Greene Named Women's Basketball All-America

STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Barry University senior forward Mariesa Greene named first-team women’s basketball All-America by Daktronics, Inc., after leading the Bucs to the finals of the Sunshine State Conference Tournament and a berth in the NCAA South Regional. Greene is Barry’s first-ever Daktronics All-American.

 

Greene, a senior forward from Barry, is first in scoring in the Sunshine State Conference in scoring, rebounds and field goal percentage. The senior from Indianapolis, Ind., averages 19.4 points per game, 10.7 rebounds per outing and shot 60.1 percent from the floor. Greene is sixth nationally in field goal percentage, 19^th in points per game and 10^th in rebounds per game. She had 19 double-doubles in 30 games played. Her season high was 32 points and 25 rebounds in a 62-57 overtime win over Florida Tech. Greene earned the SSC Player of the Week Award four times this season and was named to the 2010 First-Team District III CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine All-Academic Team. Greene is the South Region Daktronics Player of the Year and was named honorable mention All-America by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

 

The rest of the first team includes the Ron Lenz National Player of the Year Johannah Leedham of Franklin Pierce, the all-time leading scorer in Division II, three-time All-American selection Lauren Beckley of Shippensburg, Jasmine Gunn of Tusculum and Veronica Walker of Delta State.

 

The second team consists of Cassondra Boston of Emporia State, Catherine Carr of Holy Family, Tori Hansen of West Liberty State, Amelia Simmons of Wimlington and Katie Wysocky of Michigan Tech.

 

The third team features Sarita “Bug” Cooper of Delta State, Samantha Meissel of Indianapolis, Jamie Meyer of Abilene Christian, Kaitlin Petri of Chadron State and Brittney Taylor of Humboldt State.

 

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

 

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