2001-02 Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams Released

Bowdoin’s Trenkle Named Player of the Year

HARTFORD, Conn. – Sophomore guard Lora Trenkle of Bowdoin was named the 2001-02 NESCAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year. Trenkle, who was named the NESCAC Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Year and earned second-team honors last year, averaged 15.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game in the regular season. She led the Polar Bears to their second consecutive conference title and trip to the NCAA Division III tournament.

Junior forward Kristi Royer of Bowdoin and junior guard Kristin Hanley of Middlebury were named to the first team for the second year in a row. Royer averaged 13.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in the regular season, shooting 50.8 percent from the field and 86.8 percent from the free throw line. Hanley averaged 14.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in the regular season to lead the Panthers to the second seed in the conference tournament. She led the league in three-point field goal percentage, hitting 42.1 percent of her three-point attempts.

Rounding out the first team were junior forward/center Kate McCloskey of Trinity and junior forward Carla Flaherty of Bates. McCloskey led the conference in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage. She averaged 18.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, and shot 58.7 percent from the floor. Flaherty averaged 12.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, leading the Bobcats to a 7-2 mark in regular season conference play.

Senior guard Megan McCosker of Middlebury was named the 2001-02 NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year, the second consecutive year she was named the conference’s top defender. McCosker, who also earned second-team all-conference recognition, finished second in the NESCAC in steals and third in assists.

Alexis Hollinger of Middlebury was named the 2001-02 NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Holllinger averaged 8.1 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, and 1.0 steals per game for the Panthers.

Stefanie Pemper of Bowdoin was named the NESCAC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year after leading the Polar Bears to an 8-1 record in conference play during the regular season and their second conference title in as many years.