Athlete of the Week: Michelle Kurowski, Women's Basketball


Feb 29 - Mar 6, 2012

In two games at the America East Championships, Michelle Kurowski led the Retrievers to two wins against No. 1-seed Boston U. and No. 4-seed New Hampshire while averaging 17.0 ppg. With the score tied in the quarterfinals against UNH, Kurowski hit two free throws with one second left to give UMBC the win and a spot in the tournament semifinals. Then, on Sunday against BU, the senior from Hicksville, N.Y. led all scorers with a game-high 25 points to send the Retrievers to their first conference final since 2007, where they will play No-2 seed Albany on Saturday.

2011-12 Athlete of the Week Archive

  • Katie Kelly - August 30, 2011
  • Dan Louisignau - September 6, 2011
  • Hallie Carter - September 13, 2011
  • Sean Rothe - September 20, 2011
  • Pete Caringi III - September 27, 2011
  • Keri Wilson - October 4, 2011
  • Kingsley Onwuka - October 11, 2011
  • Abbey McKenney - October 18, 2011
  • Iman Kennedy - October 25, 2011
  • Andrew Eckhoff - November 1, 2011
  • Dalton Tolliver - November 8, 2011
  • Allie Spaay - November 15, 2011
  • Abbey McKenney - November 22, 2011
  • Michelle Kurowski - November 29, 2011
  • Mercedes Jackson - December 6, 2011
  • Erin Brown - December 13, 2011
  • Chase Plummer - December 20, 2011
  • Erin Brown - December 27, 2011
  • Brian Neller - January 3, 2012
  • Lauren Chase - January 10, 2012
  • Kristin Coles - January 17, 2012
  • Mohamed Hussein - January 24, 2012
  • Kim Berghaus - January 31, 2012
  • Michelle Kurowski - February 7, 2012
  • Cameron McDearmon - February 14, 2012
  • Amanda Deller - February 21, 2012
  • Adam Cohen - February 28, 2012
  • Michelle Kurowski - March 7, 2012

    2010-11 Athlete of the Week Archive