| Both the Penn men's and women's basketball teams were well-represented in this year's All-Ivy League selections, which were announced Wednesday and Thursday. The Penn women's basketball team was given considerable reward for winning its first Ancient Eight title in three seasons, with senior forward Jewel Clark getting the most accolades. The Waldorf, Md. native was named the Ivy League's player of the year and was a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team for the third year in a row. She led the Quakers and was ranked No. 21 nationally with 19.9 points per game, and finished her career with 1,727 points, trailing only Diana Caramanico on the all-time Penn scoring list. Senior guard Jeff Schiffner was the Quakers' lone representative on the men's All-Ivy first team and was a unanimous selection. He finished his Penn career with 1,079 career points, including 220 three-pointers -- second only to Matt Maloney all time for the Red and Blue. This is the second year in a row Schiffner was named to the first team. He was joined by Brown guard Jason Forte, the 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year, as well as Cornell guard Ka'Ron Barnes and Princeton center Judson Wallace and forward Will Venable. Penn junior guard Tim Begley was named to the All-Ivy second team after averaging 13.1 points per game and leading the Ivy League in three-point shooting percentage at 45.6 percent. The other second team members were Brown guard Luke Ruscoe and forward Jaime Kilburn, Yale guard Edwin Draughan, and Columbia forward Matt Preston. Quakers senior center Adam Chubb, who averaged 10.5 rebounds and 7.5 points per game this season, was given Honorable Mention along with Harvard forward Matt Stehle -- the only sophomore given All-Ivy honors this year. Dartmouth guard Leon Pattman was the Rookie of the Year, beating out Penn forward Mark Zoller and guard Ibby Jaaber, who had been discussed as possible candidates for the award over the last few weeks. On the women's side, the other members of the first team were Harvard forward and two time defending Ivy League Player of the Year Hana Peljto, who led the league with 23.7 points per game and was only the sixth player in league history to be named first team All-Ivy four years in a row, Crimson center Reka Cserny, who earned her third first team selection, Columbia guard Sue Altman, and Brown forward Nyema Mitchell. Quakers center Jennifer Fleischer led a seven-member second team which also included the Ivy League women's Rookie of the Year, Dartmouth Center Elise Morrison -- completing a sweep of the rookie awards for the Big Green. Fleischer led the Red and Blue with 9.6 rebounds per game and was an invaluable presence on the floor, despite struggling for much of the year with a stress fracture in her right leg which saw her watch a majority of Penn's practices from the sidelines. Penn guard Joey Rhoads was named to the All-Rookie team, along with Morrison and four others. Rhoads averaged 7.0 points per game on 41 percent field goal shooting, including 39 percent shooting from three-point range, and provided a spark off the bench with her pace. The Quakers women will find out their opponent in the first round of the 2004 NCAA Tournament this Sunday at 5 p.m. when the bracket is announced on ESPN. The men will have to wait until the National Invitational Tournament selections are unveiled late Sunday night to see if their season will continue. |
