Tuesday, February 22, 2005
MORAVIAN’S SEAMAN & HACKLEMAN NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS; SPIRK HONORED AS COACH OF THE YEAR
ANNVILLE, PA --- Junior forward Stephanie Seaman (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic
HS) of the Moravian College women’s basketball team has been named to
the 2004-05 Commonwealth All-Conference First Team while sophomore forward Jenny
Hackleman (Solvang, CA/Rutgers Prep {NJ} HS) was honored on the All-Conference
Second Team and head coach Mary Beth Spirk earned Commonwealth Coach
of the Year honors announced by the Middle Atlantic Corporation Tuesday.
Joining Seaman on the All-Conference First Team were Eli Cook of Messiah
College, who was named the Commonwealth Player of the Year, Kristin Sassaman of Messiah,
Chelsea Luhta from Widener University, Jennifer Roberts of Elizabethtown College and Jennifer
Northcutt from Lebanon Valley College.
Spirk has coached the Greyhounds to a 21-4 overall record, a 12-2 slate
in Commonwealth Conference action and the squad’s fourth straight postseason berth
this year. Spirk has a career record of 329-157. The Coach of the Year
award is the sixth for Spirk, who was the MAC South Coach of the Year
in 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92, the MAC Commonwealth Coach of the Year back in 1996-97
and the Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year last season. Spirk was
the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association National Coach of the Year in 1991-92
and has led Moravian to the postseason in 15 of her 18 seasons, including four NCAA Tournament
bids and four ECAC Tournament berths.
Seaman leads the Greyhounds in scoring with an average of 14.1 points
per game. Seaman, who was named the Most Valuable Player at both the 4th Annual Starters
Moravian Winter Classic and the Catholic Tip-Off Tournament, is also leading the team with
7.8 rebounds per game to go with 48 assists, 36 steals, ten three-pointers and 17 blocked
shots. Seaman was also named the Women's DIII News January Player of the
Month.
Hackleman has an average of 7.1 rebounds per game, and she is netting
11.7 points per contest. Hackleman, who was also named to the Starters
Moravian Winter Classic All-Tournament Team, also has a team high 39 blocked shots to go
with 41 assists and 24 steals. Hackleman is shooting 51.8 percent from
the floor. Both Seaman and Hackleman are all shooting
over 75 percent at the foul line this season.
Moravian is the top seed in the upcoming Commonwealth Conference Tournament and will
host fourth-seeded Widener University in a semifinal game on Wednesday, February 23rd at
7:00 p.m. in Johnston Hall. The winner of the Commonwealth Tournament, which concludes
on Saturday, February 26th, earns a berth in the 2005 NCAA Division III National Championship
Tournament beginning on March 2nd.
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