April 21, 2009

Burkholder honorable mention on VaSID team

Bridgewater College sophomore Jordan Burkholder has been named honorable mention on the VaSID All-State College Division women's basketball team.

Burkholder paced the Eagles and ranked No. 3 in the ODAC in scoring with a 15.2 average. She helped lead the Eagles to the ODAC Championship game for the second straight year. Burkholder also ranked No. 3 in the conference in free throw percentage and No. 1 in the conference in steals.

Named to the all-state first team was Player of the Year Chelsie Schweers from Christopher Newport, Ferrum's Tonya Wright and Randolph-Macon's Molly Ariail, Amanda Hultunen and Lindsay Riesbeck.

Joining Burkholder on the honorable mention team were Mary Washington’s Katy Larson and Ashton Mitchell, Apprentice’s Rahshann Lewter, and Roanoke’s Caitlyn Long. CNU's Carolyn Hunter was named Coach of the Year and Washington and Lee's Meghan Ingram was named Rookie of the Year.