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Ana Wurtz

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AT WINONA STATE
  • Hired as Head Women’s Basketball Coach in 2022
  • Team GPA of 3.59 or higher in each season as head coach
  • Served as an assistant starting in 2013-2014/Graduate assistant 2010-2012
  • Elevated to Associate Head Coach 2018-2019
  • Assisted WSU to the NCAA Tournament in 2011 and 2016
  • Record 30-win season in 2015-2016 and a regular season NSIC Championship
  • 2016 NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year nominee
  • 2016 30 Under 30 recognition as one of the top up-and-coming coaches in the nation
 
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
  • 4 Academic All-District selections
  • 21 NSIC All-Conference selections
  • 1 Freshman of the Year
  • 2 NSIC All-Freshman selections
  • 118 NSIC All-Academic honorees
  • Two All-Region selections
  • Two All-Americans
    • Michelle McDonald
    • Alexis Foley
 
BEFORE WINONA STATE
  • UW-Oshkosh Assistant Coach (2012-2013)
    • Helped orchestrate an impressive turnaround taking a program with a 7-16 record the previous year to a 20-6 overall mark in just one season
    • 2 All-Conference selections
 
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
  • Played at Winona State University 2006-2010
  • Two-time all-conference player
  • All-region (2009)
  • School’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made (254)
  • Graduated at #4 in the all-time scoring charts (1,355)
  • Led Warriors to program-record 24 wins during the 2008-2009 season
  • Helped the team earn its first-ever spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament
  • Winona State Female Athlete of the Year (2009)
  • Inducted into the Winona State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021
 
PERSONAL
  • Native of Brandon, WI / Graduate of Fond du Lac High School
  • Married to Louis Hurd with three children: Lennon, Reya, and Adelaide
  • Resides in Winona
  • Degree in Psychology with a Master’s in Educational Leadership