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Franklin Named 2019-20 SIAC Women’s Basketball Preseason First Team, Wildcats Picked 6th in East

10/16/2019 12:57:00 PM

By: Chris Myers
SIAC Release
ATLANTA, Ga. – After kicking off the first official practice yesterday, the Wildcats see their conference prediction today. Senior Alicia Franklin was named to the 2019-20 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference First Team, while the Fort Valley State women's basketball team is picked sixth in the Preseason Eastern Division rankings.
 
Franklin, a two-time All-SIAC selection the past two years, is joined on the first team by Benedict's Ay'anna Bey, Tiffany Valentine of Spring Hill, Clark Atlanta's Reagan Jackson and Paine College's Keondra Archie. Bey received the nod as the SIAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Miles College's Najla Shamsid-Deen is the SIAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Behind Bey, Benedict is predicted to be the Eastern Division leader and it is followed by Clark Atlanta, Savannah State, Paine College, Albany State and then FVSU. Kentucky State earned the Western Division top spot with Tuskegee, Central State, Lane, Miles and LeMoyne-Owen.
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Franklin will lead the Wildcats backcourt after another solid junior season last year where she averaged 14.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists. The Atlanta, Ga., native led FVSU in scoring (377 points), field goals made (114), 3-point field goals made (65), and free throw percentage (.757), while she was second with 50 assists and third in rebounding and steals (38). She pumped in a career-high 35 points against Albany State and added 29 points versus Paine College and another 28 points against Kentucky State. In three seasons, Franklin sits with 896 points (11.9 ppg), 268 rebounds and 117 assists in 75 games.
 
FVSU and first-year head coach Andrea Williams opens their 2019-20 campaign with an exhibition game at Troy University on Nov. 5 starting at 6 p.m. The team's regular season tips three days later at Valdosta State on Friday, Nov. 8, in a 5 p.m. contest.
 
2019-20 SIAC Women's Basketball Preseason Team
 
First Team
Name Position Institution Classification Hometown
Ay'anna Bey* Forward Benedict Junior Blackwood, NJ
Tiffany Valentine* Forward Spring Hill Redshirt Senior Houston, Texas
Alicia Franklin* Guard Fort Valley State Senior Atlanta, Ga
Reagan Jackson* Guard Clark Atlanta Sophomore Chesapeake, Va.
Keondra Archie* Forward Paine Junior Eastover, SC
 
Second Team
Name Position Institution Classification Hometown
Takyra Gilbert* Guard Central State Senior Hamilton, Ohio
Jessie Kee* Guard/Forward Kentucky State Senior Indianapolis, In.
Reyana Miller* Guard Clark Atlanta Senior Rialto, Ca.
India Blakely* Guard Tuskegee Senior Troy, Ala.
Shelle Daniels Small Forward Tuskegee Senior Indianapolis, Ind.
Najla Shamsid-Deen Guard Miles Senior Stone Mountain, Ga.
 
*Indicates returner for 2018-19 SIAC All-Conference Team
 
Superlatives
Preseason Player of the Year: Ay'Anna Bey, Benedict
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Najla Shamsid-Deen, Miles
 
Preseason Rankings
Eastern Division
  1. Benedict
  2. Clark Atlanta
  3. Savannah State
  4. Paine
  5. Albany State
  6. Fort Valley State
 
Western Division
  1. Kentucky State
  2. Tuskegee
  3. Central State
  4. Lane
  5. Miles
  6. LeMoyne-Owen
  7. Spring Hill
 
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