March 4, 2009

2008-09 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams

DAYTON, Ohio - Nine-time Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week Justine Raterman was named the league's Rookie of the Year on Wednesday to headline a group of three honorees from the University of Dayton women's basketball team.

Raterman was also named to the Honorable Mention Team and All-Rookie Teams. Fellow classmate Casey Nance joins Raterman on the A-10 All-Rookie Team. Sophomore Kristin Daugherty was selected to the A-10 All-Third Team.

It's the first time in program history a UD player has ever earned the league's Rookie of the Year Award and the first time two freshmen have made it onto the All-Rookie Team in the same season.

Raterman is easily having one of the best seasons of any Flyer freshman in over a decade. The Flyer rookie leads UD in scoring (13.0 ppg), rebounding (8.6 rpg), steals (1.0 spg), three-point field goal percentage (.729), and has tallied a team-high seven double-doubles this season. Raterman ranks third in rebounding and eighth in scoring nationally among all Division I freshmen.

All-Rookie selection Casey Nance has provided an immediate inside presence for Dayton as a freshman. Nance played in all 30 regular season games, starting 28 of them. She led the A-10 in blocks per game (1.8). She is averaging 6.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg. She ranks 12th nationally among all DI freshmen in rebounding. Nance leads the team in field goal percentage (47.2 percent) and blocked shots (54). She has scored in double figures eight times and posted two double-doubles this season.

Daugherty is averaging 12.9 points per game to rank 10th in scoring in the Atlantic 10. Daugherty is the team-leader in minutes played (32.6 mpg). She is second on the team in scoring and third on the team in assists (2.4 apg), and fourth in blocks (0.3 bpg), steals (0.6 spg), and rebounding (5.0 rpg).

Coming off last year's 25-9 campaign, Coach Jim Jabir has used a young core of talented underclassmen to come through with UD's second-straight winning season. The Flyers finished the regular season 18-12 overall and 7-7 in league play. The Flyers 18-12 record is the second-best in modern program history.

The eighth-seeded Flyers will play the ninth-seeded Saint Louis Billikens in the first round of the A-10 Women's Basketball Championship on Friday, March 6. Game time is set for Noon ET. Fans can follow the game with Gametracker at www.DaytonFlyers.com or video streaming at www.Atlantic10.org.