INDIANAPOLIS – The Horizon League announced its All-League results on Monday, with a pair of Panthers earning recognition from the conference.
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Megan Walstad was selected as a member on the All-Defensive Team, while
Kamy Peppler was named to the All-Freshman Team.
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Walstad earns her third-straight selection to the All-Defensive Team, as she becomes the 11th All-Time Panther selection on the team dating back to the defensive team's inaugural season in 1995-96.
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Peppler becomes Milwaukee's first selection on the All-Freshman team since Walstad earned the honor during her rookie season in 2018-19. She also becomes the 17th Panther in program history to be named to the All-Freshman/All-Newcomer Team since it began back in the 1988-89 season.
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Walstad had been a steady hand for the Panthers all season she is one of just two players to start in all 28 of the team's games thus far on the year. She is third in the conference with 179 defensive rebounds, and sixth overall with 220 rebounds and rebounding average at 7.9 per game. In conference games, she has upped her average to 8.9 rebounds per game.
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In addition to her rebounding totals, she is currently second overall in blocks with 37 for an average of 1.3 per game, with 26 of those blocks coming in league play for an average of 1.3 per contest. She most recently tied her career-high with five blocks in the team's regular season finale against Cleveland State on Saturday.
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She ended the regular season sixth in minutes per game at 32.5 with 910 minutes in 28 games. She added 268 points on 100 made field goals, going 45.5 percent from the field, while also converting on 88.5 from the free-throw line. She finished the regular season with 64 assists and 15 steals on her stat line.
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Peppler also saw time in all 28 of the team's games during her first season at Milwaukee and started in 11 contests. Peppler led the team with 96 assists over that span for an average of 3.4 per contest, which places her fourth in the Horizon League and leads all freshman in that category. Peppler is also the top freshman in assist/turnover ratio with a 1.0.
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Her assist total also places her third on the freshman assist record in Panther program history. Peppler also led Milwaukee with 27 steals on the year, as she finished the year fifth on the team in scoring with 182 points including 60 made field goals. She was second on the team with 28 made three-point field goals, which also led all freshman in the Horizon League.
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Peppler rounded out her freshman season with 65 rebounds as well as 34 made free throws while averaging 23.9 minutes per game as she capped off the regular season having played 668 on the season.
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Peppler was a two-time selection as Freshman of the Week by the Horizon League during the regular season.
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Milwaukee will be the seventh seed in the upcoming Barbasol Horizon League Basketball Championship and host the 10th seed Robert Morris Colonials at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening inside the Klotsche Center. The Panther Basketball Postseason is presented by Educators Credit Union. Ticket for the game are available at
TicketMaster, by calling 414-229-5886 or by emailingÂ
uwmtix@uwm.edu.
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