Abernathy Named to ECAC Division III Women's Basketball South Region All-Star First Team

by Sports Information
4/2/04

LANCASTER, PA - Franklin & Marshall women's basketball center Amy Abernathy (Sr., Far Hills, NJ/American School-Paris) has been named an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Women's Basketball South Region first team all-star.

A 2004 NCAA Division III Kodak/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America honorable mention selection, she was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Year and an All-Centennial Conference first team selection.

A three-time All-Centennial Conference honoree following a second team nod in 2001 and a first team nod last year, Abernathy's selection as the Player of the Year marked the second time a Diplomat has earned the Conference's highest honor. In 2001, two-time All-America guard Amy Kreitz '02 garnered the honor.

A 2004 D3hoops.com Preseason All-America selection, she recorded a breakout season as she tallied 401 points (16.7 ppg), 330 rebounds (13.8 rpg) and a school and Centennial Conference single season record 110 blocks (4.6 bpg) in 24 games with eighteen double-doubles.

She made history on February 14 as she scored 13 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and swatted 10 blocked shots for a triple-double as the Franklin & Marshall College women's basketball team defeated Swarthmore College 57-48 in the Mayser Center.

Historically, her blocked shot performance was record shattering on a number of levels. For Abernathy, who recorded nine blocked shots in a 62-37 rout of Dickinson earlier in the week, her 10 blocks tied the Centennial Conference (Heidi Snyder, McDaniel vs. Washington, 2-9-95) and Franklin & Marshall (Anne Krumrine, vs. Ursinus, 2-4-89) single game record of 10 blocks in a contest and mark the most ever in a two-game span by an F&M player.

The third women's player in F&M history to record 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career, she concluded her career with 1,473 points, 1,141 rebounds and 268 blocked shots as she finished sixth in scoring, second in rebounding and second in blocked shots in F&M history.

The sixth All-America selection in F&M history joining Anne Krumrine '90 (1989, 1990), Carrie Bowen '93 (1993) and Amy Kreitz '02 (2001, 2002), Abernathy was one of two Centennial Conference players named to the All-ECAC first team joining Swarthmore's Katie Robinson.

Franklin & Marshall concluded the season 12-12, 12-6 in Centennial Conference play as Abernathy recorded a 62-37 overall record, 41-21 in Centennial Conference play, during her career.

2004 ECAC Division III Women's Basketball South Region All-Stars
Player of the Year
Kelley Richardson (Bethany, Sr.)

First Team
C - Kelley Richardson (Bethany, Sr.)
G - Alyssa Antolick (DeSales, Jr.)
F - Amy Abernathy (Franklin & Marshall, Sr.)
G - Katie Robinson (Swarthmore, Sr.)
G - Leigh Sulkowski (Washington & Jefferson, So.)

Second Team
G - Kate Pierangeli (Scranton, Sr.)
G - Annie Sral (Pitt-Greensburg, Sr.)
G - Toby McIntire (McDaniel, Sr.)
F - Kathy Snell (Gwynedd-Mercy, Sr.)
F - Bridget Golden (Delaware Valley, Jr.)

Honorable Mention
F - Tracey Little (Frostburg, Jr.)
G - Nikki Carden (Widener, Sr.)
G - Tiffini Varrasse (Kings, Sr.)
C - Jennifer Northcott (Lebanon Valley, Jr.)