HSRN National Player of the Year Poll

[1aggielady]

National Player of the Year - D-I Women
B. Taylor-James-A&T
Gaati Werema-PVAM


This is the last week to vote for the Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN)
National Player and Rookie of the Year Nominees for the 2008-09 basketball
season. Just like the National Player of the Week Fan Poll, the Player and
Rookie of the Year will be selected by the fans across the country.

The fan poll for the National Players of the Year will run thru Monday, March 30.

So go out and cast your vote at HSRN.Com, ASAP.

The polls are located on the lower right side of the home page.

[ATLaggie]

B. Taylor-James is behind by 60 votes. Lets support her aggies

hsrn.com

[captaggie]

From the hsrn.com website:


Division - I Women (National Player of the Year)

Brittanie Taylor-James - N.C. A&T (F, 6'0, Sr., Evanston, IL) led the Aggies to the 2009 regular season and MEAC Tournament Championship. She ranked 18th in the nation and led the MEAC in scoring at 19.5 points per game. Also ranked among the top 20 in the MEAC in seven statistical categories and tallied 20 or more points 13 times and also had three 30-plus point performances. Named 2009 MEAC Player of the Year.

Gaati Werema - Prairie View (F, 6'0, Jr., Miami, FL) averaged 11.6 points and 7.5 rebounds (led SWAC) while shooting 48 percent from the field (2nd in SWAC) and 76 percent from the free throw line (3rd in SWAC). Scored a season high 26 points at Arkansas Pine Bluff (Jan. 26) and had a SWAC season high 20 rebounds against Jackson St. (Feb. 16). She tallied five double-doubles this season. Named 2009 SWAC Player of the Year.

[DECKS]

Lol, who the heck is HSRN?

[Bornthrilla]

Is that like onnidan?

[oleschoolaggie]

Mar 27, 2009 11:28:13 GMT -5 ATLaggie said:

B. Taylor-James is behind by 60 votes. Lets support her aggies

hsrn.com

way to go, aggies! i just voted and btj is now 163 votes ahead!! but don't stop voting, let's finish the deal...

[Bornthrilla]

The power of BDV.com.

[oleschoolaggie]

Mar 27, 2009 15:58:28 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

The power of BDV.com.

no question about it, thrilla!! we're extremely fortunate to have bdv.com on our team. hail, that's a 223 point swing in a matter of minutes...

[oleschoolaggie]

hold up, thrilla. i just voted again from the same computer and it accepted! dayum, we can cheat!

[captaggie]

Poll Update. Voting ends today.

KEEP voting - the diference here could change in minutes.


B. Taylor-James-A&T
434 67.2%

Gaati Werema-PVAM
212 32.8%

[Bigboy]

I don't know about you all's computer but mine would let me vote as many times as I like. After you vote just click on back and vote again.

[Bornthrilla]

The polls are no longer showing up. Will there be an announcement on who won this thing?

[Aggie One]

Yeah, they have a big national banquet sort of thing and hand out trophies to all the winners.

[Aggie77]

Mar 30, 2009 19:55:20 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

The polls are no longer showing up. Will there be an announcement on who won this thing?

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HSRN ANNOUNCES 2009 NATIONAL PLAYER & ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Hartly, DE - The Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) National Player & Rookie of the Year fan poll results are final and there were 33, 093 total votes cast by fans across the country.

Mississippi Valley State fans set the stage with over 11,000 votes for their candidate.


HSRN developed the fan poll to get all HBCU alumni, students and fans involved with the national process and to also give everyone a chance to consistently keep up with the individual performances around the country. This web site and our broadcasts are designed to keep you abreast of all action around HBCU athletic competition.

The Award Winners are:
David Holston (Chicago St.) Div. I Men - National Player of the Year
(G, 5'8, 160, Sr., Pontiac, MI) averaged 26 points per game, 6.1 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.9 steals. Led the Cougars to their first winning season in 23 years, finishing 19-13. Led the nation (Div. I) in made three-pointers per game with a 4.6 per game average and also finished in the top-five in scoring and steals in the nation. Had 11 games with 30 or more points, including a season high 41 points against Utah Valley (Jan. 29). The final voting results are: Holston - 2,648; Brandon Brooks (Alabama St.) - 1,751; Tywain McKee (Coppin St.) - 90.


Jamar Briscoe (N.C. Central) Div. I Men - National Rookie of the Year
(G, 5'10, 155, Fr., Baltimore, MD) first NCCU freshman to score over 500 points finishing with 535 points. Led the team in scoring averaging 17.8 points per game and assists with 79. Scored a season high 37 points against Longwood (Feb. 28) and averaged 35.5 points per game in their two game week with Longwood. The final voting results are: Briscoe - 960; Rod Melvin (Jackson St.) - 349; Cliff Reed (Bethune Cookman) - 24.


Brittanie Taylor-James (N.C. A&T) Div. I Women - National Player of the Year
(F, 6-0, Sr., Evanston, IL) led the Aggies to the 2009 regular season and MEAC Tournament Championship. She ranked 18th in the nation and led the MEAC in scoring at 19.5 points per game. Also ranked among the top 20 in the MEAC in seven statistical categories and tallied 20 or more points 13 times and also had three 30-plus point performances. Named 2009 MEAC Player of the Year. The final voting results are: Taylor-James - 480; Gaati Werema (Prairie View) - 221.

Kanesha Smith (Mississippi Valley St.) Div. I Women - National Rookie of the Year
(G, 5'9, Fr., Sanhill, MS) averaged 8.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. Scored a season high 20 points against Texas El-Paso (Dec. 14). Named SWAC Freshman of the Year. The final voting results are: Smith - 11,223; Sonia Johnson (Delaware St.) - 7,352; Chasidy Williams (N.C. Central) - 3,224.

Anthony Hilliard (Elizabeth City St.) Div. II Men - National Player of the Year
(F, 6'4, Sr., Fayetteville, NC) led the CIAA in scoring (26.3ppg) and rebounding (11.6rpg). Also finished the season ranked 3rd nationally in rebounds and 5th in the nation in scoring. Named CIAA Player of the Year. The final voting results are: Hilliard - 870; Kenny Boyd (Morehouse) - 105.

Kenneth Simmons (Ft. Valley St.) Div. II Men - National Rookie of the Year
(G, 6'3, Fr., Milledgeville, GA) averaged 10.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. Shot .427% from the floor and led the team in three points shooting at .375%. Named 2009 SIAC Freshman of the Year. The final voting results are: Simmons - 310; J.C. Chaney (Virginia St.) - 82.

Shantrell Moss (Clark-Atlanta) Div. II Women - National Player of the Year
(G, 5'9 Sr., Ft. Lauderdale, FL) led the conference in scoring averaging 24.1 points and led her team to a 2nd place regular season finish and a 26-4 record. Named 2009 SIAC Player of the Year. The final voting results are: Moss - 976; Tatiana Ellis (St. Paul's) - 714.


Keyona Bryant (St. Augustine's) Div. II Women - National Rookie of the Year
(C, 6'0, Fr., Springdale, MD) 8-time CIAA Rookie of the Week this season, leading the Falcons in scoring at 17.8 points per game and was second on the team in rebounding with a 7.3 per game average. Named CIAA Rookie of the Year. The final voting results are: Bryant - 1,036; Kendra Evans (Ft. Valley St.) - 678.

The fan voting for the National Player and Rookie of the Year ran on the HSRN.com web site from March 17 thru March 30.