Troy University Athletics
Ramirez Named All-Sun Belt First Team
3/6/2017 8:43:00 AM | Basketball (W)
TROY, Alabama – Troy senior forward Caitlyn Ramirez has been named All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, the league announced on Monday.
Ramirez finished the regular season averaging a double-double with 13.0 points and a league-high 10.0 rebounds per game. She ranks 25th in the NCAA in rebounding average and 27th with 291 total rebounds, a mark that also stands as the second-most in Troy's Division I single-season history.
The Shawnee, Okla., native set the Troy Division I single-game record with 20 rebounds in the Trojans' regular season opener at Auburn and tied the mark against Georgia State. Ramirez scored 12 or more points in 19 games this season including 14 straight in conference play. She posted 10 double-doubles including five 15-plus rebound games.
Ramirez twice earned Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors. The first came after she averaged 19 points and 12.5 rebounds against Texas State and UT Arlington, then again when she turned in 21.5 points and 13 rebounds against Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina.
Entering the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Ramirez ranks 11th in the league in scoring (13.0 ppg), sixth in field goal percentage (.455) and fourth in steals (2.1 spg). Ramirez is a two-time All-Sun Belt selection after being named to the third team last season. She was also an All-Sun Belt Preseason First Team selection this year.
Ramirez graduated with a degree in criminal justice and is working on a master's in the same field.
Third-seeded Troy plays in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. against the winner of the No. 6 Georgia Southern-No. 11 Arkansas State game. The Trojans won the tournament last season earning the program's second-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
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All-Sun Belt Conference and Individual Awards
First Team All-Conference
Sharde' Collins (Little Rock, G, Senior, Sociology)
Kaitlyn Pratt (Little Rock, F, Senior, Social Work)
Jaylyn Gordon (Louisiana, G, Senior, General Studies)
Rebekah VanDijk (UTA, C, Junior, Pre-Law)
Caitlyn Ramirez (Troy, F, Senior, Criminal Justice)
Second Team All-Conference
Ced Gibson (Coastal Carolina, G, Senior, Interdisciplinary Studies)
Patrice Butler (Georgia Southern, F/C, Senior, Sports Management)
Angel McGowan (Georgia Southern, G, Senior, Mathematics)
Simone Fields (Louisiana, F/C, Junior, Informatics)
Cierra Johnson (UTA, G, Junior, Child Psychology)
Third Team All-Conference
Joi Jones (Appalachian State, G, Senior, Biology)
Madi Story (Appalachian State, F, Junior, Exercise Science)
Jada Lewis (Georgia State, G, Freshman)
Chyna Ellis (South Alabama, C, Junior, Allied Health)
Taeler Deer (Texas State, G, Junior, Exercise/Sport Science)
Player of the Year
Sharde' Collins (Little Rock, G, Senior, Sociology)
Defensive Player of the Year
Cierra Johnson (UTA, G, Junior, Child Psychology)
Freshman of the Year
Jada Lewis (Georgia State, G, Freshman)
Newcomer of the Year
Tiffany Holston (Georgia State, F, Graduate)
Coach of the Year
Joe Foley, Little Rock
