Christopher Newport University earned three of four major awards for College Division All-State Women's Basketball in selections announced Thursday afternoon by the Virginia State Sports Information Directors Association. Bluefield University's Kylie Meadows was named to the second team. Meadows was a first-team Appalachian Athletic Conference honoree this past season.
Senior Sondra Fan headlines these honorees by earning both Player and Defensive Player of the Year honors while Captains head coach Bill Broderick grabbed Coach of the Year accolades.
Teniyah Crenshaw-Patterson, from Randolph College, rounds out the major honorees after earning the Rookie of the Year award.
CNU, which spent the majority of the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, had two of the five first team selections. Along with Fan, junior Anaya Simmons was named to the first team.
Katie Garrish (Southern Virginia), Olivia Weinel (Shenandoah), and Megan Horn (Washington & Lee) join the CNU duo on the first team.
Crenshaw-Patterson was named to the second team All-State and is joined by Randolph-Macon's Catherine Kagey, Savannah Christensen from Southern Virginia, Kylie Meadows from Bluefield, and Natalie Terwilliger from Christopher Newport.
Fan, a senior from Poquoson, was a WBCA First Team All-American and a D3hoops.com Second Team All-American in addition to being named as a WBCA All-Star. Finally, she was named as the D3hoops.com Region VI Player of the Year and First Team All-Region as well as C2C Player of the Year and First Team All-C2C.
Crenshaw-Patterson led Randolph to its most successful season ever as the WildCats won 16 games and the Newport News native was named ODAC Rookie of the Year and second team All-ODAC in addition to picking up D3hoops.com Region 6 Rookie of the Year honors.
Broderick was named as the D3hoops.com Region VI and C2C Coach of the Year after leading the Captains into the Sweet 16 for the sixth straight season and to the No. 1 spot in the national poll for the first time ever. CNU finished the year with a 26-1 record.
Complete team:
VaSID Coach of the Year: Bill Broderick, Christopher Newport
VaSID Player of the Year: Sondra Fan, Christopher Newport
VaSID Rookie of the Year: Teniyah Crenshaw-Patterson, Randolph
VaSID Defensive Player of the Year: Sondra Fan, Christopher Newport
First Team
Sondra Fan Christopher Newport
Katie Garrish Southern Virginia
Olivia Weinel Shenandoah
Megan Horn Washington & Lee
Anaya Simmons Christopher Newport
Second Team
Catherine Kagey Randolph-Macon
Savanna Christensen Southern Virginia
Kylie Meadows Bluefield
Natalie Terwilliger Christopher Newport
Teniyah Crenshaw-Patterson Randolph
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