BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK---The Northeast Conference announced its All-Conference First and Second Teams along with an All-Rookie Team on the eve of the 2010 Northeast Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament at the annual banquet in Loretto, Pennsylvania.
Freshman forward Autumn Lau (Mt. Wolf, PA, Northeastern) was named to the All-Rookie team after having a stellar first season in Brooklyn Heights. The native of Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania accounted for one of the top two-game performances the NEC saw all season when she recorded a career high 29 points against Saint Francis (PA) and two days later scoring 28 points against the 2008 Northeast Conference champions, Robert Morris.
Lau started in all 29 games while leading the team in scoring (12.8 ppg), rebounding (6.1 rpg) and minutes played (34.6). She scored double digits in 20 of her 29 games while grabbing two Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week selections (November 16th & January 11, 2010). A strong rebounder, Lau pulled down a career high 16 boards against the University at Albany back in November.
The 5-10 forward has etched her name into the history books in her inaugural season. Currently is second all-time with 78 three point field goals made in a season, ranking 11th all-time for her young career while finishing first in the Northeast Conference in 3-Point Field Goals Made that total. Her 208 attempted three pointers this season ranks third among Terriers in a single season.
2009-10 NEC Women’s Basketball Award Winners
Player of the Year
Angela Pace Robert Morris Sr. 5-10 G White Plains, NY/Monroe College
Rookie of the Year
Alysha Womack Monmouth Fr. 5-7 G Springfield, PA/Cardinal O’Hara
Defensive Player of the Year
Angela Pace Robert Morris Sr. 5-10 G White Plains, NY/Monroe College
Brenda Reilly Coach of the Year
Sal Buscaglia Robert Morris
2009-10 NEC Women’s Basketball First Team All-Conference
Name School Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School
Alisa Apo Sacred Heart Jr. 5-9 G Freehold, NJ/St. John Vianney
Britney Hodges Saint Francis (PA) Sr. 5-6 G Dayton, OH/Mount de Chantal
Kelsey O’Keefe Bryant Sr. 6-1 F Warren, MA/Quaboag Regional
Angela Pace Robert Morris Sr. 5-10 G White Plains, NY/Monroe College
Ashley Palmer Long Island So. 5-10 F Oxford, PA/Oxford Area
2009-10 NEC Women’s Basketball Second Team All-Conference
Name School Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School
Courtney Kaminski Quinnipiac Jr. 6-3 C Dudley, MA/Shepherd Hill
Mariyah Laury Fairleigh Dickinson So. 5-7 G Orange, NJ/Orange
Samantha Leach Saint Francis (PA) Jr. 5-10 G Mount Sterling, OH/Miami Trace
Callan Taylor Sacred Heart So. 6-0 F Overland Park, KS/Blue Valley North
Alysha Womack Monmouth Fr. 5-7 G Springfield, PA/Cardinal O’Hara
2009-10 NEC Women’s Basketball All-Rookie Team
Name School Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School
Kiley Evans Sacred Heart Fr. 5-9 G Cazenovia, NY/Cazenovia
Vega Gimeno-Martinez Robert Morris Fr. 6-1 F Valencia, Spain/Spanish National U-20
Autumn Lau St. Francis (NY) Fr. 5-9 F/G Mt. Wolf, PA/Northeastern
Meredith Soper Bryant Fr. 5-11 G Winthrop, MA/Arlington Catholic
Alysha Womack Monmouth Fr. 5-7 G Springfield, PA/Cardinal O’Hara