Drexel University Athletics
Four Member of Women's Basketball Recognized in CAA Postseason Awards
3/9/2022 12:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
RICHMOND, Va. – The 2021-22 Colonial Athletic Association regular season champion Drexel women's basketball team had four honorees as the CAA announced its postseason awards on Wednesday. Keishana Washington was named to the First Team and was the Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Hannah Nihill was selected to the Second Team and All-Defensive Team. Tessa Brugler is on the Second Team and Amy Mallon was voted as the CAA Coach of the Year.
Washington makes her fourth All-Conference team and her initial time on the First Team. She finished the regular season second in the CAA in scoring at 19.4 points per game, a mark that is in the top-30 nationally. She has shown remarkable consistency this year, scoring in double figures in all 28 games this year, the only player in the conference and one of just 16 players nationally to accomplish the feat. She has surpassed 20 points on 12 occasions and netted a career-high 40 points on January 30 at William & Mary.
The Pickering, Ontario native is also the conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Washington holds a 3.89 GPA majoring in psychology and is now a candidate for the CAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Nihill is on an All-Conference team for a second consecutive season and is being honored by the league with a postseason award for the eighth and ninth times in total. She is in the top-40 nationally in assists, assists per game, and assist-to-turnover ratio. With her numbers this season, she became just the second player in program history with 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 300 steals and currently ranks fourth in team annals in assists and steals. She is averaging 14.0 points and 5.1 assists per contest. Defensively, she has 62 steals in 28 games this year including 37 in the last 10. A model of consistency, she broke the Drexel record for career games played earlier this season and enters the conference tournament tied for the CAA record in career games.
Brugler made an immediate impact as a graduate transfer, scoring 14.0 points per game while ranking fifth in the conference in rebounding (8.6) and field goal percentage (47.1) and is second in blocks per contest (1.4). She has recorded 10 double-doubles this season, more than twice the number the Dragons had as a team combined in the last two years. She posted a career-high 28 points earlier this season against Charleston and tied the team record since joining the CAA with six blocks against La Salle.
Mallon guided Drexel to a 24-4 regular season record, the best mark in program history prior to the conference tournament. The Dragons reeled off a 14-game winning streak earlier this year, the second best in program history, and went 10-1 in true road games. DU leads the CAA in defensive points per game, surrendering just 55.8 per contest, a mark that is 30th in the country. The Dragons are third nationally in fewest turnovers per game (11.2) and fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.47)
Drexel opens its postseason run at the CAA Championships presented by Primis on Friday when it hosts the winner of the First Round game between Hofstra and UNCW. Tipoff for Friday's quarterfinal at the Daskalakis Athletic Center is scheduled for noon.
Washington makes her fourth All-Conference team and her initial time on the First Team. She finished the regular season second in the CAA in scoring at 19.4 points per game, a mark that is in the top-30 nationally. She has shown remarkable consistency this year, scoring in double figures in all 28 games this year, the only player in the conference and one of just 16 players nationally to accomplish the feat. She has surpassed 20 points on 12 occasions and netted a career-high 40 points on January 30 at William & Mary.
The Pickering, Ontario native is also the conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Washington holds a 3.89 GPA majoring in psychology and is now a candidate for the CAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Nihill is on an All-Conference team for a second consecutive season and is being honored by the league with a postseason award for the eighth and ninth times in total. She is in the top-40 nationally in assists, assists per game, and assist-to-turnover ratio. With her numbers this season, she became just the second player in program history with 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 300 steals and currently ranks fourth in team annals in assists and steals. She is averaging 14.0 points and 5.1 assists per contest. Defensively, she has 62 steals in 28 games this year including 37 in the last 10. A model of consistency, she broke the Drexel record for career games played earlier this season and enters the conference tournament tied for the CAA record in career games.
Brugler made an immediate impact as a graduate transfer, scoring 14.0 points per game while ranking fifth in the conference in rebounding (8.6) and field goal percentage (47.1) and is second in blocks per contest (1.4). She has recorded 10 double-doubles this season, more than twice the number the Dragons had as a team combined in the last two years. She posted a career-high 28 points earlier this season against Charleston and tied the team record since joining the CAA with six blocks against La Salle.
Mallon guided Drexel to a 24-4 regular season record, the best mark in program history prior to the conference tournament. The Dragons reeled off a 14-game winning streak earlier this year, the second best in program history, and went 10-1 in true road games. DU leads the CAA in defensive points per game, surrendering just 55.8 per contest, a mark that is 30th in the country. The Dragons are third nationally in fewest turnovers per game (11.2) and fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.47)
Drexel opens its postseason run at the CAA Championships presented by Primis on Friday when it hosts the winner of the First Round game between Hofstra and UNCW. Tipoff for Friday's quarterfinal at the Daskalakis Athletic Center is scheduled for noon.
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