XU sophomore Gathright voted to All-Louisiana 3rd team

WHITNEY GARTHRIGHT

 
 

NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana's Whitney Gathright is third team on the All-Louisiana collegiate women's basketball team announced late Friday.

A Louisiana Sports Writers Association panel selected the team.

Gathright, a 5-foot-4 sophomore point guard from New Orleans and a graduate of John Curtis Christian School, was the only Louisiana collegiate female in 2013-14 with 40 made 3-pointers, 100 made free throws, 100 rebounds and 100 assists. She led the Gold Nuggets with 12.3 points per game, was All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference and MVP of the GCAC Tournament, which Xavier won for the fourth time in five years.

Gathright averaged three points per game as a freshman.

"In my 15 years of coaching, Whitney Gathright made the most improvement from freshman year to sophomore year of anyone in our program," XU coach Bo Browder said. "She became the leader of our team. She greatly improved on both ends of the court. If there was a big shot to be taken, she was always willing to do it."

Gathright is the third XU sophomore to make All-Louisiana third team or higher. Jarryn Cleaves (2004-05) and Sherlett Hendy (1991-92) were the others.

Xavier finished 24-10 and ranked 19th in the NAIA Division I coaches postseason poll.

2013-14 All-Louisiana Women's Basketball Team

FIRST TEAM
Trudy Armstead, senior, Northwestern State
Allison Baggett, sophomore, McNeese State
Whitney Frazier, junior, Louisiana Tech
Theresa Plaisance, senior, LSU
Emani White, sophomore, Nicholls State

SECOND TEAM
Jasmine Brewer, senior, Loyola
Kendra Coleman, junior, Southern
Jamie Kaplan, junior, Tulane
Joanna Miller, senior, Grambling
Ashleigh Simmons, senior, Louisiana-Monroe

THIRD TEAM
Danielle Ballard, sophomore, LSU
Danielle Blagg, junior, Tulane
Jenna Diakos, senior, LSU-Shreveport
Whitney Gathright, sophomore, Xavier
Jeanne Kenney, senior, LSU

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Theresa Plaisance, LSU
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Chrisstasia Walter, Louisiana Tech
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Raigyne Moncrief, LSU
COACHES OF THE YEAR; Brooke and Scott Stoehr, Northwestern State

HONORABLE MENTION
Tiffany Dale, junior, Tulane
Aja Gibson, senior, Southeastern Louisiana
Keisha Lee, sophomore, Northwestern State
Raigyne Moncrief, freshman, LSU
Cecilia Okoye, senior, McNeese State
Nanna Pool, sophomore, Southeastern Louisiana
Chrisstasia Walter, junior, Louisiana Tech

Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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