Ali Mann Women's Basketball Player of the Year

BGSU96 · Post by **BGSU96** » Tue May 09, 2006 8:40 pm

Ali Mann Named Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Falcons celebrate 2005-06 MAC Championship season.

April 22, 2006

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Junior Ali Mann was named the Bowling Green State University women's basketball Player of the Year for the 2005-06 season, it was announced Saturday evening (April 22). The team was honored at the annual BGSU Women's Basketball Banquet, held at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union on the BGSU campus.

Mann, who was a co-POY honoree in 2004-05, earned the '05-06 award in a vote of team members. Junior Liz Honegger was named the team's Power Player of the Year, while classmate Carin Horne was honored as the Impact Player of the Year. Both players earned the same honors last season as well.

Junior Amber Flynn picked up the team's Most Improved Player award, while Horne and sophomore Kate Achter were co-recipients of the Playmaker-of-the-Year award. Senior Jill Lause garnered the team's Falcon Award, while sophomore Whitney Taylor was named BG's Student-Athlete of the Year, and senior Casey McDowell received the Fran & Marty Voll Award. Van Wright was named the women's basketball Booster of the Year.

Seniors Lause and McDowell each had the opportunity to share their thoughts, and the crowd was treated to a spectacular season video, courtesy of Julie Baker of BGSU Instructional Media. Additionally, the team's three freshmen, Lindsey Goldsberry, Jasmine McCall and Jessica McKenzie, each were presented with their letterwinner's jackets.

BGSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS

Player of the Year: Ali Mann

Falcon Award: Jill Lause

Power Player of the Year: Liz Honegger

co-Playmakers of the Year: Kate Achter & Carin Horne

Impact Player of the Year: Carin Horne

Most Improved Player: Amber Flynn

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Whitney Taylor

Fran & Marty Voll Award: Casey McDowell

Booster of the Year: Van Wright

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:53 pm

How many days til the ladies tip off for the 2006-7 season????

So many well deserved awards.

BACK TO BACK MAC CHAMPS!!!