Ann (Lake) Rausch (2022) - Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame

Ann (Lake) Rausch

Induction:
2022
Class:
1994

Rausch was a key member of Lady Griz teams that had an overall record of 97-21, won three Big Sky tournament championships, and advanced to three NCAA tournaments.

As a senior, she was named Big Sky Conference MVP, named to the Kodak All-District 7 and honorable mention All-America teams, and was the Big Sky tournament MVP. She was also a three-time All-Big Sky performer and a four-time Big Sky Player of the Week.

Rausch was named the Mary Louise Pope Zimmerman Lady Griz MVP twice as both a junior and senior and was named the team's Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore.

She remains second in school history with 886 career rebounds and tenth in scoring with 1,358 points after leading the team in scoring and rebounding for two-straight seasons.

In the '93-'94, season she sank what were, then, the second-most free throws ever at UM with 129, still the fourth-most in program history. She currently ranks fifth in career free throws made.

In a game against Boise State in 1994, she tied the school record with 16 made field goals on 19 attempts - a mark that still stands - for a total of 36 points, to this day tied for the fifth-highest scoring game in program history.

She was also the leading scorer in Montana's 77-67 win over UNLV in the first round of the 1994 NCAA tournament with 24 points.

Quoting Rausch: "This means the world to me. The Lady Griz have always been a close-knit family. So, to be in the Hall of Fame with some of the best like Marti Leibenguth and Shannon (Cate) Schweyen, it's just special to be a part of that group and share this great honor."