Junior Lianna Carrero (Hamden, Conn.) and senior Kendrea Walker (New Haven, Conn.) of the Albertus Magnus women's basketball team have both earned spots on the 2013 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Conference Teams as announced by the league office on Monday. Carrero was tagged as a First-Team member, while Walker was named to the Second Team.
Carrero, who spent a majority of the year ranked in the top-five of the Nation in scoring, has led the Falcons in 2012-13 with a 20.2 points per game average. Most recently, Carrero was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division III Second Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She is the first-ever Falcon to earn this prestigious honor after she earned CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team for Division III District 2 earlier this month. Carrero was also the first Albertus Magnus women's basketball player to earn the All-District Academic honor.
On Saturday, Jan. 5, Carrero scored her 1,000th career-point at the Net's Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. in a win versus St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn). She is the 10th player in program history to reach that milestone.
Carrero also scored 46 points in the Falcons 75-73 win over Norwich on Jan. 26, 2013. Her 46-point effort marked the most points scored in a single game for an Albertus Magnus women's basketball player since Denise Brace scored 40 points on Dec. 29, 1996.
Walker, who played in 17 games this season and shot 49.5% from the floor to lead the Falcons. She averaged 15.8 points and 11.5 rebounds per contest. She scored a career-high 38 points in the Falcons' 84-77 win at Johnson & Wales (R.I.) on Feb. 16 in Providence.
Additionally, senior Lindsey Raynor (Branford, Conn.) was named to the 2013 GNAC Sportsmanship Team.
