Tuesday,
April 1, 2003
WERNER
NAMED TEAM MVP AT BLUE HOSE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ANNUAL BANQUET
CLINTON,
S.C. — Presbyterian
College’s Bonnie Werner
(Kennesaw, Ga.) was honored as the women’s basketball Team
MVP at the program’s annual banquet held last Thursday night.
Werner,
a 5-5 junior point guard, was named team MVP after earning
second team All-South Atlantic Conference honors. The former
Harrison High School standout averaged 14.7 points per game, 4.8
assists, 3.8 rebounds, 1.7 steals while shooting 39.1% from the
field, 32.0% from the three-point line and 78.1% from the
charity stripe.
She
scored in double figures on 20 occasions this season including
six times with 20 or more points. In addition, she set the South
Atlantic Conference Tournament single-game record with a
career-high 37 points in PC’s 96-87 overtime loss to
Lenoir-Rhyne College in the quarterfinals. She also finished the
season ranking in the following SAC statistical categories: 3rd
in assists, 10th in scoring, tied for 13th in assist-to-turnover
ratio (1.11:1), and 15th in made three-pointers per game (0.89).
Blue
Hose head coach Leigh
Irwin cited 14 players and managers as letterwinners for the
2002-03 season. Presbyterian compiled a 12-15 overall record
this season and finished tied for third in the South Atlantic
Conference regular season. The team finished the season leading
the South Atlantic Conference and ranking 10th in NCAA Division
II in team free throw percentage (76.5%). Other Blue Hose award
winners included:
•
Team MVP: Bonnie
Werner
•
Best Offensive Player: Billie
Haskins
•
Best Defensive Player: Bonnie
Werner
•
Most Improved: Cameron
Cook
•
Captain’s Award: Joanna
Day-Lewis, Billie Haskins, Bonnie Werner
•
Coach’s Award: Lauren
Yanik
•
Hustle Award: Joanna
Day-Lewis
•
Scotsman Club Achievement Award: Rebecca
Wessinger
Cook
(Greensboro,
N.C.), a freshman forward/center, played in all 27 games with 12
starting assignments. She averaged
6.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.7 steals while shooting 47.3%
from the field and 75.0% from the free throw line. She scored in
double figures on six occasions and set her career-high with 23
points in PC’s 90-76 win over Wingate University. In addition,
she posted her first collegiate double-double with 14 points and
11 rebounds in PC’s 79-74 loss to Lenoir-Rhyne College. For
her efforts, Cook was named to the 2002-03 SAC All-Freshmen
Team.
Day-Lewis
(Blairsville,
Ga.), a sophomore wing, played in all 27 games with 22 starting
assignments this season. She averaged a career-best 4.1 points,
3.8 rebounds while shooting 37.4% from the field, 33.3% from
three-point field goal range, and 78.4% from the free throw
line. She scored in double figures on two occasions including a
career-high 13 points in PC’s 62-60 win over East Stroudsburg
University.
Haskins (Greensboro, Ga.), a junior guard, started all 27 games this season en route to first team All-SAC and second team Daktronics All-South Atlantic Region honors. She averaged a career-best 18.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 steals while shooting 43.1% from the field, 44.1% from three-point field goal range, and 78.3% from the free throw line. This season was a breakout year for the former Gatewood School standout as she led the team in scoring, steals, three-point field goal percentage, and minutes played (35.3 per game).
She
finished the season ranking second in the South Atlantic
Conference in scoring and made three-point field goals per game,
4th in three-point field goal percentage, 11th in assists, and
12th in steals. Haskins was named SAC Player of the Week on two
occasions (12/16, 2/3) and ended the season ranking 8th in NCAA
Division II in three-point field goal percentage and 33rd in
scoring average. She scored in double figures on 25 of 27 games,
scored 20 or more points on 12 occasions, and led the team in
scoring 15 times. Her 488 points this season and her 18.1 points
per game scoring average rank ninth and fifth best in program
single-season history. She set her career-high with 28 points in
PC’s 76-49 win over Newberry College in the regular season
finale.
Wessinger
(Laurens,
S.C.), a freshman forward played in all 27 games with 25
starting assignments this season. She earned 2002-03 SAC
All-Freshmen Team honors after averaging 9.1 points and 3.8
rebounds while shooting 44.7% from the field and 80.0% from the
free throw line. She scored in double figures on 12 occasions
and posted her first collegiate double-double with 11 points and
10 rebounds in PC’s 80-71 overtime loss to Tusculum College.
She set her career-high with 20 points on two occasions against
Georgia College & State University and Anderson College this
season.
Yanik
(Greer, S.C.), a redshirt sophomore forward/center played in all
27 games with 17 starting assignments this season. She made a
major impact this season averaging 8.8 points, a team-best 7.0
rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.4 steals and led the team in blocks
(12) while shooting 41.2% from the field and 69.8% from the free
throw line. She scored in double figures on 12 occasions and led
the team in rebounding 11 times. In addition, she posted five
double-doubles this season including career-highs with 20 points
and 19 rebounds in PC’s 69-60 win over Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Presbyterian
College Letterwinners for 2002-03 season
3rd-Year:
Billie Haskins, Bonnie Werner
2nd-Year:
Joanna Day-Lewis, Lauren Dobson, Sarah Woods, Lauren Yanik
1st-Year: Wesley Campbell, Cameron Cook, Anna Sheppard, Rebecca Wessinger, Erin Wright