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UVU's Sammie Jensen Named GWC Newcomer of the Year

Jensen and Jenna Johnson were also named to the All-Conference Second Team.

March 8, 2011

OREM, Utah -- Utah Valley's Sammie Jensen has been named the 2010-11 Great West Conference Newcomer of the Year. Jensen and Jenna Johnson were also named to the GWC All-Conference Second Team. The conference awards were announced Tuesday by the league office.

"I'm really proud of both Sammie and Jenna," UVU head coach Cathy Nixon said. "It is a reflection of the importance that they've played on our team all year. Sammie, from the first game through the last game, has been so consistent and I feel like she really deserves her award. I'm also happy for Jenna. For her to be able to comeback from off-season surgery and have this type of season says a lot about her."

Jensen, a sophomore forward that transferred from Snow College, led the conference in rebounding with 10.6 boards per night and finished the season averaging a double-double as she also tallied a team-high 13.7 ppg. Jensen also put up a conference-high 13 double-doubles on the year and was twice named a GWC Player of the Week. Jensen was a gamer all season long as she led the team in minutes played with an average of 34 per game and she also started all 27 games.

Johnson, a junior shooting guard out of Spanish Fork High School, was named a second team all-conference player this year after leading UVU in scoring in conference-only games with an average of 14.9 points per game. The 2009-10 all-conference honorable mention selection finished second on the team in scoring with 361 total points and an average of 13.4 points per night. Johnson led the Wolverines on the year in 3-point shooting as she made 45 and shot at 38.5 percent from behind the arc.

NJIT's Jessica Gerald, Houston Baptist's Destini Texada and North Dakota's Alyssa Wall joined Jensen and Johnson on the second team.

Chicago State's Courtney Waldon was honored as the GWC Player of the Year, after leading her team to the Great West Conference championship.

Joining Waldon on the first team were her CSU teammate Tressa Beckel, Amber Hegge from South Dakota, Bianca Torre from Texas-Pan American and North Dakota's Mallory Youngblut.

Jensen was also named to the GWC All-Newcomer Team. Joining Jensen on the all-newcomer team were South Dakota's Jodie Boss; Ce'Monay Newell from Texas-Pan American; UND's Wall; and South Dakota's Alexis Yackley.

The Wolverines will begin play Wednesday night at 7:30 in this weekend's Pepsi GWC Tournament when they host Texas-Pan American.

2010-11 Great West Women's Basketball All-Conference

First Team

Tressa Beckel, Chicago State

Amber Hegge, South Dakota *

Bianca Torre, Texas-Pan American

Courtney Waldon, Chicago State *

Mallory Youngblut, North Dakota *

*Repeat first-team selection

 

Second Team

Jessica Gerald, NJIT

Sammie Jensen, Utah Valley

Jenna Johnson, Utah Valley

Destini Texada, Houston Baptist

Alyssa Wall, North Dakota

All-Newcomer Team: Jodie Boss, South Dakota; Sammie Jensen, Utah Valley; Ce'Monay Newell, UTPA; Alyssa Wall, North Dakota; Alexis Yackley, South Dakota

Player of the Year: Courtney Waldon, Chicago State

Newcomer of the Year: Sammie Jensen, Utah Valley

Defensive Player of the Year: Jodie Boss, South Dakota

Sixth Woman of the Year: Caila Desroches, Chicago State

Coach of the Year: Angela Jackson, Chicago State

All-Conference Honorable Mention: Caila Desroches, Chicago State; Janay Dockery, Chicago State; Donna Jackson, Texas-Pan American; Rayven Johnson, NJIT; Erin Lewis, Texas-Pan American; Natalie Marlowe, Chicago State; Ce'Monay Newell, Texas-Pan American; Stacia Robertson, South Dakota; Annie Roche, South Dakota; Ivana Seric, NJIT; Tempestt Wilson, South Dakota; Alexis Yackley, South Dakota

-Utah College Sports News staff and wire reports

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