Women's Hoops Blog

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Friday, January 25, 2008

Women's basketball's newest best friend, the Gray Lady, offers fans another little nugget of goodness. This time they focus on NYU player Jessica McEntee. (NYU sits at #9 in the national D-III poll)
As a freshman, McEntee appeared in 25 games as a reserve despite having mononucleosis. In her sophomore season, she broke her nose and was forced to wear a bulky mask while playing.

Yet McEntee, a versatile 5-foot-11 forward, led the Violets to their first Final Four since 1997, when they won their only national championship. She was a unanimous second-team all-American selection by Women’s DIII News and d3hoops.com; was one of 10 players honored by Kodak/WBCA; and was voted the University Athletic Association Player of the Year.