AMANDA GRAPPE NAMED TO NCAA DIVISION II SOUTH REGIONAL
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

        CLEVELAND, Mississippi – Arkansas Tech’s Amanda Grappe was named to the five-player NCAA Division II South Regional All-Tournament on Monday following conclusion of the South Regional Championship game, which No. 1 ranked and top-seeded Delta State won 62-44 over 17th-ranked Valdosta State.

Grappe, a junior forward from Benton, Ark., averaged 21.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in her two NCAA D-II South Regional games, including scoring 31 points in Tech’s 82-61 quarterfinal win last Friday over Tuskegee. Grappe ended the season with 11 points in her team’s 58-53 loss in Saturday’s regional semifinal to Valdosta State.

“Amanda had an outstanding postseason and had a terrific year for our basketball team,” Golden Suns Head Coach Dave Wilbers said. “She deserves all of the honors she’s already won this season.”

          In five postseason games, Grappe averaged 23.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per game and shot 52 percent from the floor and 88 percent at the free throw line. In addition to her NCAA South Region All-Tournament selection, Grappe was named a First-Team All-GSC West Division selection, a GSC All-Tournament Team honoree, a Daktronics First-Team All-South Region selection and one of five finalists from Region 5 for WBCA State Farm Division II All-America Team honors.

          Grappe was joined on the NCAA South Region All-Tournament Team by Nova Southeastern forward Stephanie Sarosi, West Georgia guard Dominic Cranford, Valdosta State forward Nina Risto and Delta State guard Jennifer Rushing, who was named the South Region’s Most Valuable Player after leading the Lady Statesmen to its 12th NCAA Regional title.

 -- Tech Athletics --