CAPE COD, Mass. – Senior center Tina Charles from the University of Connecticut has been chosen as the 2009-10 ECAC Division I Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.  Charles has led the Huskies to a 33-0 record and their fourth straight BIG EAST regular season title.  This season Charles has averaged 18.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. The BIG EAST Conference Player of the Year, Charles is up for the Naismith Award, Wooden Award and the Wade Trophy.

University of Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne has been chosen as the 2009-10 ECAC Division I Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Year, with per-game averages of 26.9 points and 9.2 rebounds.  The Blue Hen’s guard was named the Colonial Athletic Association Player and Rookie of the Year.

Joining Charles and Delle Donne on the ECAC first team are Monica Wright from the University of Virginia, Judie Lomax of Columbia University, and Maya Moore from the University of Connecticut. 

Wright, the Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year, led the Cavaliers, averaging 23.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game during her final collegiate season. Lomax, joins the first team as she averaged 18.6 points and 14.2 rebounds, leading the nation in rebounding and receiving Ivy League Player of the Year honors.  

Moore helped Connecticut to a No. 1 seed in the national tournament for the fourth straight year.  The Huskies are undefeated heading into the NCAA Championship for the second consecutive time. During her junior year, Moore has averaged 17.9 points and 8.3 assists per game, along with dishing out 133 assists.

Five players were also selected to the ECAC second team: Corin Adams of Morgan State, Dawn Evans from James Madison University, Rachele Fitz of Marist College, Jasmine Thomas from Duke University, and Diana Delva from the University of Hartford.  

Representing the ECAC third team is: Quanneisha Perry from Hampton University, Sugar Rodgers from Georgetown University, Chelsea Marandola from Providence College, Michelle Kirk from American University, and Angela Pace from Robert Morris University.