Amanda Bender & Laura Cohen Earn All-Skyline Team Honors

Press Release from the Skyline Conference

New York, N.Y. – Junior forward DeAndra Scott of Old Westbury has been named the 2012-13 Skyline Women's Basketball Player of the Year in voting conducted among the Conference's eight head coaches. 

The Skyline coaches also selected Alyssa D'Apice of NYU-Poly as Rookie of the Year and Old Westbury's Michael Krasnoff as Coach of the Year.  In addition, NYU-Poly received the Team Sportsmanship Award.

Scott leads the conference in scoring (18.6 ppg.), rebounding (10.1 rpg.) and field goal percentage (.453) while earning Skyline Player of the Week distinction a league-high seven times this season.  The St. Albans, N.Y., native has amassed 14 double-doubles and scored 20 or more points in 10 of the Panthers' 25 contests, including a career-best 33-point effort on Jan. 9 in a 74-70 (OT) win over Purchase.   

D'Apice ranks fourth in the league in scoring (15.2 ppg.) and sixth in assists (3.52 apg.) while adding 43 field goals from beyond the arc.  The freshman guard from Carmel, N.Y., is averaging 5.5 rebounds and was named the Skyline Rookie of the Week on three occasions in 2012-13.  

Scott and D'Apice are joined on the All-Conference first team by Amanda Bender of St. Joseph's-L.I., Jess Lindsay of Purchase, Rachel Perrone of Mount Saint Mary and Farmingdale State's Nicky Young.  Bender earns first-team distinction for the second consecutive year, while Perrone led Mount Saint Mary to the Skyline regular season title with a 13-1 record. 

The second-team All-Conference includes Talia Beaulieu of Purchase, Farmingdale State's Nikita Green, Laura Cohen of St. Joseph's-L.I., Mount Saint Vincent's Kelly Fraser and Becky Metzger of Mount Saint Mary.  

Now in his 10th season at Old Westbury, Krasnoff has guided the Panthers to a 10-4 mark in Skyline play and the No. 3 seed in this week's championship.  OW boasts a 16-9 overall record and leads the conference in scoring at 64.5 ppg.  Krasnoff has an overall record of 149-113 at Old Westbury and also earned Skyline Coach of the Year honors in 2007-08.  

2012-13 SKYLINE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
First-Team
DeAndra Scott*, Old Westbury - Jr., F, St. Albans, N.Y. - 18.6 ppg., 10.1 rpg.
Amanda Bender, St. Joseph's-L.I -  Sr,  F, East Northport, N.Y. - 18.0 ppg., 8.9 rpg.
Alyssa D'Apice, NYU-Poly - Fr., G, Carmel, N.Y.  - 15.2 ppg., 5.5 rpg.
Jess Lindsay, Purchase - Jr., F, Rochester, N.Y. - 12.8 ppg., 5.8 rpg. 
Rachel Perrone, Mount Saint Mary - Jr., F, Poughquag, N.Y. - 13.1 ppg., 7.6 rpg.
Nicky Young, Farmingdale State - Jr., G, Queens, N.Y. - 18.0 ppg., 6.9 rpg.

Second-Team
Talia Beaulieu, Purchase - Sr., G/F, Waldorf, Md. - 15.2 ppg., 7.4 rpg.
Laura Cohen, St. Joseph's-L.I. - Jr., G, Smithtown, N.Y. - 14.8 ppg., 4.7 rpg.
Kelly Fraser, Mount Saint Vincent - So., C, Staten Island, N.Y. - 14.1 ppg., 7.9 rpg.
Nikita Green, Farmingdale State - Sr., G, Roosevelt, N.Y. - 11.6 ppg., 4.1 rpg.
Becky Metzger, Mount Saint Mary - Sr., G, Point Pleasant, N.J. -  6.5 ppg., 5.4 rpg.


*Player of the Year: DeAndra Scott, Old Westbury
Rookie of the Year: Alyssa D'Apice, NYU-Poly
Coach of the Year: Michael Krasnoff, Old Westbury
Team Sportsmanship Award: NYU-Poly