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(SHIPPENSBURG, PA)---Three WVIAC players
and two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference players make
up the Daktronics Division II Women's Basketball Team from
the East Region. The balloting was conducted by the College
Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Safiyyah Bashir of Millersville (York,
PA), Shana Green of West Virginia Wesleyan (Pittsburgh, PA),
Jaana Kotova of West Liberty State (Tallinn, Estonia),
Becky Siemback of Slippery Rock (Johnstown, PA), and
Jennifer Wilson of Fairmont State (Fairmont, WV) comprise
the first team.
Bashir was a second team All-Region pick
on last year's Daktronics team.
Green earned first team All-WVIAC honors
this season. The senior was third in scoring and rebounding
in the conference with averages of 18.5 and 10.6
respectively. Her field goal percentage of 55.9 percent was
fourth in the WVIAC as her Bobcat squad finished 14-13.
Kotova won the WVIAC Player of the
Year. The tallest player in the nation at 6-11, Kotova
averaged 15.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. She leads
the nation in blocked shots with 5.3 per game and is eighth
in the nation and leads the conference in shooting
percentage. Her Hilltopper team finished 25-5 and won the
WVIAC regular season and tournament championships.
Wilson was the leading scorer in the
WVIAC this year with an average of 21.9 points per game. She
was also fourth in rebounding in the league. Nationally, she
is third in the Division II scoring ranks.
Named to the Daktronics All-East Region
second team were Twania Bennett (Salem International), Adrianne
Harlow (West Liberty State), Nikki Herron (Belmont
Abbey), Megan LaBuda (Bloomsburg), and Kim Vay (Edinboro).
The first team selections will be placed
on the national All-American ballot.
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