Temple University Athletics
LaKeisha Eaddy and Jasmine Stone
Current and Former Women's Basketball Players Honored by Philadelphia Inquirer
1.5.10 | Women's Basketball
Temple takes Player of the Year and Coach of the Year titles
PHILADELPHIA - On January 3, the Philadelphia Inquirer's women's basketball beat writer Mel Greenberg named his Philadelphia Women's Basketball All-Decade Team as well as All-Decade teams for each of the six Division I schools in the area. Temple's Candice Dupree ('06) was honored as the Player of the Decade.
Greenberg, the founder of the women's basketball AP Poll and a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, named a 15-member All-Decade Team that included former Temple players Dupree, Kamesha Hairston and Stacey Smalls. Former Temple head coach Dawn Staley was named the Coach of the Decade.
Current seniors LaKeisha Eaddy and Jasmine Stone were both named to Temple's 15-member Team of the Decade.
Philadelphia Division I Women's Team of the Decade
(3) Temple – Candice Dupree, Kamesha Hairston, Stacey Smalls
(3) St. Joseph's – Stephanie (Graff) McCaffrey, Sue Moran, Angela Zampella
(2) Penn – Diana Caramanico, Jewel Clark
(2) La Salle – Crista Ricketts, Carlene Hightower
(4) Villanova – Trish Juhline, Courtney Mix, Liad Suez-Karni, Laura Kurz
(1) Drexel – Gabriela Marginean
Honorable mention - (2) Delaware - Tyresa Smith, Tiara Malcom
Player of the Decade - Candice Dupree (Temple)
Coach of the Decade - Dawn Staley (Temple)
Starting Five: Candice Dupree, Trish Juhline, Sue Moran, Diana Caramanico, Gabriela Marginean
First off the bench: Courtney Mix
Temple Team of the Decade (15)
S-Candice Dupree
S-Stacey Smalls
S-Kamesha Hairston
S-Cynthia Jordan
S-Ari Moore
Shenita Landry
Lady Comfort
Ashley Morris
Natalia Isaac
Athena Christoforakis
LaKeisha Eaddy
Khadijah Bowens
Christena Hamilton
Jasmine Stone
Fatima Maddox
Honorable Mention – Chrissy Cruz
Greenberg, the founder of the women's basketball AP Poll and a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, named a 15-member All-Decade Team that included former Temple players Dupree, Kamesha Hairston and Stacey Smalls. Former Temple head coach Dawn Staley was named the Coach of the Decade.
Current seniors LaKeisha Eaddy and Jasmine Stone were both named to Temple's 15-member Team of the Decade.
Philadelphia Division I Women's Team of the Decade
(3) Temple – Candice Dupree, Kamesha Hairston, Stacey Smalls
(3) St. Joseph's – Stephanie (Graff) McCaffrey, Sue Moran, Angela Zampella
(2) Penn – Diana Caramanico, Jewel Clark
(2) La Salle – Crista Ricketts, Carlene Hightower
(4) Villanova – Trish Juhline, Courtney Mix, Liad Suez-Karni, Laura Kurz
(1) Drexel – Gabriela Marginean
Honorable mention - (2) Delaware - Tyresa Smith, Tiara Malcom
Player of the Decade - Candice Dupree (Temple)
Coach of the Decade - Dawn Staley (Temple)
Starting Five: Candice Dupree, Trish Juhline, Sue Moran, Diana Caramanico, Gabriela Marginean
First off the bench: Courtney Mix
Temple Team of the Decade (15)
S-Candice Dupree
S-Stacey Smalls
S-Kamesha Hairston
S-Cynthia Jordan
S-Ari Moore
Shenita Landry
Lady Comfort
Ashley Morris
Natalia Isaac
Athena Christoforakis
LaKeisha Eaddy
Khadijah Bowens
Christena Hamilton
Jasmine Stone
Fatima Maddox
Honorable Mention – Chrissy Cruz
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