ALBANY — Abby Hollis of Albany-Monticello and Jared Schultz of Northwood have been selected as the 2025 recipients of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association  Jim Nedelcoff Catalyst for Success Award.

Hollis is an Albany High School senior and starting shooting guard for the Albany-Monticello Space Stallions. She was a player with the Wisconsin Elite Girls Basketball Club for eight years before transitioning into a coaching role for of the fifth and sixth grade team. As a high school player, Hollis was her team’s leader and holds four school records and hit a couple big shots in the 2024 D5 championship game. She often sacrificed her own stats for her team’s success. Off the court, Abby runs the Comet Classic 3-on-3 basketball tournament each fall in Albany to raise funds for youth programs in her community. She has raised and donated over $11,000 in the first three years of her tournament.

The Jim Nedelcoff ‘Catalyst’ Award is presented annually to one girls and one boys player who exemplify the “Starting Five” qualities stressed by Jim Nedelcoff in his Hall of Fame career.

The criteria, stated below, is what a student athlete has consistently demonstrated and/or developed into on and off the court. The Catalyst of Success Award

“The Starting Five in Honor of Jim Nedelcoff”

The Starting Five Reasons why:

●  Passion

●  Discipline

●  Humbleness

●  Selflessness

●  Perspective