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Monday, March 5, 2001

UH’s Lee,
Savovic named
to All-WAC
first teams

Atuaia chosen women's
Freshman of Year, Galloway
on second team, Gabrielova
named to All-Newcomer team

Martin on All-Newcomer team

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By Al Chase
Star-Bulletin

Crystal Lee, Kylie Galloway, April Atuaia and Jana Gabrielova were honored yesterday by the Western Athletic Conference.

Lee, a 5-foot-11 senior forward for the University of Hawaii women's basketball team, was an All-WAC first team selection.

"I was surprised. You never bank on something like that," Lee said. "I'm definitely happy. Going to the NCAA Tournament would make me happier. That would be a team accomplishment."

Galloway, a 6-0 forward, was an All-Defensive Team pick and on the All-WAC second team.

Atuaia, the 5-10 guard from Kahuku High School, was named WAC Freshman of the Year.

"I never expected it because there were a lot of good freshmen this year," Atuaia said.

Gabrielova and Atuaia were named to the All-Newcomer Team.

D-dra Rucker, a senior at Southern Methodist, was named Player of the Year. Texas Christian's Jeff Mittie was Coach of the Year.

Lee leads Hawaii and is seventh in the conference in scoring with a 16.5 average. She pulls down 5.7 rebounds per game and is second on the team with 24 steals.

Galloway averages 15 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. In the nonconference season, when opponents didn't know her that well, she scored more, but WAC foes double-teamed her constantly.

Her answer was to play tough defense and pass to open teammates more, which is reflected in her 75 assists.

Galloway is second in the WAC in free throw percentage (.845) and fourth in field goal percentage (.481).

Atuaia averages 7.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game playing both guard positions.

Gabrielova, won the starting point guard position by adjusting to the UH system quickly. She averages 8.5 points per game and leads the Wahine in assists (109) and steals (41).

Final WAC standings

	Conference	Overall
	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.
TCU	13	3	.813	21	7	.750
Hawaii	12	4	.750	21	6	.778
SMU	11	5	.688	16	11	.593
Rice	9	7	.563	17	11	.607
Nevada	9	7	.563	16	12	.571
Fresno St.	6	10	.375	10	18	.357
Tulsa	4	12	.250	8	20	.286
San Jose St.	4	12	.250	12	15	.444
UTEP	4	12	.250	8	19	.296

Saturday's results

Rice 65, Fresno State 54
Nevada 59, Tulsa 57
Southern Methodist 87, Texas Christian 79
End regular season

WAC tournament

First round, tomorrow's game

Texas-El Paso vs. San Jose State

Quarterfinal round, Wednesday's games

UTEP-San Jose State winner vs. Texas Christian
Nevada vs. Rice
Fresno State vs. Southern Methodist
Hawaii vs. Tulsa, 4:30 p.m. HST

Semifinal round, Friday's games

UTEP-SJSU-TCU winner vs. Nevada-Rice winner
Hawaii-Tulsa winner vs. Fresno State-SMU, 10:30 a.m. HST

Championship, Saturday's game

Friday's winners, 8:30 a.m. HST

All-WAC teams

Player of the Year: D-dra Rucker, SMU
Coach of the Year: Jeff Mittie, TCU
Freshman of the Year: April Atuaia, Hawaii
FIRST TEAM -- Crystal Lee, Hawaii, F, 5-11, Sr., Spokane, Wash.; Lindsay Logan, Fresno State, G, 5-6, So., Sandy, Utah; Amy Pack, UTEP, C, 6-0, So., Stephenville, Texas; D-dra Rucker, SMU, G, 5-11, Sr., Carrollton, Texas; Kate Smith, Nevada, C, 6-2, So., Reno, Nev.
SECOND TEAM -- Leela Farr, Tulsa, F, 5-11, Jr., Joplin, Mo.; Kylie Galloway, Hawai`i, F, 6-0, Sr., Elwood, Victoria, Australia; Kati Safaritova, TCU, F, 6-3, Jr., Samoria, Slovakia; Jill Sutton, TCU, G, 5-9, Sr., Gunter, Texas; Omelogo Udeze, Fresno State, F, 6-1, So., Los Angeles.
ALL-DEFENSIVE -- Kylie Galloway, Hawaii, F, 6-0, Sr., Elwood, Victoria, Australia; Christina Mata, UTEP, G, 5-5, Sr., El Paso, Texas; Daneesh McIntosh, Rice, C, 6-0, Jr., Red Hills, Kingston, Jamaica; D-dra Rucker, SMU, G, 5-11, Sr., Carrollton, Texas; Tiffany Simon, Fresno State, G, 5-9, So., Detroit, Mich.
ALL-NEWCOMER -- April Atuaia, Hawaii, G, 5-10, Fr., Laie, Oahu; Candice Brewer, Tulsa, G, 5-8, Fr., Fayetteville, Ark.; Andrea Cossey, SMU, G, 5-11, Fr., Prescott, Ark.; Janka Gabrielova, Hawaii, G, 5-7, Jr., Bratislava, Slovakia; Kati Safaritova, TCU, F, 6-3, Jr., Samoria, Slovakia.

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Martin on All-Newcomer
team as Fresno State
dominates men’s
postseason honors

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From staff and wire reports

The University of Hawaii's Predrag Savovic was selected to the All-Western Athletic Conference men's basketball first team, and teammate Phil Martin was picked as a WAC All-Newcomer.

No. 25 Fresno State swept the confererence's top honors as Melvin Ely was named Player of the Year, teammate Tito Maddox was selected Freshman of the Year and Jerry Tarkanian was chosen as Coach of the Year.

Other All-WAC first team picks were Fresno State's Chris Jefferies, Brandon Wolfram of Texas-El Paso and Mike Wilks of Rice.

Savovic, a junior guard, averages 17.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

"He's been consistent all season." said Hawaii coach Riley Wallace. "He's played his best ball of late."

Martin, a freshman forward, averages 9.2 points and 4.0 rebounds.

"Phil was much better than expected," Wallace said.