Greyhounds Bethany Plasski named WBCA all-America

March 27, 2008

Junior guard/captain BETHANY PLASSKI (Fall River, MA/Durfee) has been named an Honorable Mention All-America as selected by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). Selection committees in each of the eight WBCA geographical regions selected the top women's basketball players in the nation to be honored.

Plasski led the Greyhounds to a record-setting 22-10 overall mark and into the semifinal of the N.C.A.A. Division II Northeast Regional Tournament. She was the leading scorer, averaging 15.0 points, and also set the pace with an .814 free throw percentage and 49 three-pointers for Coach KERRY PHAYRE. The Greyhounds set a team-record with the 22 victories and participated in their third N.C.A.A. tournament.

She became the 16th player in Greyhounds' history to reach the 1,000-point plateau in her career against Stonehill (2/16/08). She has previously been named a first-team Northeast-10 Conference all-star and WBCA first-team all-region performer.

Plasski was named to the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll 11 times this season and earned Most Outstanding Player honors in the San Diego Surf N Slam, in which the team finished 2-0, and was named to the all-tournament team of the Marriott Courtyard Classic hosted by the Greyhounds.

She also had 28 double-figure scoring games and seven games in which she scored 20 or more points. Her top games included 25 points (11-for-19 field goals) with a career-best 10 steals and five assists against New Haven (12/29/07) in the San Diego Surf N Slam, 25 points (9-for-14 field goals) against Saint Anselm (11/5/07) and 25 points versus Molloy, NY (11/16/07).

She had a career-high 10 assists against Lander, SC (11/4/07) in the Disney Classic to go along with 15 points in her first career double-double.

She is the current career leader in free throw accuracy (248-for-306) at .810 and has scored 1,058 points. Plasski is just the fifth Greyhound to score her 1,000th point before her senior year joining only Joy Barry ?92, Katie Kerr ?00, Stacy Mattioli ?00 and Meghan Sullivan ?04.

An outstanding high school player as well she played for Coach Steve Fernandes at Durfee High School (Fall River, MA) and is the career scoring leader with 1,776 points. She earned all-star honors from the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Fall River Herald-News and the New Bedford Standard Times.

She is one of five players from the Northeast-10 Conference to be honored.

2008 NCAA Division II State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball Team

Lauren Beckley, Shippensburg, PA So., F, 5'11

Katie Cezat, Hillsdale College Jr., F, 6'0

Jeana Hoffman, South Dakota Sr., G, 5'7

Kierah Kimbrough, North Dakota Jr., F, 6'0

Johannah Leedham, Franklin Pierce So., F, 5'11

Kate Lynch, Southern Connecticut Sr., F, 5'10

Jennifer Rushing, Delta State, MS Sr., G, 5'8

Michelle Stueve, Emporia State Sr., F, 6'2

Jahzinga Tracey, Indiana, PA Jr., G, 6'1

Celeste Trahan, Elizabeth City State Sr., C, 6'2

Honorable Mention

Nikki Anthony, Anderson, SC Sr., C, 6'2

Anna Atkinson, Wingate, SC Jr., G, 5'6

Amanda Behnke, Concordia, MN Sr., C, 6'2

Emily Brister, West Texas A&M Jr., G, 5'9

Molly Carter, Drury, MO Sr., G, 5'6

Beth Christensen, Seattle Pacific Sr., G, 5'5

Rachel Folcik, Ferris State, MN Sr., F/C, 6'1

Tiara Good, Lander, SC Sr., G, 5'10

Amanda Grappe, Arkansas Tech Jr., F, 6'0

Angela Healy, Northern Kentucky Sr., C, 6'1

Jackie Hollands, Seattle Pacific Sr., G, 5'9

Britney Jordan, Texas A&M-CommerceJr., G, 5'8

Rebecca Kielpinski, Alaska Anchorage Jr., C, 6'2

Ashley Langen, North Dakota Sr., C, 6'2

Katie LaViolette, Concordia, MN Sr., G, 5'9

Syretha Marble, North Georgia Jr., G/F, 5'9

Lakeisha Monroe, Mount Olive Sr., G, 5'5

Stephany Neptune, Tusculum So., F, 5'9

Carley Peterson, Valdosta State, GA Sr., G, 5'9

Bethany Plasski, Assumption Jr., G, 5'6

Amber Shelton, Southern Ill.-Edw. Sr., F, 5'10

Kelsey Simonds, Stonehill Jr., C, 6'3

Erika Souza, Southwest Baptist Sr., G, 5'6

Audriana Spencer, California Chico Sr., G, 5'9

Corkey Stiger, Washburn, KS Sr., G, 5'9

Erika Stupinski, Stonehill Sr., G, 5'9

Sarah Van Horn, W.V. Wesleyan Jr., F, 5'11

Sheena Walton, Tampa Sr., C, 6'1

Ashton Washington, West Alabama Sr., F, 6'0

Vanessa Wilt, Calif. San Bernardino Sr., C, 6'1