Sophomore forward Brandi Brown was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2010-11 Youngstown State women's basketball season at the program's annual postseason banquet on Sunday.
Brown received the award in front of nearly 150 members and supporters of the Youngstown State basketball programs in the Kilcawley Center Chestnut Room on campus. The women's program held its banquet in conjunction with the men's program.
Brown and head women's basketball coach Bob Boldon both addressed the attendees. Both expressed gratitude for supporting the Penguins all season long, acknowledged the progress the team made in 2010-11 and promised more improvement in the years to come.
Brown won the Horizon League scoring title by averaging 19.9 points overall and 22.6 points in conference play. She also ranked fourth in rebounding, seventh in field goal percentage and eighth in minutes played. Brown was a second-team All-Horizon League pick.
Nationally, Brown ranked 15th in scoring and 49th in rebounding. She was one of only 10 players in the country to rank in the top 50 in both categories, and only three of those 10 were sophomore.
Awards for participation were also presented to student-athletes after the banquet. Bojana Dimitrov earned her fourth-year award, which combined two years each at Carl Albert State College and YSU. Makala Gasparek, Kenya Middlebrooks and Macey Nortey all received third-year awards; Brandi Brown and Maryum Jenkins were presented with second-year awards; and Liz Hornberger, Tieara Jones, Melissa Thompson and Monica Touvelle all earned first-year awards.
