NEWBA Releases December 8 Awards

Giovanna Pickering
Babson College
Sophomore • Guard • Hull, Mass.

Giovanna Pickering is the NEWBA/Prestosports Player of the Week for December 8. Pickering was tremendous last week averaging 23.5 points, 2.5 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals while shooting 73.1 percent from the floor as the Beavers split a pair of conference games. She poured in 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting to go along with three assists and two boards in Wednesday's 79-56 win over MIT. Then on Saturday Pickering scored 17 of her game-high 23 points after halftime in a 63-62 loss at WPI. She made all seven field goal attempts in the second half and finished 10-of-13 from the floor to go along with two assists, two rebounds and two steals. 

Mairead Hynes
Connecticut College
Freshman • Forward • Mahopac, N.Y.

Hynes averaged 21.3 points, 17.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in a perfect 3-0 week for the Camels. Hynes connected at a 51% clip from the field (24-for-47) and converted at a 73% rate at the charity stripe (16-for-22). She exploded with 26 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Camels past Trinity in a 70-53 victory Thursday night in New London before closing out the week with 24 points and 17 boards in a 71-61 victory against the University of Saint Joseph Saturday.

• Stephanie D'Annolfo, Keene State College (So., G, Tyngsborough, Mass.) - D'Annolfo averaged a double-double with 11.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and added 5.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 1.5 blocks per game in a 2-0 week for the Owls. In a 61-57 win over RPI, D'Annolfo delivered an all around performance with 14 points, eight rebounds, eight steals, six assists, and three blocks. She followed that with a career high 17 rebounds and passed out five assists in Keene State's 58-47 LEC victory over UMass Boston. 
• Aliah Curry, Norwich University (Sr., G, Windsor, Mass.) - I Curry had a strong showing this week as the Cadets. Curry, who was ranked second in the nation with 26.8 points per game last week, posted an average of 19 points per game, shooting 46.7 percent from beyond the arc. Curry led Norwich to a trio of wins, starting with a 55-49 win over in-state foe, Middlebury College as she posted 14 points for the win before adding 18 more in the Cadets' 67-50 win over MCLA in the opening round of the 2014 Ed Hockenbury Classic Friday night. The Cadets won the Hockenbury Classic title, for the first time in four years, with a 65-48 victory over Maine-Fort Kent with Curry posting a team-high 25 points.
• Kelly Coleman, University of New England (Sr., F, Portland, Conn) - Coleman led the No. 20 Nor'Easters to a pair of wins last week, averaging 16.0 points and eight rebounds while shooting 55.6% from the field.  Against Eastern Nazarene, Coleman had 15 points and seven boards, then added 17 points and nine boards against Endicott.
• Dani Davis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sr., G, East Granby, Conn.) - Davis averaged 17.5 points and 5.0 rebounds as the Crimson and Gray won its first two NEWMAC contests this past week. The senior registered 16 of her game-best 21 points in the first half and pitched in with six rebounds, three assists and three steals as WPI knocked off visiting Coast Guard 59-50 on Wednesday. Davis tallied 14 points, including the game-winning free throw with 0.2 seconds remaining, in the Engineers’ thrilling 63-62 victory Saturday over Babson.
• Chelsea Vujs, Western New England University (Jr., G/F, Berlin, Conn.) - Vujs averaged a double-double of 12.5 points and eye-popping 18.0 rebounds, last week. She also shot 50 percent from the field and had seven assists and four steals in two games. Her best performance of game highs 16 points and CCC-season-high 26 rebounds--which are two shy of the WNE single-game record--helped the Golden Bears defeat Roger Williams for the first time in three seasons. The 26 boards are also the second-highest in an NCAA Division III contest in 2014-15.

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