PSU DuBois Basketball selections for All Conference Honors
The PSUAC has announced its selection of All-Conference players for the 2011-12 season. The selections are determined by PSUAC conference coaches who vote on players nominated by their head coaches.
PSUAC Women's All-Conference selection for PSU DuBois is Tessa Vargas.
Tessa is a senior guard who played basketball for 3 ½ years for Coach Pat Lewis. Tessa lead the team in scoring and was a destructive force on defense with her scrappy play. Tessa averaged 17.9 points a game and recorded 72 steals this season. Tessa was recognized twice during the season as PSUAC Player of the week.
Also being recognized as PSUAC Honorable Mention is Karlee Cyphert.
Karlee is a sophomore who will transfer to University Park next semester. Karlee has developed into key components which lead the PSU DuBois team to a 16-7 record. Karlee averaged 6.8 points a game with 119 rebounds.
PSUAC Men's All Conference Selections for PSUAC DuBois are Chris Dickison and Jovan Brown.
Chris is a senior who led the team in scoring with 20.9 average and 7.9 rebounds per game. Chris concludes his Penn State DuBois career as the 2nd leading scorer in school history with 1,746 points.
Jovan Brown is also a senior who was selected as tri-captain of the basketball team which won the PSUAC Team Title and finished the season with a 21-9 record. Jovan averaged 15.5 points a game with 4.7 rebounds/game. Jovan became the sixth player to score over 1,000 points in his career with 1,051 points.
Woody Mitchell was named as Honorable Mention selection to this year all conference basketball team. Woody averaged 10.5 points a game and was a threat from 3 point range where he made 57 threes on the season hit on 36% of his 3 point attempts.
Head Coach Dave Bennett was selected as PSUAC "Coach of the Year" for men's basketball. Bennett's team finished the season with a 21-9 record. Along the way Bennett's team won the PSUAC Team Title and was awarded an automatic bid to play in the USCAA National basketball Championships.
We congratulate all these individuals for the performance this season and how they represented the campus, their hard work and dedication has been recognized by their peers from the rest of the Penn State University Athletic Conference.