Briana Sloper Named ECC Rookie Of The Year

Freshman Briana Sloper was named the 2009 East Coast Conference Rookie of the Year.  Sloper set the pace for the Spartans this season averaging a team high 15.1 points per game while adding 7.1 rebounds per game.  An eight-time Rookie of the Week selection, Sloper notched seven double-doubles this season and garners All-Conference Second Team honors as well.  The freshman finished seventh in the ECC in scoring, 8th in field goal percentage (.478) and 11th in rebounding.

2009 All-Conference Teams

First Team
Amanda Bartlett - So., G, Queens
Shannon Malone - Jr., F, Bridgeport
Christie Marrone - Gr., G, Dowling
Molly Tubridy - Sr., F, Dowling
Kymira Woodberry - Jr., F, Molloy

Second Team
Christina Baxter - Sr., G, Mercy
Serita Lee - Sr., F, Adelphi
Jasmine Moore - Jr., G, C.W. Post
Whitney Murrer - Sr., F, C.W. Post
Briana Sloper - Fr., F, St. Thomas Aquinas

All-Rookie Team
Julia Colley - G/F, Bridgeport
Felicia Joyner - G, C.W. Post
Aimee Levine - G, Mercy
Kelly Puwalski - G, Dowling
Briana Sloper - F, St. Thomas Aquinas

East Coast Conference Player of the Year: Jennifer DiChiara - Gr., F, Queens

East Coast Conference Rookie of the Year: Briana Sloper - St. Thomas Aquinas

Coach of the Year: Joe Pellicane - Dowling