March 2
Whitney Smith (Webster/Webster-Thomas), Brockport junior guard
Brockport junior guard Whitney Smith was named the Women's
Basketball Tournament MVP for her performance in this past
weekend's games in Cortland. On Friday night, Smith scored
two last minute free throw shots to help clinch the semifinal
win over Oneonta. She scored a total game high of 18 points.
On Saturday afternoon, she scored a game high 23 points to
help the Golden Eagles to a 57-51 victory in the finals over
Potsdam. Brockport will face Mt. St. Mary's of NY on Friday
in Brandeis, Mass. in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
February 23
Artie Williams (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy), New Paltz
sophomore guard/forward
Last week Williams averaged 17.7 points and 10.3 rebounds
while shooting 63.6 % from the field as the Hawks went 2 and
1 on the week. In Friday's game against Potsdam, Artie had
18 rebounds (11 offensive rebounds), as well as, a game-high
22 points. Williams also tallied 18 points in Saturday's win
over Plattsburgh. New Paltz now secures second place in the
SUNYAC Tournament and will host Potsdam Tuesday night.
February 16
Cortney Poirier (Moira /Brushton-Moira), Potsdam junior guard
Poirier recently completed the best week of her college
career as she averaged 24.3 points in three conference contests
including a career high 35 points in the Bears 68-64 win over
Geneseo. Shooting an impressive 65% from the field (26 of
40) and an amazing 100 % from the charity line (14 of 14),
the Potsdam junior also averaged 4.6 rebounds, 4 steals and
3 assists on the week.
February 9
Jessica Laing (Bloomville/South Kortright), Cortland junior
forward
For the fourth time during this season, Jessica Laing
has been named the SUNYAC Women's Basketball Player of the
Week. Last week Laing averaged 21.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and
2.7 steals as the top-ranked Red Dragons went 2 and 1 on the
week. Already second place in Cortland school history for
rebounding, the junior forward now becomes the Red Dragon's
second highest career scorer with 1427 points.
January 5
Brenlyn Campbell (Williamsville/Lewiston-Port), Brockport
senior forward
Campbell scored her 1,000th career point in the Golden
Eagles 67-61 win over SUNY New Paltz on Saturday. During a
grueling week playing the conference's top three teams, Campbell
averaged 21 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks while shooting
49% from the field and 70% at the charity line.
January 26
Jessica Laing (Bloomville/South Kortright), Cortland junior
forward
Laing went double-double in both of last week's games
to extend her season record to 13 double-doubles out of 15
games played. With 802 career rebounds, she now moves into
second place in Cortland school history. For the week Laing
averaged 19 points, 12.5 rebounds and 3 steals as the Red
Dragons defeated Albany Pharmacy 74-46 and Fredonia 69-37.
January 19
Maggie Farrell (Hillsdale/Immaculate), New Paltz junior guard
Farrell scored a career high 23 points vs. Plattsburgh
in a 72-65 loss. She averaged 18 points per game on a 1-1
weekend for New Paltz. She also made 13 of 17 attempted free
throws, going 76.5% from the line.
January 12
Jessica Laing (Bloomville/South Kortright), Cortland junior
forward
Cortland went 3-0 this past week with Laing averaging
16.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, and .3 blocks per game. She made
all of her attempted free throws and scored a career high
five three pointers versus Geneseo. Laing now has nine double-doubles
in eleven games.
January 5
Brenlyn Campbell (Williamsville/Lewiston-Port), Brockport
senior forward
Campbell averaged eighteen points, two rebounds, one assist,
one steal and shot 75% from the free throw line over two games
at the New York University Tournament. She was named to the
All-Tournament team.
December 15
Jessica Laing (Bloomville/South Kortright), Cortland junior
forward
In a 71-64 loss to William Smith, Laing scored her seventh
double-double in eight games this season. She had 27 points,
shooting 9/17 from the field and 9/10 from the free throw
line. Laing also had thirteen rebounds, three assists, three
steals and a block.
December 8
Taylor Amarando (Niskayuna/Colonie), Plattsburgh sophomore
forward
Over three games, Amarando averaged 20.7 points, nine
rebounds, one assist, 1.67 steals, and .67 blocks. She had
a double-double against Geneseo (25 pts., 10 reb.), and had
two games where she broke the 20 point mark. Amarando led
the team in scoring over the weekend.
December 1
Merissa Gaeta (Kirkwood/Windsor), Fredonia junior forward
Gaeta scored a career high 27 points in an 82-77 win over
Penn State Behrend. Over the two games this week, she averaged
20.5 points, shot 56.2% from the field, averaged eight rebounds,
2.5 assits, and also had three steals and three blocks.
November 24
Artie Williams (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy), New Paltz
sophomore guard/forward
Williams scored 36 points, a career game high, versus
William Smith in the championship game of the SUNY New Paltz
Tip-off Tournament. Williams' was named the tournament MVP.
In her first game of the season, Williams also grabbed 19
rebounds and a career high seven steals.