GLVC honors two Cougars

Kumar Bhooshan
Sports Editor

With the end of basketball season, two players on the SIUE basketball teams were honored by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Junior Marty Perry, a transfer from Valparaiso University, was given an honorable mention for the All-Conference men's team, voted on by the coaches of the conference.

Perry, a 6-foot-9-inch forward led the Cougars in scoring, averaging 16.3 points per game, and placed second on the team with 5.2 rebounds per game.

Perry also totaled a .533 field goal percentage for the year, the best on the team.

The University of Southern Indiana's Derrick Lyons was named player of the year for the 2000-2001 season. St. Joseph's College's head coach Dave Balza was named coach of the year, and Lewis University's Austin Real was named freshman of the year.

On the women's side, Misi Clark, the all-time leading scorer in SIUE history, was named first team All-GLVC for the fourth time.

Clark has set another milestone by becoming the first Cougar to be a four-time, first team selection. In 1998 Clark was named freshman of the year, and last season was co-player of the year.

In addition to being honored by the GLVC, Clark was named to the All-Region team for the fourth time.

This season Clark led the Lady Cougars in points per game averaging 16, rebounds averaging six per game, assists with four per game and her 2.5 steals per game was also a team high for the season. This was the first time in SIUE's six year membership that only one player from its team was named to the All-GLVC team.

Northern Kentucky's Michelle Cottrell was named player of the year. Last year Cottrell shared the award with Clark.

The University of Southern Indiana's coach Rick Stein was named coach of the year and Jessica Stuckman was named freshman of the year.