ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College senior guard Jasmine Gunn has been named the South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, the SAC office announced Friday.

Gunn was also named first-team All-SAC for the fourth consecutive season, while senior center Catherine Hintz was recognized as a second-team choice. Voting was conducted by the conference's 10 head coaches.

The 4-11 Gunn (Nashville, Tenn.) is the fourth player in SAC history to be named Player of the Year in back-to-back years, and the sixth player to win multiple Player of the Year awards. She led the SAC in scoring average during the regular season at 19.8 points per game (12th in Division II) and ranked fourth in assists at 3.35 per contest. She scored 20 or more points 15 times this season, including three 30-point performances, and was a three-time SAC Player of the Week.

Gunn is also among the SAC leaders in field-goal percentage (14th, 44.7 percent), steals (9th, 1.77 per game), assist to turnover ratio (8th, 0.93 ratio), free-throw percentage (13th, 78.0 percent) and minutes played (tied for 4th, 33.46 minutes per game).

On February 5, Gunn became the fifth player in SAC history and second player in program history to score 2,000 career points. She currently ranks fourth all-time in the SAC with 2,133 points, fifth with 615 assists and fifth with 266 steals. Gunn is also the SAC career leader in free throws made (648) and attempted (825), and is tied for the SAC career lead in games started with 122.

Gunn was the preseason National Player of the Year as selected by the Women's Division II Bulletin, and was the NCAA Southeast Region MVP in 2010 after leading the Pioneers to the regional championship. She has posted 10 double-doubles in her career and owns the only triple-double in recorded program history.

Hintz (Hastings, Minn.) averaged 11.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots per game in 23 games (five starts), averaging just 18.4 minutes per contest. She ranks third in the SAC in field-goal percentage (54.7 percent), third in rebounding and third in blocked shots, while her scoring average is good for 15th in the league.

She scored in double figures 14 times in 18 conference games, including a career-high 32 points in the regular-season finale at Mars Hill on February 26. Hintz posted six double-doubles and was a two-time SAC Player of the Week.

In three seasons at Tusculum, the 6-8 Hintz has scored 701 points (8.1 per game) and pulled 541 rebounds (6.2 per game) while ranking fifth in program history with 101 blocked shots. Her career field-goal percentage of 55.3 percent is second-best in program history, while her 541 rebounds rank eighth.

The Pioneers also claimed several SAC statistical championships. In addition to Gunn's league-leading scoring average, junior forward Staci Hicks led the SAC in field-goal percentage at 55.8 percent (77-for-138). As a team, the Pioneers led the SAC in scoring defense (60.1 points per game).

Joining Gunn on the first team were Mandy Mendenhall of Carson-Newman, Dana Hicks of Catawba, Cameron Sealey of Lenoir-Rhyne, Brittini Young of Mars Hill, Helen McKinney of Newberry and Kurie Washington of Wingate. Second-team picks along with Hintz were Ashley Abed of Anderson, Zoriah Williams of Carson-Newman, Milica Ivanovic of Catawba and Taylor Deal of Mars Hill. Todd Starkey of Lenoir-Rhyne won Coach of the Year honors for the third straight year, while Shannon Depew of Carson-Newman was Freshman of the Year and Young captured the Scholar-Athlete Award.

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ALL-SAC FIRST TEAM
Mandy Mendenhall, Carson-Newman
Dana Hicks, Catawba
Cameron Sealey, Lenoir-Rhyne
Brittini Young, Mars Hill
Helen McKinney, Newberry
Jasmine Gunn, Tusculum
Kurie Washington, Wingate

ALL-SAC SECOND TEAM
Ashley Abed, Anderson
Zoriah Williams, Carson-Newman
Milica Ivanovic, Catawba
Taylor Deal, Mars Hill
Catherine Hintz, Tusculum

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Shannon Depew, Carson-Newman
Whitney Brinkley, Lenoir-Rhyne
Tyler Carlson, Mars Hill
Ellie Gleeson, Newberry
Janitsha Williams, Wingate

COACH OF THE YEAR: Todd Starkey, Lenoir-Rhyne
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jasmine Gunn, Tusculum
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Shannon Depew, Carson-Newman
SAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE: Brittini Young, Mars Hill

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICAL CHAMPIONS
The SAC Statistical Champion Award recognizes those individuals and teams that have finished the regular season as SAC leaders in various overall statistical categories. Individual leaders must have participated in 75 percent of the team's games.

Points Per Game - Jasmine Gunn, Tusculum, 19.8
Rebounds Per Game - Dana Hicks, Catawba, 11.4
Field Goal Percentage - Staci Hicks, Tusculum, .558
Assists Per Game - Jessica Bearzatto, Newberry, 5.15
Steals Per Game - Micheala Watkins, Brevard, 2.68
3-Point Field Goal Percentage - Brittini Young, Mars Hill, .438
3-Pointers Per Game - Helen McKinney, Newberry, 2.69
Blocked Shots Per Game - Shannon Depew, Carson-Newman College, 2.07
Free Throw Percentage - Ashley Abed, Anderson, .890
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - Jessica Bearzatto, Newberry, 2.48
Team Scoring Offense - Mars Hill College, 74.8
Team Field Goal Percentage - Lincoln Memorial University, .417
Team Field Goal Percentage Defense - Wingate University, .370
Team 3-Point Field Goal Percentage - Wingate University, .376
Team Assists - Mars Hill College, 14.27
Team Steals - Lincoln Memorial University, 10.62
Team Scoring Defense - Tusculum College, 60.1
Team Rebounding - Catawba College, 42.7
Team Free Throw Percentage - Wingate University, .759
Team Blocked Shots - Carson-Newman College, 3.93
Team Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - Newberry College, 0.81