NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) has announced the 2023-24 NEWBA Senior All-Star Classic participants and Saint Joseph's College senior guard Angelica Hurley (Groveland, Mass.) is one of 20 NCAA DIII players to be selected.
The game will be played at Cousens Gymnasium on the campus of Tufts University on Sunday, March 24 at 1:00. Spectators are welcome to attend.
Hurley is the eighth SJC player to be selected to participate in the annual exhibition contest and first since 2019 when Emily Benway, Julia Champagne, and Kelsi McNamara were picked as Senior All-Stars.
Hurley, who earlier this month garnered First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-State honors averaged 15.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.6 steals per game while shooting 39.0% (142-364) from the field, 35.1% (66-188) from three-point range, and 77.9% (74-95) from the free throw line during her senior season.
The third-year starter became the 27th member of the Monks' 1,000-Point Club during the season and garnered GNAC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors after netting 25 points with nine rebounds in the team's 85-72 conference championship victory over University of Saint Joseph on February 24th.
In 90 career games, Hurley scored 1,100 points with 701 rebounds, 298 assists, 153 steals, and 43 blocked shots with shooting percentages of 38.4% (354-923), 34.3% (161-470), and 77.5% (231-298) from the floor, beyond the arc, and the FT line, respectively.
She currently ranks seventh in program history in three-pointers made, eighth in rebounding average (7.8 RPG), 10th in rebounds, 11th in free-throw percentage, and 12th in three-point percentage and assists. A proven winner, Hurley played on two GNAC Championship teams and the 2022 squad that posted a tournament runner-up finish. Her freshman season was all but canceled by the pandemic.
Hurley is one of just two players in program history to record at least 1,000 points, 650 rebounds, 250 assists, and 150 steals – Carolyn Brooks '88, who tallied 1,630 points, 718 rebounds, 332 assists, and 286 steals over 97 games, is the other.
She is one of five GNAC players – Lyric Grumblatt (Rivier), Jordan Ouellette (USJ), Kathleen Rodriguez (NEC), and Yasmine Santos (Mitchell) are the others – and one of three hailing from a Maine college or university, as she is joined by Bailey Donovan and Jordyn Franzen, who play for Husson and UNE, respectively, to be picked to play in this year's NEWBA Senior All-Star Game.
2024 NEWBA SENIOR ALL-STAR ROSTER:
| Izabelle Booth, Rhode Island College |
| Sydney Bradbury, Bridgewater State |
| Reilly Campbell, Trinity |
| Gwendolyn Carpenter, Framingham State |
| Amanda DeAngelis, Suffolk |
| Bailey Donovan, Husson |
| Jordyn Franzen, University of New England |
| Lyric Grumblatt, Rivier |
| Sophia Guerrier, Rhode Island College |
| Angelica Hurley, Saint Joseph's of Maine |
| Jeniyah Jones, Rhode Island College |
| Flannery O'Connor, Framingham State |
| Jordan Ouellette, University of Saint Joseph CT |
| Kathleen Rodriguez, New England College |
| Lauren Romito, Suffolk |
| Jessie Ruffner, Smith |
| Yasmine Santos, Mitchell |
| Kelly Walsh, Babson |
| Carly Whiteside, UMass Dartmouth |
| Ally Yamada, Smith |
