Cardinals receive all conference honors

Ireton junior Patrick Hanafin, with an 18 point per game average in WCAC play, was selected to the Conference’s third team it was announced in Washington DC. The Arlington native, with teammate junior Antonio Rouse recognized as the Cardinal’s lone honorable mention awardee, return next season along with 86% of the Ireton offense from the 2009-2010 season. The squad played 16 of their 26 contests against squads ranked in the Washington Post’s top 20. Ireton earned three wins (Good Counsel, Glenelg Country, Georgetown Prep) while losing a pair of contests in overtime to ranked foes (#1 Gonzaga, Episcopal).

Sarah Baldwin, a senior, was the lone honoree from the women’s squad in 2009-2010. She led the Cardinals in scoring for the campaign, as well as three-point field goals, logging over 30 points in a non conference game and ending the regular season with a 28-point night at St Mary Ryken. The Alexandria native is a two-year varsity starter for Coach Mike Hutton. She is one of five seniors graduating this year, each a member of the School’s National Honor Society.

Champion DeMatha led the selections on the men’s teams, with three first team selections, while powers St Johns, Holy Cross, and Bsihop McNamara each landed a pair of women on the league’s ten-player first team. The Stags Quinn Cook was the player of the year for the men and his coach, Mike Jones was the coach of the year. Elizabeth Seton’s Tyuanna Marshall earned player of the year honors and “Jazz” Perazic of the Roadrunners was the women’s coach of the year.

First team Honorees

Men:

Cedric Lindsay – Gonzaga
Tyler Thornton – Gonzaga
Quinn Cook – Dematha
Victor Oladipo – DeMatha
Mikael Hopkins – DeMatha
Kendall Marshall – Bishop O’Connell
Chris Martin – St Johns
Ben Hazel – Good Counsel
Treveon Graham – St Mary Ryken
Brandon Coleman – Bishop McNamara

Coach of the Year – Mike Jones, DeMatha

Women:

Gillian Abshire – Good Counsel
Nequoiah Anderson – Archbishop Carroll
Akilah Bethal – Holy Cross
Taylor Brown – Bishop McNamara
Michea Bryant – Bishop McNamara
Blair Koniszewski – Paul VI Catholic
Tyuanna Marshall – Elizabeth Seton
Lanay Montgomery – Holy Cross
Mooriah Rowser – St John’s
Nicola Zimmer – St John’s

Coach of the Year – Jazz Perazic, E. Seton