Maddy Siegrist Named Player of the Year
The PhillyCollegeSports.com All-Philly Area Division 1 Women’s Basketball Awards and Teams for the 2021-22 Season.
Player of the Year – Maddy Siegrist, Villanova – Siegrist led the Villanova Wildcats to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She was named Player of the Year in the Big East and was a unanimous first team honoree in the conference. The junior forward led the league in scoring at 27.9 points per game in Big East games which set a conference record in scoring average. Overall Siegrist averaged 25.3 points per game which ties her for second place overall in scoring. The Poughkeepsie native reached the 30-point mark in 6 of her last 14 games, and nine this season. Siegrist recorded 12 double-doubles. She scored in double figures in all of her 27 appearances. Siegrist ranks 3rd on the Villanova all-time scoring list with 1,815 points and 6th in all-time rebounds at 761.
Coaches of the Year – Denise Dillon, Villanova and Amy Mallon, Drexel
Rookie of the Year (Freshman) – Talya Brugler, Saint Joseph’s
Newcomer of the Year – Tessa Brugler, Drexel
First Team
Maddy Siegrist, Villanova
Mia Davis, Temple
Kayla Spruill, La Salle
Keishana Washington, Drexel
Hannah Nihill, Drexel
Brianna Herlihy, Villanova
Second Team
Kayla Padilla, Penn
Tessa Brugler, Drexel
Talya Brugler, Saint Joseph’s
Molly Masciantonio, La Salle
Aniya Gourdine, Temple
Third Team
Claire Jacobs, La Salle
Laila Fair, Saint Joseph’s
Jordan Obi, Penn
Lior Garzon, Villanova
Katie Jekot, Saint Joseph’s
Honorable Mention
Kennedy Suttle, Penn
Mia Lakstigala, Penn
Lucy Olsen, Villanova
Mackenzie Smith, Saint Joseph’s
Mariah Leonard, Drexel
Maura Hendrixson, Drexel
All-Rookie Team – Freshman
Talya Brugler, Saint Joseph’s
Mackenzie Smith, Saint Joseph’s
Lucy Olsen, Villanova
Laila Fair, Saint Joseph’s
Aniya Gourdine, Temple
Selections were made by Glenn Papazian, PhillyCollegeSports.com; Mel Greenberg, WomHoopsGuru; and Matt Leon, KYW1060 Newsradio
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