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Dietrick, Banghart Honored on ECAC Div. I Women's Basketball All-Star Teams
April 09, 2015 | Women's Basketball
ECAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University women's basketball team continued to haul in postseason accolades on Thursday afternoon as head coach Courtney Banghart and senior co-captain Blake Dietrick garnered recognition from the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Recently named both the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and Naismith Coach of the Year, Banghart was tabbed the 2014-15 ECAC Coach of the Year. Earlier this season, Banghart was also the unanimous choice for the inaugural Ivy League Coach of the Year award.
An Associated Press and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) honorable mention All-America selection, Dietrick earned a spot on the ECAC first team, alongside University of Connecticut standouts: Breanna Stewart, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Moriah Jefferson. Also receiving first team All-ECAC praise were George Washington's Jonquel Jones, Iona's Damika Martinez and Seton Hall's Ka-Deidre Simmons.
Enjoying a stellar senior campaign, Dietrick averaged career-highs in points (15.1) assists (4.9) and rebounds per game (4.5). A seven-time Ivy League Player of the Week, she was the conference's unanimous choice for Player of the Year. Setting a single season record for assists (157), her 483 points in 2014-15 are tied for the third highest total in program history.
Also a three-time CollegeSportsMadness.com Ivy POTW honoree, Dietrick became the only player in school history to twice be named the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week when she was honored by the organization on Jan. 6, 2015. Dietrick also represented the Tigers in the State Farm College 3-Point Championships on Apr. 2.
Putting the wraps on a decorated career, Dietrick sits third on the program charts in three-pointers made (210) and three-point shooting percentage (.395), while ranking fourth in assists (346) and 11th in scoring (1,233).
Lifting the program to new heights, Banghart helped guide Princeton to an unblemished 30-0 regular season record, climbing to No. 13 in the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls – the best rankings for an Ivy program. The Tigers' 30-0 regular season surpassed Penn 1970-71 men's team's mark of 28-0 for the best in Ivy basketball history.
Earning the highest-ever NCAA seeding for an Ivy program (No. 8), Princeton notched an 80-70 first round victory over Green Bay, joining Harvard's 1998 squad as the only women's basketball teams in league history to record a tournament win.
Guiding the Orange and Black to its fifth Ivy title in six seasons, Banghart's 2014-15 team's eventual 31-1 record is the best in program history. Over the course of the season, a Princeton player laid claim to the conference's Player of the Week honor in all 14 weeks that it played a game was eligible.
The winningest coach in Princeton women's basketball history, Banghart has amassed a 169-67 (0.716) overall record in her eight seasons, going 92-17 (0.844) against the Ivy League during that span.