Christina Santone, Muhlenberg
Senior, Center, 6-2
Greensburg, Pa. / Hempfield Area
Santone averaged 15.7 points and 10.7 rebounds while shooting 56.3 percent from the field for the Mules, who went 3-0 to clinch a CC playoff berth and reach the 20-win mark. Santone also blocked seven shots, breaking her own school record for blocks in a season and moving into fifth place on the CC all-time list, and added nine steals. She scored a career-high 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds against Haverford and added another double-double with 17 points and 13 boards against Washington College on Senior Day.
Notebook:
Franklin & Marshall junior G Sarah Haddon (Ephrata, Pa.) led the Diplomats with 17 points in 35 minutes of action as F&M narrowly fell to Johns Hopkins in its only game of the week. The junior shot 6-14 from the field and pulled in eight rebounds.
Dickinson junior G Mary Martin (Honesdale, Pa.) averaged 13.0 points and 9.3 rebounds over the course of three games. She tallied 10 assists and nine steals for the week as well.
McDaniel senior G Lindsey Nichols (Wilmington, Del.) led the Green Terror to a 2-0 week and back into the CC playoffs, averaging 18.0 points per game. She also pulled down nine rebounds and nabbed seven steals.
Gettysburg sophomore F Annie Reilly (Ridgewood, N.J.) grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds and tied a personal mark with five blocked shots in a 53-42 win over Dickinson. The sophomore forward also scored seven points and dished out a pair of assists.
Johns Hopkins senior G Liz Tommasi (Pittsburgh, Pa.) helped lead the Blue Jays to a 1-1 week, averaging 14.5 points and four steals per game. The senior scored a season-high 18 points and added six steals and five assists in Saturday's victory against F&M. In Wednesday's three-point loss to McDaniel, Tommasi scored 11 points, draining all eight of her free throws.
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
February 8, 2016
Brittney Davis, McDaniel
Senior, Guard, 5-5
Laurel, Md. / St. Vincent Pallotti
Davis averaged 12.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 4.0 steals per game in a 2-0 week for the Green Terror. She shot 34.8 percent from the floor and was 8-for-9 from the free-throw line.
February 1, 2016
Jessica Jowdy, Swarthmore
Senior, Guard, 5-7
Newtown, Conn. / St. Joseph's
Jowdy averaged 24.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game last week as she played all 120 minutes for the Garnet. The senior guard scored 27 points, including four three-pointers, against Haverford and flirted with a triple-double on 24 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists in Saturday's loss to Johns Hopkins.
February 1, 2016
Lindsey Nichols, McDaniel
Senior, Guard, 5-10
Wilmington, Del. / St. Mark's
Nichols led the Green Terror to a 2-1 week, averaging 24.7 points per game. She recorded a career-best 33 points in a 73-60 win at Gettysburg on Wednesday. The senior hit 10 3-pointers on the week and added 16 rebounds, three assists, and 10 steals.
January 25, 2016
Brandi Vallely, Muhlenberg
Sophomore, Guard, 5-7
Oley Valley, Pa. / Oley Valley
Vallely averaged 14.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 10.5 assists, and 3.5 steals in a 2-0 week for the Mules. She had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists for her NCAA-record fourth triple-double of the season in a 74-54 win against a Stevens team that received votes in the D3hoops.com poll. Vallely added 13 points, 11 assists, and 5 steals against Swarthmore and shot .619 from the field in the two games.
January 18, 2016
Lindsey Nichols, McDaniel
Senior, Guard, 5-10
Wilmington, Del. / St. Mark's
Nichols led the Green Terror to a 3-0 week that included a 65-59 come-from-behind victory at No. 9 Muhlenberg on Tuesday. She averaged 23.0 points per game on the week, reaching the 20-point mark in all three games. She made 12 3-pointers to go with 24 rebounds, five assists, and 11 steals. She also had a pair of 20-point, 10-rebound performances to give her four career double-doubles.
January 11, 2016
Erica Brown, Franklin & Marshall
Sophomore, Forward, 5-9
Broomall, Pa. / The Hun School of Princeton
Brown recorded a pair of double-doubles as F&M defeated Hood and Swarthmore to go 2-0 on the week. On Monday against Hood, Brown scored 14 points and pulled in 15 rebounds as the Dipolomats won 49-34. On Saturday, Brown recorded her fourth double-double of the season and second of the week, tying a game high with 21 points while collecting 12 rebounds, four steals, and three blocks.
January 4, 2016
Sophia Way, Johns Hopkins
Freshman, Guard, 5-9
Chicago, Ill. / Adlai E. Stevenson
Way played the best game of her young career Saturday to help lead Johns Hopkins to a 54-47 victory against a talented RIT squad which came into the contest with a 7-1 record and winners of four straight. The freshman guard led the Blue Jays with career highs in both points (14) and rebounds (8). Additionally, Way nailed four free throws and collected two tough rebounds in the final 30 seconds to clinch the win and help JHU snap a four-game losing skid.
December 14, 2015
Emma Dorshimer, Gettysburg
Freshman, Guard, 5-9
Jenkintown, Pa. / Jenkintown
Dorshimer posted season highs for points (27), rebounds (7), and blocked shots (3) in Gettysburg's 72-62 triumph over Shenandoah. Dorshimer finished one three-pointer shy of the school record by going 6-of-10 from beyond the arc and she finished 9-of-17 (52.9 percent) from the field overall. Over her last four games, the first-year guard is averaging 21.3 points per game.
December 7, 2015
Jessica Porada, Ursinus
Senior, Forward, 6-0
Morristown, N.J. / Morris Catholic
Porada averaged 20.7 points in a 3-0 CC week for the Bears, scoring at least 19 points in each contest. She led Ursinus to its first win over Johns Hopkins since 2011 with 24 points (including the go-ahead and winning baskets) and 14 rebounds, her 25th career double-double. She currently ranks second in the CC in scoring (17.4) and 6th in rebounding (8.3).
December 7, 2015
Christina Manning, Muhlenberg
Sophomore, Guard, 5-9
Newtown Square, Pa. / Cardinal O'Hara
Manning averaged 21.0 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the field as the Mules posted wins against 2015 CC playoff qualifiers Haverford and Gettysburg. Manning was 5-for-7 from three-point range en route to scoring a career-high 25 points in the Gettysburg game. Two of her threes came on consecutive possessions late in the fourth quarter and gave Muhlenberg a double-digit lead after the Bullets had cut it to five.
November 30, 2015
Alyssa Polimeni, Ursinus
Senior, Guard, 5-8
Berkeley Heights, N.J. / Governor Livingston Regional
Polimeni led the Bears to a 67-55 win in their Conference opener against Swarthmore. She scored a career-high 21 points, shooting 40.0 percent from the field and knocking down 8-of-11 free throws. Polimeni also dished out nine assists and grabbed eight rebounds in the win.
November 23, 2015
Jessica Porter, Gettysburg
Senior, Guard, 5-11
Narberth, Pa. / Lower Merion
Porter picked up MVP honors after averaging 18.5 points and 10 rebounds per game at the Frostburg State Tip-off Tournament. She posted eight points and seven rebounds and connected on the game-winning three-pointer with three seconds left as the Bullets took down 20th-ranked Geneseo State 50-47 in the opening game. In the title game, the senior forward topped her personal high with 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Gettysburg past the host Bobcats 83-53.
November 23, 2015
Brandi Vallely, Muhlenberg
Sophomore, Guard, 5-7
Oley Valley, Pa. / Oley Valley
Vallely was named MVP of the Scotty Wood Tournament after averaging 15.0 points, 10.5 assists, 9.0 rebounds, and 4.5 steals to lead the Mules to the championship. She recorded her second straight triple-double with 14 points, 12 assists, and 11 rebounds in only 24 minutes against Hood, becoming the first women's basketball player in Centennial Conference history with more than one triple-double. Vallely, who shot 63.2 percent from the field in the two games, scored a career-high 16 points against SUNY Cortland in the championship game.
November 16, 2015
Brandi Vallely, Muhlenberg
Sophomore, Guard, 5-7
Oley Valley, Pa. / Oley Valley
Vallely made her first career start a memorable one, recording the seventh triple-double in Centennial Conference history with 13 points, 10 rebounds, and a CC-record 15 assists in a 77-74 win at Moravian. Vallely scored or assisted on the Mules' last 12 field goals and had two points, two assists, and a steal in a game-ending 10-3 run.