Despite receiving interest from Division I schools, Sydney Cherney, the leading scorer in Wisconsin's girls basketball league, chose to commit to Division II program Grand Valley State on her first visit to the campus. The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 31.6 points per game during her junior year and was initially planning to wait until after the AAU season before making her decision. Although the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay showed interest, an offer was not extended until after Cherney's AAU season, by which time she had already made her decision to join Grand Valley State. Cherney cited the positive environment and upbeat players and coaches she met at the Allendale, Michigan campus as reasons for her decision. “As soon as I walked into Grand Valley State and they gave me an offer, I knew there was nothing that was going to beat that,” she said. The Lakers posted a 31-3 record last season and won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship.