The Team of the Month selection began with the 1997-98 season. Each of the seven institutions nominate one male and one female player for inclusion on the Team of the Month. At the final luncheon in February, a Player of the Year and the Team of the Year is announced.
| 1998-99 Teams of the Month |
| December / January / February |
Tuesday, December 15, 1998
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. — Fourteen student-athletes from Lehigh Valley
schools have been named to the Sheraton Inn/Lehigh Valley College Basketball Media
Organization Teams of the Month for the first month of the 1998-99 season.
The Teams of the Month — one for men’s basketball and one for women’s
basketball — consist of one player from each of the seven schools in the Lehigh
Valley College Basketball Media Organization (LVCBMO).
Headlining the Teams of the Month are the 1998 LVCBMO Players of the Year, Brett Eppehimer and Amy Wahl. Eppehimer averaged a Valley-best 21.6 points per game for 4-3 Lehigh, while Wahl averaged 11.9 points, 6.9 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.4 steals in helping Kutztown to a 7-3 start.
The complete teams are as follows:
MEN
CHRIS SHELLY, Allentown So • F/C • 6-5 • 215 •
Nazareth, PA/Nazareth • 12.9 ppg, 9.3 rpg
RO TRACHTMAN, East Stroudsburg Sr • G • 6-2 • 170 •
Havertown, PA/Haverford • 11.5 ppg, 26 3-pointers
NEHEMIAH BRZIL, Kutztown Sr • 6-6 • 195 • Pittsburgh,
PA/Perry Traditional • 18.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg
BRIAN EHLERS, Lafayette Jr • 6-4 • 195 • Bay Shore,
NY/Bay Shore • 18.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
BRETT EPPEHIMER, Lehigh Sr • 5-11 • 170 •
Pottstown, PA/Hill School • 21.6 ppg, .806 FT%
MATT GETTER, Moravian Sr • G • 6-1 • Broomall,
PA/Marple-Newtown • 13.3 ppg, 19 3-pointers
JIM DOUMATO, Muhlenberg Sr • C • 6-7 • 230 •
Clifton, NJ/Clifton • 13.3 ppg, 9.1 rpg
WOMEN
KATE CORCORAN, Allentown Jr • G • 5-8 • Phoenixville,
PA/St. Pius X • 14.0 ppg, 3.4 apg
AMANDA BUSS, East Stroudsburg Jr • C • 6-1 •
Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg • 11.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg
AMY WAHL, Kutztown Sr • G • 5-9 • New London, PA/Avon
Grove • 11.9 ppg, 6.9 apg
CHRISTEL ROCHA, Lafayette Jr • G • 5-8 • Lansing
MI/Lansing Catholic Central • 11.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg
MAUREEN TRIGO, Lehigh Jr • F • 5-9 • Middletown, CT/Mercy
• 11.7 ppg, 5.9 rpg
STEPHANIE RICKARDS, Moravian Sr • F • 5-11 • Lansdowne,
PA/Upper Darby • 10.8 ppg, 6.4 rpg
SARAH CLARKE, Muhlenberg Sr • G • 5-4 • Nutley, NJ/Nutley
• 14.4 ppg, 4.7 apg
The LVCBMO will announce an All-Academic Team at its next luncheon, on Tuesday, January 19, 1999, and the Teams of the Year at its final luncheon, on Tuesday, February 16, 1999. Players of the Year for men's and women's basketball will be selected at the final luncheon.
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- They got game. They got brain.
They are the 14 student-athletes who have been named to the 1998-99 Sheraton Inn/Lehigh
Valley College Basketball Media
Organization (LVCBMO) Scholar-Athlete Team.
To be eligible for the team, a student must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, a
starter or key reserve on his or her team, and have a cumulative grade-point average (GPA)
of 3.0 or higher.
This select group of 14, one each from the men's and women's teams of the seven schools in
the LVCBMO, has mastered the difficult challenge of balancing academics and athletics.
While majoring in everything from telecommunications to sociology, they rank among team,
conference and even national leaders on the court. Their names are found on Deans' Lists
and all-time scoring lists, on All-Academic Teams and All-Tournament Teams.
The complete team is as follows:
MEN Cl - Pos - Hometown/High School Major(s) Significant Stats
Mark Watermasysk, Allentown Jr - F/C - Thorofare, N.J./Gloucester Accounting/Finance 12.4
ppg, 9.2 rpg
Chris McNesby, East Stroudsburg Sr - G - Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic Physical
Education Teaching 4.0 apg, 5.7 ppg
Wayne Fletcher, Kutztown Gr - F - New York, N.Y./Manhattan Center Telecommunications 5.4
ppg, 2.9 rpg
Brian Ehlers, Lafayette Jr - G - Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore Economics 18.7 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Jared Hess, Lehigh Jr - F - Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods Information Systems 14.6 ppg,
3.8 rpg
Matt Getter, Moravian Sr - G - Broomall, Pa./Marple Newtown Psychology 12.4 ppg, 32 threes
Eric Nothstein, Muhlenberg Jr - F - Stroudsburg, Pa./Pocono Mountain Political Economy 6.3
ppg, 2.9 rpg
WOMEN Cl F Pos F Hometown/High School Major(s) Significant Stats
Janelle Ganci, Allentown Sr - G - Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall Accounting/Finance 2.6 apg,
.826 FT%
Marie Schlegel, East Stroudsburg Jr - G - Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon Catholic Health/Physical
Education 3.8 apg, 5.3 ppg
Brianne Homyak, Kutztown So - F - Lehighton, Pa./Marian Catholic Elementary Education 7.2
ppg, .557 FG%
Alicia Yapsuga, Lafayette Sr - C - Reading, Pa./Reading Catholic Central Biology 10.1 ppg,
6.1 rpg
Danielle Baldwin, Lehigh Jr - G - Guilford, N.Y./Bainbridge-Guilford Central Psychology
12.1 ppg, 2.7 apg
Jessie Coughlin, Moravian Sr - G - Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic Economics 12.2 ppg,
3.6 apg
Amanda Waterbury, Muhlenberg Sr - F - Strafford, Vt./Thetford Academy English/Sociology
10.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg
The scholar-athletes were honored for their accomplishments at today's LVCBMO luncheon.
The LVCBMO will announce the Teams of the Year and select Players of the Year at its final
luncheon, on Tuesday, February 16, 1999.
Tuesday, February 16, 1999
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. --- Eighteen student-athletes from area schools were named to the
1998-99 Teams of the Year at the Sheraton Inn/Lehigh Valley College Basketball Media
Organization (LVCBMO) luncheon today.
The Teams of the Year --- one for men's basketball and one for women's basketball ---
consist of at least one player from each of the seven schools in the LVCBMO. Teams with
records over .500 were permitted to place two members on the squad.
The complete teams are as follows:
WOMEN Cl - Pos - Ht - Hometown/High School Significant Stats
Player of the Year: Amy Wahl, Kutztown
Kate Corcoran, Allentown Jr - G - 5-8 - Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X 14.0 ppg, 41
3-pointers
Shannon Schwilk, East Stroudsburg Jr - F - 5-9 - Ephrata, Pa./Conestoga Valley 10.2 ppg,
4.5 rpg
Amy Wahl, Kutztown Sr - G - 5-9 - New London, Pa./Avon Grove 11.8 ppg, 5.3 apg, 4.7 rpg
Tiffany Bedics, Lafayette Sr - G - 5-8 - Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic 10.7 ppg
Danielle Baldwin, Lehigh Jr - G - 5-6 - Guilford, N.Y./Bainbridge-Guilford Central 12.7
ppg, .807 FT%
Sara Hessel, Lehigh So - F - 6-0 - Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield 10.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Jessie Coughlin, Moravian Sr - G - 5-6 - Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic 12.8 ppg, 3.4
apg, 54 3-pointers
Sarah Clarke, Muhlenberg Sr - G - 5-4 - Nutley, N.J./Nutley 12.2 ppg, 4.2 apg
Jill Roth, Muhlenberg Sr - G/F - 5-7 - Allentown, Pa./Central Catholic 11.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg
MEN Cl - Pos - Ht - Wt - Hometown/High School Significant Stats
Player of the Year: Brian Ehlers, Lafayette
Mark Watermasysk, Allentown Jr - F/C - 6-6 - 220 - Thorofare, N.J./Gloucester 14.6 ppg,
9.2 rpg
Ro Trachtman, East Stroudsburg Sr - G - 6-2 - 170 - Havertown, Pa./Haverford 12.5 ppg, 64
3-pointers
Nehemiah Brazil, Kutztown Sr - G - 6-6 - 195 - Pittsburgh, Pa./Perry Traditional 15.9 ppg,
5.1 rpg
Brian Ehlers, Lafayette Jr - G - 6-4 - 195 - Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore 18.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Ted Cole, Lafayette Sr - F - 6-6 - 225 - Monaca, Pa./Monaca 11.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Jared Hess, Lehigh Jr - F - 6-5 - 203 - Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods 13.1 ppg, 50
3-pointers
Jason Moran, Moravian Sr - F - 6-5 - 210 - Scranton, Pa./West Scranton 16.1 ppg, 8.3 rpg,
30 blocks
Jim Doumato, Muhlenberg Sr - C - 6-7 - 230 - Clifton, N.J./Clifton 12.5 ppg, 9.1 rpg
Matt Schneider, Muhlenberg Jr - F - 6-6 - 215 - Lawrenceville, N.J./Lawrence 12.6 ppg, 6.1
rpg
The 18 all-stars combined to score more than 5,300 points --- an average of 13.0 per game
--- and pull down more than 2,000 rebounds (4.9 per game) this season. The women's team
was dominated by backcourt players (seven of the nine), while six of the nine men's
honorees play in the frontcourt. Six of the athletes --- Wahl, Coughlin, Roth, Brazil,
Moran and Doumato -- are repeaters from the 1997-98 Teams of the Year.
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