Four Lady Griz named Academic All-District

Four members of the Montana women's basketball team were named Academic All-District on Tuesday by College Sports Communicators.

Receiving the prestigious recognition were Carmen Gfeller, Gina Marxen, Dani Bartsch and MJ Bruno. Gfeller and Bartsch also earned Academic All-District honors last year.

To be eligible for Academic All-District honors, nominees must have at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA and have played in at least 90 percent of their team's games.

Gfeller, who three times has been named Academic All-Big Sky Conference, has a 3.74 GPA as she works towards a master's degree in public administration.

The fourth-leading scorer in Lady Griz history, Gfeller four times in her career was voted All-Big Sky Conference. She was twice voted first-team All-Big Sky.

Marxen, who played three years at Idaho before spending her final two seasons at Montana, has a 3.56 GPA as a psychology major.

Marxen capped her Lady Griz career with 24 points in Monday night's loss to North Dakota State in the WNIT and finished her career with 1,634 collegiate points scored.

Her 73 3-pointers this season were the third most in program history. Her 3.05 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks second in the nation.

Bartsch, a two-time Academic All-Big Sky selection, has a 3.63 GPA as an accounting major and had one of the best rebounding seasons in program history.

At 10.4 per game, she became the first Lady Griz to average 10 or more rebounds since Greta Koss in 1996-97. Bartsch's average ranks second in program history behind Jill Greenfield's 10.6 in 1980-81.

Bartsch's 342 rebounds were a single-season program record and the sixth-highest total in Big Sky history.

She also averaged 7.9 points, led the team in steals, ranked second in blocks and third in assists, and gave Montana a fourth player to finish the season with at least 50 3-pointers made.

Bruno, who just completed her first season at Montana after transferring from Portland, has a 3.96 GPA as a social work major.

Bruno started the season's first 22 games before becoming a key reserve for the final third of the season. She averaged 6.0 points and 4.9 rebounds.

Montana went 23-10 this season, its first 20-win campaign since 2015-16, and played in a postseason national tournament for the first time since 2014-15.

University of Montana Athletics

Players Mentioned

Dani Bartsch

MJ Bruno

Carmen Gfeller

Gina Marxen

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