Nine Ladyjacks Named To SLC 1990s All-Decade Team
3/5/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 5, 2013
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FRISCO, Texas - The Southland Conference, as part of its year-long 50th Anniversary commemoration, announced its All-Decade Women's Basketball Team from the 1990s and the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks were well represented with nine student-athletes being named to the squad.
One of those players, Katrina Price, was also named a Co-Player of the Decade along with Northwestern State's Joskeen Garner. In addition, former head coach Gary Blair was named Co-Head Coach of the Decade along with Northwestern State's James Smith.
Price, a native of Arlington, Texas, was a four-time all-conference selection and a two-time conference player of the year while being named 1995 Freshman of the Year and tournament most outstanding player in 1998. During her time at SFA, the Ladyjacks won three regular-season titles and three conference tournaments, earning trips to the NCAA tournament each time. In the three tournament appearances, the Ladyjacks earned three wins including a trip to the 1996 Sweet 16. Price led the league in scoring in 1997 and 1998 with 19.6 and 22.0 points per game, respectively. The Waco, Texas, native still ranks as one of the top five scorers in Southland history.
Price was joined on the all-decade team with eight other Ladyjacks including Deneen Parker (1989-93), a two-time player of the year selection and 1993 tournament MVP. Forward/centers Latonia Bonnett (1992-96) Lori Davis (1989-93), Anitra Davis (1995-99) and Christie Smith (1993-97), guards Stacy Brown-Hargrove (1989-92) and Dayna Reed (1987-91) and forward Trenia Tillis (1990-94) are the remaining Ladyjacks represented on the all-decade team.
Bonnett, a native of Shreveport, La., was a two-time SLC first-team selection and is second in school history with 165 career blocks. She led the Ladyjacks in scoring in 1994-95 (15.4 ppg) and was the team-leader in blocks all for of her years at SFA. During her tenure the Ladyjacks won three SLC championships and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 1995-96 campaign.
Brown-Hargrove, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, was a first-team SLC selection in 1991-92 and is second all-time in school history with 599 career assists. Brown-Hargrove was a part of three SLC championship teams and helped lead the 91-92 squad to a No. 4 national ranking.
Lori Davis, a native of Lewisville, Texas, is a member of the Ladyjacks Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor. Davis is second all-time in SFA history in made free throws (406) and was a three-time all-SLC selection. She was also the 1989-90 SLC Newcomer of the Year, becoming the first-ever Ladyjack to win the award.
Anitra Davis, a native of Houston, Texas, was a three-time all-SLC first-team selection and is seventh all-time in SFA history with 1,751 career points. Davis is also SFA's all-time leader in made free throws (621) and is fifth in made field goals (684).
Parker, a native of Arlington, Texas, was a two-time all-SLC first team selection and led the Ladyjacks in scoring in both the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons. Parker is third in school history in steals (257) and still holds the single-season all-time record in made free throws with 210 in the 1992-93 campaign.
Reed, a native of Tyler, Texas, is a member of the Ladyjacks Hall of Fame and a three-time all-SLC selection. Reed ranks second in career three-point made field goals (178) and is second in three-point percentage (.373). During her tenure at SFA, Reed was part of fourth SLC championship teams and went 64-2 in league play.
Smith, a native of Baytown, Texas, was a two-time all-SLC selection and led the Ladyjacks in rebounding during the 1994-95 and 1997-98 seasons.
At SFA, Blair led the Ladyjacks to four conference regular-season and tournament titles while advancing to the NCAA tournament each year. He never lost an opening NCAA game while at SFA and led the Ladyjacks to national rankings of No. 4 (1991-92), No. 6 (1989-90), No. 12 (1992-93) and No. 14 (1990-91) while being named conference coach of the year four consecutive years. From 1990-93 Blair posted a 110-16 overall record including a near perfect 62-2 mark in conference play. Blair was inducted in the SFA Hall of Fame in 2008, the Southland Conference Hall of Honor in 2009 and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. In June 2013, Blair will be one of six members inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Southland Conference has previously announced the All-Decade Teams in the 1960, 1970 and 1980s and will recognize the All-Decade Team for the 2000s later this week.
To best assess the candidate pool for the all-decade team, the Southland Conference developed a metric that analyzed numerous elements of a student-athlete's performance and value within the league at the time. Most notably, the Conference honored `real-time" factors such as all-conference selection by coaches and a player's statistical performance among his peers at the time. Further, other components of selection including a player's effort toward helping her team win a championship or finish near the top of the conference, whether she earned individual honors from the league and if she participated in postseason tournaments.
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