William Paterson University senior guard Luci Custis was named the Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in the New Jersey Athletic Conference for the 2006-07 season. In addition, Custis was also selected as the conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

A three-time all-conference selection, Custis earned NJAC Player of the Week honors twice during the 2006-07 season. She currently ranks in the Top 10 in seven league statistical categories including scoring (3^rd, 13.4 points per game); steals (5^th, 2.60 per game); free throw percentage (7^th, .712); three-point field goal percentage (8^th, .300); assists (9^th, 2.68 per game); three-point field goals made per game (10^th, 1.20); and minutes played (10^th, 30.72). Against NJAC competition, Custis ranks among the Top 10 in five conference statistical categories including three-point field percentage (3^rd, .333); steals (4^th, 2.62 per game); assists (8^th, 2.69 per game); scoring (9^th, 11.5 points per game); and three-point field goals made per game (9^th, 1.15).

William Paterson freshman guard Elisa Brown was named the 2006-07 NJAC Rookie of the Year. A Week 11 NJAC Rookie of the Week selection, Brown currently ranks among the leaders in four league statistical categories including steals (6^th, 2.56 per game); three-point field goals made per game (11^th, 0.96); rebounding (15^th, 5.6 per game); and scoring (28^th, 7.8 points per game). Against NJAC competition, Brown ranks in six statistical categories including three-point field goal percentage (3^rd, .333); steals (9^th, 2.00); three-point field goals made per game (10^th, 1.08); blocks (15^th, 0.54); rebounding (17^th, 5.6 per game); and scoring (21^st, 9.4 points per game).

The selection of William Paterson head coach Erin Monahan as the league Coach of the Year by her peers gave the Pioneers a sweep of the conference’s major women’s basketball awards for the 2006-07 season. Selected to finish second in the NJAC North Division in a preseason poll of league coaches, Monahan guided the Pioneers to a 21-4 overall record, an 11-2 mark in league play, and the championship of the NJAC North Division. The Pioneers, who will have home-court advantage throughout the NJAC Tournament, will host Rutgers-Newark in a semifinal match-up on February 22. Now in her 14^th season at the helm of the Pioneer program, Monahan has guided Paterson to an overall mark of 257-117.

2006-07 NJAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS