Shippensburg University women's basketball alum Lauren Beckley '10 has been named the most valuable player of the Dame Ligaen (Women's League) according to Lemvig Basket, her professional basketball team in Denmark. The voting was conducted last Saturday during the league playoffs.

"Lauren has been a very important part of our success this season - taking on a lot of responsibility and showing the way for the rest of the team in a very unselfish manner," said René Jakobsen, the chairman of Lemvig Basket. "She has without a doubt been the most valuable player in the Dameliga this season, which also shows on the stats."

In 24 games this season for Lemvig Basket, Beckley averaged 21.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per game working primarily as a post player for her team. She scored 519 points – including a game-high 38 in a win over Vaerlose – and shot 56 percent from the floor on her two-point field-goal attempts.

Her all-around play included 43 steals, 38 assists and seven blocked shots. She led the league in scoring and was the only player to average more than 20 points per game. Beckley also ranked second in rebounding and posted 13 double-doubles during the season.

"Lauren has truly been a good example of the right combination of skills and personality," Jakobsen said. "She always puts the team before herself, and she has committed herself to the club both on and off the court. We are so proud and happy that the players in the Dameliga have honored her with this title."

A full game-by-game statistical profile of Beckley's season can be accessed here.

Beckley, a two-time WBCA All-American, is the all-time leading scorer in PSAC history and finished her senior season at Shippensburg as the PSAC's leading scorer with 21.8 points per game. She ranked sixth in the nation in points per game, eighth in the nation in free-throw percentage and 18th in the nation in rebounds per game (10.1).

In her career, Beckley scored 2,407 points through 113 career games to rank herself 15th all time in Division II. She is the only player in PSAC 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. Overall, Beckley was a three-time PSAC Player of the Year.

Beckley was a two-time CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American for the College Division of District 2. She graduated with a 3.59 grade-point average while attaining a major in exercise science and a minor in biology.