STANDISH, Maine – The 2020 Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) postseason honors have announced and a pair of Saint Joseph's College players have earned accolades.
Sophomore guard Alyson Fillion (Bedford, N.H.) has collected Second Team All-State honors while freshman guard Bri Jordan (Gray, Maine) is listed on the All-Rookie Team.
Fillion, who also garnered Third Team All-Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) accolades, averaged 11.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 38.1% (119-312) from the field 35.4% (51-144) from three-point distance, and 74.4% (29-39) from the FT line as a first-year starter.
Jordan is listed on the six-player All-Rookie Team after averaging 6.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game while shooting 37.8% (56-148) from the floor and 63.8% (67-105) from the free-throw line in 28 games as a freshman. The paced the Monks in scoring in three different games and was the team's top rebounder in four contests during the 2019-20 campaign.
Under the watch of 27th-year Head Coach Mike McDevitt '83, the Monks posted a 19-9 overall record with a 9-2 mark in GNAC play en route to earning the #2 seed in the conference tournament. St. Joe's slipped past #7 Johnson & Wales in GNAC quarterfinal play and #3 Regis in the semifinal round to advance to the GNAC Championship game for the fifth-consecutive year.
Although the Monks fell to top-seeded Emmanuel in the title contest on February 29th, the season was a remarkable success considering the program lost to graduation nearly 80% of its offensive production from a 2018-19 team that went 28-2 and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA DIII Tournament.
MWBCA RELEASE: Maddie Hasson, Bailey Donovan, and Adrienne Shibles Head All-State Awards
Bowdoin College senior Maddie Hasson has been chosen as the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) Player of the Year, while Bailey Donovan of Husson University has been selected as the Rookie of the Year. Adrienne Shibles from Bowdoin College was picked as the Coach of the Year.
Hasson, a native of South Portland, Maine, is leading the NESCAC with a 61.8% field goal percentage. She is averaging a career-high in points (16.8) and rebounds (8.1) while recording ten double-doubles. In the NESCAC Tournament she averaged 21.3 points and 13.3 rebounds and ranks seventh all-time at Bowdoin with 1,286 points. Hasson was named a Jostens Trophy Finalist, recognizing the top student-athlete basketball player in Division III.
Donovan, a freshman center from Island Falls, Maine, earned an impressive 10 Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Week honors, including seven in a row to end the regular season. Donovan held the best field goal percentage in all of Division III until recently, where she currently ranks second with a 65.3 shooting percentage. In conference games, Donovan led the league in points (203), points per game (14.5), and points per 40 minutes (25.6), as well as offensive rebounds (45), field goals (83), and field goal percentage (65.4 percent). Factoring in all contests, she led the NAC in all previously listed categories as well as total rebounds (245) and rebounds per game (10.2). She also earned nine double-doubles, all while averaging only 22.6 minutes per game.
Shibles was named the MWBCA Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year after leading the Polar Bears to a 22-2 regular season and another NESCAC tournament championship. Shibles has led the Polar Bears to the NCAA Tournament in 11 of her 12 seasons at the helm. For the second straight year, the Bowdoin College women's basketball team has earned Sectional Hosting rights for the NCAA Division III Tournament.
MWBCA Player of the Year
Maddie Hasson – Bowdoin College
MWBCA Rookie of the Year
Bailey Donovan – Husson University
MWBCA Coach of the Year
Adrienne Shibles – Bowdoin College
MWBCA First Team All-State
Maddie Hasson, Sr. – Bowdoin College
Meghan Graff, So. – Bates College
Samantha Roy, Sr. – Bowdoin College
Bailey Donovan, Fr. – Husson University
Abby Cavallaro, So. – University of New England
Ainsley Burns Sr. – Colby College
MWBCA Second Team All-State
Alyson Fillion, So. – Saint Joseph's College
Melinda Ogden, Sr. – Maine Maritime Academy
Lauren Plissey So. – Maine Maritime Academy
McKenna Brodeur, Jr. – University of Maine Farmington
Victoria Harris, So. – University of Southern Maine
Jocelyn Chaput, Sr. – University of New England
All-Rookie Team
Bailey Donovan, Fr. – Husson University
Brooke Guiffre, Fr. – Colby College
Ali Meade, Fr. – Bowdoin College
Bri Jordan, Fr. – Saint Joseph's College
Maureen Stanton, Fr. – Maine Maritime Academy
Kaylee Beyor, Fr. – University of New England
