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Butts and Covile earned All-Big 5 Honors
Butts Named Big 5 Rookie of the Year; Covile All-Big 5
3.24.15 | Women's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA - Freshman Alliya Butts highlighted the Philadelphia Big 5 awards for the Temple women's basketball team, earning Rookie of the Year honors as well as nabbing a spot on the All-Big 5 team. Temple junior Erica Covile also earned All-Big 5 honors, when the awards were announced earlier today.
Butts is having a standout rookie season for the Owls, leading the team in scoring, steals, and threes. She averages 12.4 points a contest, while racking up 68 total steals and connecting on 63 shots from beyond-the-arc. Butts is also third on the team with 69 total assists, and has racked up 23 double-digit scoring performances. The Edgewater Park, N.J. appeared on the Big 5 Weekly Honor Roll five times this season.
Covile earns her first All-Big five award, and is in the midst of a breakout season for the Owls. Hailing from Detroit, Mich., she appears all over the stat sheet for Temple, ranking first rebounding (8.4 rpg), and second in scoring (11.6), steals (61), and blocks (21). Covile has a team-high nine double-doubles this season, including a pair against UConn, the ony two given up by the No. 1 Huskies this season. The combo guard was named the Big 5 Player of the Week twice this season, and also earned Temple's first ever American Athletic Conference Player of the Week nod.Â
Villanova standout Caroline Coyer was named the 2014-2015 Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year, while Penn head coach Mike McLaughlin earned Coach of the Year honors. Sarah Fairbanks of Saint Joseph's garnered Most Improved Player accolades, while Emily Leer from Villanova was the Scholar Athlete of the Year.Â
The recipients will be honored at the annual Big 5 banquet in the Palestra, Monday, April 13. Â Tickets for the Big 5 banquet on April 13 are $50 each and can be reserved by contacting Steve Crider at 814-935-5015 or steve@philadelphiabig5.org.
2015 Philadelphia Big 5 Awards
First Team All-Big 5
Caroline Coyer (Villanova)
Natasha Cloud (Saint Joseph's)
Sydney Stipanovich (Pennsylvania)
Emily Leer (Villanova)
Ciara Andrews (Saint Joseph's)
Second Team All-Big 5
Micahya Owens (La Salle)
Alicia Cropper (La Salle)
Erica Covile (Temple)
Alliya Butts (Temple)
Kathleen Roche (Pennsylvania)
Player of the Year: Caroline Coyer (Villanova)
Rookie of the Year: Alliya Butts (Temple)
Coach of the Year: Mike McLaughlin (Pennsylvania)
Team Champions: Saint Joseph's Hawks, Pennsylvania Quakers, Villanova Wildcats
Most Improved Player: Sarah Fairbanks (Saint Joseph's)
Scholar-Athlete: Emily Leer (Villanova)
Leading Scorer: Micahya Owens (La Salle)
Leading Free Throw Shooter: Sarah Fairbanks (Saint Joseph's)
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Butts is having a standout rookie season for the Owls, leading the team in scoring, steals, and threes. She averages 12.4 points a contest, while racking up 68 total steals and connecting on 63 shots from beyond-the-arc. Butts is also third on the team with 69 total assists, and has racked up 23 double-digit scoring performances. The Edgewater Park, N.J. appeared on the Big 5 Weekly Honor Roll five times this season.
Covile earns her first All-Big five award, and is in the midst of a breakout season for the Owls. Hailing from Detroit, Mich., she appears all over the stat sheet for Temple, ranking first rebounding (8.4 rpg), and second in scoring (11.6), steals (61), and blocks (21). Covile has a team-high nine double-doubles this season, including a pair against UConn, the ony two given up by the No. 1 Huskies this season. The combo guard was named the Big 5 Player of the Week twice this season, and also earned Temple's first ever American Athletic Conference Player of the Week nod.Â
Villanova standout Caroline Coyer was named the 2014-2015 Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year, while Penn head coach Mike McLaughlin earned Coach of the Year honors. Sarah Fairbanks of Saint Joseph's garnered Most Improved Player accolades, while Emily Leer from Villanova was the Scholar Athlete of the Year.Â
The recipients will be honored at the annual Big 5 banquet in the Palestra, Monday, April 13. Â Tickets for the Big 5 banquet on April 13 are $50 each and can be reserved by contacting Steve Crider at 814-935-5015 or steve@philadelphiabig5.org.
2015 Philadelphia Big 5 Awards
First Team All-Big 5
Caroline Coyer (Villanova)
Natasha Cloud (Saint Joseph's)
Sydney Stipanovich (Pennsylvania)
Emily Leer (Villanova)
Ciara Andrews (Saint Joseph's)
Second Team All-Big 5
Micahya Owens (La Salle)
Alicia Cropper (La Salle)
Erica Covile (Temple)
Alliya Butts (Temple)
Kathleen Roche (Pennsylvania)
Player of the Year: Caroline Coyer (Villanova)
Rookie of the Year: Alliya Butts (Temple)
Coach of the Year: Mike McLaughlin (Pennsylvania)
Team Champions: Saint Joseph's Hawks, Pennsylvania Quakers, Villanova Wildcats
Most Improved Player: Sarah Fairbanks (Saint Joseph's)
Scholar-Athlete: Emily Leer (Villanova)
Leading Scorer: Micahya Owens (La Salle)
Leading Free Throw Shooter: Sarah Fairbanks (Saint Joseph's)
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