UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - Saginaw Valley State University women's basketball student-athlete Emily Wendling was recently named to the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Women's College Athletic-Academic Team. The BCAM Honor Team pays tribute to five outstanding student-athletes from Michigan colleges and universities at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, along with all NAIA classifications. Eligible players must be a starter or important reserve, be at least a sophomore with a 3.0 GPA or above, and have participated in a minimum of 50% of the team's games. The BCAM teams are selected on the basis of academic achievement, athletic accomplishments, GPA and their coach's BCAM membership.

Wendling, a junior this past season from Flushing, Michigan, dominated both in the classroom and on the basketball court. She was named 2016 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Year, the DII Commissioner's Association Women's Basketball Midwest Region Player of the Year and earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team. She posted 13 double-doubles along the way and scored 20+ points 14 different times. She went for a career-high 31 points twice in those 14. Emily surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career and earned five GLIAC North Division Player of the Week awards this season.

She would go on to earn three different all-american accolades, being named to the D2CCA All-American Second Team, Women's Division II Bulletin All-American Second Team and Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-American Honorable Mention team. Wendling was a driving force in the Cardinals claiming the program's first-ever GLIAC North Division championship and second-ever trip to the NCAA Division II national tournament. SVSU posted its second-ever win in the annual postseason tourney as well, notching a victory over Bellarmine University. 

Emily led the GLIAC in scoring (18.5 ppg) and total points (536). She was second in offensive rebounds (105) and fourth in free throw percentage (85.5). Emily helped her team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 1992-93 season and a share of the GLIAC North Division title. Emily has earned a 3.95 GPA in Occupational Therapy.

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