Brockmeyer named MVC Freshman of the Year
03/08/2018 | 6:08:00 | Women's Basketball
Brockmeyer is just the third Saluki to earn the award, and the first since Cartaesha Macklin in 2012.
MOLINE, Ill. — Southern Illinois freshman forward Abby Brockmeyer was named the Missouri Valley Conference's Freshman of the Year Thursday night, as voted on by the conference's head coaches, media and sports information directors. Brockmeyer was named to the All-Freshman Team on Wednesday.
Brockmeyer is the third Saluki to earn MVC Freshman of the Year, joining Cari Hassell in 1995 and Cartaesha Macklin in 2012. Brockmeyer and Silvey make it four Salukis that have earned All-Freshman Team honors under fifth-year head coach Cindy Stein.
A 6-foot-1 forward, Brockmeyer finished the regular season ranked in the top-20 of the Missouri Valley Conference in seven statistical categories including 20th in scoring, 3rd in rebounds per game, 4th in field goal percentage, tied for fifth in blocks and fifth in offensive rebounds. The Raymond, Ill. native led all Valley freshmen in rebounds (7.1/game), blocks (1.28/game), offensive rebounds (2.5/game) and defensive rebounds (4.6/game) per game and finished third in scoring (10.1) and fourth in minutes per game (29.1). Brockmeyer is tied for 15th nationally among freshmen in rebounds per game (7.1) and ranks 19th among freshmen nationally in blocks per game (1.28).
Brockmeyer became the first Saluki in program history to record two double-doubles in her first three collegiate games, as she finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds at UAB (Nov. 13) and followed with 14 points and 10 boards in SIU's win at Memphis (Nov. 19). She went on to score a career-high 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting at Evansville on Dec. 29 to tie Cartaesha Macklin's 2011 school record for points by a freshmen in a single game and she averaged averaged 21.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 2.0 steals to help SIU sweep the first weekend of conference play to earn both MVC Newcomer and Player of the Week honors. Brockmeyer was the first freshman to earn both honors in the same week since Jan. 19, 2009, when Casey Garrison of Missouri State swept both awards.
Her five double-doubles are tied with Mary Berghuis for the second-most in a freshman season in program history while Brockmeyer's 294 rebounds are the fifth-most in a single-season by a freshman in program history. Her 36 blocks are tied with Dyana Pierre for the second-most in a freshman season in school history.
SIU will play as the fourth seed in the MVC Tournament Championship. The Salukis open play at the conference tournament against Indiana State on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Brockmeyer is the third Saluki to earn MVC Freshman of the Year, joining Cari Hassell in 1995 and Cartaesha Macklin in 2012. Brockmeyer and Silvey make it four Salukis that have earned All-Freshman Team honors under fifth-year head coach Cindy Stein.
A 6-foot-1 forward, Brockmeyer finished the regular season ranked in the top-20 of the Missouri Valley Conference in seven statistical categories including 20th in scoring, 3rd in rebounds per game, 4th in field goal percentage, tied for fifth in blocks and fifth in offensive rebounds. The Raymond, Ill. native led all Valley freshmen in rebounds (7.1/game), blocks (1.28/game), offensive rebounds (2.5/game) and defensive rebounds (4.6/game) per game and finished third in scoring (10.1) and fourth in minutes per game (29.1). Brockmeyer is tied for 15th nationally among freshmen in rebounds per game (7.1) and ranks 19th among freshmen nationally in blocks per game (1.28).
Brockmeyer became the first Saluki in program history to record two double-doubles in her first three collegiate games, as she finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds at UAB (Nov. 13) and followed with 14 points and 10 boards in SIU's win at Memphis (Nov. 19). She went on to score a career-high 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting at Evansville on Dec. 29 to tie Cartaesha Macklin's 2011 school record for points by a freshmen in a single game and she averaged averaged 21.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 2.0 steals to help SIU sweep the first weekend of conference play to earn both MVC Newcomer and Player of the Week honors. Brockmeyer was the first freshman to earn both honors in the same week since Jan. 19, 2009, when Casey Garrison of Missouri State swept both awards.
Her five double-doubles are tied with Mary Berghuis for the second-most in a freshman season in program history while Brockmeyer's 294 rebounds are the fifth-most in a single-season by a freshman in program history. Her 36 blocks are tied with Dyana Pierre for the second-most in a freshman season in school history.
SIU will play as the fourth seed in the MVC Tournament Championship. The Salukis open play at the conference tournament against Indiana State on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
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