March 15, 2011

Slater earns All-Great Lakes

GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Grove City College senior women's basketball player Christine Slater (Aliquippa, Pa./Center) earned Third Team All-Great Lakes Region Tuesday morning from D3Hoops.com, one of the country's leading authorities on Division III basketball.

A 5-foot-9 forward, Slater led the Presidents' Athletic Conference in scoring this season, averaging 18.8 points per game. She also ranked second in the conference in rebounds with an average of 8.4 per game. Slater led the conference in foul shooting at 82.9 percent (63 of 76).

Slater fired in 507 points this year, the fourth-highest single-season total in program history. Her 18.8 scoring average is the sixth-highest in one year. She ranks second all-time at Grove City with 1,634 career points. That is the ninth-highest mark all-time in PAC women's basketball history. Slater is also second at Grove City with 901 career rebounds.

Slater also earned All-Great Lakes recognition following her sophomore season. This year, she received First Team All-PAC recognition for the second straight season and her fourth All-PAC citation overall in basketball.

Calvin College sophomore Carissa Verkaik earned Great Lakes Player of the Year and Denison head coach Sara Lee earned the region's Coach of the Year award.

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