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CIAA HOOPS STARS: Bowie State senior point guard
Gil Goodrich has been chosen as the men's 
player of the year and
Elizabeth City State junior center
Celeste Trahan women's player of the year as the
CIAA announced its all-conference basketball
team and award winners Tuesday. Goodrich, a 5-10 guard
from Linthicum, Maryland who started his college career in the
black college ranks at Howard University finished it as a
sterling performer at Bowie State. Headed into the final week of the
regular season, Goodrich leads all of NCAA Div. II basketball in
scoring at 27.0 points per game, a mark that also tops the
CIAA, but he also leads the conference in assists (6.8 apg.),
steals (2.4 spg.), free throw percentage (86.3%) and
three-pointers made (4.29 pg.). Goodrich had a 52-point game in
December and recently had a 41-point performance against
St. Augustine's. Virginia State senior center
Avis Wyatt, who led the conference in blocked shots (3.2 pg.) while
averaging 16.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, was named the
men's defensive player of the year. Goodrich and Wyatt lead
the 12-man all-conference team. Trahan, from Stockton,
Ca., leads the CIAA in scoring (19.5 ppg.), and rebounding
(12.2 rpg.) while leading the Lady Vikings to a 18-7 overall
mark including a 15-3 CIAA record. Her teammate, 5-7
senior guard Deanna Price, of Washington, D.C., is the
defensive player of the year. Price leads Div. II averaging 4.9 steals
per game and also scores 11.0 points, grabs 6.5 rebounds
and hands out 5.5 assists per game. The ECSU teammates
lead the 12 selectees to the women's team.
2007 ALL CIAA
MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
FRONTCOURT
TYRONNE BEALE, 6-9, Sr., C/F, BSU
C.J. PIGFORD, 6-7, Sr., F, ECSU
NICHOLAS KING, 6-7, Sr., F, SAC
DAMOLA OBADINA, 6-5, Jr., F, SU
AVIS WYATT, 6-11, Sr. F/C, VSU
BRAD BYERSON, 6-7, Jr., F, VUU
CHRIS GREEN, 6-5, Sr., F, VUU
BACKCOURT
GIL GOODRICH, 5-10, Sr., G, BSU
ANTHONY HILLIARD, 6-3, So., G, ECSU
MAURICE HOOPER, 6-2, Jr., G, JCSU
ANTONIO FITZGERALD, 6-2, Sr., G, SAC
MICHAEL ASKEW, 6-7, Sr., G, VSU
2007 ALL CIAA
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
FRONTCOURT
ALLYSON SWAILES, 6-2, Jr., C, BSU
CELESTE TRAHAN, 6-2, Jr., C, ECSU
TIFFANY SMITH, 5-11, Sr., F, ECSU
BRITTANY SUMPTER, 5-9, Sr., F, JCSU
ROCHELLE BODIE, 6-0, Jr., F, JCSU
JORI NWACHUKWU, 5-10, Fr., C, NCCU;
CASSIE KING, 6-0, Sr., F, NCCU
BACKCOURT
GENET MOORE, 5-8, Sr., G, BSU
DEANNA PRICE, 5-7, Sr., G, ECSU
TIANA POPE, 5-8, Sr., G, JCSU
JASMINE NEWKIRK, 5-8, Fr., G, NCCU
KATANIA WALKER, 5-5, Sr., G, VSU
Johnson C. Smith forward Jerry Hollis and North Carolina Central guard Jori Nwachukwu were named the top rookies in the CIAA and leaders of the five-person all-rookie teams. Nwachukwu, a native of Upper Marlboro, Md., averaged 12.8 points and 9.9 rebounds for the 20-5 Lady Eagles. Hollis won rookie of the week honors seven times in winning the men's award. The Charlotte, N.C. native averaged 12.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game.
ALL ROOKIE TEAMS
WOMEN
Juantale Cook, 5-6, G, SPC; Gabrielle Johnson, 5-9,
G/F, SPC; Jonta Moss, 5-6, G, LC; Jori Nwachukwu, 5-10,
F/C, NCCU; Jasmine Newkirk, 5-8, G, NCCU
MEN
Brandon Byerson, 6-1, G, VUU; Corey Camphor, 6-0,
G, BSU; Jerry Hollis, 6-6, F, JCSU; Jonathan Mudd, 6-1,
G, SU; Trey Mines, 6-2, G, VSU
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