After much discussion, our panel unanimously came up with it's recommendations for the top ten players in Badger history.  If you think it was hard to come up with a unanimous recommendation, well, I was the only person on the panel.

First team

Theresa Huff
1979-83.  The first of the great Badgers.  A lithe, athletic 5'9 post player, she led the team to it's finest post-season ever, the quarterfinals of the national AIAW tournament.  She left school as it's leading scorer and rebounder with 1879 points and 1201 rebounds.  No one has come within 285 rebounds of her career total.  Terry played professionally in Spain after she left Wisconsin.

Lisa Bonnell
1984-88.   Her selection to the second team all-Big 10 team in 1988 made her the first Badger to be selected to that team.  In many ways, Lisa was the prototype for the Badger centers that followed her.  She wasn't an athletic player, but she was a big banger who got the most out of her talents.  She finished with 1482 points and 760 rebounds.

Robin Threatt
1988-93.  At her best, the best to ever wear a Badger uniform.  A chronically bad back, leg injuries, internal team chaos and some occasionally tentative play on her part kept her from playing at her best often.  At 5'7 she could dunk a volleyball.  She had the speed and quickness to dominate defensively.  But it was offensively that she was really special.  When she had the ball in her hands, she could hit a jumper out to 22 feet or simply explode to the basket.  She left as the all-time leading scorer with 1901 points.  If Robin was five years younger and healthy, a lot more people would know about her.

Barb Franke
1991-95.  The most popular player to wear a Wisconsin uniform.  She was the player who led the turn-around of the Badger program.  Her personality, both on and off the court, was one of the reasons for the growth in popularity of the team.  On the court, she left with every major scoring record, with 1994 career points, 601 points in a season and 38 in a game.

Jessie Stomski
1998-2002.  Another player whose contributions cannot be measured in numbers.  Jessie may be one of the most hard-nosed players ever to wear a Badger uniform.  She was a consistent force who carried the team.  Off the court, she grew into an excellent leader who's example will hopefully be followed for years to come.  Which is not to say her numbers are not impressive.  Her 1907 points and 762 rebounds leave her second in school history in both categories.

Second Team

Janet Huff
1980-84.  Theresa's little sister, Janet was the point guard who got big sis the ball so she could score some of her 1879 points.  Janet also found time to score 1455 points of her own.  She held the school record for assists (411) and steals (323) until Keisha Anderson came along and broke her marks.

Faith Johnson
1980-85.  The third member of the successful Badger teams of the early 80's to be named to the all-time team.  Faith scored 1120 points and handed out 360 assists in her career.  She continues to be a valuable contributor to the Badger cause, as one of the players she coached in high school, Tamara Moore, is a key player on the current Badgers.

Michele Kozelka
1988-92.  A walk-on who had to talk her way into a try-out, Kozelka became a four year starter at post and one of the most underrated players in school history.  She did nothing spectacular, but she was a fundamentally sound player who did everything right.  She finished with 1428 points and is second in school history with 916 rebounds.

Keisha Anderson
1994-97.  Keisha only played three seasons at Wisconsin but set career records in assists and steals.  Her athleticism at point made her one of the key players in the early years of Jane Albright's tenure and she carried the team her senior year after a knee injury sidelined Katie Voigt.

Tamara Moore
1998-2002.  If her Minnesota buddy Jessie Stomski provided the Badgers strength for 4 years, Moore was the fire.  She provided emotional leadership for all of her 4 years here.  She was never quite able to mature enough to remain under control on the court at all times, she had times when she could dominate the entire court.  She was the best defensive player the program ever had and one of the best in the history of the conference.  She ended up breaking Anderson's career record in steal and assists as well as scoring 1,662 points.

THE ALL TIME BADGERS MVP:

Jessie Stomski

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