Pirate Trio Nets All-Met Recognition
4/22/2022 9:05:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Cooks, Park-Lane and Espinoza-Hunter are all honored for a stellar 2021-22 season.
NEW YORK – Seton Hall senior Sidney Cooks (Kenosha, Wis.) and junior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) were named to the Division I All-Met First Team, while Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) earned Second Team honors, the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association announced on Friday.
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Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team, Cooks was everything the Pirates had hoped she would be in her first year in South Orange. Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Dec. 27, and to the Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 28, she ranked sixth in the BIG EAST with 15.9 points per game, fourth with 7.9 rebounds per game and fourth with 1.5 blocks in 30.7 minutes per game. Cooks topped 20 points in a single-game eight times, and 30 points twice including a career-high 35-point outburst against Butler on Feb. 22. Twice Cooks made 15 field goals in a game, which tied the program record for a single-game. Her seven blocks against DePaul on Jan. 30 are the second-most ever for a Pirate and the most since former Pirate Kelley Moore blocked seven against Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 1990. She was named to the WNIT All-Tournament Team.
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Also named All-Met Division I Player of the Year, Park-Lane was a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team and earned Nancy Lieberman National Point Guard of the Year Watch List recognition. Park-Lane finished third in the BIG EAST in scoring with 18.3 points per game and set Seton Hall's single-season points record. As a playmaker, she led the nation in total assists and set Seton Hall records for assists in a season (260) and in a single-game (18). Her 152 assists in BIG EAST play set a new conference mark. Named to both the BIG EAST and WNIT All-Tournament Teams, Park-Lane averaged 21.3 points and 5.6 assists per contest in nine postseason games. Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll seven times, she also led the nation with 1,420 minutes played and 38.4 minutes per game.
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Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team, Espinoza-Hunter continued to cement herself as one of the greatest three-point shooters and all-around players in Seton Hall history. A two-time MBWA Player of the Week, she earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll status five times this season. One of only 30 nationwide, Espinoza-Hunter was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award and was a Watch List member for the Cheryl Miller National Small Forward of the Year Award. Espinoza-Hunter topped 20 points in a single-game 11 times this season, including a career-high 35-point eruption against Creighton on Feb. 20. Despite playing only 53 games in a Seton Hall uniform, she ranks third all-time with a 16.2 scoring average and seventh with 130 made three-pointers.
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Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team, Cooks was everything the Pirates had hoped she would be in her first year in South Orange. Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Dec. 27, and to the Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 28, she ranked sixth in the BIG EAST with 15.9 points per game, fourth with 7.9 rebounds per game and fourth with 1.5 blocks in 30.7 minutes per game. Cooks topped 20 points in a single-game eight times, and 30 points twice including a career-high 35-point outburst against Butler on Feb. 22. Twice Cooks made 15 field goals in a game, which tied the program record for a single-game. Her seven blocks against DePaul on Jan. 30 are the second-most ever for a Pirate and the most since former Pirate Kelley Moore blocked seven against Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 1990. She was named to the WNIT All-Tournament Team.
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Also named All-Met Division I Player of the Year, Park-Lane was a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team and earned Nancy Lieberman National Point Guard of the Year Watch List recognition. Park-Lane finished third in the BIG EAST in scoring with 18.3 points per game and set Seton Hall's single-season points record. As a playmaker, she led the nation in total assists and set Seton Hall records for assists in a season (260) and in a single-game (18). Her 152 assists in BIG EAST play set a new conference mark. Named to both the BIG EAST and WNIT All-Tournament Teams, Park-Lane averaged 21.3 points and 5.6 assists per contest in nine postseason games. Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll seven times, she also led the nation with 1,420 minutes played and 38.4 minutes per game.
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Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team, Espinoza-Hunter continued to cement herself as one of the greatest three-point shooters and all-around players in Seton Hall history. A two-time MBWA Player of the Week, she earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll status five times this season. One of only 30 nationwide, Espinoza-Hunter was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award and was a Watch List member for the Cheryl Miller National Small Forward of the Year Award. Espinoza-Hunter topped 20 points in a single-game 11 times this season, including a career-high 35-point eruption against Creighton on Feb. 20. Despite playing only 53 games in a Seton Hall uniform, she ranks third all-time with a 16.2 scoring average and seventh with 130 made three-pointers.
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