Kirkland Tabbed First Team All-Atlantic Sun
2/27/2012 5:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Atlantic Sun Release
MACON, Ga. – University of North Florida women's basketball's Brittany Kirkland was named First Team All-Atlantic Sun on Monday, as announced by the conference office and as voted on by the league's head coaches.
“Brittany's hard work and contributions to UNF women's basketball has made a significant impact in the Atlantic Sun Conference,” said head coach Mary Tappmeyer. “It is great that she's been recognized by the conference's coaches for a fourth-straight year.”
It was Kirkland's fourth time in which she earned postseason honors. She was an All-Freshman Team honoree in 2008-09, a Second Team selection as a sophomore and a First Team honoree as a junior.
The Monroe, Ga.,-native has been on of UNF's top offensive players, leading the team in scoring (12.4 ppg), field goals made (136), field goal attempts (326), three-point field goal percentage (.375), free throws made (58), free throw attempts (74) and assists (103). Kirkland's started in all 29 of UNF's regular-season games, totaling 972 minutes and averaging 33.5 minutes per game. She's reached double digits in scoring in 21 games, including three 20-or-more point games.
Kirkland is the Atlantic Sun's active career leading scorer with 1,560 points and ranks 17th all-time in the conference. She was named the conference's Player of the Week on Dec. 20 and was selected to the All-Tournament Team at the Comfort Inn Holiday Classic.
Kirkland and her teammates return to the hardwood on Thursday for the 2012 General Shale Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Championships. UNF is seeded fourth in the tournament and faces fifth-seeded Kennesaw State in the first round at Noon on Thursday at Mercer's University Center. Winner of that game advances to Friday's semifinals and plays the Florida Gulf Coast-ETSU winner.
MACON, Ga. – University of North Florida women's basketball's Brittany Kirkland was named First Team All-Atlantic Sun on Monday, as announced by the conference office and as voted on by the league's head coaches.
“Brittany's hard work and contributions to UNF women's basketball has made a significant impact in the Atlantic Sun Conference,” said head coach Mary Tappmeyer. “It is great that she's been recognized by the conference's coaches for a fourth-straight year.”
It was Kirkland's fourth time in which she earned postseason honors. She was an All-Freshman Team honoree in 2008-09, a Second Team selection as a sophomore and a First Team honoree as a junior.
The Monroe, Ga.,-native has been on of UNF's top offensive players, leading the team in scoring (12.4 ppg), field goals made (136), field goal attempts (326), three-point field goal percentage (.375), free throws made (58), free throw attempts (74) and assists (103). Kirkland's started in all 29 of UNF's regular-season games, totaling 972 minutes and averaging 33.5 minutes per game. She's reached double digits in scoring in 21 games, including three 20-or-more point games.
Kirkland is the Atlantic Sun's active career leading scorer with 1,560 points and ranks 17th all-time in the conference. She was named the conference's Player of the Week on Dec. 20 and was selected to the All-Tournament Team at the Comfort Inn Holiday Classic.
Kirkland and her teammates return to the hardwood on Thursday for the 2012 General Shale Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Championships. UNF is seeded fourth in the tournament and faces fifth-seeded Kennesaw State in the first round at Noon on Thursday at Mercer's University Center. Winner of that game advances to Friday's semifinals and plays the Florida Gulf Coast-ETSU winner.
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