GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) has announced its 2012-13 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Team selections, with first, second and third team honors being awarded to the top 15 players as selected by the conference coaches.

The NEAC has also selected its regular season award winners, as voted on by the coaches.  Wells College junior guard Ashley Roser (Taberg, N.Y.) was selected as the NEAC Player of the Year after an incredible season for the Express.  Roser, a five-time NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week award winner this season, currently leads all of NCAA Division III in both rebounds per game (16.6) and double-doubles (22), while also leading the NEAC in both points (20.3) and blocks (3.0) per game.  She reached both the 1,000-point and 1,000-rebound career marks during the season, which was highlighted by a 39-point, 27-rebound performance against SUNYIT on Jan. 27, with the point total setting a new Wells single-game record and being just two points shy of the conference’s all-time single-game mark of 41, while the rebounding total was tied with three former student-athletes in the NEAC record books as the third-most ever in one game. 

Roser, who was the only player in the conference and just one of 13 players in all of Division III to record a triple-double on the year, helped lead the Express to their first playoff berth in the program’s three-year history after guiding them to a program-best record of 11-6 in the NEAC.

The NEAC Rookie of the Year award went to Lancaster Bible College’s Aubrey Folger (South Berwick, Maine) after an outstanding season by the freshman.  Folger, who earned three Student-Athlete of the Week selections on the year, shattered the program record for points in a season by a freshman with 392 (15.7 ppg) in 25 games. The 5-foot-11 guard also posted eight double-doubles this season and currently leads the Chargers in both rebounds (8.8) and steals (3.0) per game, while being in the top five in the conference in points, steals, offensive rebounds (91) and field goals made (155).

Lancaster Bible College head coach Doug Helsel was selected by his peers as the NEAC Coach of the Year.  Helsel led the Chargers to a NEAC South Division regular season championship with a 16-2 conference record while finishing with a conference-high 21 overall wins (21-4).  Helsel’s squad also earned the right to host the final four round of the NEAC Championship Tournament this weekend after defeating the North Division champion Keuka College Storm in their regular season crossover contest last month.

The complete list of 2012-13 NEAC All-Conference Selections is as follows:

All-Conference Team Selections

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The North Eastern Athletic Conference has thirteen NCAA Division III member institutions which include: Cazenovia College, College of St. Elizabeth, Gallaudet University, Keuka College, Lancaster Bible College, Pennsylvania State University - Abington, Pennsylvania State University - Berks, Pennsylvania State University -Harrisburg, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Institute of Technology, SUNY Morrisville State College, Wells College, and Wilson College.  Associate members are: Hilbert College (M Lacrosse), Medaille College (M&W Lacrosse) and Rutgers University - Camden (M Golf & M Tennis).  The North Eastern Athletic Conference has partnered with the North Atlantic Conference in the sports of men’s and women’s tennis.