Geiger, Vogel & Marchesano Highlight All-ICAA Teams

TIFFIN, Ohio (March 12, 2012) – All 5 members of the First team and all 4 individual award winners came from Ohio schools in the 2011-12 All-ICAA Women’s Basketball voting. Urbana led the pack with 4 selections, while Central State and Ursuline had 3 each.

Freshman of the Year was shared by Ciara Geiger (Fort Wayne, Ind.) of Urbana and Martha Nagbe (Lakewood, Ohio) of Notre Dame College. Geiger averaged 15.19 points, 2.65 assists and 1.77 steals a game, hit 38 triples and shot 77.2% from the line. Nagbe averaged 13.2 points, 5.76 rebounds, 2.52 assists and 3.08 steals a game.  In addition to her All-Freshmen Team selection, Geiger also earned First Team All-ICAA honors.

Urbana's Andrea Vogel (Bluffton, Ind.) gave the Blue Knights two First Team selections.  Vogel was amongst the D-II national leaders in blocked shots all season long.  She finished 1 blocked shot behind the national leader, but she set an Urbana single season record with 102 swats (3.6 bpg).  The junior center also finished first on the team in field goal percentage (47.4%) and second on the squad in scoring (300 pts, 10.7 ppg), and rebounding (7.9 rpg).

Joining Geiger on the All-Freshmen Team was fellow frosh Katy Barkley (Olivet, Mich.).  Barkley was 1 of 4 Blue Knights to play in all 29 games this season.  The versatile guard/forward made 23 starts, averaging 8.0 points/game and 5.0 rebounds/game.  Barkley shot a team-high 50.0% from behind the arc, while recording 57 assists and 43 steals on the year.

Maria Marchesano of Urbana was named Coach of the Year. At the time she took over in January, the Blue Knights were 2-8. Urbana finished 12-7 overall under Marchesano, including a 9-1 mark at home that included wins her first 8 games in the Grimes Center.  The rookie head coach also led Urbana to the championship game of the NCAA DII Ohio Independent Tournament.

Player of the Year went to Katie Capello (So./Canton, Ohio) of Ursuline. She averaged 15.62 points, 6.38 rebounds and blocked 1.08 shots a game while shooting 50.5% from the floor.

The Independents' Collegiate Athletic Association, or ICAA, is composed of current NCAA Division II Independent institutions.  Basketball members include Black Hills State, Central Oklahoma, Central State, Lindenwood, Notre Dame College, Palm Beach Atlantic, Urbana, Ursuline and Washington Adventist.

2011-12 ICAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AWARDS
Coach of the Year – Maria Marchesano – Urbana
Player of the Year – Katie Capello - Ursuline
Freshmen of the Year – Ciara Geiger – Urbana & Martha Nagbe – Notre Dame College
FIRST TEAM
Laura Campbell F Ursuline Jr. Toledo, Ohio
Katie Capello G Ursuline So. Canton, Ohio
Ciara Geiger G Urbana Fr. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Martha Nagbe G Notre Dame College Fr. Lakewood, Ohio
Andrea Vogel C Urbana Jr. Bluffton, Indiana
SECOND TEAM
Caroline Bourlioux C Lindenwood So. Banneux, Belgium
Savannah Hamilton G Central Oklahoma Jr. Preston, Oklahoma
Selethia Jackson F Palm Beach Atlantic Sr. Riviera Beach, Florida
Marissa Lehnig G Lindenwood So. Imperial, Missouri
Iniquia Snell G Central State So. Detroit, Michigan
THIRD TEAM
Regina Allen G Central State So. Cincinnati, Ohio
Tanija Beasley G/F Central State Jr. Gahanna, Ohio
Chelsea Jones G Oakland City Fr. Austin, Indiana
Jordan Kong G Palm Beach Atlantic Sr. Sanford, Florida
Kristi Ryan G Black Hills State Sr. Highmore, South Dakota
Sarah Schneiders F Lindenwood Jr. St. Peters, Missouri
All-Freshman
Katy Barkley G Urbana Fr. Olivet, Michigan
Ciara Geiger G Urbana Fr. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Chelsea Jones G Oakland City Fr. Austin, Indiana
Martha Nagbe G Notre Dame College Fr. Lakewood, Ohio
Brooke Trauthwein F Ursuline Fr. Dayton, Ohio