Junior forward Aaron Yantzi (Waterloo, Ontario/Waterloo-Oxford) of Vermont was named the Wilson Player of the Week and first-year center Abby Schrader (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant) of Maine was named Rookie of the Week by America East on December 2.
Yantzi led the Catamounts to a 2-0 week. She scored a career-high 31 points to lead the Catamounts past Central Connecticut on November 26, becoming the first Catamount since Karalyn Church (12/9/99 vs. Delaware) to score 30-plus points in a game. She shot 11-for-13 from the floor, making her first 11 shots of the game and went 9-for-10 from the free throw line. She scored 20 of her points in the first half. Yantzi followed with 24 points and five rebounds in victory over St. Peter’s. She leads the team in scoring (22.8 ppg) and field goal percentage (69.2%). Yantzi shot an amazing 80.8% from the field, missing just five shots for the week. She also was nearly perfect from the stripe (13-for-14).
Schrader led the Black Bears to a win and a loss in the 2002 Dead River Company Classic in Orono. Schader had a team-high 16 points to go with her six boards in a 66-56 loss to Montana in the championship game. She also had the only block for UMaine in the game. In the first round win over Brown, Schrader was second on the team in both points (11) and rebounds (9). Schrader was one of two Black Bears named to the DRCC All-Tournament Team. Overall, she leads UMaine with 13.7 ppg and 8.3 rpg.