WALTHAM, Mass. – Former Honeoye Falls-Lima standout Jessica Chapin, a senior guard for the Brandeis women’s basketball team, has been named the 2010 University Athletic Association (UAA) Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.
Chapin, a first-team All-UAA selection for the second year in a row, is only the second Brandeis University player to be named UAA Player of the Year.
Chapin was a four-time UAA Player of the Week this season and was the league’s leading scorer, averaging 16.9 points per game, 64th in all of NCAA Division III play. She also finished second in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6 a/to) and minutes played (32.0 mpg), third in 3-pointers made (46 3FGs), fourth in steals per game (2.2 spg) and free-throw percentage (75.9%) and sixth in assists per game (3.0 apg) and 3-point percentage (34.8%).
Chapin led the Judges in scoring 17 times in their 24 games, was the squad’s top rebounder five times and topped the team in assists 10 times, posting four double-doubles. She set three school records this season, with 167 career 3-pointers and 36 points and seven trifectas in a game against Carnegie Mellon Feb 7.
Chapin wrapped up her career as the only player in school history to rank among the top 10 in points (1,280, sixth), rebounds (521, eighth), assists (262, sixth) and steals (243, third).
With 405 points on the season, Chapin turned in just the fourth 400-point campaign in Brandeis history.
Overall this season, the Brandeis women posted a 16-8 record, while their string of four-straight NCAA tournaments was snapped. The Judges faced the sixth-toughest schedule in the nation according to D3hoops.com, facing seven NCAA tournament teams, including a season-sweep of UAA foe Rochester.
Chapin is a 2006 graduate of HF-L and the daughter of Michael and Deborah Chapin, of Mendon.
