Brandi Vallely, Muhlenberg
Sophomore Brandi Vallely of the Muhlenberg women's basketball team was named to the WBCA Division III All-America team.
Vallely, a unanimous selection to the All-Centennial Conference first team, leads Division III in assists and assists per game. Her season total of 263 assists is the seventh-highest in Division III history and broke the previous school record by 99, and her average of 9.4 assists is second in the NCAA's three divisions.
Vallely also ranks 17th in Division III in steals and 21st in assist-to-turnover ratio.
A three-time player of the week and the CC playoff MVP, Vallely recorded a Division III-record five triple-doubles this season – matching the Division III career mark. She is the only player in any of the NCAA's three divisions with more than two double-doubles on the year.
Vallely averaged 14.6 points per game and led the Mules in assists, steals, free throws made (122) and attempted (148) and free-throw percentage (.824). She was second in scoring and rebounding (7.5 per game). In addition to breaking the school records for assists in a season and game (15, three times), Vallely tied the mark for points in a game when she scored 39 in a win at Dickinson.
Muhlenberg finished the season with a record of 25-3 and won its league-record ninth CC championship.