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BRITTANY BASINGER SOCCER Basinger made the Big Ten's All-Fresh- man team a4er starting every one of the Nittany Lions' 23 games in the defensive back3eld. Coming to Penn State from Pur- cellville, Va., she played 1,762 minutes in her debut season, 34h-most on the team. LAURA BOWMAN ICE HOCKEY Coach Josh Brandwene described the 5- foot-7 forward from Minnetonka, Minn., as "the total package of skill, speed, height and tenacity." Those attributes helped her score a team-best 10 goals in her debut sea- son. She added six assists to tie Shannon Yoxheimer for second on the team in scoring with 16 points. SHELBY MILLER SOFTBALL Miller, an in3elder from Sugar Land, Texas, started 43 of Penn State's 44 games and 3nished third on the team with a .309 batting aver- age. Her 15 RBIs were fourth-best on the squad. DASHA SAPOGOVA TENNIS A native of Minsk, Belarus, Sapogova had a team-best 15 singles victories and re- ceived second-team All-Big Ten notice. She's only the second Penn State women's tennis player to earn All-Conference recog- nition and the 3rst freshman to do so. EMMA SIBSON GYMNASTICS Sibson played a key role in Penn State's return to the NCAA championships, its first appearance at nationals since 2009. The Allen, Texas, resident received a score of 9.825 on the vault, helping Penn State post a team score of 48.925 in the event. It was the second-best team score the Nit- tany Lions have ever had in the vault at na- tionals. – M.H. HONOR ROLL ess than three minutes into the game, and already one of Penn State's starters was in foul trou- ble. The Lady Lions were playing host to Florida in the second round of the NCAA tournament, eager to claim a spot in the Sweet 16. Losing junior forward Tori Waldner well before the first media timeout was not part of the plan. But after Waldner picked up her second foul with 17 minutes, 29 seconds to play, the Lady Lions put freshman Kaliyah Mitchell into the game, and suddenly everything began going their way. In her first 30 seconds of action, Mitchell came up with a steal, scored a layup and pulled down a re- bound. She went on to play 25 minutes for the Lady Lions, finishing with eight points, seven rebounds, four steals and two assists, and Penn State thrashed the Gators, 83-61. "Kaliyah brought a lot of energy from the moment she stepped on the floor," coach Coquese Washington said. "With our bench, with our fresh- men, it's sometimes like they take turns." They did indeed, all season long. It would be entirely appropriate to salute L When the Lady Lions needed her most, the rookie forward came up big KALIYAH MITCHELL T H E Y E A R I N R E V I E W F E M A L E F R E S H M A N O F T H E Y E A R SUDDEN IMPACT Mitchell helped lift Penn State into the Sweet 16 with a strong perform- ance against the Gators. Bill Zimmerman

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