Happy Leap Year. Here’s a batch of links, including the all-NESCAC basketball teams after the jump:
Women’s Basketball | Amherst has sights set on repeat title (via Tufts Daily)
The Amherst women’s basketball team is in the midst of a remarkable run on par with some of the best ever seen in Div. III sports. In the past few years, the Lord Jeffs have not only established themselves as the perennial team to beat in the NESCAC but have also become the top Div. III team in the nation. In defeating Tufts on Sunday, defending national champion Amherst extended its winning streak to 46 games overall and 63 straight at home while clinching their third straight NESCAC championship and further cementing their position as the class of the conference.
Despite the team’s dominance in recent years, the man behind the magic remains hungry as ever. Coach G.P. Gromacki, currently in his fifth season at the helm of the Amherst women’s basketball program, wants to avoid feeling content. Instead, he chooses to focus on building from each victory, treating each game as a steppingstone towards — as he puts it — “something bigger.”
Men’s Basketball | Best season in Wesleyan history ends in NESCAC semis (via Wesleyan Argus)
Basketball | All-NESCAC Teams (via NESCAC)
Men’s Basketball
First Team |
Institution |
Yr. | Hometown | |
| G | Shasha Brown | Wesleyan | Jr. | Harlem, N.Y. |
| G | Joey Kizel | Middlebury | So. | Short Hills, N.J. |
| G | Aaron Toomey | Amherst | So. | Greensboro, N.C. |
| F | Will Hanley | Bowdoin | Sr. | New Canaan, Conn. |
| F | Ryan Sharry | Middlebury | Sr. | Braintree, Mass. |
| Second Team | Institution |
Yr. | Hometown | |
| F | Scott Anderson | Tufts | Jr. | Sudbury, Mass. |
| F | Mike Callaghan | Wesleyan | Jr. | Madison, Conn. |
| F | John Squires | Bates | Sr. | Swampscott, Mass. |
| F | Pat Sullivan | Hamilton | Sr. | Madison, N.J. |
| F | Willy Workman | Amherst | Jr. | Northampton, Mass. |
| Player of the Year | ||||
| F | Ryan Sharry | Middlebury | Sr. | Braintree, Mass. |
| Defensive Player of the Year | ||||
| F | Willy Workman | Amherst | Jr. | Northampton, Mass. |
| Rookie of the Year | ||||
| G | Ben Ferris | Tufts | Fr. | Essex, Vt. |
| Coach of the Year | ||||
| Jeff Brown | Middlebury | |||
Women’s Basketball
| First Team | Institution |
Yr. | Hometown | |
| G | Jill Greenberg | Williams | Sr. | Westwood, Mass. |
| G | Jill Henrikson | Bowdoin | Sr. | Bath, Maine |
| G | Caroline Stedman | Amherst | Sr. | Walpole, Mass. |
| F | Lem Atanga McCormick | Amherst | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| F | Rachael Mack | Colby | Sr. | Augusta, Maine |
| Second Team | Institution | Yr. | Hometown | |
| G | Kim Fiorentino | Amherst | Sr. | Holmdel, N.J. |
| G | Tiffany Kornegay | Tufts | Sr. | Carver, Mass. |
| F | Kate Barnosky | Tufts | Sr. | Huntington Station, N.Y. |
| F | Tara Gabelman | Connecticut College | So. | Irvington, N.Y. |
| F | Jil Vaughan | Colby | Sr. | Wareham, Mass. |
| Player of the Year | ||||
| G | Caroline Stedman | Amherst | Sr. | Walpole, Mass. |
| Defensive Player of the Year | ||||
| G | Tiffany Kornegay | Tufts | Sr. | Carver, Mass. |
| Rookie of the Year | ||||
| F | Megan Robertson | Amherst | Fy. | Tewksbury, Mass. |
| Coach of the Year | ||||
| Carla Berube | Tufts | |||