WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

The D3hoops all-South Region team is out.

In a first team with 3 guards, Abby Holland is the SCAC's sole representative (and sole forward).  Raenett Hughes of UT-Dallas, who almost singlehandedly beat Trinity in both of their games this season, was named MVP.

Colorado College's McKenzee Gertz makes the second team at forward and returns next year.

Austin's sharpshooting Kacie West was named to the third team and rounds out the SCAC's representation.   She's also back next year.

Players from provisional St. Thomas were (apparently) not eligible, which to me seems appropriate.

[Pat Coleman]

That is correct on the eligibility -- only full members of Division III are eligible for the postseason awards.

[TroyP]

So with the tournament getting cancelled half way through, do you guys think the NCAA will let the Seniors come back next year, or will they just be done with their careers?

[Ron Boerger]

So with the tournament getting cancelled half way through, do you guys think the NCAA will let the Seniors come back next year, or will they just be done with their careers?

I'd be surprised if they got another year of eligibility.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

So with the tournament getting cancelled half way through, do you guys think the NCAA will let the Seniors come back next year, or will they just be done with their careers?

No... a vast majority of players had already finished their seasons. With both genders, there were only 32 teams still playing. Close to 850 had stopped.

And you can't just give it to seniors. You would probably have to hand it out to all players. So, we will have players who are in their fifth seasons ... for the next four years.

Nothing against winter athletes, but they played their seasons. I am sorry the championships were taken out from under all of them ... but it isn't like the spring where sports have been shut down just as they were getting going.

[Ralph Turner]

So with the tournament getting cancelled half way through, do you guys think the NCAA will let the Seniors come back next year, or will they just be done with their careers?

No... a vast majority of players had already finished their seasons. With both genders, there were only 32 teams still playing. Close to 850 had stopped.

And you can't just give it to seniors. You would probably have to hand it out to all players. So, we will have players who are in their fifth seasons ... for the next four years.

Nothing against winter athletes, but they played their seasons. I am sorry the championships were taken out from under all of them ... but it isn't like the spring where sports have been shut down just as they were getting going.

32 Co-champions... 

[TroyP]

Just a horrible situation for the Seniors still in the tourney, they have worked so hard for the opportunity to win a National Championship for the rug to just be pulled out from under them.

[Ron Boerger]

In other news - Abby Holland of Trinity and Sheridan Hopkins of St. Thomas were today named honorable mention All-America by the WBCA.   https://wbca.org/about/press-releases/player-year-maddie-hasson-bowdoin-college-headlines-2020-wbca-division-iii

[Ron Boerger]

Abby was the only SCAC player named to the d3hoops.com All-America teams (men's or women's), landing a third-team nod yesterday.

[Ron Boerger]

So apparently Abby Holland got it done in the classroom as well as she did the court 

Last week it was announced that Abby was awarded the NCAA Jim McCay scholarship, given "by the NCAA to college athletes who demonstrate achievement in sports communication or public relations or hope to contribute to the field."   There is one female winner (and one male)  across all NCAA divisions. 

Today word comes that she was awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, one of 21 awarded to female winter sports participants across all divisions.

[jekelish]

While we wait to see what happens in the spring, the SCAC has its 2021 basketball schedules set and -- I really wonder if this is coincidence or if the SCAC did it intentionally -- the last game of the regular season is Austin College at Trinity.

[jaybird44]

It seems that I have been the only member of the only (unofficial) fall sport at WashU, with my 100-mile ultramarathon attempt earlier this month to promote the fight for a cure during Rett Syndrome Awareness Month.  That attempt fell a bit short in miles and fundraising, so I'm going into overtime to try and reach $5,000 in donations.

Rett Gets Rocked 50K for $5K will commence Friday, October 30 at 8 pm Central, and end at 8 am Halloween morning.  Counting donations received (thanks to retired WashU men's basketball coach Mark Edwards and his wife Mary, and to Mike McGrath and his  University of Chicago men's basketball program for their donations!) and those yet to be sent and processed, I am at $4,440.53.  Very, very close to my goal...which will fund a researcher's work for a month.  Wouldn't it be cool if he or she cracked the code for a cure of Rett syndrome, on our dime?!

I reached 86 miles in my "Rett Gets Rocked Virtual Ultra Weekend" October 3-4.  I'm very proud of that result, but there's more work to be done.  Proceeds from the event will be split between Rettsyndrome.org (the only national organization spearheading research and providing resources for affected patients and their families) and the Rett Spectrum Clinic--a collaboration between the WashU School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Rett syndrome is a rare, non-inherited neurological disorder that is caused by a gene mutation in the brain.  It primarily affects girls (1 in every 10,000 girls develop Rett).  It strikes typically when a child is 6-18 months old, and it has the characteristics of ALS, autism, epilepsy, and Parkinson's...all rolled into one sinister disorder.  It takes away the child's ability to move and communicate. 

In essence, Rett does to a child what Lucy in the "Peanuts" comic strip does to Charlie Brown when he tries to kick the football that she is holding.  The only difference is that Charlie Brown can get back up to try again.  Those who are afflicted with Rett syndrome don't get another chance to enjoy a vibrant life.

Researchers are working to re-engineer the gene mutation that turns on Rett, so it can be forever turned off.  Four drug therapies are in the FDA review pipeline, with one (trofanitide) one level away from review.  And, iPad tablets with retinal scan technology are giving those with Rett a voice they haven't had since they were toddlers.

The full court press on Rett is paying off.  You can help keep the pressure on Rett, by going to my Rett Racers donation page:  https://rettracer.everydayhero.com/us/rett-gets-rocked-2020

Thanks for your time and consideration, and hopefully there will be basketball to play and broadcast at the start of 2021!

Jay Murry
Play-By-Play Announcer, Washington University in St. Louis
Event Director, Rett Gets Rocked 50K for $5K

[TroyP]

Does anybody know where to find the new schedule.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Does anybody know where to find the new schedule.

For whom?

Teams? Check their websites.

Conference? Team websites usually still the best along with D3hoops.com.

[TroyP]

I'm most interested in Trinity, it's not on their webpage that I have seen, but was curious about the overall SCAC schedule as well.