March 4, 2008

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Navy women's basketball freshman Cassie Consedine (Bartlesville, Okla.) garnered a pair of accolades from the Patriot League Tuesday as she was named Second-Team All-Patriot League and to the league's all-rookie team. The announcement of the league's postseason awards came as part of this morning's teleconference call with the league's coaches to preview this week's Patriot League Tournament.

Consedine is the first Mid to be named to the league's all-rookie team since Kate Hobbs earned the distinction in 2004 and is the 12th Mid to receive the accolade in Navy's 17 years as a member of the league.

She also joins Becky Dowling and Courtney Davidson as the lone Navy freshmen to attain all-league status. Both Dowling in 1995 and Davidson in 2001 were also named Second-Team All-Patriot League.

With her award, Navy players also have now totaled 11 second-team laurels in program history. The most recent Navy recipient of the honor was Lauren Skrel in 2006.

Consedine smashed both the Navy freshman class record (32) and overall single-season record (48) for blocked shots as she tallied 69 rejections this season, a mark which is already more than halfway to the Navy career record of 124. Additionally, she ranks second all time among Navy freshman in both scoring and rebounding with 380 points and 238 caroms, respectively, as well as fifth with 26 three-point field goals made.

The first freshman to lead Navy in both scoring (13.6 ppg) and rebounding (8.5 rpg) in a season, Consedine ranks third in the Patriot League in scoring and leads the league in total rebounds and defensive rebounds (7.11 rpg). Her 12 double-doubles also leads the league, is a Navy freshman class record and is just two short of the school standard of 14.

Consedine is just the third player in league history to lead the Patriot League in rebounding as a freshman (Laurie Coffey, Navy, 1996; Anne Tierney, Lehigh, 2000).

One of the more consistent players in the league this year, Consedine has both scored in double figures and grabbed five or more rebounds in 20 consecutive games, with single-game highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Joining her on the all-rookie team (open only to freshmen) were American's Liz Leer, Army's Erin Anthony, Elizabeth Campbell from Holy Cross, Lafayette's LaKeisha Wright and Erica Prosser from Lehigh.

The announcement of the league's individual major awards, including the rookie of the year, will be made Friday night at the Patriot League Tournament banquet in West Point, N.Y., site of Saturday's quarterfinal and Sunday's semifinal round games.

Navy, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, will face second-seeded Holy Cross Saturday at 5 p.m. in the third quarterfinal game of the day. It will be aired live locally on WNAV-AM 1430, while Navy All-Access subscribers will be able to receive the video stream of the game through www.navysports.com(.)

First Team
Liz Hayes, American; Alex McGuire, Army; Hope Foster, Bucknell; Briana McFadden, Holy Cross; Vanessa Van De Venter, Lafayette

Second Team
Stephanie N'Garsanet, American; Cara Enright, Army; Bethany O'Dell, Holy Cross; Alex Ross, Lehigh; Tricia Smith, Lehigh; Cassie Consedine, Navy

Rookie Team
Liz Leer, American; Erin Anthony, Army; Elizabeth Campbell, Holy Cross; LaKeisha Wright, Lafayette; Erica Prosser, Lehigh; Cassie Consedine, Navy