Shoreline Community College’s Ebonee Newson tops this year’s crop of NWAACC all-star basketball selections.
The 5-foot-11 freshman forward was named the Northern Region’s Most Valuable Player for the 2003-04 season.
Newson led the conference in scoring (24.1 points per game) and rebounds (12.8) and helped the Dolphins earn their first trip to the NWAACC championships in school history.
The Rainier Beach High School graduate is Shoreline’s first female basketball player to receive MVP honors.
Sophomore Amanda Merkley was a second-team pick. The 5-10 forward averaged 14 points and eight rebounds a game and shot 33 percent from 3-point range for the Dolphins.
On the men’s side, sophomore swingman Bobby Johnson was a first-team selection. Jones ranked fifth in the conference in scoring (21.2) and shot 61 percent from the field.
Shoreline’s Mandell Jones earned second-team honors. The sophomore shooting guard averaged 17.1 points per game.Northern Division women’s basketball
First team: MVP Ebonee Newson (Shoreline), Francis Farani (Peninsula), Amanda Kerr (Everett), Kim Sandberg (Bellevue), Shirley Spears (Edmonds), Hilary Wick (Everett)
Second team: Alissa Brasel (Edmonds), Sara Hanson (Whatcom), Kelli Kosa (Skagit Valley), Sarah Kuipers (Skagit Valley), Amanda Merkley (Shoreline)
Coach of the Year: Steve Epperson (Skagit Valley)Northern Division men’s basketball
First team: MVP Marques Echols (Peninsula), Travis Fridrich (Edmonds), Andrés Gordon (North Seattle), Bobby Johnson (Shoreline), Tyler MacMullen (Edmonds), Bobby Turman (Skagit Valley)
Second team: D.C. Egge (Olympic), Tim Ireland (Whatcom), Mandell Jones (Shoreline), Zach Marzolf (Everett), Luke Oleson (Peninsula)
Coach of the Year: Peter Stewart (Peninsula)
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