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