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April 12, 2007


JMU’s Alexis and UVA’s Wright Earn Top Honors on VaSID All-State Women’s Basketball Team

NORFOLK, Va. – The 2006-07 VaSID All-State Women’s Basketball team was headlined by James Madison senior center Meredith Alexis as Player of the Year and Virginia’s Monica Wright as Rookie of the Year. JMU head coach Kenny Brooks took the top coaching honor for the 2006-07 season.

2007 VaSID University Division All-State Women's Basketball Team

Alexis (Hanover, Pa.), an AP All-American Honorable Mention, was named CAA Player of the Year and Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Year before earning the VaSID honor. She became just the second player in Colonial Athletic Association history to be named to the All-CAA team all four years of her career. She led the conference and was seventh in the nation in rebounding (11.6 rpg) and was second in the conference and 37^th nationwide in scoring (18.4 ppg).

Alexis is a WNBA Draft Camp selection as she finished her career with numerous records. She holds the school career marks for points (1,760), rebounds (1,313), double-figure rebounding games (75) and double-doubles (63). During her senior campaign, she broke school single-season records for points (607), rebounds (339), double-doubles (22), and double-figure rebounding games (23). She was named the CAA Player of the Week a league-leading six times and became the conference’s All-Time Career rebounding leader with a grand total of 1,313 boards.

After becoming the unanimous selection as the ACC Rookie of the Year, Wright (Woodbridge, Va.), is also the unanimous selection for VaSID Rookie of the Year. She became the most decorated freshman in Cavalier history by earning ACC Rookie of the Week eight times this season.  She started every game while finishing second in team scoring (15.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.0 rpg). She also led UVA in steals with 79 and finished second in assists with 76.

Brooks, also the CAA Coach of the Year, led his team to a school-record 25 regular-season wins, including a 16-2 record in conference play. He coached his team to a four-week appearance on the AP Top 25 Poll and into the NCAA Tournament as a #9 seed. His team also owns the longest current home winning streak in NCAA D-I at 26 games.

The rest of the first team includes Megan Frazee (Liberty), T.J. Jordan (Old Dominion), Lyndra Littles (Virginia), and Tamera Young (James Madison).

Frazee (Xenia, Ohio) was an All-Big South first team selection, a Richmond-Times Dispatch First Team All-State selection, and to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team. She led the Big South in rebounding (8.5 rpg), free-throw percentage (.772) and three-point percentage (.410).

Jordan (Portsmouth, Va.) was a First Team All-CAA selection and CAA Tournament MVP for the second year in a row. She was ranked fourth nationally in three-pointers per game (3.1) and reset numerous three-point marks for Old Dominion. She led the team and was ninth in the conference in scoring at 14.5 ppg.

Littles (Washington, DC) scored nearly 600 points in her sophomore campaign and was named to the All-ACC Second Team. She led UVA in scoring (17.3 ppg) and in rebounding (8.8 rpg) and she set single-season records for free throws made with 153 and points by a sophomore with 589.

Young (Wilmington, NC), the second Duke on the first team, was also named to the Richmond Times-Dispatch First Team and was an All-CAA First Team selection for the second year in a row. She was second on the team in scoring (16.5 ppg), rebounding (8.0 rpg), and assists (2.3 apg).

All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association.  For more information, please visit the VaSID site at http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.

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