WESTWOOD, Mass.- Junior Bri Frongillo (Hopedale, Mass.) of the Emerson College women's basketball team was selected as the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Athlete of the Year, as the league office announced its end-of-season honors Tuesday.
Emerson head coach Bill Gould along with assistant coaches Jenni-Rose DiCecco and Natalie Fraioli claimed Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Frongillo earned a spot on the all-conference first team while Charlotte Levison (Atherton, Calif.) garnered all-conference second team accolades.
Frongillo becomes the first student-athlete in program history to be tabbed the NEWMAC Athlete of the Year. She led the league with 22.5 points per game and 5.2 assists per contest while also pacing the conference with 21.5 points and 5.6 assists per game in NEWMAC action. Frongillo owned a conference-best free throw percentage of 86.5% and ranked sixth with a field-goal percentage of 42.9%.
Throughout the season, Frongillo picked up four NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week nods and a pair of NEWBA Player of the Week honors. She also earned a spot on the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week after nearly posting a triple-double in Emerson's 78-62 win at Babson to open conference play.
Levison ranked second on the team with 10.9 points per game to go with 7.5 rebounds per game. She ranked tied for second in the league with 1.8 blocks per contest.
Emerson's coaching staff earned the NEWMAC Coaching Staff of the Year honor for the second time in program history after guiding the Lions to a 16-10 overall record and a trip to the NEWMAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed.
