By: By: Bill Morgal, Interim Sports Information Director
was selected as a First Team All-American by the Women's Division II Bulletin, a monthly newsletter in its 20th year serving Division II athletics. Beckley was one of just five players picked to the first-team squad.
Beckley, the all-time leading scorer in conference history, finished the regular season as the PSAC's leading scorer at 21.8 points per game. She ranked sixth in the nation in points per game, eighth in the nation in free-throw percentage (an SU record 88.7) and 18th in the nation in rebounds per game (10.1). She finished just 16 points short of Tracy Spencer's SU season scoring record.
In her career, Beckley scored 2,407 points through 113 career games and ranks 15th all time in Division II. She is the only player in league history to win a conference player of the year award in both divisions and one of just five players in the league with 2,000 or more career points and 1,000 or more career rebounds.
Only two other PSAC players were picked to the 20-member All-America squads: Gannon's Kristina Freeman (second team) and California (Pa.)'s Brooque Williams (fourth team). Kayla Smith (California (Pa.), Samantha Reimer (Edinboro) and Brittany Tabron (Gannon) received honorable mention. Sarah Pastorek of IUP was picked to the All-Freshman Team.
More information on the Division II Women's College Basketball Bulletin is available
here.
Beckley's 2009-10 Awards
WBCA Coaches All-American
Division II Bulletin All-American (First Team)
Daktronics Regional All-American
PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year
PSAC Eastern Division First Team Selection
Four-time PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Week
A profile of Lauren's career achievements is available
here.
