Women's Basketball

SEYMOUR NAMED MBWA DIVISION II COACH OF THE YEAR
DLABOLA AND WALLACE NAMED TO 2^ND TEAM

WHITE PLAINS, NY- Pace University Women's Basketball head coach Carrie Seymour was named the Division II Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. It is Seymour's fourth selection as Coach of the Year by the MBWA. She previously won in 1996, 2000 and 2001.  Senior Jesse Dlabola (Levittown, NY/Holy Trinity and junior Ashley Wallace (Oswego, NY/Oswego) were named to the 2^nd team.

Seymour's Setters finished the year at 21-8 overall and posted a Northeast-10 Conference record of 16-6, good for 4^th place in the NE-10 Conference tournament. The Setters also claimed the 4^th seed in the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional.  The Setters' 21 wins mark the 9^th time in Seymour's 14 year coaching career her team has reached the 20-win plateau and the second consecutive year. 

This season Seymour won her 250^th career game and boasts a career record of 266-148 with a winning percentage of .643.  Seymour is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and also serves on the Division II Kodal All-American Committee.

Dlabola earned 2^nd team honors after averaging 8.5 points, 3.9 assists and 3.1 steals per game.  Dlabola was also named to the Northeast-10 Conference All-Academic 1^st Team as well as the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division District I 3^rd Team. 

Dlabola came to Pace prior to the 2003-04 season from Adelphi University.  While at Adelphi she broke the school record for steals in a game, season and career while also ranking nationally among all Division I and II players.  She was an all-NYCAC selection in two seasons at Adelphi, while also being named the NYCAC Rookie of the Year for the 2001-02 season.  Her transfer to Pace instantly marked a change in the Pace women's basketball program despite a season-ending injury in her 2^nd career game at Pace.  During that season she was the inspiriational leader of a team that showed an eight game improvement in the win's column.  In her first full season with Pace, she led a Setter attack that returned to the 20-win plateau and jetted into the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional.  During her time at Pace, she has been a mainstay in the Northeast-10 assists and steals Top 10.  For her career, at Pace and Adelphi, Dlabola totaled 1,311 points, 357 rebounds, 358 assists and knocked down 180 3-pointers.  Her 453 career steals rank 6^th in Division II history.

Wallace was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Women's Basketball 3rd team, as voted on by the Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball coaches. Wallace was one of 20 players, including five freshman, to receive the honors as released on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

Wallace had a break-out season for the Setters, leading them with 11.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per game while shooting 52.1% (138-265) from the floor.  Wallace ranked 14th in the conference in points per game and 3rd in field goal percentage.  For the year, she started in 27 out of 29 games played, scoring in double figures 20 times.  Against St. Michael's on December 10, 2005, she turned in her first double-double performance, finishing with 15 points and 11 rebounds.  In her only 20-point game of her career, against Bryant on January 24, 2006, she also grabbed 10 rebounds.  This season she set career highs in points (331), points per game, rebounds (172), rebounds per game, steals (21), field goals (138) and field goal percentage.  Wallace led Pace in scoring eight times, and led the team in rebounding 12 times.  Heading into her senior season she has totaled 721 points, 442 rebounds, and is shooting 47.6% (294-617) from the floor.

Earlier in the season, Wallace was named to the Northeast-10 Conference All Academic 1st team and the ESPN The Magazine Academic All America District 1 College Divsion 2nd team. Wallace posted a Northeast-10 Conference high grade-point-average of 3.97 in Secondary Education.