The postseason accolades continue to pile up for women's basketball senior co-captain Khalilah Ummah.
Capping a career-best campaign in which she averaged a double-double in her first season as a starter, Ummah yesterday became the first Tufts basketball player to be named to the D3hoops.com honorable mention All-American team.
Ummah was a key reason why the Jumbos strung together a program-best 26 wins in 2008, as she contributed a NESCAC-leading 10.0 rebounds per game and a team-best 12.9 points per game.
The Litchfield, Maine, native also set the program's single-season blocks record, swatting a conference-best 66 shots this year.
The Jumbos advanced to the Elite Eight in the Div. III NCAA Tournament, but lost to Messiah College on Mar. 15.
Earlier this postseason, Ummah picked up both the NESCAC Player of the Year and the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year awards, as Tufts went on to sweep all of the conference's top four honors. Over spring break, Ummah also added a D3hoops.com First Team All-Region selection, the first ever by a member of the women's basketball team.
The accolades did not end there for the Jumbos, as freshman point guard Colleen Hart was named the D3hoops.com Northeast Rookie of the Year in the first year the honor was awarded. Hart was second on the team in scoring and finished just one three-pointer shy of the program's single-season mark. She also garnered the conference's Rookie of the Year award, as well as a Second Team All-NESCAC nod, earlier this month.
On the men's side, junior forward Jon Pierce added to his postseason haul with a D3hoops.com Second Team All-Region selection. He is the first member of coach Bob Sheldon's team to pick up the honor since tri-captain Dan Martin (LA '06) did so two years ago.
