Corban’s Van Weerdhuizen Named CCC Women’s Basketball Preseason Player of the Year
LA GRANDE, Ore. – Corban’s Tara Van Weerdhuizen has been named the Cascade Collegiate Conference women’s basketball Preseason Player of the Year, according to a poll of the conference's 10 head coaches.
With an all-conference team featuring 13 newcomers, Van Weerdhuizen is one of only two returnees from last year.
The senior center out of Spokane, Wash., finished last season averaging 14.3 points and 10.5 rebounds a game earning her NAIA All-America honorable mention. Her 121 blocks helped her earn CCC Defender of the Year for the second year in a row. Van Weerdhuizen is joined by teammate Jade Lowery (12.6 points per game), a junior guard.
Southern Oregon and Oregon Tech each had three players nominated to the all-conference team. Representing the Raiders are junior forward Carly Meister (14.6), junior guard Kristen Schoenherr (14.8) and junior guard Ashley Claussen (9.8). For the Owls, junior guard Karly LeVeque (11.1), junior forward Tess Armstrong (9.4) and sophomore guard Ashleigh Vandenbrink (9.0) were named.
The College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon both had two representatives chosen. Senior guards Elisha Hensey (14.5) and Aleah Lowber (10.7) for the Yotes, and freshman guard Maya Ah You and junior forward Nikki Osborne (6.1) for Eastern.
Other representatives include Brittany Gray (13.5) of The Evergreen State College, Caitlyn McCutheon (13.9) of Concordia and Hannah Frederick (11.9) of Northwest Christian.
2014-15 CCC Preseason All-Conference Women's Basketball Team
|
Name |
Institution |
Pos. |
Class |
PPG |
RPG |
Hometown |
|
^Tara Van Weerdhuizen |
Corban |
C |
Sr. |
14.3 |
10.5 |
Spokane, WA |
|
Carly Meister |
Southern Oregon |
F |
Jr. |
14.6 |
7.7 |
Elma, WA |
|
Elisha Hensey |
College of Idaho |
G |
Sr. |
14.5 |
5.3 |
Las Vegas, NV |
|
Kristen Schoenherr |
Southern Oregon |
G |
Jr. |
14.8 |
5.4 |
Rainier, WA |
|
Brittany Gray |
Evergreen |
F |
Jr. |
13.5 |
8.7 |
Brainbridge Island, WA |
|
Caitlyn McCutcheon |
Concordia |
F |
Sr. |
13.9 |
9.3 |
Portland, OR |
|
Karly LeVeque |
Oregon Tech |
G |
Jr. |
11.1 |
2.8 |
West Linn, OR |
|
Ashley Claussen |
Southern Oregon |
G |
Jr. |
9.8 |
3.7 |
Scotts Valley, CA |
|
Jade Lowery |
Corban |
G |
Jr. |
12.6 |
4.4 |
Oregon City, OR |
|
Hannah Frederick |
Northwest Christian |
G |
Sr. |
11.9 |
4.1 |
Dallas, OR |
|
+Maya Ah You |
Eastern Oregon |
G |
Fr. |
RS |
RS |
Middleton, ID |
|
Tess Armstrong |
Oregon Tech |
F |
Jr. |
9.4 |
3.1 |
Eureka, CA |
|
Nikki Osborne |
Eastern Oregon |
F |
Jr. |
6.1 |
5.7 |
Coulee City, WA |
|
Aleah Lowber |
College of Idaho |
G |
Sr. |
10.7 |
4.2 |
Boise, ID |
|
Ashleigh Vandenbrink |
Oregon Tech |
G |
So. |
9.0 |
2.9 |
Davis, CA |
^indicates Preseason Player of the Year; +indicates CCC newcomer; *indicates statistics from previous school, RS indicates did not play in 2013-14, NS indicates no stats available in category