'Aiea's Lane is WAC co-freshman of year
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'Aiea High graduate Aritta Lane yesterday was named co-Freshman of the Year for Western Athletic Conference women's basketball by the league's coaches.
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Lane, of Fresno State, shared the honor with Erica Smith of regular-season champion Louisiana Tech.
Aritta Lane averages 8.3 rebounds for Fresno State.
Lane, a 6-footer, ranked fourth in the WAC in rebounding with 8.3 per game. She also was in the top 12 in field-goal percentage (45.6) and free throw percentage (72.2) and averaged 9.1 points per game.
She had seven double-doubles (points and rebounds).
"Aritta has been a star for us the entire season. Normally, it takes a freshman some time to get their feet wet, but she stepped right in and was a force immediately. And she continued to be one of our offensive and defensive weapons every game. Aritta has a very bright future in this program," Fresno State spokesman Jake Bragonier said.
Despite Lane's efforts, Fresno State lost 10 of its last 11 games and takes a 9-19 overall and 4-14 WAC record into the league tournament at Tulsa tomorrow.
Last season, Lane helped 'Aiea win its first state high school girls basketball championship.
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HAWAI'I
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• Gabrielova named to second team: Hawai'i senior Janka Gabrielova, who helped the Rainbow Wahine to a third-place finish in the Western Athletic Conference, was named to the all-WAC second team yesterday.
Janka Gabrielova leads UH with 123 assists.
She was the only member of the Rainbow Wahine to earn postseason honors.
Gabrielova, a 5-6 guard from Bratislava, Slovakia, started all 27 games for Hawai'i, leading the team in assists with 123.
She averaged 10.1 points per game.
Louisiana Tech's Cheryl Ford, the conference player of the year, was joined on the first team by teammate Ayana Walker, Kate Smith of Nevada, Cricket Williams of San Jose State and Leela Farr of Tulsa.
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