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PRINCETON, W.VA) - WVIAC unbeaten Glenville State has carried off all
of the league's top women's basketball honors. WVIAC career scoring
leader Rachel Redick earned Player of the Year accolades and teammate
Melanie Oliver was named as the top freshman. Lady Pioneer head coach
Steve Harold was honored with his third WVIAC Coach of the Year award.
All awards are voted on by the league's head women's basketball coaches.
Lady Pioneers Head Coach Steve Harold for the third time in his
career has been named WVIAC Coach of the Year.
Redick became the WVIAC's all-time leading scorer in women's basketball
during #3 Glenville State's win over Davis & Elkins on Saturday. The 5-8
Franklin, PA native has tallied 2,261 points during her GSC career
heading into the post-season to break the record set last season by
Charleston's Lisa Lee.
The senior guard is a three-time first team All-WVIAC selection and is
the lone active player named to the conference's 25th anniversary
all-time squad last month. Her 20.6 points per game rank second in the
WVIAC. Redick also stands among the league's top ten in assists ( 4.2),
free throw percentage (.856), steals (2.1), three point field goal
percentage (.432), and three point field goals per game (3.2).
Oliver has made an immediate impact for Glenville State's inside game,
averaging 10.3 points and a team-high 7.7 rebounds per game. The 5-11
Glen Allen, VA native also leads GSC and ranks among the WVIAC's best
with six double-doubles.
Harold has directed the 27-2 Lady Pioneers to new heights as they
currently hold the third spot in national top 25. The Glenville native
owns a 256-106 record in his 12th season as the head coach at his alma
mater. The Lady Pioneers have won 20 or more contests in eight straight
seasons, including a current streak of six consecutive years with
24-plus victories.
Redick is among five players that are repeat selections from last
season's All-WVIAC first team. Teammates Lena Kalvans and Charity Street
from West Liberty State have been honored for a second straight season.
West Virginia Wesleyan senior guard Sarah Grab also is on the top squad
again, along with Charleston senior Courtney Thomas.
Casey Taylor (Glenville State), Jeannie Saunders (Salem International),
Danielle Cornish (Fairmont State), and Sarah Van Horn (West Virginia
Wesleyan) complete the nine-player first team All-WVIAC contingent.
League newcomer Pitt Johnstown has a pair of second team selections in
Allison Krischer and Jessica Zapf. Jamie Cluesman and Samm Nester
represent Concord on the second squad. 2006 WVIAC Freshman of the Year
Britney Brooks (Ohio Valley), Laura Harkins (Shepherd), Rachel Pike
(Charleston), and Katie Repicky (Wheeling Jesuit) round out the
All-WVIAC second team.
Oliver is joined on the league's All-Freshman squad by Jaimie Merinar
(Fairmont State), Katie Lintner (Seton Hill), Stephanie Phatiphong
(Alderson-Broaddus), and Yulonda Thornton (Salem International).
Lintner, the conference's rebounding leader, is the first Seton Hill
women's basketball player to be honored by the WVIAC.
The complete All-WVIAC women's basketball squad follows:
2006-07 All-WVIAC Women's Basketball:
First Team
Danielle Cornish (Fairmont State, Jr., F, 5-10, Pittsburgh, PA,
16.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 53% FG)
Sarah Grab (West Virginia Wesleyan, Sr., G, 5-7, Erie, PA, 19.1
ppg, 4.7 rpg, 74% FT)
Lena Kalvans (West Liberty State, Sr., F, 6-1, St. Petersburg,
Russia, 17.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 50% FG)
Rachel Redick (Glenville State, Sr., G, 5-8, Franklin, PA, 20.6
ppg, 4.2 apg, 3.1 rpg, 2.0 spg, 86% FT)
Jeannie Saunders (Salem International, Jr., G, 5-8, Long Beach,
CA, 22.1 ppg, 5.5 apg, 5.4 rpg, 3.3 spg)
Charity Street (West Liberty State, Jr., G, 5-8, Armstrong Mills,
OH, 15.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.2 apg, 53% FG)
Casey Taylor (Glenville State, Sr., C, 6-2, Sinks Grove, WV, 16.3
ppg, 5.9 rpg, 55% FG, 87% FT)
Courtney Thomas (Charleston, Sr., G, 5-8, Pataskala, OH, 15.0 ppg,
3.0 apg, 2.8 spg, 78% FT)
Sarah Van Horn (West Virginia Wesleyan, Soph., F, 5-11, Malta, OH,
18.1 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 2.6 apg, 54% FG)
Second Team
Britney Brooks (Ohio Valley, Soph., G, 5-6, Harrison, OH, 17.1
ppg, 5.2 apg, 82% FT)
Jamie Cluesman (Concord, Jr., G, 5-7, Jonesville, VA, 10.2 ppg,
7.1 apg, 5.8 rpg, 3.1 spg)
Laura Harkins (Shepherd, Jr., F, 6-0, York, PA, 12.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg,
2.1 bpg)
Allison Krischer (Pitt Johnstown, Sr., G, 5-7, Johnstown, PA, 18.3
ppg, 4.6 apg, 3.0 rpg, 2.9 spg)
Samm Nester (Concord, Jr., C, 6-0, Huntington, WV, 14.0 ppg, 5.7
rpg, 2.1 apg)
Rachel Pike (Charleston, Sr., C, 6-1, Madison, OH, 12.8 ppg, 6.7
rpg, 58% FG, 73% FT)
Katie Repicky (Wheeling Jesuit, Sr., G, 5-8, Kirtland, OH, 16.9
ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.6 spg, 76% FT)
Jessica Zapf (Pitt Johnstown, Sr., F/C, 5-11, Pittsburgh, PA, 17.6
ppg, 8.6 rpg, 58% FG, 77% FT)
Honorable Mention
Jenna Eckleberry (Fairmont State, Sr., G, 5-2, Chester, WV, 5.7
ppg, 6.6 apg, 2.4 rpg)
Renee Farina (West Liberty State, Jr., G, 5-8, Boardman, OH, 12.6
ppg, 2.7 rpg, 100 3PT FG)
Jenna Johnson (Wheeling Jesuit, Sr., C, 6-1, Shadyside, OH, 9.2
ppg, 5.0 rpg, 50% FG)
Molly Kiger (Fairmont State, Soph., C, 6-1, Williamstown, WV, 11.3
ppg, 7.5 rpg, 52% FG, 82% FT)
Megan O'Donnell (Wheeling Jesuit, Jr., F, 6-1, Euclid, OH, 9.9
ppg, 6.6 rpg, 85% FT)
Lisa Perry (West Liberty State, Jr., G, 5-4, Chesapeake, OH, 5.5
ppg, 9.4 apg, 2.9 rpg)
Jennetta Smith (Bluefield State, Sr., F, 5-9, Chicago, IL, 13.9
ppg, 8.4 rpg)
Shari Walker (Concord, Sr., G, 5-6, Union, WV, 13.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg,
2.3 apg, 89 3PT FG)
WVIAC All-Freshman
Katie Lintner (Seton Hill, F, 6-0, Johnstown, PA, 12.2 ppg, 9.4
rpg, 1.9 apg, 85% FT)
Jaimie Merinar (Fairmont State, F, 5-11, Wheeling, WV, 10.7 ppg,
5.9 rpg, 51% FG)
Melanie Oliver (Glenville State, F, 5-11, Glen Allen, VA, 10.3
ppg, 7.7 rpg, 53% FG)
Stephanie Phatiphong (Alderson-Broaddus, G, 5-7, Silver Spring,
MD, 11.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 73% FT)
Yulonda Thornton (Salem International, F, 5-10, Altadena, CA, 5.2
ppg, 8.0 rpg)
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