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Morris named WJCAC Player of the Year

Joe Gonzales, sports editor

With the South Plains College Lady Texans winning their first WJCAC title since 2002 and a fourth place finish in the 2005 NJCAA National Tournament, it was only a matter of time before the awards starting coming in.

Megan Morris, a freshman post from Brownsville, was named the WJCAC Player of the Year. Morris helped the Lady Texans finish 11-1 in conference play while averaging 16.5 points a game and 8.4 rebounds per contest.  She was also named to the All-Region Team. Morris started 34 of 35 games for SPC.

Danielle Wilhelm, a sophomore from Wichita Falls, also was named to the All-Conference team, after averaging 15.3 points and 7 rebounds per game.

The Lady Texans had two freshmen receive honorable mention honors. Fallon Thomas from Alamogordo, N.M, led the Lady Texans at the point guard spot while starting all 35 games and averaging 4.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.0 assist per game. Damesha Harris, a guard from Tahoka, also was recognize after she started 34 of 35 games and averaged 12.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest.

Also, four Texans earned all-conference recognition as well. Julian Richardson, a sophomore guard from Miami, Fla., received first-team, all-WJCAC honors. Richardson started all 31 games for the Texans and averaged 8.1 points and 3.6 rebounds.

The Texans also had three players garner honorable mention honors. Dennard Abraham, a forward from Baltimore, Md., started 20 of 28 games and averaged 17.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per contest.

 Also receiving recognition were Leandro Bulboltz, a forward from Santa Cruz, Brazil, who averaged 11.5 points a game and grabbed 5.9 rebounds per contest, and Tiago Souza, a guard from Sao Paul, Brazil, who started 16 of 29 games and averaged 9.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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