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ACCAC Places Four on
NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball All-American Squads —
Tehani Goldsmith of Yavapai and Tenaya Watson
of Central Arizona both earned NJCAA Division I First Team
All-American honors. Arizona Western's Yohanna Morton and
Central's Ashley Sours were both selected to the Third Team.
Ingraham, McDonald
Named to NJCAA Division 2 Women's Basketball All-American
Second Team — Pima's Jessie
Ingraham and Phoenix' Jessica McDonald were both selected
to the NJCAA Division 2 All-American Second Team.
Central Shocked in
Finals — The last game of
the 2007-08 season proved to be the first loss for Central
Arizona (34-1) as it fell 62-61 in the NJCAA Division 1 National
Championship Game to Gulf Coast Community College (36-1).
Central was not challenged in the tourney until the final
game, defeating Georgia Perimeter College 87-34, Midland College
72-59, and Barton County CC 78-56. Central Arizona's Ashley
Sours, Tenaya Watson and Lonnie Sanchez were all selected
to the All-Tournament squad.
Mesa Falls Out of NJCAA
D2 Championships — Mesa's
2007-08 season came to an end with a 70-56 loss to Garrett
College in the consolation bracket of the 2008 NJCAA Division
2 National Championship Tournament.
Illinois Central Tops
Mesa in NJCAA D2 Women's Opener — Illinois
Central (25-8), the #5 National seed, defeated Mesa 70-62
in the opening round of the 2008 NJCAA Division 2 Women's
National Basketball Championships. Mesa, which trailed 31-17
at halftime, responded to the pour opening 20 minutes by outscoring
Illinois Central 45-39 in the second half. Mesa will now play
Garrett College in the consolation bracket on Thursday morning.
Central Arizona Smokes
Georgia Perimeter in NJCAA Tourney — Central
Arizona opened defense of its 2007 National Championship with
an 87-34 drubbing of Georgia Perimeter College in the opening
round of the 2008 NJCAA Division 1 National Championship Tournament.
Ashley Sours paced Central with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Central will face the winner of the Trinity Valley CC and
Midland College matchup on Thursday at 6 p.m. (CST).
Central Arizona Gives
Laursen One Final Region Championship — Hall
of Fame Coach Lin Laursen received another farewell present
from her 2007-08 squad on Friday as Central Arizona defeated
Yavapai 112-62 for the NJCAA Region I Division 1 Championship.
Laursen's undefeated and top ranked Central squad will now
travel to the NJCAA National Championships as the Vaqueras
look to give the retiring Laursen her fourth National title.
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Mesa Rides Upsets to
Region I Title — After defeating
#2 seed Scottsdale 64-62 in the opening round, #3 seed Mesa
defeated top-seed Chandler-Gilbert 72-57 to capture the 2008
NJCAA Region I Division 2 Championship. | More
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Yavapai Survives Over
Cochise — #2 Yavapai defeated
#3 Cochise 95-91 to advance to the title game of the 2008
NJCAA Region I Division 1 Tournament against top-seeded and
undefeated Central Arizona. | More
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Mesa Upsets Scottsdale,
Top-Seed CG Advances — #1
seed Chandler-Gilbert defeated #4 Phoenix while #3 Mesa upset
#2 Scottsdale to advance to the Championship Game of the 2008
NJCAA Region I Division 2 Playoffs. | More
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Yavapai's Goldsmith,
Central's Watson & Laursen Garner Top Honors —
Yavapai's Tehani Goldsmith and Central Arizona's
Tenaya Watson are the 2008 ACCAC Co-Players of the Year. Watson,
who has helped Central to the nation's #1 ranking and undefeated
season so far, was also selected the ACCAC Freshman of the
Year while her coach Lin Laursen is the \ACCAC Coach of the
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Central Arizona, Chandler-Gilbert
Earn Top Seeds — Undefeated
Central Arizopna is the top seed entering the NJCAA Region
I Division 1 Playoffs, while Chandler-Gilbert will be the
top seed in the Division 2 tourney. | More
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Tenaya Watson Earns
5th ACCAC Player of the Week Award — Central
Arizona's Tenaya Watson has been selected the ACCAC Division
I Player of the Week for the fifth time this season. Watson
heldped keep Central undefeated on the season by averaging
21.5 points in a pair of wins on the week. | More
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Scottsdale's Washington
Named NJCAA Player of the Week — Shayla
Washington of Scottsdale has been named the NJCAA Division
II National Player of the Week for the week ending February
17th. Washington helped SCC to a pair of victories on the
week with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Arizona Western
and 15 points and 19 boards against Chandler-Gilbert.
Watson, Washington
Earn ACCAC Awards — For
the fourth time this season, Central Arizona's Tenaya Watson
is the ACCAC Division I Player of the Week while Scottsdale's
Shayla Washington captured the ACCAC's D2 Player of the Week
honor for the first time this season. | More
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McDonald Selected NJCAA
National Player of the Week — Phoenix
College's Jessica McDonald earned the NJCAA Division II National
Player of the Week for the week ending February 10th. McDonald
posted 20 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists in a win over
South Mountain and then tallied 21 points and 12 boards ina
victory over Chandler-Gilbert..
AWC's Morton, PC's
McDonald Top ACCAC for the Week — Arizona
Western's Yohanna Morton averaged 24 points in two games this
past week to earn the ACCAC Division I Player of the Week
award. Phoenix College's Jessica McDonald had a triple-double
and a double-double to take the ACCAC's D2 Player of the Week
honor. | More
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Miller & Moses
Lead Teams to Undefeated Weeks — Janae
Miller helped Central Arizona remain undefeated by averaging
16.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 10.5 steals to earn the ACCAC
D1 Player of the Week award. Mesa's Vanna Moses led the T-Birds
to a pair of conference wins to take the ACCAC's D2 Player
of the Week honor. | More
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Central's Sours, SM's
Johnson, SCC's Clark Earn ACCAC Awards — Ashley
Sours averaged 22 points and 9.5 rebounds to earn the ACCAC
Division 1 Player of the Week honor. South Mountain's Katie
Johnson and Scottsdale's Kati Clark each posted a pair of
outstanding performances to share the ACCAC Division 2 Player
of the Week award. | More
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Central's Watson Earns
NJCAA Award — Central Arizona's
Tenaya Watson was selected the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball
National Player of te Week for the week ending January 20,
2008. Watson posted 27 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists
in a win over Scottsdale. She then had 22 points, 12 boards
and nine assists in a victory over Phoenix.
Watson 3-Peats, SMC's
Sparks Honored — For the
third consecutive time, Central Arizona's Tenaya Watson has
been named the ACCAC Division 1 Player of the Week. South
Mountain's Ashley Sparks averaged 18.5 points and 15.5 rebounds
to earn the ACCAC Division 2 Player of the Week award. | More
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Ingraham Tabbed NJCAA
POW — Jessie Ingraham averaged
27 points and 7.4 rebounds for Pima during the week ending
January 13th to earn the NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball
National Player of the Week honor.
Mesa to Host First
MLK Basketball Classic —
Mesa will host Cochise, while South Mountain and Chandler-Gilbert
will square off in the Inaugural JUCO/MLK Basketball Classic
on Saturday, Janaury 19, at Mesa CC. | More
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Watson Repeats, Pima's
Ingraham Receives ACCAC Award — Tenaya
Watson again led Central Arizona to an undefeated week as
she averaged 24.5 points, 9.0 assists and 6.5 rebounds to
earn ACCAC Division 1 Player of he Week honors. Jessie Ingraham
averaged 27 points and 7.4 rebounds for Pima to win the ACCAC
Division 2 Player of the Week award. | More
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Central's Watson, PC's
McDonald Garner ACCAC Honors — Tenaya
Watson helped Central Arizona remain undefeated to earn ACCAC
Division 1 Player of he Week honors, while Phoenix College's
Jessica McDonald averaged 25 points and 22 rebounds in a pair
of wins to take home the ACCAC's Division 2 Player of the
Week award. | More
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Goldsmith Repeats,
McDonald Earns First ACCAC Honor — Yavapai's
Tehani Goldsmith continued her great start to the 2007-08
season to earn her second straight ACCAC Division 1 Player
of he Week award, while Phoenix College's Jessica McDonald
posted a pair of double doubles to earn the ACCAC's Division
2 Player of the Week award. | More
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Goldsmith Tabbed ACCAC
DI Women's Basketball Player of the Week —
Tehani Goldsmith averaged 26 points, 7.5
rebounds, five assists, and 4.5 steals inb
a pair of Yavapai victories to earn the fisrt ACCAC Division
I Player of the Week honor of the 2007-08 saeson. | More
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CAC's Laursen to Retire
After 2007-08 Season — Record
breaking Central Arizona Head Women's Basketball Coach Lin
Laursen will hang up her clip board following the 2007-08
season. Her 33-year career at Central includes 937 career
victories against just 144 losses, a winning percentage of
.867. If that is not impressive enough, CAC has an ACCAC record
of 606-32 for an amazing winning percentage of .950. | Read
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NJCAA Honors Five ACCAC
Women's Basketball Players as All-Americans —
Central Arizona freshman Heather Oliver
was one of two players in the nation selected First Team NJCAA
Division I All-American. Also selected to the Division I All-American
squads were Yavapai's Antoinette Reed and Arizona Western's
Kim Etol. Chandler-Gilbert's Sarah Hays was selected to the
NJCAA Division II First Team All-American Team , while Phoenix
College's Linda Ubadigbo was a Second Team honoree.
Central Arizona Ends
Season #2 in Nation — Central
Arizona's bid for another National Championship fell one victory
short as the Vaqueros fell to Odessa (TX) College 73-50 in
the Championship Game of the NJCAA Division I Tournament.
Central's Ashley Soursand Heather Oliverwere selected to the
All-Tournament Team. | More
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