: Riley Clavel, Ali SmithMidland: Erin PrusaMorningside: Chloe Lofstrom Taylor Rodenburgh, Aspen JansaMount Marty: Eve MillarNorthwestern: Jada Cunningham, Devyn Kemble, Taylor VanderVeldeJamestown: Kia Tower, Madelyn Schmidt
