Jewel White only player in the NE-10 to earn All-America accolades from both Daktronics and the WBCA

RINDGE, N.H. (March 23, 2011) -- Franklin Pierce University women's basketball standout Jewel White (Worcester, Mass.) on Tuesday evening earned a pair of All-America honors, including being named to the 2011 Daktronics All-America First-Team. She also received honorable-mention status from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and State Farm. White was the only player from the Northeast-10 Conference to earn All-America accolades from both organizations.

The 6-0 junior center had an outstanding 2010-11 season, as she averaged a double-double with 19.4 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. Her high scoring average came on an impressive 59.7 percent shooting clip (225-of-377) from the floor. White scored in double-figures in all 32 games during the season while also registering 22 double-doubles. She posted double-doubles in six of the final seven games during the season, including two in the Northeast-10 Tournament and one in the NCAA Division II Tournament East Regional.

White ranks among the league and national leaders in several statistical categories, including first in the NE-10 in scoring, first in rebounding, first in field goal percentage, first in offensive rebounding (3.91 orpg), first in defensive rebounding (8.03 drpg) and third in blocked shots (1.72 bpg). Among the national leaders, White ranks fourth in field goal percentage, sixth in rebounding, 14th in scoring and 58th in blocks.

Tuesday's All-America honors are the latest in a long line of accolades for White this season. In addition to the two most recent awards, White has also been named: the 2011 Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year; a 2011 All-Northeast-10 First-Team honoree; the 2011 Daktronics East Region Player of the Year; a 2011 Daktronics All-East Region First-Team honoree; a Northeast-10 All-Championship Team honoree; and a four-time Northeast-10 Player-of-the-Week honoree.

The individual awards are exciting for White, but she is even more proud of the accomplishments the 2010-11 Ravens earned this season. Franklin Pierce finished the campaign with a 24-8 record (fourth-straight season with at least 20 wins), finished in second place in the Northeast-10 standings (after being picked to finish fourth in the league's preseason coaches poll), earned the No. 2 seed in the NE-10 post-season tournament, advanced to the NE-10 championship game for the third-consecutive season, advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth-straight year, and was ranked as high as No. 7 in the country in the USA Today/ESPN WBCA Division II National Top-25 Poll.

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