"She is by far, in our opinion, the best player in the state of Wisconsin in her class," said Stone at a news conference today. "She is a player that can play a number of positions. She is strong, physical, (has a) great Big Ten body. She handles the ball very, very well. She has the capability of putting up very big numbers. We're thrilled that she said yes to being a Badger."
Wurtz earned Associated Press first-team all-state honors as a junior and was a second-team all-state honoree as a sophomore. She is the three-time Eastern Valley Conference Player of Year, leading Ripon High School to three consecutive conference titles. The Tigers were 59-10 in three years, with Wurtz starting all 69 games, and 40-2 in conference games under Coach Bill Peters.
As a junior, Wurtz averaged 21.4 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals per game. She is ranked No. 86 in the class of 2009 by ESPN HoopGurlz.As a junior, Wurtz averaged 21.4 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals per game. Wurtz, who plays her club ball with the Wisconsin Fastbreak, is ranked No. 86 in the class of 2009 by ESPN HoopGurlz.As a junior, Wurtz averaged 21.4 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals per game. Wurtz, who plays her club ball with the Wisconsin Fastbreak, is ranked No. 86 in the class of 2009 by ESPN HoopGurlz.
In only three years, Wurtz is already Ripon's all-time leading scorer with 1,343 points, averaging 19.4 points per game. She also holds school records for total assists with 280 (4.0 per game), steals with 277 (4.0 per game) and 3 pointers with 151 (2.2 per game). Wurtz is also the Tigers' season record holder for scoring, assists and steals and ranks in the top 10 for career rebounds. She has a career free throw percentage of 75.3.
Wurtz also competes on the Wisconsin Fastbreak Select AAU team under Coach Paul Biddick, the same team that gave the Badgers Mariah Dunham, Caitlin Gibson and Lin Zastrow.
In addition to basketball, Wurtz also competes in track and tennis. She earned all-conference honors in track as a freshman and sophomore on the 3200-meter relay and second-team all-conference honors in tennis as a junior.
Wurtz ranks among the top-10 students in her class and has earned high honors every quarter of high school. She is also a member of the National Honor Society.
An archive of Stone's news conference today regarding Wurtz can be found at http://www.uwbadgers.com/video/Default.aspx?mid=2720
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