The women of Boston University continued their dominance of the America East Conference at Thursday’s awards banquet at the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.
Senior forward Jesyka Burks-Wiley became the first Terrier in the conference’s 25-year history to garner Player of the Year honors. She led the America East with 19.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in conference play and won five Player of the Week awards.
Kelly Greenberg was named the Coach of the Year for the first time in her five years at the helm for BU. She becomes the first Terrier coach to earn the award since Christine Basile in 1987. Greenberg and the Terriers became the fifth team in America East history to complete an undefeated conference regular season. BU has won 22 games this season, a program record.
Senior guard Amarachi Umez-Eronini, who led the conference with 3.0 steals per game in conference play, won the Defensive Player of the Year award. She becomes the first BU player to win the award in its seven-year history.
Burks-Wiley, Umez-Eronini and senior point guard Christine Kinneary, who led the America East with 5.3 assists per game and a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio, were all named to the America East All-Conference First Team. It marks the first time that three players from the same school were named to the First Team since Vermont’s 1992-93 squad.
In addition, senior guard Kristi Dini, who made a conference-high 92 3-pointers this season, was named to the All-Conference Third Team. Umez-Eronini and Kinneary were both named to the All-Defensive Team as well.
Below is the complete listing of the 2008-09 season awards.
Individual awards:
Player of the Year
Jesyka Burks-Wiley, Boston University
Coach of the Year
Kelly Greenberg, Boston University
Rookie of the Year
Andrea Holmes, Binghamton
Defensive Player of the Year
Amarachi Umez-Eronini, Boston University
All-Conference Awards:
First Team
Jesyka Burks-Wiley, Sr. F Boston University
Christine Kinneary, Sr. G Boston University
Amarachi Umez-Eronini, Sr. G Boston University
Erica Beverly, Jr. F Hartford
Courtnay Pilypaitis, Jr. G Vermont
Second Team
Diana Delva, Jr. F Hartford
Lisa Etienne, Sr. G Hartford
Carlee Cassidy, Jr. G UMBC
Candace Williams, Jr. F New Hampshire
May Kotsopoulos, Jr. G Vermont
Third Team
Laura Franceski, Sr. C Binghamton
Andrea Holmes, Fr. G Binghamton
Kristi Dini, Sr. G Boston University
Ilicia Mathis, Fr. G Hartford
Kirsten Jeter, So. F Stony Brook
All-Rookie Team
Andrea Holmes, Fr. G Binghamton
Viive Rebane, Fr. F Binghamton
Ilicia Mathis, Fr. G Hartford
Erin Brown, Fr. F UMBC
Michelle Kurowski, Fr. G UMBC
All-Defensive Team
Christine Kinneary, Sr. G Boston University
Amarachi Umez-Eronini, Sr. G Boston University
Erica Beverly, Jr. F Hartford
Lisa Etienne, Sr. G Hartford
May Kotsopoulos, Jr. G Vermont
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