(HAMPTON, Va.) The 2010 CIAA Basketball All-Rookie Teams along with their respective Rookies of the Year have been announced as voted on by the CIAA Sports Information Directors’ Association. Bowie State University's
Dominic Milburn (Silver Spring, MD, Montrose Christian) is among those honored on the men's team.
On the women’s side the 2010 CIAA Women’s Rookie of the Year is Talaya Lynch of Chowan University. Once named the CIAA Rookie of the Week Lynch, a native of Hampton, VA (Hampton HS), has made an immediate impact in the Hawks first year in the CIAA. She ranks second on her team in scoring at 11.3 points per outing, good for 16th overall in the conference. She has started all 23 games for CU this season and has led her team in scoring on 12 different occasions. She leads the Hawks in both three-point field goal percentage and three-point field goals made.
Angelo Sharpless of Elizabeth City State has unanimously been voted as the 2010 CIAA Men’s Rookie of the Year. A native of Plymouth, NC (Plymouth HS), he has been tabbed as the CIAA Rookie of the Week six times this season. He is the Vikings’ second leading scorer and rebounder averaging 12.8 points and 6.4 boards per contest. He has tallied double figures in eight games this season and has three 20 + point performances. He also leads the Vikings in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 62% from behind the three-point arc.
The Men’s and Women’s All-Rookie Basketball teams will be honored at the tip off luncheon in Charlotte, NC at next week’s CIAA Basketball Tournament. A complete list of the 2010 All-Rookie Teams is as follows:
2010 CIAA Women’s All-Rookie Team
NAME SCHOOL POS HT HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL
Scharlawn Hubbard St. Augustine’s F 5-10 Akron, OH / Kenmore High School
Talaya Lynch Chowan G 5-7 Hampton, VA / Hampton High School
Kelcyn Manurs Livingstone G 5-5 Reston, VA / South Lakes High School
Crystal Smith Elizabeth City St. G/F 5-9 Farmville, NC / Farmville Central High School
Lavonna Spencer Virginia Union G 5-8 Hampton, VA / Bethel High School
2010 CIAA Women’s Rookie of the Year – Talaya Lynch, Chowan University
2010 CIAA Men’s All-Rookie Team
NAME SCHOOL POS HT HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL
Nick Chamblee St. Augustine’s G 6-0 Hampton, VA / Hampton High School
Dominic Milburn Bowie State G 6-2 Silver Spring, MD / Montrose Christian
Blake Price Elizabeth City St. G 5-10 Suitland, MD / Archbishop Carroll High School
Angelo Sharpless Elizabeth City St. G 6-4 Plymouth, NC / Plymouth High School
Quintin Spady Elizabeth City St. G 6-2 Norfolk, VA / Booker T. Washington High School
2010 CIAA Men’s Rookie of the Year- Angelo Sharpless, Elizabeth City State University