Lady Eagles Earn Academic All-American Awards

JACKSON, Tenn. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced 120 Division I women's basketball players that have been named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Student-athletes must be nominated by their head coach, have achieved junior academic status and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Lady Eagle seniors Ashley Townsend, Emily Hoskins and junior Jamie Kenney were recognized by the NAIA for their outstanding work both on and off the hardwood.

Ashley Townsend, senior forward from Orrick, Missouri, was named HAAC Player of the Year and earned 1 st Team All HAAC. Townsend, finished 6 th in the NAIA averaging 19.1 points per game and lead the Eagles in scoring (573). Ashley also led the Eagles with 32 blocked shots, 45 steals, and ranked second on the team with 197 rebounds.

Emily Hoskins, senior point guard from Shawnee, Kansas, finished the regular season leading the Eagles with 149 assists, while compiling 58 points, 84 rebounds, 22 steals, and 6 blocked shots.

Jaime Kenney, Junior guard from Clinton, Missouri, finished the season with a total of 302 points, averaging just under 10 points a game, 146 rebounds, 28 steals, 12 blocked shots, 47 assists, and hit 51 three pointers.

Avila Eagle Women finished the season with a 24-7 record and finished 3 rd in the HAAC with a 15-5 conference record.

Avila University is a private, co-educational, values-based liberal arts institution founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and is located at 119th and Wornall Rd in southwest suburban Kansas City, MO.

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