UMC's Nordick Named NSIC North Division Player of the Week

CROOKSTON, Minn. – University of Minnesota Crookston women’s basketball player Katrina Nordick (Sr, F, Perham, Minn./Applied Studies) was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) North Division Player of the Week after her performance over the weekend in helping the Golden Eagles to a pair of huge victories over Wayne State College (Neb.) and Augustana University. Nordick is the third student-athlete to earn NSIC Player of the Week honors this year along with Courtney Armborst of women’s soccer and Dre Person of football. Nordick, then known as Katrina Moenkedick before her marriage, was last named NSIC Player of the Week Dec. 1, 2014.

Nordick averaged 22 points and 11.5 rebounds per game for the Golden Eagles on the weekend. Against Augustana, she had a double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds on 7-of-11 shooting from the field with five assists. Against Wayne State Friday, she had 24 points and nine boards on 9-of-19 from the field. Nordick shot 53.3 percent (16-of-30) from the field and was 11-of-12 from the charity stripe. She had eight offensive rebounds on the weekend while averaging four assists per game. In addition, Nordick moved to fourth all-time on the career scoring list, surpassing former UMC star and current Northern State University graduate assistant Brittani Wiese, a former teammate. Nordick was the preseason NSIC North Player of the Year after earning All-NSIC First Team honors as a junior. She is averaging 15.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game for the 6-3 Golden Eagles.

Taylor Varsho of University of Sioux Falls earned NSIC South Division Player of the Week.

UMC will wrap up the 2015 portion of their schedule as they head to travel partner Bemidji State University this weekend Fri., Dec. 18 at 5 p.m.

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