Raymond is one of just 12 two-time All-NE10 first team selections in the program's history (PHOTO BY Saylor Murphy) |
Raymond earns All-NE10 honors for third time, with second first team selection
Bramanti a first time All-NE10 pick with second team honors
NE10 Women's Basketball Postseason Awards
EASTON, Mass. (March 2, 2022) – Two members of the Stonehill College women's basketball team have collected All-Northeast-10 Conference honors as selected by the Conference's 14 head coaches, the league announced.
Seniors Kayla Raymond and Emily Bramanti were both selected as All-NE10 honorees by the Conference's coaches, with Raymond earning first team honors for the second time and picking up the third All-NE10 selection of her career overall, while Bramanti earns All-Conference accolades for the first time in her career with her selection to the second team. The duo gives the program 52 All-NE10 honors all-time, with Raymond's first team selection the 24th all-time, becoming just the 12th in program history to earn first team honors twice in their career – the first since Tori Faieta, '15 in 2013-14 and '14-15 – and 12th three-time All-NE10 pick.
Raymond, a two-time NE10 Player of the Week this season, earns All-NE10 honors for the third time, with first team honors for the second season after being selected to the second team as a freshman. She has started 18 of her 20 games played this winter and ranks third among NE10 scoring leaders with her team-best 19.4 points per game on 43.3-percent shooting, converting 83.6% (46-for-55) of her free-throws (3rd), and adding 6.8 rebounds (14th), 1.8 assists, 1.6 blocked shots and a steal per game.
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Raymond has led Stonehill in scoring in nine straight games played and 13 this season overall, scoring in double-figures 14 straight games and 19 times this season overall, including eight 20-point games. She matched her career-best with a season-high 32 points on 12-of-23 shooting, including 3-for-6 from three-point range, in a win at the University of New Haven on January 15, recording four doubles. Raymond is averaging 22.2 points per game on 46.5-percent shooting, converting 85% (34-40) of her free-throws, since the New Year, adding 7.4 rebounds, two assists and 1.5 blocked shots per game (4th).
Raymond, the 2018-19 NE10 Rookie of the Year and an honorable mention All-America selection as a sophomore in 2019-20 by the WBCA, became the program's 33rd 1,000-point scorer in February and currently ranks 25th on Stonehill's career scoring list with 1,156 points. She is a 45.1-percent shooter in her Stonehill career, converting 83% (127-153) of her free-throws to go with 452 rebounds, 109 assists, 57 steals and 107 blocks to rank seventh in program history. Raymond was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2020 NE10 Tournament, collected D2CCA All-East Region honors as a sophomore and she has been named to the NE10 Academic Honor roll multiple semesters.
Bramanti earns All-NE10 honors for the first time with her second team selection. She ranks second on the team in scoring with 14.2 points per game (7th NE10), converting 81.5-percent (66-for-81) of her free-throws (8th), while ranking second among NE10 assist leaders at 4.5 per game and contributing 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in a team-high 35.3 minutes per game (6th). Bramanti has led the Skyhawks in scoring five times this season, scoring in double figures 12 times, with 20-plus points on four occasions, including a career-high 26 points in their season-opener at Saint Michael's College and then at Adelphi University on December 12, in which she posted her first career double-double by adding a career-best 11 rebounds.
Bramanti has received the Division II Athletic Director's Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award twice and been named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll all seven semesters to date, with Athletic Director's Honor Roll status as well. In 78 career games played, she has totaled 636 points, shooting 77.9-percent from the free-throw line, with 230 rebounds, 220 assists and 79 steals. The criminology and communication dual major has been named to the Edwin H. Sutherland Honor Society and is involved in Stonehill's Anchors Leadership Society.
Stonehill (15-8, 12-7 NE10), the NE10 Northeast Division's No. 3 seed and ranked No. 8 in last week's NCAA Division II East Regional rankings, is back in action on Thursday night, when it continues defense of its 2020 NE10 Championship by hosting Southwest No. 4 Southern Connecticut State University (13-13, 8-10 NE10) for an NE10 semifinal round matchup at Merkert Gymnasium at 6 p.m. Admission to the game is $5.00, with students from NE10 institutions admitted free of charge with a valid ID.
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