North Charleston, S.C. - The Southern Conference Sports Media Association announced its 2007 Women’s Basketball honorees.
Chattanooga forward Alex Anderson was named the 2007 Player of the Year. The junior led the league in scoring (20.6), rebounding (10.4) and field goal percentage (51.7) throughout the regular season. She was named the women’s basketball Player of the Week six times during the season, the most by any player since the start of the award.
Georgia Southern’s Carolyn Whitney was tabbed the Freshman of the Year by the media. The guard was among the league’s leaders in assists with 3.28 per game and was second in scoring for Georgia Southern with 9.4 points per game. In her first year as a Lady Eagle she started all 29 games for head coach Rusty Cram.
Three-year Western Carolina head coach Kellie Harper was named the Coach of the Year. Harper led the Lady Catamounts to a 15-3 record in league play and a share of the regular season conference title. Harper and her squad entered the 2007 SoCon Tournament as the No. 1 seed, the first-ever one seed garnered by the Lady Catamounts in school history.
The Lady Catamounts landed the most players on the all-conference team with three. Western juniors Monique Dawson and Chevon Keith were named to the first team with sophomore Lauren Powell making the second team.
UNC Greensboro and Davidson followed with two players on the list with Appalachian State and Georgia Southern having one player honored.
2007 Southern Conference Sports Media Association All-Conference
First Team
Whitney Tossie, Appalachian State
Alex Anderson, Chattanooga
Kristen Boone, UNC Greensboro
Monique Dawson, Western Carolina
Chevon Keith, Western Carolina
Second Team
Katie Hamilton, Davidson
Tia Washington, Davidson
Tiffany Brown, Georgia Southern
Jasmine Byrd, UNC Greensboro
Lauren Powell, 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