LaFave Named Player of the Year in the Sunrise Conference
2/27/2010 12:02:35 PM
(Canton, N.Y.)- Junior forward Shannon LaFave (Ogdensburg, N.Y.) of the women's basketball team has been named the Player of the Year in the Sunrise Conference. Sophomore Emily Bush (Heuvelton, N.Y.) and senior Julie Vander Wiel (Malone, N.Y.) were also recognized for academic achievement.
LaFave was fifth in the conference in scoring averaging 15.0 points per game. She was also third in field goal percentage (.470), ninth in rebounding and tied for seventh in double-doubles in points and rebounds with three.
LaFave was also named to the all-Sunrise Conference First Team and was joined by Kristen Violette, Amber Garrison and Talisha Herring of the University of Maine at Fort Kent and Sabree Rodriguez of the University of Maine at Machias.
Bush was named the conference's Outstanding Scholar-Athlete in women's basketball for earning the highest grade-point average. Vander Wiel received a scholar-athlete award.