Chabot, Ashley Named Association of Division III Independents
Student-Athlete of the Month Award Winners for November
KANSAS CITY, MO.--- Jenna Chabot, a guard/forward from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Levi Ashley, a cross country runner from Nebraska Wesleyan University, were named today as the recipients of the Association of Division III Independents Student-Athlete of the Month awards for November.
In five November games, Chabot, a senior business/economics major from Sonora, CA, averaged 16.4 points per game (totaling 82 points), shot 42 percent from the field (27-for-65) and 54 percent from the three-point line (15-for-28). Chabot also averaged 5.4 rebounds, totaled seven assists and had 10 steals during the month.
Chabot scored a career-high 21 points in back-to-back November games. In addition, she tied the UC Santa Cruz record for most three-pointers made in a game on Nov. 22, going 5-for-8 from the arc. The following game she broke the record against Pomona-Pitzer by nailing six three-point shots.
Chabot was name the AD3I player of the week (Nov. 21-27) after she hit 12 three-pointers and averaged 18 points and six rebounds per game.
Ashley, a senior business administration major from Alma, NE, became just the third runner in Nebraska Wesleyan history to earn his third All-America honor in men's cross country by placing seventh in 25:44 at the 2005 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships November 19 in Delaware, Ohio. As a team, the Prairie Wolves placed fourth in the nation. On Nov. 12, Ashley won the Central Regional meet in 25:18 and was named USTCA Central Region Athlete of the Year in leading the Nebraska Wesleyan men to their ninth consecutive national meet. NWU won the Central Region team title with a score of 42.
The Association of Division III Independents consists of 19 Division III independent institutions that have joined together to recognize student-athletes at independent institutions, and to provide exempted postseason championship competition in nine sports in 2005-06. The Association recognizes outstanding athletic achievements of its student-athletes on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. For the second year, the Association provides statistical services for its members in seven sports. In addition, it also will announce all-Independent teams at the conclusion of nine sports this year.
All student-athletes from the Association’s 19 members were eligible for the award. Each school was allowed to nominate its top performing male and female student-athletes from November. The award recipients were selected after a vote of the Association’s Student-Athlete Recognition Committee.
More information about the Association of Division III Independents is available at http://www.d3independents.org.
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