Laurentian University women's basketball star
Cassandra Carpenter has again been named one of Canada's best
athletes.
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LU's Cassandra Carpenter was named
a First Team All-Canadian after her stellar season with
the Lady Vees basketball squad. |
Carpenter was named a First Team All-Canadian
at the CIS championship awards banquet held in Fredericton on
Thursday night. This is the second straight year Carpenter has
won this honour.
The native of Kanata, Ont. earned this honour
by averaging just under a double-double in the OUA East
Division this season, scoring an average of 22.6 points per
game and 9.7 rebounds per game, ranking her first and second in
the OUA, respectively. At the CIS level she finished third in
scoring and fourth in rebounding.
Despite all the scoring, Carpenter also was
among the conference leaders in assists with an average of 3.05
assists per game. Defensively, she recorded a total of 45
steals and 25 blocks.
This award marks the third year in a row she
has been honoured at the national level, having been named CIS
Rookie of the Year in 2003-04 and a First Team All-Canadian
last season.
"Cass has done everything for us this year
and has become very consistent" said head coach Mike Clarke in
a news release. "I have never coached a tougher player, and she
remains amazingly humble and unselfish through all the personal
attention and accolades. She is truly deserving of All-Canadian
status."
The announcement of this award comes just two
weeks after she set the new OUA single-season scoring record at
499 points and became the Laurentian Lady Vees all-time leading
scorer, surpassing former teammate Tierney Hoo in only three
seasons of play.
Carpenter also repeated as OUA East Player of
the Year and OUA First Team All-Star. Earlier in the season she
set the CIS free throw shooting record going 21 for 28 in a
game at the University of Toronto.
