| Brandi Brown Earns Preseason Horizon League Second-Team Nod |
| Thursday, October 21 2010 |
| Courtesy of: YSU |
| Youngstown -- Youngstown State sophomore women's basketball player Brandi Brown has been named to the Preseason Horizon League Second Team, according to a poll released by the league on Wednesday. Brown, a forward from Pomona, Calif., was an all-newcomer team selection last season when she was the only league player to average a double-double. The league's coaches, women's basketball sports information contacts and a media member from each market participated in the poll. Brown's preseason nod comes after the forward posted one of the top statistical freshman seasons in school history. Brown set a new YSU freshman record with 318 rebounds, and her 342 points ranked as the third-best total by a freshman. She ranked 18th in the country in rebounding average and tied for 30th with 14 double-doubles. She led the Horizon League in rebounding and ranked 15th in scoring. Green Bay received 26 of 27 first place votes in the preseason poll as it was picked to defend its regular season crown. Butler was picked second with 231 points – 38 fewer than Green Bay – while Detroit received the other first-place vote and was selected third with 224 points. Defending tournament champion Cleveland State and UIC tied for fourth place with 166 points, and Milwaukee was picked to finish sixth with 140 points. Loyola, Wright State, Valparaiso and YSU were picked in the bottom four spots. Green Bay had three players elected onto the preseason first team, including Preseason Player of the Year Kayla Tetschlag, who received 22 of the 26 votes. Fellow Phoenix players Julie Wojta and Celeste Hoewisch joined Tetschlag on the first team along with Cleveland State's Shawnita Garland and UIC's Jasmine Bailey. Detroit's Yar Shayok, Milwaukee's Lindsay Laur, Wright State's LaShawna Thomas and Butler's Brittany Bowen joined Brown on the second team. Brown and the Penguins will begin their season on Nov. 12 at Pittsburgh. |