Kaminski and McQuain Receive All-Northeast Conference Honors
3/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Kaminski led the Bobcats this season, averaging a team-high 12.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. She shot 39.3 percent (110-280) from the floor, 39.3 percent (11-28) from three-point range, and 73.7 percent (84-114) from the free-throw line. The senior center also compiled five double-doubles, a team-high 34 blocks, 21 steals, and 23 assists on the year. Kaminski was named to the Preseason All-Northeast Conference team earlier in the year and was selected as the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Player of the Week on Jan. 18.
"Courtney is a player that every coach needs to game plan for, as she has such offensive versatility from inside the lane to facing the 3point line," said Quinnipiac Head Coach Tricia Fabbri. "She is also having her best year rebounding and blocking shots. As a 5th year senior, Courtney's experience has helped us improve as a team from day one. This is an accolade well deserved."
With 7.2 boards per game, McQuain led Quinnipiac as its top rebounder this year. She also averaged 9.2 points per game and put up 40 assists, 22 blocks, and 20 steals. The freshman forward recorded a team-high seven double-doubles this season and was chosen as the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week, twice during the 2010-11 season.
"McQuain is a force to be reckoned with," said Fabbri. "She has been an impact player for us since the first day of practice. Brit is so comfortable with her role on both ends of the court and she just keeps getting better each game, as evidenced by ending the last four regular-season games with a double-double."
The seventh-seeded Bobcats will travel to play the No. 2 Monmouth Hawks in a NEC Tournament quarterfinal contest on Saturday, March 5 at the Multipurpose Athletic Center in West Long Branch, N.J.
2010-11 NEC Women's Basketball Award Winners
Player of the Year
Samantha Leach Saint Francis (PA) Sr. 5-10 G Mount Sterling, OH/Miami Trace
Rookie of the Year
Artemis Spanou Robert Morris Fr. 6-0 F Rhodes, Greece
Defensive Player of the Year
Erin Rooney Monmouth So. 5-8 G Christchurch, New Zealand
Brenda Reilly Coach of the Year
Susan Robinson Fruchtl Saint Francis (PA)
2010-11 NEC Women's Basketball First Team All-Conference
Name School Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School
Courtney Kaminski Quinnipiac Sr. 6-3 C Dudley, MA/Shepherd Hill
Mariyah Laury Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. 5-7 G Orange, NJ/Orange
Samantha Leach Saint Francis (PA) Sr. 5-10 G Mount Sterling, OH/Miami Trace
Ashley Palmer Long Island Jr. 5-10 F Oxford, PA/Oxford Area
Callan Taylor Sacred Heart Jr. 6-0 F Overland Park, KS/Blue Valley North
2010-11 NEC Women's Basketball Second Team All-Conference
Name School Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School
Brittany Lilley Saint Francis (PA) Jr. 5-8 G Severna Park, MD/Severna Park
Yohanna Morton Robert Morris Sr. 5-8 G Santo Domingo, DR/Arizona Western
Erin Rooney Monmouth So. 5-8 G Christchurch, New Zealand
Artemis Spanou Robert Morris Fr. 6-0 F Rhodes, Greece
Alysha Womack Monmouth So. 5-7 G Springfield, PA/Cardinal O'Hara
2010-11 NEC Women's Basketball All-Rookie Team
Name School Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School
Brittany McQuain Quinnipiac Fr. 5-11 F Independence, MO/William Chrisman
Ericka Norman Sacred Heart Fr. 5-7 G Chino Hills, CA/Chino Hills
Danielle Pankey Fairleigh Dickinson R-Fr. 5-11 G Middletown, NJ/Middletown South
Artemis Spanou Robert Morris Fr. 6-0 F Rhodes, Greece
Alexandra Williams Saint Francis (PA) Fr. 6-0 F/G Altoona, PA/Bishop Guilfoyle
