JONESBORO,
Ark. (3/6/13) — Arkansas State women's basketball junior forward Jane Morrill
was named as a Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference player after leading the Red
Wolves in scoring this past season, the league announced Wednesday morning.
Morrill
was one of five players to earn second team honors and one of just 14 players
that was named to league's first, second or third teams as voted on the by the
SBC's 11 head coaches and selected members of the media.
The
6-foot-1 junior is currently averaging 14.7 points per game, which is the
highest mark on the team and the seventh highest among all Sun Belt Conference
players. She shot 52.4 percent from the field during the regular season, the
third highest percentage in the Sun Belt and the 30th best mark in
the nation.
She
also had one of the conference's and nation's best free throw percentages,
knocking down 83.5 percent of her shots from the charity stripe, which was the
fourth best mark in the league and the 46th highest mark in the
country.
The
Scott City, Mo., native was one of just three Red Wolves start in all 29 games
this season. She finished second on the team in total rebounds (156), offensive
rebounds (40) and minutes played (868), while also leading the team in
defensive rebounds (116). She led A-State in scoring 14 times this season and
registered double-digit point totals in 25 of the 29 games she played in.
She
became the just the 21st player in the ASU women's basketball
history to surpass the 1,000 career point total this past season and currently
ranks 16th on the all-time ASU scoring list with 1,107 points. She
recorded two double-doubles on the season, scoring 23 points and pulling down
11 rebounds against Southeast Missouri State on Nov. 19 and then scored 16
points and grabbed 10 boards against Florida Atlantic on Jan. 10. The 11
rebounds against SEMO was also career-best for the three-year letterwinner.
Florida
International's Jerica Coley was tabbed the SBC Player of the Year, while
Western Kentucky's Chasity Gooch took home Defensive Player of the Year honors.
North Texas' Loryn Goodwin was selected as the league's Freshman of the Year,
while WKU's Michele Clark-Herd was chosen as the SBC Coach of the Year.
The
Red Wolves, who earned the number four seed in the 2013 Sun Belt Conference
Championship Tournament, will take on Florida International, Saturday March 9
at 11:30 a.m. in Hot Springs, Ark. The Red Wolves finished the regular
season with a 15-14 overall record and a 12-8 mark in Sun Belt Conference play.
SUN
BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
WOMEN'S
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Jerica Coley (FIU, Junior, Guard)
Kortni Jones (Middle Tennessee, Senior, Guard)
Ebony Rowe (Middle Tennessee, Junior, Forward)
Chastity Gooch (WKU, Sophomore, Forward)
Alexis Govan (WKU, Sophomore, Guard)
WOMEN'S
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Taylor Ford (UALR, Junior, Guard)
Jane Morrill (Arkansas State, Junior,
Forward)
Chenise Miller (Florida Atlantic, RS-Junior, Forward)
Icelyn Elie (Middle Tennessee, Senior, Forward)
Joanna Harden (Troy, Junior, Guard)
WOMEN'S
THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Marita Davydova (FIU, Junior, Center)
Ashleigh Simmons (Louisiana-Monroe, Junior, Forward)
Loryn Goodwin (North Texas, Freshman, Guard)
Alexis Hyder (North Texas, Freshman, Forward)
Mary Nixon (South Alabama, Senior, Guard)
WOMEN'S
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jerica Coley (FIU, Junior, Guard)
WOMEN'S
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Chastity Gooch (WKU, Sophomore, Forward)
WOMEN'S
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Loryn Goodwin (North Texas, Freshman, Guard)
WOMEN'S
COACH OF THE YEAR
Michelle Clark-Heard, WKU