KRISTINA
YEDINAK NAMED ALL-CONFERENCE; BRITTANI
HUNTER RECOGNIZED AS CCAC FRESHMAN OF
THE YEAR
For Immediate Release
February 27, 2006
Freshman
guard Kristina Yedinak (Marquette HS/Ransom,
IL) earned first-team all-Chicagoland
Collegiate Athletic Conference honors
to lead a group of five Lady Saints who
were recognized in a vote of the league’s
head coaches.
In
addition to Yedinak earning her
honor, fellow freshman guard Brittani
Hunter (Lockport HS/Homer Glen, IL) led
a group of four USF players who were named
to the honorable mention list. Hunter
capped off the USF list of honorees by
being named the CCAC’s Freshman of
the Year.
The
other three Saints to earn honorable mention
were senior guard/forward Kelly Pero
(Joliet JC/Hobart HS/Crown Point, IN),
sophomore center Clara Graham (Joliet
Township HS/Joliet, IL) and freshman
guard Amanda Mistretta (Maine East
HS/Niles, IL).
Yedinak
earned the first-team distinction after
a highly successful freshman season. She
led the CCAC in field goal percentage
(.589), rebounding (8.0), assists (4.81)
and minutes played (32.9). She finished
11th in the league in scoring (10.4 points
per game). Yedinak’s season
ended a little early when stomach problems
sidelined her with two weeks left in the
campaign and she will not play in the
CCAC post-season tourney.
Hunter
was arguably the Lady Saints’ most
consistent player on the season. She was
fourth on the club and 16th in the league
in scoring (9.3) and fifth in the league
in assists (3.5). She also averaged 3.6
rebounds per game from her point guard
position.
Pero
capped off her collegiate career by averaging
a team-high 11.6 points per game and finished
third in the CCAC in three-point field
goals made per game (2.17).
Graham
averaged 7.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per
game and led the Saints with 36 blocked
shots. She had a career-best 22 rebounds,
one short of the school record, in a home
win over Illinois Tech on Feb. 14.
Mistretta
was USF’s third-leading scorer with
an average of 9.8 points per game. She
finished third in the conference in three-point
shooting accuracy (.391, 34-87).
The
Lady Saints open play in the CCAC postseason
championship tourney on Tuesday night
at home against Robert Morris. The Saints,
15-15 on the season, placed fourth in
the final regular-season CCAC standings.
Tipoff
is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the USF Recreation
Center.
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