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Ramsdell Named D3hoops.com Region 1 Rookie of the Year

Ramsdell Named D3hoops.com Region 1 Rookie of the Year
Posted: Mar 13, 2024

PHOTO CREDIT: Brian Berthiaume '24

STANDISH, Maine – The 2024 D3hoops.com All-Region honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College sophomore forward Grace Ramsdell (Wells, Maine) has been selected as the D3hoops.com Region 1 Rookie of the Year.

This offseason, Ramsdell has claimed Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Rookie of the Year, Second Team All-Conference, GNAC All-Rookie Team, Second Team MWBCA All-State, MWBCA All-Rookie Team, and GNAC All-Tournament accolades. She is the first player in program history to garner D3hoops.com Regional Rookie of the Year honors.

Ramsdell, the third SJC player to earn GNAC Rookie of the Year honors and first since Kelsi McNamara '19 in 2016, averaged 14.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 1.1 assists and shot 47.6% (161-338) from the floor, 36.4% (32-88) from three-point range, and 67.4% (60-89) from the FT line in 29 starts during her first collegiate campaign.

After missing her freshman season due to injury, Ramsdell was named as the GNAC Rookie of the Week eight times and the MWBCA Rookie of the Week on five occasions this winter. She led the team in field goals made (161), rebounding, total rebounds (234), three-point percentage, and blocked shots (17). She also ranked second in scoring average, points (414), and three-pointers made (32) and notched eight double-doubles during the 2023-24 campaign.

In the 47-year history of Saint Joseph's College women's basketball, only one player – Kendra Coates '91 (338) – pulled down more rebounds during their first collegiate season. Just two SJC first years made more field goals - Linda Johnson '81 (181) and Coates (175) – and scored more points – Coates (451) and Johnson (426) - during their rookie season.

Led by 32nd-year Head Coach Mike McDevitt '83, the Monks went 21-8 overall and capped the conference docket with an unblemished 14-0 record. As the top seed in the GNAC Tournament, Saint Joseph's defeated #8 Rivier University, 74-64, in quarterfinal action and edged #4 Emmanuel College, 70-64, in a GNAC semifinal to advance to the GNAC Championship for the eighth-consecutive season. Facing #2 University of Saint Joseph in the title game on Mike McDevitt Court on February 24th, the Monks tied a team record with just four turnovers and scored a season-high 85 points to win the program's sixth GNAC Championship.

Appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in team history, Saint Joseph's suffered a 56-37 loss at the hands of #3 Rhode Island College in opening round action on March 1st.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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