(HAMPTON, Va.)  The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has announced its honorees for the 2010 All-CIAA teams and Players of the Year.  Of those to be honored at Tuesday's (2/23) Tournament Luncheon are Bowie State University senior Bianca Lee (Temple Hills, MD, Archbishop Carroll) and junior Teaunsha Robinson (Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Polytechnic).  The All-CIAA Team is selected by the women's basketball coaches associations.

The women's team is headlined by Virginia Union University's Tonaye Smith (Sr./F/5-11/Detroit, MI), who has been named the 2010 CIAA Player of the Year. Smith leads the CIAA in scoring, averaging 18.9 points per game. She is also averaging 7.2 rebounds per game, respectively.

Defensive Player of the Year honors went to Deja Middleton of Fayetteville State University. Middleton leads the conference in blocked shots, averaging 2.0 per game and in defensive rebounds averaging 6.5 per contest.


2010 ALL-CIAA WOMEN'S TEAM

FRONT COURT

20 Teaunsha Robinson BSU Jr. F 6-0 Baltimore, MD

51 Tiffany Haywood FSU Jr. F 5-9 Fayetteville, NC

40 Demetria Bell JCSU Sr. F/C 6-0 Indianapolis, IN

22 Keyona Bryant SAC So. C 6-0 Springdale, MD

23 Allison Sikes SAC Jr. F 5-10 Richmond, VA

20 Tonaye Smith VUU Sr. F 5-11 Detroit, MI

3 Kenyatta Gill ECSU Jr. F 6-1 Mobile, AL 



BACK COURT

10 Bianca Lee BSU Sr. G 5-6 Temple Hills, MD

15 Tatiana Ellis SPC Sr. G 5-9 Harlem, NY

2 Kayler McBride LC Sr. G 5-7 Ocala, FL

20 Rhon'Neisha Taylor VSU Jr. G 5-8 Nashville, TN

3 Tanisha McGaughey SU Sr. G 5-11 Norfolk, VA


PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tonaye Smith, Virginia Union (Sr./F/5-11/Detroit, MI)

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Deja Middleton, Fayetteville State (So./C/6-4/Richmond, VA)