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CIAA Announces Outstanding Individuals of the Year

February 22, 2001

Hampton, VA .. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is proud to announce the 2001 Men's and Women's Basketball Players of the Year and the All-Conference and All-Rookie Teams.

The 2001 CIAA Men's Player of the Year is Saint Paul's Derick Singleton, a junior, forward from Winston-Salem, NC who heads the conference with 230 total offensive rebounds, 162 total defensive rebounds, averaging 16 ppg.

North Carolina Central's Amba Kongolo, a junior forward/center from Kinshasa, Zaire, holds the crown of Women' s Player of the Year. Kongolo is the leader in blocked shots with 64 and is second in scoring with 417 pts.

This year the rookies feature Deonda Greene of Fayetteville State and Elizabeth City State's Tyrone Smith as Rookie of the Year. The 2001 Men's and Women's Coach of the Year will be announced Sunday night, along with final pairings and game times for the 2001 CIAA Basketball Tournament.

Introducing the 2000-2001 All-Conference and All-Rookie Teams

2001 MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Frontcourt
Rodney Gidney LC SR F 6'7" 200 Shelby, NC
Jimmy Boston NCCU SR F 6'7" 240 Washington, DC
Derick Singleton SPC SR F 6'8" 205 Winston-Salem, NC
Wiyle Petty JCSU SR F 6'5" 200 Boiling Springs, NC
Sadiki Tingling VUU SR F 6'6" 215 Portsmouth, VA
Marcus Best WSSU JR F 6'3" 180 Fayetteville, NC
Lemans Shingler JCSU SR F 6'6" 225 Santee, SC
Backcourt
Ronald Murray SU JR G 6'4" 205 Philadelphia, PA
Shun Riggins FSU SR G 6'1" 180 Birmingham, Ala.
Tony Williams WSSU SR G 5'11 160 Johnson City, TN
Marty Dickerson SAC SR G 5'9" 145 Fremont, NC
Patrick Pope SAC SO G 6'0" 165 Clinton, MD
Player of the Year:
Derick Singleton St. Paul's College

2001 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Frontcourt
Amba Kongolo NCCU JR C 6'3" Kinshasa, Zaire
Julie Tarrance LC SR C 6'5" Washington, NC
Marian Moore FSU SR F 5"10' Baltimore, MD
Marquisha Clayburn JCSU SR F 5'8" Charlotte, NC
Quinn Lewis SPC SO C 6'1" Orange, NJ
Daminicia Moody ECSU JR F 6'0" Virginia Beach, VA
Tonya Bowman FSU SO C 6'0" Upper Malboro, Md
Backcourt
Erica Deas LC JR G 5'10 Sumter, NC
Zakia VanHoose NCCU JR G 5'6" Rochester, NY
Gail Allen SPC JR G 5'8" Newark, NJ
Shauncini Morgan FSU SR G 5'7" Raleigh, NC
Blanche Doctor JCSU JR G 5'11' Goldsboro, NC
Player of the Year:
Amba Kongolo North Carolina Central University


2001 CIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Ronmia Bess VSU G 5'3" Alameda, CA
Deonda Greene FSU G 5'6" Roanoke Rapids, NC
Tiona Beatty NCCU G 5'4" Orlando, FL
Alonna Marable VSU G 5'8" Capital Heights, Md
Tamara Barnes BSU G 5'7" Kettering, MD
Rookie of the Year:
Deonda Green FSU, Roanoke Rapids, NC

CIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Vernon Benjamin JCSU G 6'2" Rock Hill, SC
Kenny Haywood FSU F 6'3" Fayetteville, NC
Tyrone Smith ECSU G 5'11" Chesapeake, VA
Vance Williams SU G 6'2" Raleigh, NC
Gary Cobb NCCU G 6'1" Rocky Mount, NC
Rookie of the Year:
Tyrone Smith, ECSU, Chespeake, Va

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