Checking In: Alumni Update (3-6-11)

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For the second straight week, Temple senior forward Lavoy Allen (Pennsbury) was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week, this time for the week ending March. 5. It is his fourth career A-10 weekly honor. Allen averaged 19.0 points, 14.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.5 assists per game in the Owls’ 2-0 week. The 6-9 forward extended his streak of double-doubles to five in recording his ninth and 10^th double-doubles of the season. He scored 14 points and pulled down a season-high 18 rebounds in Temple’s 73-67 overtime win at UMass on Wednesday. Allen followed that with a game and career-high 24 points on Senior Day to help the Owls to a 90-82 victory over La Salle. He also grabbed 11 rebounds in the final home game of his career. Allen, who is Temple’s all-time rebound leader (1,103) and ranks 27^th on the all-time scoring list with 1,380 points, leads the Owls and ranks fourth in the A-10 with an 8.3 rebound average. He also tops the team and ranks fourth in the league in blocks per game (1.8) while placing second on the squad with an 11.8 scoring average.

La Salle senior Ashley Gale (Cheltenham) was named to the Atlantic 10 Second Team All-Conference and All-Defensive Team. She also earned Most Improved Player of the Year. In conference-only games, Gale led the league in scoring with 20.7 points per game. Earlier this season, she became the 23^rd women’s basketball player to reach the 1,000-point mark, doing so on national television against Fordham. Gale also finished the regular season as the league leader in three-pointers per game (3.2) and steals per game (3.1). The senior earned A-10 Co-Player of the Week honors on Feb. 21 after averaging 23 points on the week and going a perfect 16-for-16 from the free throw line.

American University senior Liz Leer (Abington) has been selected to the inaugural Academic All-Patriot League Team as well as the All-Patriot League First Team. She played a key role in leading the Eagles to a share of the Patriot League title with a 10-4 conference record. It is AU’s third conference regular season title in the last four years. Overall, American has a 20-8 record in the regular season. A Public Communications major, Leer has registered a 3.395 cumulative GPA. She has been named to the Dean’s List in four semesters and was a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll twice. Earlier this year, she was named a Capital One Academic All-District Second Team honoree. On the court, Leer is a two-time All-Patriot League First Team honoree, only the second AU women’s basketball student-athlete to ever earn that distinction. Leer leads AU in both scoring and rebounding this season with 13.5 PPG and 6.9 rebounds per game, both of which rank fifth in the Patriot League. She leads the conference in field goal percentage (51.8 percent) and three-point percentage (45.3). Leer has set her mark in AU history with 1,347 career points, the fourth most in school history, along with 721 career rebounds, the third most at AU. She is the career leader in blocked shots with 205, which ranks sixth in Patriot League history. She also ranks as the most prolific three-point shooter in program history at 42.3 percent, second all-time in career foul try accuracy (81.4 percent) and fifth all-time in career field goal proficiency (51.7 percent). Additionally, Leer interned last summer at the Becky Lee Women’s Fund, an organization that raises awareness for domestic violence.

Walsh freshman Daniella Ciccarone (Quakertown) earned all-freshman team honors after averaging 6.8 points, 1.7 assists, 2.1 rebounds while shooting 49 percent from the floor and 87 percent from the foul line, which is fourth best in the NAIA. She averaged 15.2 minutes in 30 games. Walsh, ranked No. 4 in the NAIA and winner of the AMC Tournament, will play Florida Memorial University on Thursday in the first round at the 20^th Annual State Farm-NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa. Walsh is one of four number one seeds in the tournament. Walsh (27-4) will take a 22-game win streak into the championships.  Ciccarone scored 11 points in Walsh’s 77-54 win over Daemen College in the AMC Tournament title game on Tuesday.

Redshirt sophomore guard Ashley Rosario (Harry S. Truman) contributed eight points, two rebounds and one assist off the bench in Goldey-Beacom’s 66-54 upset win over No. 15 nationally-ranked Holy Family in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference finals on Saturday. For Holy Family, senior Lindsey Tennett (Pennridge) contributed 10 points and eight rebounds off the bench. It is the school’s first-ever CACC championship, and with the win, the Lightning (18-11) earned the school’s first-ever berth in the NCAA East Regional Tournament. When the two teams last met on Jan. 13, Goldey-Beacom ended Holy Family’s NCAA Division II record 110-game regular season conference winning streak and 71-game home winning streak at the Campus Center when the Lightning stunned Holy Family with a 64-51 win. Holy Family won 13 straight since then until falling on Saturday night. In the semifinals, Rosarios handed out a game-high five assists while also contributing six points and six rebounds in Goldey-Beacom’s 62-57 upset of top-seeded Bloomfield College.

Millersville sophomore guard Mashira Newman (Upper Dublin) was named the PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Week after guiding her team to a 2-0 week. It marks the first time this season that Newman received the award and the third in her career. In two games, Newman averaged 24.5 points, 6.0 assists and 5.5 steals. She shot .900 from the free throw line and .545 from beyond the arc. She also led Millersville to its fourth straight 20-win season. Last Wednesday, the Marauders (21-5, 11-3 PSAC East) closed out regular season home play with a 70-56 win over Shippensburg. In that contest, Newman recorded a career-high 30 points, the most points by a Marauder since the 2005-06 season. She scored 19 of her 30 points in the second half on 6-of-6 shooting from the floor, which included 2-of-2 from the 3-point line. She also was 5-of-6 from the charity stripe. In Millersville’s 67-58 win over Kutztown, Newman scored 19 points, including a game-high three treys and handed out eight assists. As Division II’s third-best steal generator, she had a game-high eight steals.  Millersville, which closed out the regular season with a 21-5 record, notched its fourth straight bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Marauders are picked sixth out of eight teams in the Atlantic Region. In what will be a rematch of last year’s first round game, Millersville will take on West Liberty. One year ago, the Marauders downed the Hilltoppers 66-50 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Swarthmore senior Kathryn Stockbower (Upper Dublin) has been named a finalist for the prestigious Jostens Trophy, the Salem (Va.) Rotary Club announced on Tuesday. The Jostens Trophy is a national award created by the Rotary Club of Salem, Va., to honor the most outstanding men’s and women’s Division III basketball players of the year. The award takes into account three vital parts: basketball ability, academic prowess and community service. The senior captain capped off an illustrious career with a record-breaking final season. For the 2010-11 season, she led the Centennial Conference in rebounding average (12.4 RPG), finished fourth in scoring average (14.8 PPG), fifth in shooting percentage (48 percent) and 16^th in the nation in rebounding average. During the season, Stockbower – a preseason second team All-American – broke numerous Swarthmore program records and reached several national and conference milestones. With 83 career double-doubles, she is the all-time NCAA Division III leader, breaking the record with her 80^th career double-double at Johns Hopkins on Feb. 5. She also became Swarthmore’s all-time leading rebounder against Muhlenberg on Feb. 2. Stockbower is one of only three players in Centennial Conference history to reach 1,500 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. A double major in biology and German studies, Stockbower has compiled numerous academic and athletic awards over her career. Her accolades in the classroom include 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-America and All-District II First team, 2009-10 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America third Team, 2009-10 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II First Team, 2008-09 and 2009-10 Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area Academic All-Star Teams, 2009-10 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women’s Basketball Player of the year and 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 Centennial Conference Academic Honor roll selection. Stockbower also was named to the All-Centennial Conference First Team. It is the fourth time she was named to the first team. The senior captain is just the second player in conference history to earn first team All-Centennial honors four times. Stockbower is one of just five students who were also named to the Conference Academic Honor Roll, which recognizes sophomores, juniors and seniors who are key performers and have a 3.40 cumulative grade point average or higher.

Bloomsburg freshman Danielle Derr (Upper Dublin) was named the PSAC Eastern Division Freshman of the Week for the period ending Feb. 26. This is the second time this season Derr has received this honor. Derr averaged 6.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game last week as the Huskies claimed the PSAC East title outright. It was the team’s first PSAC East title since the 2000-01season. Derr scored six points and grabbed two rebounds in the Huskies win over East Stroudsburg, then followed that with six points and eight rebounds in the Huskies win over West Chester. For the week, she shot 41.7 percent from the floor. On the season, Derr averages 4.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

Beth Everist (North Penn) delivered a solo home run in Mount St. Mary’s 4-3 win over Iona on Saturday. With the home run, Everist moved into third place for career home runs with 14 while teammate Courtney Zingle (Hatboro-Horsham) moved into eighth place for at-bats (439). On Friday, Amanda Sadowl (Hatboro-Horsham) tossed a three-hit shut while Everist sparked the offense with a 4-for-4 performance and three RBIs to lead Mount St. Mary’s to a 9-0 win over UMBC, which did not get a runner past first against Sadowl. Everist moved into seventh place for career RBIs (63).

In Mount St. Mary’s 2-1 win over George Mason in its season opener on Wednesday, Sadowl allowed one run on four hits with two strikeouts in a complete-game opener. Zingle had a pair of hits while Everist delivered delivered an RBI double.

Senior Erin Holloway (Souderton) picked up a pair of wins on Sunday as IUP remained undefeated at the Rebel Games in Kissimmee, Fla. In IUP’s 8-3 win over Northwood, Holloway went the distance, allowing six hits and striking out eight. In the Crimson Hawks’ 4-2 win over St. Cloud State, Holloway relieved starter Kelly King in the fifth and pitched two and two-thirds innings of no-hit ball with five strikeouts. She ended the game by striking out the side in the seventh to remain undefeated in four decisions this season. In Saturday’s 7-2 win over Southern Indiana on the first day of the Rebel Games, Holloway allowed three hits and one earned run while striking out 11. She struck out the side in the first and third innings and has 20 strikeouts in her first two starts of the season. In Wednesday’s season opener, Holloway tossed a one-hit shutout to lead IUP to an 11-0 win over Shepherd. She struck out the side in the second and had two strikeouts in each of the first, third and fourth innings. When Holloway retired Shepherd in order in the fifth, the eight-run rule was enforced.