Wright Earns Honorable Mention All-America Honors from Women's DIII News
BEAVERTON, Ore. --- Sophomore forward Alexis Wright of the Moravian College women’s basketball team has been named an Honorable Mention All-American by Women’s DIII News.
BEAVERTON, Ore. --- Sophomore forward Alexis Wright of the Moravian College women's basketball team has been named an Honorable Mention All-American by Women's DIII News.
Wright, who is just one of five sophomores of the 66 players honored by Women's DIII News, has earned numerous honors this year after a standout sophomore season. She has been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-America, the Landmark All-Conference First Team, the D3hoops.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team, the ECAC Division III South All-Star First Team and the Pete Nevins Lehigh Valley Small College Women's Basketball Player of the Year honors this winter.
She led the Greyhounds with averages of 16.5 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this past winter, the latter a school record. Wright completed her sophomore season with 803 career points, and she is already 15th in school history with 551 career rebounds.
Wright led Moravian with 66 blocked shots this season to increase her career total to 115 blocked shots, and she added 55 steals and 42 assists. Wright made 40.8 percent (187 of 458) field goal attempts this winter.
The Greyhounds completed the 2012-13 season with a 22-7 record. Moravian reached the postseason for the 13th straight year with a spot in the Landmark Conference Tournament, and the Greyhounds also participated in the ECAC South Tournament for the 14th time, reaching the championship game for the second consecutive season.
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