2004 NEWMAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

WORCESTER, MASS. – Clark University, the 2004 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Champions, swept the top three awards, as the NEWMAC announced its women’s basketball post-season honors in a vote by league coaches, Tuesday.

Clark Head Coach Pat Glispin was named the NEWMAC Coach of the Year, while senior Rachael Turkington (Holland, Mass.) was named the conference’s Player of the Year and first-year center Ashley Auclair (Williamsburg, Mass.) was named the conference Rookie of the Year. Auclair also earned second-team all-conference honors.

Springfield College, the 2004 NEWMAC runners-up, placed senior guard Kelly McOmber (Woodbury, Conn.) on the all-conference first team. McOmber was a second team selection in 2003.

Rounding out the all-conference first-team were Coast Guard’s Lis Bosma (Potomac Falls, Va.), WPI’s Allison Wing (Brewer, Maine) and Smith’s Dasen Woitkowski (Pittsfield, Mass.).

Mount Holyoke received three second team all-conference selections in senior Sara Belding (Sebastopol, Calif.), sophomore Jonee Billy (New York, N.Y.) and first-year Joeanna Silvey (Boston, Mass.). WPI’s Lee Helberg (Yarmouth, Mass.) also earned second team all-conference honors while Clark’s Auclair was also named to the NEWMAC all-conference second team.

Coach of the Year: Pat Glispin, Clark
Player of the Year: Rachael Turkington, Clark
Rookie of the Year: Ashley Auclair, Clark

First Team
Lis Bosma, Coast Guard
Kelly McOmber, Springfield
Rachael Turkington, Clark
Allison Wing, WPI
Dasen Woitkowski, Smith

Second Team
Ashley Auclair, Clark
Sara Belding, Mount Holyoke
Jonee Billy, Mount Holyoke
Lee Helberg, WPI
Joeanna Silvey, Mount Holyoke