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(PRINCETON, WV)---West Liberty
State junior center Jaana Kotova has been selected
as the West Virginia Conference Women’s Basketball
Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s
coaches. Bluefield State point guard Tracy Wyatt is
the pick for Freshman of the Year, and Davis &
Elkins’ Jay Dailer has been tabbed by his peers as
the conference’s Coach of the Year.
Kotova, a 6-11 junior from
Tallinn, Estonia, currently leads the nation and has
already established a West Liberty school record
with 128 blocks this season. She is currently
averaging 16.1 points and 8.8 rebounds for the
regular season champion Lady Toppers. The nation’s
tallest women’s collegiate player also made a
WVIAC-best 61.5% of her field goals and recorded ten
double-doubles on the campaign. Kotova, a transfer
from Seminole Community College, ended the regular
season as the league’s fifth leading scorer and
was fourth in rebounding.
“Jaana carried us early with a
young team,” said WLSC head coach Lynn Ullom.
“She did a tremendous job of playing within the
confines of a team. Jaana was tremendous scoring
inside and provided great interior defense with
her shot blocking ability.”
Wyatt enjoyed a successful
freshman campaign after completing a high school
career that saw her Mercer Christian teams win three
straight WVSSAC Class A titles. The 5-7 Princeton
native led all WVIAC freshman in scoring (14.8 ppg)
and assists (6.0). Wyatt helped the Lady Blues
compile a 10-8 league mark by scoring in double
figures in 22 of 26 contests. She also closed with a
flourish by scoring 20 or more points in her final
three outings.
“This is a great honor for Tracy
because of the number of quality freshmen in the
league this year,” stated BSC head coach John
O’Neal. “She had a few tough games early as
she adjusted to the physical play at this level.
Tracy came on strong in the second half as
everyone on our team adjusted to their roles and
became more comfortable. She has played better and
better as the season has gone on.”
Dailer has engineered a gigantic
turnaround at Davis & Elkins. The Lady Senators
have compiled a 13-12 record as they finished with a
winning regular season mark for the first time since
1985-86. The 1973 WVU grad and Wheeling native is in
his second season at the helm of the Lady Senators
after a long tenure at the head coach of the Elkins
High School boys and girls squads. He also spent
three seasons as an assistant coach with the D&E
men’s program. Dailer is currently 18-34 during
his stint as the mentor for the Lady Senators.
FIRST TEAM
Twania Bennett (Salem International, 5-8, G, Jr.,
Stuebenville, OH, 18.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 4.4 apg, 78%
FT)
Amber Ellison (Wheeling Jesuit, 5-7, G, Soph.,
Kipling, OH, 10.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.0 apg)
Shana Green (West Virginia Wesleyan, 6-0, F/C, Sr.,
Pittsburgh, PA, 18.6 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 57% FG)
Adrianne Harlow (West Liberty State, 5-2, G., Sr.,
Tipton, IN, 8.6 ppg, 8.2 apg, 43 3PT FG, 4.0 rpg)
Jaana Kotova (West Liberty State, 6-11, C, Jr.,
Tallinn, Estonia, 16.1 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 4.9 bpg, 62% FG)
Cassie Murray (Shepherd, 5-10, G, Fr., Cumberland,
MD, 13.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 41 3PT FG)
Kelly Osborn (Glenville State, 5-9, F, Sr., Sand
Fork, WV, 12.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 73% FT)
Mary Walters (Davis & Elkins, 5-8, G, Sr.,
Elkins, WV, 15.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 5.1 apg, 4.1 spg)
Jennifer Wilson (Fairmont State, 6-0, C, Soph.,
Fairmont, WV, 21.4 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.4 bpg)
SECOND TEAM
Lynn Claytor (Alderson-Broaddus, 6-0, F/C, Sr., St.
Albans, WV, 14.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 51% FG)
Missy Cook (WVU-Tech, 6-1, C, Jr., West Hamlin, WV,
14.7 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 36 blocks)
Rachael Dedo (West Liberty State, 5-9, F, Sr.,
Poland, OH, 12.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 4.0 apg)
Joni Grubb (Alderson-Broaddus, 5-7, G, Soph.,
Athens, OH, 13.3 ppg, 6.5 apg, 2.8 rpg)
Lori O'Quinn (Bluefield State, 5-8, G/F, Sr., Haysi,
VA, 14.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.0 apg, 76% FT)
Natasha Ross (Fairmont State, 6-0, F, Sr., Beckley,
WV, 13.2 rpg, 10.7 rpg, 4.9 apg, 2.3 spg)
Sabrina Stout (Glenville State, 5-2, G, Sr., Weston,
WV, 7.3 ppg, 8.2 apg, 2.0 spg, 75% FT)
Jennifer Turner (Charleston, 5-5, G, Soph., Terre
Haute, IN, 15.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.2 apg, 78 3 PT FG)
HONORABLE MENTION
Chrissy Luchuck (Salem International, 5-6, G, Jr.,
Shinnston, WV, 11.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.3 apg, 53 3PTFG)
Gail Rasor (Davis & Elkins, 5-8, G, Jr., Elida,
OH, 11.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.3 apg, 83% FT)
Gail Siemer (Shepherd, 6-0, F, Jr., Severna Park,
MD, 6.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 52% FG, 71% FT)
Tammy Spence (Glenville State, 6-0, F/C, Jr.,
Belpre, OH, 8.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg)
Makia Staves (Shepherd, 5-9, F, Fort Washington, MD,
8.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 51% FG)
Amy Way (Ohio Valley, 5-6, G, Sr., Parkersburg, WV,
16.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 4.3 apg, 86% FT)
Tracy Wyatt (Bluefield State, 5-7, G, Fr.,
Princeton, WV, 14.8 ppg, 6.0 apg, 4.5 rpg, 73% FT)
ALL-FRESHMAN
Julie Guttowsky (Fairmont State, 5-10, F, Sandusky,
MI, 11.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 75% FT)
Cassie Murray (Shepherd, 5-10, G, Cumberland, MD,
13.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 41 3PT FG)
Jessie Roeth (West Virginia Wesleyan, 5-9, G, Troy,
OH, 10.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 57 3 PTFG, 48% 3PTFG)
Carrie Triplett (Glenville State, 5-10, G/F,
Summersville, WV, 7.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.8 apg, 72% FT)
Tracy Wyatt (Bluefield State, 5-7, G, Princeton, WV,
14.8 ppg, 6.0 apg, 4.5 rpg, 73% FT)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JAANA
KOTOVA, WEST LIBERTY STATE
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
TRACY WYATT, BLUEFIELD STATE
COACH OF THE YEAR: JAY
DAILER, DAVIS & ELKINS
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