2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Mandy Willems
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Ackley HS
- Hometown:
- Ackley, Iowa
2021-22 (Senior): Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Started all 32 games, averaging the third-most minutes on the team with an average of 37.2 minutes per game … Averaged 8.9 points and 1.7 assists per contest … Totaled the most 3-pointers with 72 on the season at a .355 clip … Scored a season-high 19 points against Grand Canyon, finishing 6-for-12 from beyond the arc … Grabbed a career-high six rebounds against Dixie State on Nov. 24 … Set a career-high in steals with four against Grambling on Nov. 27 … Tallied a career-high-tying four assists three times during her senior campaign … Played a career-high 45 minutes against Western Illinois on Feb. 5 … Finished top-100 in the country in 3-point field goal percentage (35.5%) and third in 3-pointers per game (2.2), good for second and third in the league, respectively … Tallied 121 career three-pointers made in three seasons played
2020-21 (Junior): Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 22 games, making three starts on the year ... Averaged 6.0 points and 1.0 rebounds per game ... Knocked down an average of 1.7 three-pointers per game, good for 11th in the Summit ... Scored in double-digits in six games, including each of the last three contests ... Knocked down multiple three-pointers in 11 games ... Against William Jewell on Dec. 9, scored eight points, adding two rebounds, an assist and a steal ... Broke double-digit scoring mark for first time at North Dakota on Jan. 2, scoring 13 points on 4-of-8 three-point shooting ... Scored nine points against North Dakota State on Jan. 30 ... In first-career start against Omaha on Feb. 12, droped season-high 23 points on 7-of-12 three-point shooting ... Made all seven of her triples in the second half, a program record for most threes in a single half ... Dropped 16 points in 35 minutes against Omaha on Feb. 13, adding three rebounds ... Scored 11 points in both games against South Dakota State on Feb. 26 and 27 ... In Summit Quarterfinals against Western Illinois, scored 11 points on 3-of-8 three-point shooting, adding a season-high five rebounds
2019-20 (Sophomore): Academic All-WAC selection... Saw action in 25 games off the bench, averaging 6.9 minutes... Known mainly for hustle and 3-point shooting, connected on fourth-most treys on the team (14)... In second-ever collegiate game, posted career-high nine points in 16 minutes at Pacific (11/8/19)... Tied a season-high with two triples, to post eight points in 13 minutes in win at Chicago State (2/29/20)... In nine of her 25 games, hit at least one three-pointer... Played at least 10 minutes in nine contests.
2018-19 (North Iowa Area CC): Helped North Iowa Area Community College to a 28-7 finish and a NJCAA Region XI Championship while advancing to the NJCAA DII National Tournament... Averaged 24.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, while shooting 38.3% from beyond the arc and 91.1% from the charity stripe... Led the nation at all levels with 186 made 3-point field goals during the year... A five-time ICCAC Player of the Week and a three-time NJCAA DII Player of the Week... Selected to the First Team All-NJCAA Region XI team, named the NJCAA Region XI Tournament MVP and NJCAA Region XI Player of the Year... Earned a selection to the NJCAA DII All-American First Team.
High School: Coached in High School by Laurie Gann… Played AAU for the North Iowa Fire... Coached by Todd Ciochetto, who also coached her at NIACC in 2018-2019.
Personal: Daughter of Shawn and Michelle Willems... Has one brother, Jake… Plans to major in Communications.
