GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) has announced its 2013-14 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 individual award winners, as voted on by the coaches.  For the second straight season, Wells College’s Ashley Roser (Taberg, N.Y.) was named the NEAC Player of the Year after another phenomenal season for the Express.  A DIII News Preseason All-American Honorable Mention, Roser posted a league-best 19 double-doubles behind averages of 22.5 points and 13 rebounds per game in addition to 2.3 steals and 2 blocks per game through 25 Express contests.  The senior forward totaled a conference-best and program-record 562 points this season, which placed her as the NEAC’s all-time leader in career points while also making her the only player in conference history to reach 2,000 points.  Roser also hauled in a league-best 324 rebounds, which helped her become just the third player in NCAA Division III history to reach career totals of at least 2,000 points and 1,350 rebounds.  In the current national rankings, she stands as the active NCAA DIII leader in career points, scoring average and rebounding while being sixth nationally on the season for double-doubles and eighth in scoring.

A five-time NEAC Player of the Week selection this season, Roser helped lead the Express to their first-ever NEAC North Division regular season championship en route to also being named to the All-Conference First Team.  She will now enter this weekend’s NEAC Championship Tournament with 80 career double-doubles, leaving her just three shy of the all-time NCAA DIII record.

The NEAC Rookie of the Year honor went to Morrisville State College freshman Jordan Anderson (West Edmeston, N.Y.) after an outstanding season for the Mustangs.  Anderson started all 25 contests at point guard for the Mustangs this season while leading the squad in points (13.4), assists (3.0), steals (3.6) and minutes (35.6) per game in addition grabbing 3.8 rebounds per contest.  Her steals average also led all NEAC rookies and currently ranks 10th across all of NCAA Division III, helped in part by an 11-steal performance earlier this season that tied the single-game conference record and earned her a NEAC Player of the Week selection.  Anderson was also dynamic at getting to the hoop, as she made the second-most free throws in the conference with 120 while shooting the fifth-best percentage from the charity stripe at 71 percent.

Lancaster Bible College’s Doug Helsel was voted by his peers as the NEAC Coach of the Year for the second straight time after another tremendous effort in leading the Chargers this season.  Helsel guided the Chargers to their second straight NEAC South Division title behind a perfect 16-0 season, marking 23 straight conference wins dating back to last season’s NEAC championship run.  The Chargers, who finished the regular season 20-5 overall, will now host their second straight NEAC Championship Tournament after earning the top overall seed in the six-team playoff field.

The complete list of 2013-14 NEAC All-Conference Selections is as follows:

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The North Eastern Athletic Conference has twelve 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, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Institute of Technology, SUNY Morrisville State College, Wells College, and Wilson College.  Bryn Athyn College and Pennsylvania College of the Technology will both join the conference as full members in 2014-15.  Associate members are: Cedar Crest College (W Swimming), D’Youville College (M Volleyball), Hilbert College (M Lacrosse & M Volleyball), Medaille College (M&W Lacrosse & M Volleyball), Penn State Altoona (M Volleyball) 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.