INDIANAPOLIS — Sophomore Lindsey Schadewalt was selected to the 2025-26 Great Lakes Valley Conference First Team to highlight Maryville’s postseason honors. Sophomore Gracie Gopalan was a second-team All-GLVC selection and also voted to the All-Newcomer Team, junior Alicia Burgos was named to the All-Defensive Team, and Claire Lueken was chosen for the All-Freshman Team. In addition, Bree Shannon was Maryville’s James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award nominee.

Schadewalt, a New Glarus graduate who was the 2025 GLVC Freshman of the Year, led the Saints and ranked seventh in the league with a 14.9 scoring average. In conference-only games, she ranked third with an average of 16.0 points per game. Schadewalt ranks fifth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at .438 (63-of-144). She added 3.4 rebounds to go along with 24 assists and 17 steals while shooting free throws at a .821 clip.

Gopalan has directed the Maryville offense with 89 assists to rank sixth in the league with a 3.2 per game average. She is third in the GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.7-to-1, and improved that mark to 1.9-to-1 in league play. Gopalan averaged 6.5 points to go along with a team-high 35 steals while shooting .848 from the free-throw line.

Burgos rejected 40 shots on the season and ranked second in conference-games only with 1.4 blocks per contest. She also led the Saints in rebounding with 4.7 boards per game. Lueken ranked second in scoring for Maryville at 9.9 points per game and was second on the team with 4.2 rebounds. She shot .490 from the field and ranked third on the team with 30 3-pointers and a .411 shooting percentage from beyond the arc.

The Saints, who set a Division II era record for wins in a season with 22, began the 2026 GLVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Thursday, March 5. The team went on to win its second ever Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship title with an 83-75 double overtime victory over Missouri-St. Louis. The Saints claimed the 2026 title, their first since winning the 2012 championship, and clinched their second NCAA Tournament appearance.

In the NCAA Division II Tournament, the Maryville women’s basketball team saw its 2026 tourney appearance come to an end at No. 1 ranked Grand Valley State on March 13. The Saints fell behind early and never were able to recover as the Lakers advanced with an 83-50 decision. Maryville’s season comes to an end after a school-record 25 wins this year.