Parks Named Second Team ECAC Division III New England All-Star
CENTERVILLE, Mass. – Elms College junior forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) was named Second Team Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England All-Star as announced by the league on Thursday.
The balloting was completed by head coaches within the ECAC Division III New England Women's Basketball membership.
Parks, who is now Elms' all-time leading scorer and was named the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Player of the Year, averaged 22.0 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. Following the 2013-14 campaign, Parks was named First Team All-NECC for the third consecutive season.
Parks connected on 47.6-percent of her shots and 78.0 percent of her free throws during NECC action. Parks, a three-time all-conference first team selection, reached double figures in points in all 18 conference games during the campaign, and scored more than 30 points in five league games including a collegiate career-high 39 against Southern Vermont College which tied the program's individual single-game record. Parks also pulled down double-digit rebounds in 12 conference games. Parks also set the program's individual single-season scoring record with 616 points breaking her own record of 545 points set last season. Parks netted 411 of those points in conference play.
2013-14 ECAC Division III New England Women's Basketball
Player of the Year
Kaitlyn Bovee, G/F, Sr., Roger Williams University
Rookie of the Year
Megan Ronaghan, F, Fr., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
First Team
Meredith Kelly, G, Sr., Bates College
Vandell Andrade, F, So., Rhode Island College
Kaitlyn Bovee, F, Sr., Roger Williams University
Kelsey Morehead, G, Jr., Tufts University
Kelly Coleman, F, Jr., University of New England
Second Team
Lianna Carrero, G, Sr., Albertus Magnus College
Alyssa Leonard, G, Sr., Castleton State College
Denisha Parks, F, Jr., Elms College
Olivia Murphy, F, So., University of Massachusetts Boston
Rosa Drummond, F, Sr., Smith College
Hannah Brickley, F, Sr., Trinity College
Leslie Leong, G, Sr., Wellesley College
