Women’s Academic All-Jesuit Capsules

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Ashley Armstrong – Santa Clara (Jr., G, 5-11, Reno, NV)

3.86 in Anthropology … Named to the WCC All-Academic first team…. Started 29 of the Broncos’ 30 games … Finished fourth on the team in scoring, second in rebounding, and second in blocks … Reached double figures in 12 games with a high of 19 in the WCC Tournament … Posted one double-double … Hit the game-winning three-pointer with 6.2 seconds left vs. Northern Colorado … 8.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.3 apg.

Meaghan Fulps – Santa Clara (Jr., G, 5-7, Littleton, CO)

3.63 in Communications … Named to the WCC All-Academic first team … Started 29 of the Broncos’ 30 games … Placed second on the team in scoring and third in rebounding … Reached double figures 15 times with three games over 20 points … Matched a career high with 30 points vs. Cal State Bakersfield … Posted one double-double … 11.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, 75.0 percent FT.

Ally Jensen – Creighton (Jr., G, 5-6, Ames, IA) Continue reading →

Santa Clara’s Armstrong, Fulps lead Women’s Academic All-Jesuit team

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Two student-athletes from Santa Clara are part of the six newcomers who make up the 2011-2012 National Academic All-Jesuit Women’s Basketball Team as announced by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight.

The Broncos are represented on the squad by Ashley Armstrong (Jr., G, Reno, NV) and Meaghan Fulps (Jr., G, Littleton, CO). Among their co-honorees is Ally Jensen (Jr., G, Ames, IA) of Creighton who continues the presence of Bluejay student-athletes on the team. She is the eighth Creighton player to be a part of the Academic All-Jesuit Team in the past three seasons.

Joining the trio on this year’s team are Emilee Ritchie (John Carroll, Sr., G, Stow, OH), Amy Sprout (Loyola New Orleans, Sr., F, Harahan, LA), who was honored nationally by the NAIA, and Alyssa Sutherland (Loyola Maryland, Jr., F, Syracuse, NY). The dynamic backcourt of Loyola New Orleans, Keiva Council (Sr., G, Houston, TX) and Jasmine Brewer (So., G, Houston, TX), both named to the 2011-2012 All-Jesuit team recently, also earned honorable-mention status on the Academic All-Jesuit team, joining Kara Larson (Regis, Jr., F, Palmer, AK); Sarah Nelson (Creighton, So., Omaha, NE); and Vania Singleterry (San Francisco, Sr., G, Murrieta, CA).

The All-Jesuit Team represents student-athletes from the 28 Jesuit colleges spread across the United States that play basketball on all three levels of the NCAA and the NAIA. They share the mission of Jesuit education, founded nearly 500 years ago under the principles of St. Ignatius Loyola to educate young people to become men and women dedicated to service and compassionate leadership. Students at Jesuit colleges have long excelled in the classroom and in the community, but they also have played a major role in collegiate basketball in the last 100 years.

Men’s Academic All-Jesuit Capsules

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Ben Averkamp – Loyola Chicago (Jr., F, 6-8, Germantown, WI)

3.78 in Biology … Named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 first team … Earned a spot on the National I-AAA Athletic Directors Scholar-Athlete Team … Selected to the All-Horizon League second team … Led Ramblers with 15.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game … Scored 20 or more points nine times with a high of 31 … Posted five double-doubles … Named to the weekly National Jesuit Honor Roll three times … 15.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.6 apg.

Brian Conklin – Saint Louis (Gr., F, 6-6, Eugene, OR)

3.54 in graduate MBA program … Named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America second team (Division I) … Selected to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 first team … Earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Academic squad … Picked up Academic All-Jesuit honorable-mention honors in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 … Named to the NABC All-District 4 second team … Voted to the All-Atlantic 10 first team … Earned All-Jesuit honorable-mention status for 2011-2012 … Led Billikens in scoring, field-goal percentage, and free-throw percentage … Named to the National Jesuit Honor Roll three times … 13.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 52.1 percent FG, 80.0 percent FT.

Walt Gibler – Loyola Chicago (Sr., F, 6-7, Cincinnati, OH) Continue reading →

Loyola Chicago, Regis duos lead Men’s Academic All-Jesuit team

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A pair of teammates from Loyola of Chicago and a pair from Regis College lead a group of six student-athletes named to the 2011-2012 National Academic All-Jesuit Men’s Basketball Team that was announced today by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight.

The Ramblers are represented on the team by Ben Averkamp (Jr., F, Germantown, WI) and Walt Gibler (Sr., F, Cincinnati, OH), while the Rangers feature Chris Johansen (Sr., G/F, Albuquerque, NM), an Academic All-American who is a repeater from last year’s squad, and Lance Korell (Sr., G, 6-1, Eaton, CO).

The four teammates are joined on the Academic All-Jesuit squad by Brian Conklin (Saint Louis, Gr., F, 6-6, Eugene, OR), another Academic All-American who also earned All-Jesuit honorable-mention honors. The final member, Ryan Olander (Fairfield, Sr., F, Mansfield, Conn.), repeats from last year’s Academic All-Jesuit team.

Five other student-athletes were awarded honorable-mention status. They are Cody Doolin (San Francisco, So., Austin, TX); Michael Hart (Gonzaga, R-Jr., Portland, OR); Robert Lovaglio (Loyola New Orleans, So., Winter Park, FL); Joe Meyer (John Carroll, Sr., Mentor, OH); and Conor Sweeney (John Carroll, Sr., Eastlake, OH).

The All-Jesuit Team represents student-athletes from the 28 Jesuit colleges spread across the United States that play basketball on all three levels of the NCAA and the NAIA. They share the mission of Jesuit education, founded nearly 500 years ago under the principles of St. Ignatius Loyola to educate young people to become men and women dedicated to service and compassionate leadership. Students at Jesuit colleges have long excelled in the classroom and in the community, but they also have played a major role in collegiate basketball in the last 100 years.

2011-12 All-Jesuit Women’s Basketball Capsules

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Jasmine Brewer – Loyola New Orleans (So., G, 5-9, Houston, TX)

Earned NAIA All-America honorable-mention status after playing an important role as the Wolfpack earned a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. … Selected to the SSAC All-Conference team. … Scored 15.8 points per game (31st in NAIA Division I) with 10 games with 20 points or more. … Made 56.3 percent of her field-goal attempts, the fifth-best mark in the nation. … Posted seven double-doubles. … Named National Jesuit Co-Player of the Week once (Jan. 30-Feb. 5) and earned a spot on the Jesuit Honor Roll once.

Shareta Brown – Detroit (Fr., F, 6-0, Grand Blanc, MI)

Named the High Major Freshman of the Year by CollegeSportsMadness.com. … Earned All-Horizon League first-team honors. … Selected as the Horizon League Co-Newcomer of the Year. … Reached double figures in scoring in 31 of 34 games, with 14 games of 20 points or more and two over 30. … Led the Titans with 18.0 points per game, placing her 36th in the country and second among all freshmen. … Made 55.9 percent of her field-goal attempts, officially the fifth-best mark in the nation. … Posted 12 double-doubles. … Named National Jesuit Player of the Week once (Feb. 6-12) and was awarded a spot on the Jesuit Honor Roll six times.

Keiva Council – Loyola New Orleans (Sr., G, 5-8, Houston, TX) Continue reading →

Loyola New Orleans’ Council leads 2011-12 All-Jesuit Team

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Keiva Council, an NAIA All-American who led Loyola New Orleans to the national tournament, and Georgetown star Sugar Rodgers, the first male or female to be named All-Jesuit three times, highlight the 2011-2012 National All-Jesuit Women’s Basketball Team, as announced by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight today.

Council (Sr., G, 5-8), the second-leading scorer in the nation, and Rodgers (Jr., G, 5-11) are joined on the team by some postseason stars. The Gonzaga duo of Kayla Standish (Sr., F, 6-2) and Katelan Redmon (Sr., G/F, 6-1) led the Bulldogs to their third straight Sweet Sixteen appearance, while Carli Tritz (Creighton, So., G, 5-10) was huge in the Missouri Valley tournament, carrying the Bluejays to the championship and an NCAA tourney berth.

Rounding out the All-Jesuit team are Jasmine Brewer (Loyola New Orleans, So., G, 5-9); Shareta Brown (Detroit, Fr., F, 6-0); Alex Cowling (Loyola Marymount, R-Jr., G/F, 5-11); Katie Sheahin (Loyola Maryland, Jr., G, 5-10); and Kacie Sowell (Seattle, So., F, 6-2). All 10 players earned first-team all-conference honors, while four of the seven players who received honorable-mention status also received first-team all-conference accolades.

The All-Jesuit Team represents student-athletes from the 28 Jesuit colleges spread across the United States that play basketball on all three levels of the NCAA and also in the NAIA. They share the mission of Jesuit education, founded nearly 500 years ago under the principles of St. Ignatius Loyola to educate young people to become men and women dedicated to service and compassionate leadership. Students at Jesuit colleges have long excelled in the classroom and in the community, but they also have played a major role in collegiate basketball in the last 100 years.

2011-12 All-Jesuit Men’s Basketball Capsules

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Steve Catich – Wheeling Jesuit (Sr., F, 6-5, Tyrone, PA)

Earned a spot on the Daktronics Division II All-Atlantic Region team. … Named to the All-WVIAC first team. … Led the Cardinals to the NCAA Division II Tournament where they picked up the school’s first-ever win. … Placed 17th in Division II in scoring with his 20.7 average, the second highest average among players on the 28 Jesuit teams. … Reached at least 25 points nine times, with four games of 30+ points. … Shot 57.7% from the field, placing him in the top 30 in the nation in that category. … Earned a spot on the National Jesuit Honor Roll six times.

Jason Clark – Georgetown (Sr., G, 6-2, Arlington, VA)

Named to the USBWA All-District 2 team. … Earned a spot on the NABC All-District 2 second team. … Honored as an All-Big East first-team selection after being a major reason for the Hoyas Top 20 ranking for most of the season. … Awarded the Big East Sportsmanship Award by the league’s coaches. … Reached 20 or more points in six games with a high of 31 in a win over DePaul. … Led the team in scoring (14.0) and steals (1.6), and was in the top three in assists, three-point field goals made, field-goal percentage, and free-throw percentage. … Named National Jesuit Player of the Week once (shared, Nov. 21-27) and made the Jesuit Honor Roll twice.

Jae Crowder – Marquette (Sr., F, 6-6, Villa Rica, GA) Continue reading →

All-American McDermott leads All-Jesuit Men’s Team

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Doug McDermott, Creighton’s first Associated Press First-Team All-American, and Marquette’s prolific Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom highlight the 2011-2012 National All-Jesuit Men’s Basketball Team, as announced by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight.

McDermott (So., F, 6-7), the Wooden Award finalist and Missouri Valley Player of the Year, and Johnson-Odom (Sr., G, 6-2), a first-team All-Big East selection, earn All-Jesuit honors for the second straight year, and are joined by Crowder (Sr., F, 6-6), the Big East Player of the Year who makes his first appearance on the team, and two other players, Tu Holloway (Xavier, Sr., G, 6-0) and Elias Harris (Gonzaga, Jr., F, 6-7), who previously have earned All-Jesuit honors.

The five aforementioned players are joined on the All-Jesuit team by Steve Catich (Sr., F, 6-5) who led Wheeling Jesuit to the NCAA Division II Tournament; Jason Clark (Sr., G, 6-2), Georgetown’s leader as it remained among the top teams in D1; Ray McCallum (Detroit, So., G, 6-2), who guided the Titans to the Horizon League tourney title; Rakim Sanders (R-Sr., F, 6-5) who led Fairfield to the CIT Postseason tourney semifinals; and Corey Shontz (John Carroll, Sr., G, 6-1), an NCAA Division III All-America honoree. All 10 players earned first-team all-conference honors. All eight of the players who received honorable-mention status also received first-team all-conference accolades.

The All-Jesuit Team represents student-athletes from the 28 Jesuit colleges spread across the United States that play basketball on all three levels of the NCAA and also in the NAIA. They share the mission of Jesuit education, founded nearly 500 years ago under the principles of St. Ignatius Loyola to educate young people to become men and women dedicated to service and compassionate leadership. Students at Jesuit colleges have long excelled in the classroom and in the community, but they also have played a major role in collegiate basketball in the last 100 years.

JBS in midst of historic postseason

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It’s been a historic season for Jesuit Basketball teams. Exactly half of the 40 Jesuit men’s and women’s Division I basketball programs (12 men’s, 8 women’s) qualified for some type of postseason tournament.

But the real story has been what Jesuit schools have been able to do in the crown jewel of March Madness: The NCAA men’s tournament. This year’s performance ranks the 2011-12 season among the most successful ever.

Eight Jesuit teams made the Big Dance, an eighth of the field and the most ever in a single tournament. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, only two iterations have featured seven Jesuit teams (2001 and 2007), while four other tournaments have featured six (1995, 1997, 2002, 2003). The six Jesuit teams that advanced from the first round is also the largest total in a single tournament.

Through the first weekend, Jesuit teams have claimed eight wins in NCAA tournament play. That ties the 2012 tournament for the second-most in history with the 1982 and 2004 tourneys. Two more wins from the two remaining teams (Xavier and Marquette) would tie the record set in 1955 when Jesuit teams won 10 games in the tournament, powered by five victories for national champion San Francisco.

The eight JBS teams in the tournament this year brings the number of Big Dance berths over the last 12 seasons to 64. That’s more than the number of tournament appearances by teams from the Southeastern Conference (62), Atlantic Coast Conference (62) and Pac 10/12 (53).

Women’s Weekly Honor Roll, Feb. 27-March 11

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Here are the final weekly award winners for Jesuit Women’s Basketball for the tournament weeks of 2/27/12 to 3/11/12.

Three JBS teams are in the women’s NCAA Tournament. There are also three JBS squads in the WNIT, two in the WBI tourney and one in the NAIA National Tournament. That makes 9 of the 28 JBS women’s teams in postseason play. All postseason games will be mentioned on the JBS Facebook and Twitter pages.

All-Jesuit and Academic All-Jesuit teams will be announced in the next few weeks.

Jesuit Player of the Week

Carli Tritz (Creighton, So., G, 5-10, Sioux City, IA)

19.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 4.0 apg, 2.3 spg, 17-45 FG, 5-13 3PTFG, 20-26 FT; Honored as the MVC Tournament Most Valuable Player after leading the Bluejays to the conference championship and CU’s first NCAA tourney berth since 2002; scored career-high 29 in semifinal win over top-seeded Missouri State

Jesuit Honor Roll

Monica Albano (Loyola Chicago, Jr., G, 5-8, Park Ridge, IL)

19.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 20-33 FG, 13-19 3PTFG, 4-5 FT; Finished the season strongly, reaching double figures in all three games in March, including a season-high 25 in a win over Milwaukee

Michelle Baker (Saint Joseph’s, Sr., G, 5-9, Wilmington, DE) Continue reading →