Salem Basketball Wins GSAC Player and Coach of the Year Awards
February 21, 2013
ATLANTA, Ga. - The
Great South Athletic Conference announced their women’s basketball postseason
award winners on Thursday morning and junior guard Satavia Taylor of Salem
College claimed conference Player of the Year honors to highlight the list of
recipients. Taylor, a do-it-all playmaker with an array of skills, edged out
Agnes Scott’s Genefine Sapateh for the league’s top prize. Alexis Lee of Pine
Manor College claimed the prestigious Freshman of the Year distinction while
Salem College head coach, Anita Howard, earned the Coach of the Year nod after
guiding the Spirits through an outstanding season.
Satavia Taylor, a 5’9” junior guard from Chicago, spearheaded a Salem Spirits squad that finished 7-3 in league play tied for second place overall. She averaged a league high 17.5 points per game while also leading the league in steals with 84 on the season. In addition to her scoring prowess, Taylor averaged 6 rebounds per contest, tied for the 14th most in league play.
Jasmine Shabazz a junior from Buffalo, NY was honored on the GSAC All-Conference team for her play this season. Shabazz averaged 10.8 points and led the team with 8.1 rebounds. Kristal Lollis (Oberlin, LA) represents the Spirits on the GSAC All-Academic Team.
Anita Howard in her first year, nearly guided the Salem Spirits to a league title, finishing 7-3 overall, just a game behind regular season champ Huntingdon. Howard came to Salem via St. Augustine’s College and was also an assistant coach at Shaw University where she helped lead them to the 2011 NCAA Division II Final Four. That team was also the 2011 CIAA Conference Champions. Howard played collegiately at Fort Valley State University where she was a three-time defender of the year and a team captain.
2013 GSAC Women’s
Basketball All-Conference Team
Name
School
Hometown
Class Position
Satavia
Taylor
Salem
Chicago,
Ill.
Jr. Guard
Genefine Sapateh
Agnes Scott Riverdale,
Ga.
Sr. Guard
Jessie Blankenship
Covenant
Lexington,
S.C.
Jr. Forward
Morgan
Crawford
Huntingdon Cleveland,
Ohio
Sr. Guard
Patricia
Pickens
Huntingdon Anniston,
Ala.
So. Forward
Arielle
Register
Agnes Scott Fayetteville,
Ga.
Sr. Guard
Jasmine
Shabazz
Salem
Buffalo, N.Y.
Jr. Center
Natasia
Franklin
Pine Manor Windsor,
Conn.
So Forward
Kellie
Bacon
Wesleyan
Baxley, Ga.
Jr. Guard
Andrea
Kinzer
Spelman
Nashville, Tenn.
So. Forward
2013 GSAC
Women’s Basketball All-Freshman Team
Name
School
Hometown
Class Position
Alexis
Lee
Pine Manor Akron, Ohio
Fr. Guard
Haley
Soles
Covenant
Bishop, Ga.
Fr. Guard
Sybil
Lynch
Pine Manor Hoboken,
N.J.
Fr. Guard
Alexis Storteboom Covenant
Lamont,
Mich.
Fr. Forward
Courtney
Kelson
Spelman
Newton, Ga.
Fr. Guard
