End of Season Banquet

The Dons wrapped up the 2008-2009 Season with an End of Year Banquet on April 27th 2009. This was a great opportunity to gather friends, family, and supporters of the program to recap the highs of the season and present the Annual Awards. 

The Awards were as follows:

Best Offensive: Senior Shay Rollins after averaging 16.3 ppg and dishing out 70 assists.

Best Defensive: Sophomore Donnisha Taylor who had 76 defensive rebounds and 23 steals on the season.

Rebounding Award: Freshmen Vania Singleterry who led the team with 57 offensive rebounds and recorded 4 double digit rebounding efforts this season.

Most Improved: Freshmen Katy Keating, who averaged almost 4 ppg and 4 rpg and started the the last 13 games of the season. 

Coaches Award: Rheina Ale and Heidi Anton. This award goes to the player (s) who work hard day in and day out and do everything that is asked of them. 

Perseverance Award: This was not an annual award but was giving to Leslie Walker. Walker starting with the Dons program as a Freshmen Manager and over three years earned herself a spot on the squad and became a co-captain and scholarship player her senior year. 

The Banquet ended with the Seniors Final remarks and the year end highlight video posted below:

Next for the Team is our European trip to Scandivavia!  Departing May 24th. Keep posted!

Shay Rollins Earns 1st Team All West Coast Conference

The Dons coaching staff would like to congratulate Senior Shay Rollins for being named First Team All-West Coast Conference after averaging 14.8 points, 2.4 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game this season. 

Spring Workouts on the Hilltop

March madness is over, the NCAA has a new National Champion, and the College basketball season has come to an end. But wait! Over here at the Hilltop our Lady Dons are hard at work doing Spring individuals!

As the saying goes "Championships are won in the off season." Now is the time to develop our speed, agility, and skill. And our team is hard at work. You can find the Dons in the weight room and on the court building towards next season and developing their individual skill. 

A sample of a typical Spring Week for our team looks like this:

Monday: Weights and Open Gym

Tuesday: Weights and Individuals

Wednesday: Conditioning and Individuals

Thursday: Weights and Individuals

Friday: Weights and Open Gym

We have short, intense individual workouts  and the weight sessions are with our Strength and Conditioning Coach Evan Nielsen. 

Its really exciting to see the progress our team makes every week. Next Season, Look Out! The Lady Dons will be ready!