Junior forward LaTonya McDole received the Leading Scorer and Leading Rebounder awards at the annual women’s basketballbanquet hosted by the UK Victory Club last week.
McDole (Dayton, Ohio) led the Cats in scoring with 12.8 points per game and was honored with the Leading Scorer Award for thesecond straight season. She also topped the charts in scoring last season, averaging 11.6 ppg. The 6-1 forward charted a team-high7.1 rebounds per game this season to garner the Leading Rebound Award.
The teams academic award was presented by Coach Bernadette Mattox to freshman guard Kristin Connolly (Sammamish, Wash.).
Connolly was named to the Deans List and the Athletic Directors Honor Roll in the fall semester after maintaining a 3.75grade-point average. She is undecided on a major.
The entire 2001 Wildcat squad, consisting of eight freshmen, two sophomores and one junior, was awarded a plaque by CoachMattox for their hard work and dedication. The Cats finished the year with a 6-21 overall record, 2-12 in the SoutheasternConference. Freshman SeSe Helm (Bowling Green, Ky.), who marginally followed McDole in the scoring column at 12.3 ppg, wasnamed to the SEC All-Freshman team. It was UKs first freshman selection since 1998.
