Newport News, Va. – Fordham women's basketball was represented three times in the Atlantic 10 end-of-season awards, the league announced on Tuesday afternoon, with
Anna DeWolfe garnering First Team All-Conference accolades,
Asiah Dingle earning Third Team honors, and
Kaitlyn Downey landing on the All-Academic team.
For DeWolfe, it's her third straight year-end award and second straight year on the First Team. Last year's Co-Player of the Year currently leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring (18.6 ppg), 46
th nationally, and is fourth in Division I in minutes played per game (38.28). The junior captain is also a two-time A-10 and MBWA Player of the Week. DeWolfe became the fourth-fastest Ram to 1,000 career points earlier this season against Lafayette and is now 11
th all-time with 1,262 points. She is also fifth all-time with a 16.6 per-game average, joint-10
th with 155 threes, and 11
th with 494 total field goals.
"Anna led us and the conference in scoring." Head coach
Stephanie Gaitley said, "She had some big games for us and helped us to big wins. I feel her best basketball is ahead of her!"
Dingle began this season by capturing the first A-10 Player of the Week award and carried that momentum throughout, earning her fourth consecutive year-end accolade (All-Freshman her first year at Kent State and All-Academic her second, and Second Team All-America East while at Stony Brook). The senior transfer leads Fordham in assists (81) and steals (58), third in the conference in the latter, is second in scoring (14.1) and fourth in rebounding (5.2), with two 30-point games to her name this season. Dingle has seven games with four or more steals and 11 with at least three.
"Asiah has been a terrific addition to our program both on and off the court. I feel she should have been recognized on the All-Defensive team, as well. She disrupts the opponent. I'm proud of her coming into our program and being recognized for her talents."
Downey has one A-10 Player of the Week award to her name this season and is the team's leading three-point shooter, knocking down 42 at a 36.2% clip while shooting 40.2% overall from the field. She also leads in blocks (18) and is third in rebounding (5.4) and assists (66) and fourth in scoring (7.8) and steals (26). The senior is already working on her Master's degree and has a 4.0 GPA after a 3.78 undergrad cumulative GPA. It is the second straight season that Downey has been named to the All-Academic squad.
"Kaitlyn has been a three-year captain and leads us on and off the court. She is a major contributor on the court, but her academic success speaks for itself."
Fordham is the #6 seed at this week's Atlantic 10 Championship and will play the winner of #11 Saint Louis and #14 George Mason on Thursday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. The winner of that will advance to play #3 UMass on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
