CIAA Announces All-Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams

HAMPTON, Virginia  --  The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men’s and Women’s Basketball Coaches Associations have selected the 2014 slate of All-Conference honorees. This season’s line-up features Men’s Player of the Year, Mark Thomas of Livingstone College and Lamesha Deal of Virginia State University as Women’s Player of the Year.

Thomas, a senior forward from Saginaw, Michigan, leads the conference in scoring averaging 21.2 points per game.  He is second in the CIAA in assists dishing 5.1 assists per contest. Averaging over 32 minutes per game, Thomas is 3rd in the CIAA in assist to turnover ratio (2.5)

Lamesha Deal, a Norfolk, Virginia native and senior forward for the Lady Trojans ranks second in the CIAA in free throw percentage (85.0) and third in scoring (17.9 ppg).  Last year she was defensive player of the year and has helped lead VSU to its first national ranking in school history.

Thomas and Deal are joined by Omar Briggs (VUU) and Deja Middleton (FSU) as Defensive Players of the Year. All four honorees and their fellow All-Conference selectees will be formally recognized at the Men’s and Women’s Tip-Off Awards Luncheon, scheduled for Monday, February 24th at the Charlotte Convention Center.

2014 All-CIAA Men’s Basketball Team

NAME	SCHOOL	CL	POS	HOMETOWN
FRONTCOURT
Emilo Parks	Johnson C. Smith	Junior	Forward	Ashtabula, OH
Tyrrel Tate	Fayetteville St.	Senior	Forward	Raleigh, NC
Preston Ross	Winston-Salem St.	Senior	Forward	Fayetteville, NC
Wykevin Bazemore	Winston-Salem St.	Junior	Forward	Kelford, NC
Jonathan Crawley	St. Augustine's	Senior,	Center	Richmond, VA
Miykael Faulcon	Elizabeth City St.	Sophomore	Forward	Durham, NC
Omar Briggs	Virginia Union	Senior	Forward	Richmond, VA
BACK COURT
Mark Thomas	Livingstone	Senior	Guard	Saginaw, MI
Jody Hill	Livingstone	Senior	Guard	Detroit, MI
Amere May	St. Augustine's	Junior	Guard	South Haven, MI
Marquez Jones	Winston-Salem St.	Junior	Guard	Kinston, NC
Derrick Washington	Lincoln	Senior	Guard	Washington, DC

 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Mark Thomas, Livingstone College
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Omar Briggs, Virginia Union University

2014 All-CIAA Women’s Basketball Team

NAME	SCHOOL	CL	POS	HOMETOWN
FRONT COURT
Tiffanie Adair	Virginia St.	Junior	Forward	Spartanburg, SC
Lamesha Deal	Virginia St.	Senior	Forward	Norfolk, VA
Deja Middleton	Fayetteville St.	Junior	Center	Richmond
Alisha Mobley	Chowan	Sophomore	Forward	Winchester, VA
Zephrah Pam	Lincoln	Junior	Forward	Syracuse, NY
Dionna Scott	Winston-Salem St.	Junior	Forward	South Riding, VA
Ashley Porter	Johnson C. Smith	Sophomore	Center	Winston-Salem, NC
BACK COURT
Ashle Freeman	Virginia Union	Junior	Guard	Richmond, VA
Cierra York	Livingstone	Sophomore	Guard	Winston-Salem NC
Amber Calvin	Fayetteville St.	Senior	Guard	Fayetteville, NC
Jessica Lyons	Virginia St.	Junior	Guard	Upper Marlboro, MD
Jasmine Elum	Winston-Salem St.	Senior	Guard	Philadelphia, PA

 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Lamesha Deal, Virginia State University
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Deja Middleton, Fayetteville State University

 

 

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