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Women's Basketball's McEntee Continues Adding to All-Star Accomplishments

04/23/08

After one of the great individual seasons in the celebrated history of New York University women's basketball, junior forward Jessica McEntee continues to reap the rewards.

Named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metropolitan Co-Player of the Year, McEntee has now been named Player of the Year by three organizations in addition to being selected to five all-star teams -- including two All-America squads.

A 5-11 junior captain from Flushing, NY, McEntee repeated as the ECAC Division III Metropolitan, University Athletic Association (UAA) and D3hoops.com East Region Player of the Year. She shared the ECAC award with The College of New Jersey's Hillary Klimkowicz, while splitting the UAA accolade with Jaime Capra of Brandeis University.

McEntee was also tabbed as a First Team D3hoops.com All-American and a Second Team Women's DIII News All-American. She was a Second Team All-America pick from both organizations in 2006-07.

In addition to being named an All-American by two different organizations, McEntee was also named a First Team All-ECAC Division III Metropolitan, All-National Invitational Tournament/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association and All-UAA honoree.

This past winter, McEntee averaged a school-record 20.8 points and 11.4 rebounds while shooting 82.4% at the free-throw line. She led the UAA in scoring and rebounding while ranking ninth and 18th, respectively, on the NCAA Division III leaderboard in those categories. The junior also rated 52nd nationally in free-throw percentage.

In UAA play, McEntee enjoyed a historic season for NYU (14-11, 3-11 UAA), tying the Association 14-game record for points scored (301) and scoring average (21.5). In addition, the junior emerged as the UAA career leader in free throws made (253).

McEntee became the first NYU women's basketball standout to be named UAA Player of the Year twice since Marsha Harris (1996, 1997).

This season, McEntee recorded 17 double-doubles, scored 20-plus points on 13 occasions and produced 30 or more points three times. She tallied a career-high 38 points and snared 19 rebounds while making a school-record 20 free throws (on 21 attempts) in an 87-82 victory over SUNY New Paltz on Dec. 1, 2007.

In addition, McEntee also established a new Violet standard for points scored in a half when she tallied 26 of her game-high 30 points in the second half vs. the University of Rochester on Feb. 17, 2008, in the team's home finale.

After three seasons, McEntee ranks sixth in rebounding (834) and eighth in scoring (1,210 points). She is on pace to join Patti McCrudden (1,682 points, 1,168 rebounds) and Carrie Kaczmarski (1,251 points, 1,075 rebounds) as the third-ever NYU women's basketball player to produce 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.