Wahlin Named Assistant Athletic Director/Senior Women’s Administrator at UMC

CROOKSTON, Minn.- The University of Minnesota Crookston athletic department announced the promotion of Kamille Wahlin to Assistant Athletic Director/Senior Women’s Administrator in charge of Marketing and Promotions. Wahlin, a native of Crookston, Minn., has spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the UMC women’s basketball team and will remain in that role, in addition to her new responsibilities.

“We are excited to be able keep someone of Kamille Wahlin’s character and work ethic a part of the UMC family,” said Director of Athletics Stephanie Helgeson. “We were impressed with Kamille’s vision for the
position and excited to have someone who knows and loves UMC and the Crookston community continue to be a part of our athletic department.”

In addition to her duties as Senior Woman’s Administrator and the Director of Marketing and Promotions, Wahlin will also be the advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and NCAA Champs/Life Skills program.

“I am excited to take on this new role at UMC,” In my first two years on campus I’ve enjoyed working with everyone in the department and on campus. This new opportunity allows me to help the athletic department as it continues to grow in a great direction. I want to thank Stephanie and the committee for trusting me with this position.”

Wahlin has been an integral part of Coach Mike Roysland’s coaching staff the last two seasons, helping the Golden Eagles to unprecedented success. The Golden Eagles finished third in the NSIC North during the 2013-14 and hosted UMC’s first-ever home playoff game, which they won against Concordia University, St. Paul, to advance to the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament. Wahlin has also been responsible for helping tutor Alexa Thielman, who has improved throughout her time in the Maroon and Gold, earning All-NSIC First Team last season.

In addition to serving as assistant coach, Wahlin has also been in charge of running intramurals at UMC the past two years.

Prior to her return to her hometown, Wahlin was a four-year standout at the University of Iowa.

During her time at Iowa, Wahlin was a 1,000 point scorer for the Hawkeyes and averaged 11.7 point per game, 2.37 rebounds per game and 3.33 assists per game. Wahlin is believed to be the first University of Iowa freshman to record a double-double in her first career start as she tallied 14 points and 10 assists versus the University of Michigan Jan. 26, 2009. During her career she connected on 230 three-pointers, which ranks second in school history, third in assists and eighth in career scoring. She was selected to the All-Big Ten Third Team as a sophomore and a senior and the All-Big Ten Honorable Mention squad as a junior. She broke the school record for three-pointers attempted in a single season with 225 as a sophomore and tied the school mark for three’s made with 84. She served as a team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior.

During her prep career at Crookston High School, Wahlin led the team to a 114-18 mark in four years including a third-place finish at the Minnesota Class AA State Tournament as a senior in 2007-08 and a second-place finish as a sophomore in 2005-06. She was a McDonald’s All-American nominee, as well as a 2008 Miss Minnesota Basketball finalist. Wahlin averaged 19.8 points, 6.1 assists and 4.5 rebounds as a senior for the Pirates. She was a Coaches Association first team pick and an Associated Press second team all-state pick during her senior campaign.

Wahlin graduated from the University of Iowa in May of 2013. She is currently working toward her Master’s degree at University of North Dakota.

For more information, visit the Golden Eagle Athletics website at www.goldeneaglesports.com.