Mackiewicz Named WIAC Honorable Mention Wednesday

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Junior Ella Mackiewicz of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville women's basketball team was named to the 2024-25 WIAC Honorable Mention team the league announced on Wednesday. Senior Barb Kling picked up All-Sportsmanship honors from the conference.

Mackiewicz earned WIAC postseason recognition for the third time in her career after starting all 25 games for the Pioneers and pacing the team in many statistical categories. The junior averaged a team-high 13.6 points per game, good for eighth in the WIAC, while adding 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. Mackiewicz also contributed on the defensive end of the floor, sitting fourth in the conference with 1.9 steals per game and seventh with 0.9 blocks per game. She recorded a pair of double-doubles and reached the 20-point plateau six times over the course of the year, including a season-high 28 points at UW-Whitewater on January 22.

Kling missed the entirety of the season due to injury but emerged as a strong leader for the Pioneers. The senior wraps up a career that saw her score 213 points across 71 games in a UW-Platteville uniform.