NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – UNC Greensboro's backcourt of Jasmine Byrd and Kristen Boone were among 10 players named Tuesday to the 2006-07 All-Southern Conference Women's Basketball squad as selected by the league's coaches.
The Spartans and Chattanooga each placed two players on the squad, while Western Carolina placed three players on the team. Byrd and Boone were joined on the squad by Chattanooga's Alex Anderson and Laura Hall, Davidson's Kate Hamilton, Georgia Southern's Tiffany Brown, and the Western Carolina trio of Monique Dawson, Chevon Keith and Lauren Powell.
Named to the all-freshman squad were Appalachian State's Gigi Thomas, Chattanooga's Jenaya Wade-Fray, Elon's Tiffany Davis, Georgia Southern's Carolyn Whitney and Western Carolina's Heather Swayne.
Boone, a 5-5 junior from Upper Marlboro, MD, has started all 29 games this season. She is averaging 10.9 points per game and is second in the conference in steals at 3.0 per game. That also ranks No. 14 in the nation. Boone, who recorded 11 steals in a game this season against UNC Wilmington, is already the school's all-team leader in steals with 309. She enters the SoCon Tournament having scored in double figures in each of her last eight games, including a 25-point effort in the regular season finale at Western Carolina last Saturday.
Byrd, a 5-7 senior from Dumfries, VA, started all 29 games this season and averaged a team-best 15.5 points per contest. She enters the SoCon Tournament in 12th place on UNCG's career scoring list with 1,228 points. She is also sixth on the career three-point list with 193. She scored in double figures in 24 of 29 games this season.
Chattanooga's Anderson was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year, while Whitney was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year. Western Carolina's Kellie Harper was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year.
UNCG (20-9) begins play at the Southern Conference Tournament on Thursday at 9 am. The fourth-seeded Spartans will take on fifth-seeded Georgia Southern.
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2007 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team
Whitney Tossie, Appalachian State
Alex Anderson, Chattanooga
Laura Hall, Chattanooga
Katie Hamilton, Davidson
Tiffany Brown, Georgia Southern
Kristen Boone, UNC Greensboro
Jasmine Byrd, UNC Greensboro
Monique Dawson, Western Carolina
Chevon Keith, Western Carolina
Lauren Powell, Western Carolina
All-Freshman Team
GiGi Thomas, Appalachian State
Jenaya Wade-Fray, Chattanooga
Tiffany Davis, Elon
Carolyn Whitney, Georgia Southern
Heather Swayne, Western Carolina
Player of the Year: Alex Anderson, Chattanooga
Freshman of the Year: Carolyn Whitney, Georgia Southern
Coach of the Year: Kellie Harper, Western Carolina
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