Falcon catcher Anna Poulter (Sr., Colfax, Iowa Colfax-Mingo HS) has been named the WIAC softball Scholar-Athlete Award winner for 2004.

Poulter was named to the first All-WIAC team in 2001, 2003 and 2004. She led the Falcons in hitting in 2004 with a .370 average. She set UWRF and WIAC records for most stolen bases in a single season (53) and she also holds the WIAC record for career stolen bases (121). She played in and started every game for the Falcons (42). She led the team in runs (42), hits (51), triples (2), slugging percentage (.428), one-base percentage (.416), stolen bases and attempts (53-57) and putouts (241). She finished with one double, one homer and five RBIs batting leadoff. She walked nine times and had seven sacrifices. She finished with a .983 fielding percentage.

She finished with a .329 career batting average and played 151 career games with the Falcons. She scored 105 runs and had a 164 hits. She finished with eight doubles, five triples and two career homers. She had 34 RBIs. She had 38 walks and was caught stealing only 19 times in 140 career attempts. She had a .408 on-base percentage and a .969 fielding percentage. She played in the outfield in her first two years with the Falcons and was the team's catcher in 2003 and 2004. She is second all-time at UWRF in runs and hits. She is fifth in career batting average and putouts.

She has been the team's captain in 2003 and 2004 and was named a NFCA Scholar-Athlete in 2002 and 2003. She has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She was named the UWRF Health & Human Performance Department Major of the Year in 2004. Poulter has been named to the UWRF Dean's List four times and earned Junior Honors in 2003. In 2003 she was named to the third All-Great Lakes Region team and finished third in stolen bases (38) in the NCAA Div. III in 2003. She was third (as of April 25) in stolen bases in 2004. In 2003 she was named the Falcon Offensive Player of the Year.

Poulter has been involved with several campus activities. She is currently the chair of the UWRF Student Athlete Advisory Committee and has been a member of SAAC in 2001-02 and 2002-03. She is also the chair of the 2003-04 UWRF Recreation Activities Committee and was a member of that committee in 2002-03. Poulter is also a student representative to the 2003-04 Chancellor's Enrollment Management Committee. She has worked in the UWRF Leadership Center since 2001.

The WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award is the most prestigious academic award given by the WIAC. It is presented to the most outstanding senior from each conference sport during the year that exhibits the greatest combination of performance and achievement in academics, athletics and leadership. It is currently sponsored by Culver's. In order to be nominated for the award a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.25 grade point average, be in the last year of competition, or on schedule to graduate this academic year and have competed for a minimum of two years. The award is named after Judy Kruckman, who served as the WWIAC Commissioner for several years.