SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – Central Maine Community College swept Friday afternoon's Player of the Year honors at the annual Yankee Small College Conference Elite Eight Basketball Banquet. Junior Luis Medina (Hartford, Conn.) and sophomore Susie French (Greenland, NH) each received the league's highest honor. CMCC men's and women's basketball teams were also recognized as the YSCC regular season champions, while men's head coach Dave Gonyea was named Coach of the Year. Earlier this season, Gonyea won his 400th game as a head coach.
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Southern Maine Community College women's head coach Julia Howe took home Coach of the Year honors on the women's side. Both CMCC and SMCC women's team's have advanced to the Final Four, while the men's tournament begins on Friday afternoon.
First Team All-Conference - Men
Jamal Hughes – Vermont Tech
Dre Anderson – St. Joe's
Jose Nouchantavong – SMCC
Luis Medina – CMCC
Eddie Kopacz – Unity College
First Team All-Conference – Women
Allura LeBlanc – NHTI
Mookie Kennedy – St. Joe's
Danielle McCusker – SMCC
Arreonte Lee – UMA
Susie French - CMCC
Second Team All-Conference – Men
Shaun Hill – CMCC
Kazre Cummings – CMCC
Brandon Rogers – UMA
Floyd Higgins – University of Maine Machias
Demetrius Rouse - NHTI
Second Team All-Conference – Women
Jennifer Lola – UMA
Paige Wells – Vermont Tech
Jamie Plummer – UMA
Gabby Foy – CMCC
Ama Baker – Vermont Tech
Story and images courtesy of the YSCC.