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UW women’s basketball: Is Anderson the best player in program history?

Jolene Anderson has an aw-shucks, nothing-fazes-me attitude and probably always will.

When she learned Port Wing officials want to erect a sign proclaiming the village — located along the south shore of Lake Superior, with a population of 481 — as the “home of Jolene Anderson,” the all-time leading scorer in University of Wisconsin basketball history simply smiled and tucked away the information.

When the All-Big Ten Conference awards were announced live on the Big Ten Network, she didn’t tune in, but received news about her media Player of the Year honor in a telephone call from her mother Julie.