Kreitz Named to ECAC Southern Region Women's Basketball All-Star First Team

by Sports Information
3/20/02

LANCASTER, PA - Franklin & Marshall women's basketball guard Amy Kreitz (Sr., Allentown, PA/Salisbury) has been named to the ECAC Division III Southern Region Women's Basketball first team.

A 2001 and 2002 Kodak/Women's Basketball Association Honorable Mention All-American, Kreitz, who was named to the Verizon Academic All-District II College Division, the honor marks the second year that she has garnered ECAC first team status following a nod in 2001.

A 2002 D3Hoops.com and USA Today pre-season All-American, she ranks fourth all-time in scoring at the College with 1,651 career points, 15 short of surpassing Cathy Belser '90 for third on the all-time list. Further, she is among the leaders in assists (225, sixth), steals (281, second), three point field goals (103, fourth), three-point percentage (35.0 percent, fourth) and rebounding (489, 12th).

She joins Anne Krumrine '89 and Carrie Bowen '93 as the only players in F&M history to record All-American women's basketball seasons. A 1989 and 1990 Kodak "Player of the Year" finalist and First Team All-American, Krumrine is the college's career scoring leader with 1,811 points. Bowen, a 1993 Honorable Mention All-American, ranks second with 1,686 career points.

During the regular season, Kreitz led the Diplomats and ranked second in the Centennial Conference with an 18.9 scoring average, third in the CC in steals (3.08), eighth in three-point percentage (30.4), 11th in free-throw percentage (65.9) and 15th in assist/turnover ratio (0.85).

The 2001 Centennial Conference Player of the Year, she is fourth on the all-time Centennial Conference scoring list as she surpassed Dickinson's Kim Selemba '01 (1,575) with 18 points in a 61-56 CC semi-finals loss to Swarthmore on February 20th in the Mayser Center.

The Centennial Conference all-time steals leader with 281, she is 14th on the CC three-point field goals list, two buckets behind teammate Lauren Howanski (Sr., Gap, PA/Pequea Valley).

The honor marks Kreitz's third recognition in less than 10 days as she was named to the D3Hoops.com All Middle Atlantic Region team on March 14.

Alvernia's Tanisha Giddens, Kings' Nikki Kingston, Lebanon Valley's Steph Tighe and Swarthmore's Katie Robinson join Kreitz on the first team. Susan Marchiano of Muhlenberg and Heather Kile of Swarthmore also earned honors as both were named to the second team as four CC players earned ECAC All-Star recognition.

Franklin & Marshall finished the season 20-7 and advanced to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Championship game, as the team achieved the first 20-win season since 1991 when the Diplomats went 21-6 under head coach Rebecca Lovett.

2002 ECAC DIVISION III WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SOUTHERN ALL-STARS
Player of the Year
Nikki Kingston (Kings College, G, Jr)

First Team
Tanisha Giddens (Alvernia, F, Sr.)
Amy Kreitz (Franklin & Marshall, G, Sr.)
Nikki Kingston (Kings, G, Jr)
Steph Tighe (Lebanon Valley, F, Jr.)
Katie Robinson (Swarthmore, G, So.)

Second Team
Kristen Henry (Delaware Valley, F, Sr.)
Kim Faust (Frostburg, F/C, Jr.)
Brandy Preslovich (Juniata, F, Sr.)
Susan Marchiano (Muhlenberg, F, So.)
Erin Phillips (Penn State-Behrend, F, Sr.)
Heather Kile (Swarthmore, F, Sr.)

Honorable Mention
Katie Hardie (Bethany, F, So.)
Kelly Richardson (Bethany, F/C, So.)
Jen Wozniak (Kings, F, Jr.)
Kate Pierangeli (Scranton, G, So.)
Doris Zimmerman (Wilson, C, Jr.)