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| Sports News: Spring 2006 |
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Friday, March 24, 2006 MORAVIAN’S KELLY APPLEGATE NAMED TO ECAC DIVISION III CAPE COD, MA --- Junior forward Kelly Applegate (Easton, PA/Wilson HS) of the Moravian College women’s basketball team has been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South All-Star First Team announced Friday. Applegate is one of 13 players honored on two teams and three honorable mention spots, and she is also one of three players from the Commonwealth Conference to earn ECAC All-Star honors, but the only one on the First Team. Leigh Sulkowski of Washington & Jefferson College was named the South Player of the Year and joined Applegate, University of Scranton guard Taryn Mellody and Allison Matt and Gettysburg College forward Jennifer Bengel on the First Team. Applegate helped Moravian to a 21-7 record this season, a berth in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament and a runner-up finish in the 2006 Commonwealth Conference Tournament. Applegate, who was named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year and to the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team, the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball December Team of the Month, the Women's DIII News December Player of the Month, the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Team of the Year and the Lehigh Valley Small College Women's Basketball Player of the Year, led Moravian at 19.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Applegate was also named to the Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-American and the Women’s DIII News Honorable Mention squads. Applegate, who is ranked in the top 25 nationally in field goal percentage, also added 37 assists, 43 steals and 26 blocked shots while shooting 55.7 percent (192 of 345) from the field, 55.6 percent on three-pointers (five of nine) and 76.4 percent at the foul line (146 of 191).. Applegate, who broke the school record for free throws attempted in a season, became the 17th player in Moravian history to score 1,000 career points in the final regular season game and now has 1,075 points in her career. She also has 499 career rebounds heading into her senior season. The complete ECAC South All-Star team can be found at http://www.ecac.org/ |