SHIELDS NAMED NE-10
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
SOUTH EASTON, MA- The Pace University women's basketball team received a huge individual honor on Friday as Brittany Shields (Cold Springs, NY/Haldane) has been named as the Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Year. Shields now becomes the first Pace player in school history to ever win the NE-10 Freshman of the Year award.
Shields has had an outstanding rookie season for the Setters as she immediately found herself in a starting role to start the year, and never looked back. Shields leads the team in scoring with 14.5 ppg, and in rebounding with 8.7 rpg on the season. Shields currently ranks 12th in the conference in scoring, 5th in the NE-10 rebounding, and 3rd in field-goal percentage at 52.6%.
Shields is making her mark in the Pace history books this season as well as she is currently in second place all-time for most points scored by a freshman in her rookie season with 391. Jen DiMaggio holds the all-time record in that category scoring 460 points in her freshman year. Shields is also currently ranked third on the all-time freshman rebounding list with 234. Mary Ellen Esch holds the record for most rebounds by a freshman with 325.
Shields, and the rest of the Setters, are back on the court on Sunday, March 1 as they take on the Warriors of Merrimack College in the first round of the NE-10 Conference Tournament. The game is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.
