ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Ali Sharpe, a senior forward on the Nazareth women's basketball team, has been selected as an honorable mention choice to the Empire 8 Conference all-star team for the 2007-08 season.
The Empire 8 women's basketball honors were selected through voting by the league's nine head coaches. Junior Sally Wilcox was Nazareth's representative as Empire 8 Sportswoman of the Year.
Sharpe, of Rochester, N.Y. and a graduate of Aquinas High School, led the Golden Flyers in points per game and rebounds in the 2007-08 season. Sharpe scored 254 total points averaging 10.6 points per game. The Rochester native also led Nazareth in offensive and defensive rebounds throughout the season. She had 180 total averaging 7.5 rebounds per game. Sharpe also recorded 13 blocks and 29 steals in her final season at Nazareth.
Wilcox, of Millport, N.Y. and a graduate of Odessa-Montour High School, averaged 6.7 points per game throughout the season. The Millport native ended the season ranking second on the team with 38 three-pointers. Wilcox was also second on the team with a .349 three-point percentage. She also averaged 1.4 assists per game.
2008 Empire 8 Conference Women's Basketball Honors
Player of the Year: Dani Dudek, Stevens Institute of Technology
Rookie of the Year: Jessica Berry, Utica College
Coach of the Year: Jon Hochberg, Stevens Institute of Technology
2007-08 Empire 8 All-Stars
First Team
Jessica Berry, soph. F Utica
Katherine Bixby, soph. G Ithaca
Allison Boehm, sr. G-F St. John Fisher
Dani Dudek, jr. G Stevens
Dora Enright, sr. F Stevens
Second Team
Devon Croll, fr. G Utica
Joanna Dobeck, sr. F RIT
Brianna O'Dell, fr. F RIT
Erika Steele, sr. C Ithaca
Kourtney Troutman, sr. G Elmira
Honorable Mention
Bridget Catanese, sr. G-F Elmira
Mallory Davis, jr. G Utica
Samantha Galm, soph. F Hartwick
Melanie Jackson, jr. G Alfred
Ali Sharpe, sr. F-C Nazareth
Sportswoman of the Year
Alysha Dias, soph. Alfred
Katrina Jax, sr. Elmira
Katie Caddell, jr. Hartwick
Kali Carnovale, sr. Ithaca
Sally Wilcox, jr. Nazareth
Jamie Snyder, sr. RIT
Ashley Napoleone, sr. St. John Fisher
Jean Matusiak, sr. Stevens
Karen Crisanti, sr. Utica
