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LCSC's Short and Fulbright receive NAIA women's basketball honors

3-25-08

Lewis-Clark State College junior Sadie short was named to the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball All-America third team, while teammate Jade Fulbright received honorable mention honors, the organization announced Tuesday.

Short, a 5-foot-11 guard/forward, and Fulbright, a 5-8 senior guard from Wenatchee, helped the Warriors to a 29-5 season, which featured both Frontier Conference regular season and tournament titles, along with making it to the Elite Eight at the NAIA national tournament in Jackson, Tenn.

Both Short and Fulbright were selected first-team all-Frontier Conference players this season and Fulbright also was the MVP of the conference tournament.

Short, who played the previous two seasons at Walla Walla Community College before transferring to LCSC, started in 33 of the 34 games this season and averaged 11.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. She showed off her versatility by being able to post up opponents down low or shoot 3-pointers.

Short finished the season 162-of-365 from the field for 44.4 percent, and was 29-of-88 at the 3-point line for 33 percent. She also was 40-of-54 at the foul line for 74.1 percent. She was third on the team in assists with 86 and also had seven blocked shots and 62 steals.

Fulbright, a four-year starter for the Warriors, averaged 11.8 points and 2.5 rebounds a contest. She started every game this season and was 155-of-324 from the field for 47.8 percent, and was 32-of-97 at the 3-point line for 33 percent. She also was one of the team's top free throw shooter, hitting 80.6 percent (58-of-72).

Fulbright set the program's all-time steals record during the season and finished with a team-high 103 steals this year. Her average of just more than three steals a game ranked 12th in the NAIA. She also had 70 assists.

Jolene Fuzesy of Carroll was a second-team selection, while Shannon Evans of Westminster was on the third team with Short. Laura Keaster of Great Falls was the only other Frontier Conference player to receive honors as she was an honorable mention choice.

The teams were voted on the NAIA All-America Coaches Committee, who selected 6-4 junior Josephine Owino of Union as the nation's Player of the Year. Owino averaged 18.7 points per game and led to Bulldogs to 35 consecutive wins before they lost in the NAIA semifinals to eventual national champion Vanguard.

2008 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball All-American Team

FIRST TEAM

#Josephine Owino, Union University (Player of the Year)

Jana Cross, Freed-Hardeman University

Kaitlin Dudley, Union University

Jessica Still, Lee University

*Jessica Richter, Vanguard University

Nicole Davis, California Baptist University

Colleen Planeta, Point Loma Nazarene University

Viola Beybeyah, Oklahoma City University

Chanel Ross, Harris-Stowe State University

Jamie Skinner, Langston University

# 2008 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Year

* Repeat First-Team All-American from 2007

SECOND TEAM:

Jolene Fuzesy, Carroll College

Dee Preyer, Lambuth University

Kayla Hudson, Union University

Jan Dodson, Lee University

Abby Johnson, Azusa Pacific University

Melissa Cook, Vanguard University

Kerra Sutton-Wodarski, Point Loma Nazarene University

Dominique Thomas, Langston University

Betsy Simmons, Oklahoma Baptist University

Trenese Smith, Loyola University

THIRD TEAM:

Mickey Duncan, Berry University

Hilary Disch, Olivet Nazarene University

Kinzie Glover, Southern Nazarene University

Shannon Evans, Westminster College

Sadie Short, Lewis-Clark State College

Lissi Fuller, University of the Cumberlands

Sierra Wilcox-Lovorn, Lubbock Christian University

Kailah DeCamp, Oklahoma Christian University

Jasmine Nault, Hope International University

Erin Hanneman, St. Xavier University

HONORABLE MENTION (listed alphabetically by institution):

Nikki Jackson, Berry College

Nina Djokovic, Bethel College

Megann Alberts, Biola University

Courtney Danis, Campbellsville University

Rachel Oswald, Columbia College

Renae Williams, Cumberland University

Amber Neace, University of the Cumberlands

Sandra Nweke, Dillard University

Kristal Edney, Freed-Hardeman University

Megan Thompson, Freed-Hardeman University

Jayme Gilbert, Georgetown College

Laura Keaster, University of Great Falls

Jen Vander Zanden, Indiana University South Bend

Katie Nelson, Lee University

Jade Fulbright, Lewis-Clark State College

Terran Duncan, Lindsey Wilson College

Krystal Jackson, Lindsey Wilson College

Viktoria Krell, Lindsey Wilson College

Trenell Smith, Loyola University

Carolyn Manning, Lubbock Christian University

Annie Gillespie, The Master's College

Heather Elders, McKendree University

Heather Graham, Oklahoma Baptist University

Chelsea Ledbetter, Oklahoma City University

Ashley Birch, Park University

Jessica Harris, Robert Morris College

Kristina Yedinak, University of St. Francis

Jackie Heine, St. Xavier University

Yesi Castillo, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Katrina Martinovic, Shorter College

Tejana Elmore, Southern Nazarene University

Kristin Archie, Trevecca Nazarene University

Abby Lawson, Trevecca Nazarene University

Mariska Reed, Trevecca Nazarene University

Crystal Eason, Union University

Amber Stevens, Westmont College

Ciara Sanders, Wiley College

Jarryn Cleaves, Xavier University

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