Central Michigan University Athletics
Women's Basketball Hands Out End-Of-Season Awards
3/31/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 31, 2003
MOUNT PLEASANT -- The Central Michigan University women's basketball team capped the 2002-03 campaign with its annual awards banquet at the Bovee University Center on Sunday afternoon.
Laurie Henderson (Newark, Ohio/Sr.) won the team's "Most Valuable Player" award. Henderson was the co-captain this past season and was one of the top players on the team, especially down the stretch. The combo guard finished the season scoring in double figures in five of her last seven games. That included a team-high 14 points in the Mid-American Conference first-round playoff game against Buffalo. She led the team in assists 10 times this past year, and tied her career-high with a 15-point outing against Oklahoma State. Henderson was among the team leaders in assists (65), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.14), and free throw percentage (.774).
MVP was not the only hardware that Henderson earned. She also won the team's "Best Defensive Player" award and "Top Free-Throw Shooter."
Desiree Eidson (Bowling Green, Ohio/Sr.), who is CMU's latest member of the 1,000-point club at 1,008, won the team's "Top Rebounder" honor. She collected 173 rebounds and averaged 6.2 caroms per game. In fact, Eidson was 13th in the MAC, averaging 4.21 defensive boards per game.
One of the team's freshmen was also honored for the impact she had in her first year. Chasidy Myers (Columbia City, Ind./Fr.) was named the "Most Improved."
The team also honored one of its hardest workers. While Emily Gross (Norton Shores/So.) didn't see a lot time during games, she was consistently one of the hardest-working athletes on the team. Gross was named the team's "Free Throw" and "Three-Point Champion" according the coaches' stats from practice Gross topped the team "ladder" in free throw and three-point shooting drills in practices this season.
Winning the second-ever Dee Pommerenk Award was Raina Harmon (Detroit/Jr.). The award goes to the women's basketball player who exemplifies a positive attitude, teamwork, and willingness to contribute the maximum effort regardless of ability, individual statistics, or class year. The award was gifted by Dee Pommerenk as an endowment for the women's basketball program.
