Conference Carolinas

2012 Daktronics DII WBB All-Southeast Region Team Announced; PFU's Cox & QUC's Pettaway Honored

3/7/2012 12:00:00 AM

 

NORTH GEORGIA’S JAYMEE CARNES SELECTED
DAKTRONICS SOUTHEAST REGION “PLAYER OF THE YEAR”

 

DAHLONEGA, GA – March 7, 2012 – North Georgia’s Jaymee Carnes was selected as the 2011-12 Daktronics Division II Southeast Region Player of the Year announced Wednesday afternoon. Joining Carnes and earning first-team All-Southeast Region honors is Pfeiffer’s Brittany Cox, Clayton State’s Tanisha Woodard, USC Aiken’s Hannah DeGraffinreed and Lincoln Memorial’s Dayshalee Salaman.

With the first team selection, all five players are automatically eligible for Daktronics Division II All-American honors. The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

 

Carnes, a sophomore from Gainesville, Ga., made a bold statement in her first season at the Division II level, earning Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year honors, and now Southeast Region Player of the Year honors on the way to leading the country in scoring at 25.0 points per game. She averaged 11.2 rebounds per game and led the country with 20 double-doubles on the season. Carnes had three 30-point games and a career-high 40-point performance against Brenau.

 

Cox, a junior from Pfeiffer, has been dominant all-season long, leading the Lady Falcons and the Conference Carolinas averaging 20.8 points per game knocking down 84 three-pointers. Cox's 20.8 is good for 7th-best in the nation while she ranks fifth nationally in three-pointers per game. She tallied 12 20-point games and six 30-point games, including a career-high 34 points, a feat she accomplished twice during the 2011-12 season. Cox has also been named a Capital One Academic National First-Team All-American.

 

Tanisha Woodard, a senior from Clayton State, won back-to-back PBC Defensive Player of the Year awards and has now been named Southeast All-Region for the second straight season. She set the league’s career record for steals in a season and ranks in the top 10 in the country in steals per game for a team looking to repeat as Division II National Champions. She eclipsed the 1,000 career point total this season and recorded a triple-double in a win over in-state rival Georgia College

 

2012 Daktronics Division II Women’s All-Southeast Region Team

 

First Team

Player                                 School                          YR        POS     HT        Hometown

Jaymee Carnes                   North Georgia               SO       F          6-0        Gainesville, GA

Brittany Cox                        Pfeiffer                         JR        G          5-9        Winsten-Salem, NC

Tanisha Woodard                Clayton State                SR        F          5-10      Rome, GA

Hannah DeGraffinreed         USC Aiken                    SR        F          5-10      Raleigh, NC

Dayshalee Salaman             Lincoln Memorial           SR        G          5-4        Carolina, Puerto Rico

2012 Southeast Region Player of the Year: Jaymee Carnes (North Georgia)

 

Second Team

Player                                 School                          YR        POS     HT        Hometown

Dana Hicks                         Catawba                       SR        C          5-9        York, SC

Cameron Sealey                  Lenoir-Rhyne                 SR        G          5-8        Mount Holly, NC

Shonice Pettaway                Queens                         SO       F          6-0        Walstonburg, NC

Zoriah Williams                    Carson-Newman            SR        F          5-10      Calera, AL

Haylee Lepaio                     Newberry                      FR        F          6-2        Bathurst Wales, Australia