Alyssa Baron earns Big 5 Rookie of the year, first team

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Already the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, freshman guard Alyssa Baron picked up the local Rookie award yesterday when All-Big 5 teams were announced. She was also named first team All-Big 5. She is the second player in Penn history (after Diana Caramanico) to earn the Rookie of the Year distinction.

Baron won the Ivy League scoring title in her first season, averaging 16.6 points per contest. She set the freshman record for points in a game during a double-overtime loss at Harvard, where she scored 38 points. Baron also led the Quakers with 17 points in their win over La Salle this season — the team's first Big 5 victory since 2004.

Also earning a Big 5 honor was senior captain Caroline Nicholson, who earned academic All-Big 5 honors for her double major in History and German.