{"id":2841,"date":"2011-03-07T08:37:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2011-03-10T08:55:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:55:44","slug":"three-raiders-receive-horizon-league-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/03\/07\/three-raiders-receive-horizon-league-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Raiders Receive Horizon League Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>((Contributed by Wright State Sports Information))<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2843\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2843\" href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/03\/07\/three-raiders-receive-horizon-league-honors\/wbbleaguehonors\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2843\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/03\/WBBLeagueHonors-260x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right to left: Senior guard LaShawna Thomas was named to the Horizon League First Team, junior forward Molly Fox to the Second Team and senior forward Shaunda Sandifer to the All-Newcomer Team.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three Wright State players were recognized by the Horizon League  as the postseason honors were announced on Sunday by the league office.   LaShawna Thomas was named to the First Team, Molly Fox to the Second  Team and Shaunda Sandifer to the All-Newcomer Team.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas (Columbus, OH\/Eastmoor Academy) currently ranks second in the  conference in scoring at 18.5 points per game and is the league leader  in assists per game at 5.7.  She has scored in double figures in 27  games this season, including a career-high 35 against Youngstown State  on February 19.  Thomas has scored 20 or more in game 11 times, with  eight of those coming in league play. The senior guard dished out a  career-best 10 assists at Ball State on November 14 and matched that  total against Central Florida on December 22.  Overall, she recorded  five or more assists in a game 19 times.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas is second on the all-time Raider scoring list with 1575 and  appears in the career top 10 list in games played, minutes, field goals  made and attempted, three-pointers made and attempted and assists.   Named to the All-Newcomer Team in 2008, Thomas becomes the first WSU  player selected to the First Team since Shey Peddy in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Fox (Nashville, IN\/Brown County) is the league leader in offensive  rebounds per game at 3.7 and ranks second in overall rebounds at 9.5 per  game, second in field goal percentage at .568, sixth in defensive  rebounds per game at 5.7, seventh in scoring at 15.5 points per game and  eighth in blocks per game at 0.9.<\/p>\n<p>The junior forward has scored in double figures 22 times this season  with 13 of those coming in league play, including a career-best 28  against Detroit on January 15.  Fox also has 10 double-figure rebound  efforts, her high being 16 at Longwood on December 11, and has posted  nine double-doubles.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second Horizon League postseason honor for Fox as she was chosen to the All-Newcomer Team in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Sandifer (Calumet City, IL\/Thornton Fractional North) joined the  program this season after a stellar four-year career for the WSU  volleyball team, one that saw her earned All-Horizon League honors in  each of her final three seasons.  She currently ranks seventh in the  league in overall rebounding at 8.7 per contest, fifth in defensive  rebounds at 5.9 per game and sixth in offensive rebounds at 2.9 per  game.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring 13 in her debut at Delaware State on November 21,  Sandifer scored 19 points at Loyola on February 24, had 11 against  Youngstown State on February 19 and 10 at Milwaukee on December 31.  She  reached double figures in rebounds 10 times with eight of those coming  in conference play, including 16 against Loyola on January 29.<\/p>\n<p>With the naming of Sandifer, 11 Raiders have been selected to the  All-Newcomer Team since Wright State joined the league in 1994-95.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State (18-11, 11-7 Horizon) will open play in the Horizon  League Championship on Wednesday, March 9, as the #4 seed Raiders host  #5 seed Milwaukee in the quarterfinals at 7:00.  The semifinals will be  on Friday, March 11, at the site of the highest remaining seed, with the  final set for 1:00 Eastern on Sunday, March 13, at the semifinal site.   The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA  Tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Team All-Horizon League<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Yr.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Pos.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Celeste Hoewisch<\/td>\n<td>Green Bay<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kayla Tetschlag<\/td>\n<td>Green Bay<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G\/F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shawnita Garland<\/td>\n<td>Cleveland State<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lindsay Laur<\/td>\n<td>Milwaukee<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>LaShawna Thomas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Wright State<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Sr.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>G<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Second Team All-Horizon League<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Yr.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Pos.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Julie Wojta<\/td>\n<td>Green Bay<\/td>\n<td>Jr.<\/td>\n<td>G\/F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chloe Hamilton<\/td>\n<td>Butler<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brandi Brown<\/td>\n<td>Youngstown State<\/td>\n<td>So.<\/td>\n<td>F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Molly Fox<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Wright State<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Jr.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>F<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brittany Bowen<\/td>\n<td>Butler<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G\/F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Horizon League All-Newcomer Team<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Yr.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Pos.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Angela Rodriguez<\/td>\n<td>Milwaukee<\/td>\n<td>Fr.<\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dominique Dixon<\/td>\n<td>Detroit<\/td>\n<td>So.<\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tabitha Gerardot<\/td>\n<td>Valparaiso<\/td>\n<td>Fr.<\/td>\n<td>F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Shaunda Sandifer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Wright State<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Sr.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>F<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Courtney Lindfors<\/td>\n<td>Milwaukee<\/td>\n<td>Fr.<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Horizon League All-Defensive Team<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Yr.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Pos.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shawnita Garland<\/td>\n<td>Cleveland State<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Celeste Hoewisch<\/td>\n<td>Green Bay<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Briana Hinkle<\/td>\n<td>UIC<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kayla Tetschlag<\/td>\n<td>Green Bay<\/td>\n<td>Sr.<\/td>\n<td>G\/F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yar Shayok<\/td>\n<td>Detroit<\/td>\n<td>So.<\/td>\n<td>F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Co-Players of the Year &#8211;<\/strong> Kayla Tetschlag and Celeste Hoewisch, Green Bay<br \/>\n<strong>Newcomer of the Year &#8211;<\/strong> Angela Rodriguez, Milwaukee<br \/>\n<strong>Co-Defensive Players of the Year &#8211;<\/strong> Shawnita Garland, Cleveland State, and Celeste Hoewisch, Green Bay<br \/>\n<strong>Sixth Player of the Year &#8211; <\/strong>Alyssa Pittman, Butler<br \/>\n<strong>Coach of the Year &#8211;<\/strong> Matt Bollant, Green Bay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Wright State players were recognized by the Horizon League as the postseason honors were announced on Sunday by the league office. 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