Madelyn Gengelbach

Position:
Center
Height:
6-1
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Memorial

College: Will be a welcome addition inside where Tigers will miss graduated center Mary Brueggestrass...has good size at center and is an aggressive player on the boards...father attended Missouri and mother went to Stephens College so Gengelbach is carrying on family tradition.

High School, Personal: Averaged 20.1 points and 12.5 rebounds per game last year at Memorial High School...was MVP, captain and unanimous selection to first team All-District in '85…..set school records for career and season points and rebounds and most free throws made in one game...career high of 35 points and 18 rebounds...hit 62% of her shots from the floor last year...academically very strong...won the Jefferson Award for Most Outstanding All-Around Junior Girl presented by the University of Virginia...member of the National Honor Society... majoring in business...Gengelbach is the daughter of James Gengelbach and Sharon and John Dotson, and was born 7/26/67.

Rutherford on Gengelbach: "Madelyn will be working at the post position. She is a very aggressive player and has good size to play inside. She should help us with the depth at that position. She's very aggressive on the boards."