HOLY FAMILY’S BATTINIERI WINS CACC WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Franklin, Killion, McLaughlin, Nyack Honored, Along With All-Conference Basketball Teams

March 1, 2005

NEWARK, N.J. – Senior guard Jamie Battinieri of Holy Family University was named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in balloting released today. Marissa Franklin of Bloomfield College and Kelly Killion of Holy Family shared the CACC’s inaugural Newcomer of the Year Award, and Holy Family’s Mike McLaughlin was named Coach of the Year. The voting was done by the league’s 12 head coaches.
Battinieri, of Eddystone, Pa., averages 16.1 points (6^th in the CACC) and 4.44 assists (2^nd). She also leads the conference in both three-point accuracy (.388) and three-pointers per game (2.63). She is third in assist/turnover (ratio), and was a two-time CACC Player of the Week. 

Franklin,a freshman from Pleasantville, N.J., averages 14.4 points (10^th) and 8.7 rebounds (7^th) while shooting .507 from the floor (4^th), while Killion leads the CACC in assists (6.11) and assist/turnover ratio (2.39) and scores 10.3 points per game. McLaughlin has guided the Tigers (22-5, 21-1) to their fifth consecutive CACC regular-season title and a No. 5 Northeast regional ranking. It is his fifth Coach of the Year award in his team’s six years as a CACC member.

The CACC’s annual Team Sportsmanship Award went to Nyack College, coached by Josh Thompson, for the second consecutive year. The league also announced the all-CACC teams, which are listed below.

2004-05 All-CACC Women's Basketball Team

First Team

Guard - Jamie Battinieri, Holy Family, SR, Eddystone, Pa.
Forward - Keir Dargon, Bloomfield, SR, Newark, N.J.
Forward - Lauren Meyer, Georgian Court, SR, Toms River, N.J.
Guard - Shelby Rance, USP, SO, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Forward - Leah Shumoski, USP, JR, Broomall, Pa.

Second Team (six members due to a tie)

Forward - Alesha Clayton, Felician, JR, Paterson, N.J.
Guard - Kelly Crowe, NJIT, SO, Wayne, Pa.
Forward - Ashley Dunek, Holy Family, SR, Mt. Laurel, N.J.
Forward - Marissa Franklin, Bloomfield, FR, Pleasantville, N.J.
Guard - Andrea Jones, Wilmington, JR, Elkins Park, Pa.
Guard - Kelly Killion, Holy Family, FR, Pennsauken, N.J.

Third Team

Center - Nordia Henry, Wilmington, FR, Philadelphia, Pa.
Forward - Toni Jones, Goldey-Beacom, SO, Rehobeth Beach, Del.
Center - Selena Kershaw, NJIT, JR, South Orange, N.J.
Guard - Domenica Raymond, Bloomfield, JR Columbia, La.
Forward - Tadj Williams, Post, SO, Albany, N.Y.
                                         

Honorable Mention: Ashley Rossi, Jr,C, Dominican; Michelle Whalen, Sr, F, Wilmington.   

Player of The Year: Jamie Battinieri, Holy Family
Co-Newcomers of the Year: Marissa Franklin, Bloomfield; and Kelly Killion, Holy Family
Coach of the Year: Mike McLaughlin, Holy Family
Team Sportsmanship Award: Nyack