Griffith (left), Hsu (middle) and Davis (right) hold the Ivy League Championship trophy, which Columbia won for the first time this season.
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Griffith Voted Coach of the Year; Hsu, Davis Unanimous First Teamers
3/8/2023 1:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Five Lions earn All-Ivy League honors
PRINCETON, N.J. — After leading the Columbia women's basketball team to its first Ivy League Championship in program history, Megan Griffith '07CC has been selected as the 2022-23 Ivy League Coach of the Year. Five additional Lions earned All-Ivy accolades, which included junior Abbey Hsu and senior Kaitlyn Davis unanimously being voted to the first team. The league office announced its postseason honors and awards Wednesday afternoon.
Senior Jaida Patrick earned second-team honors to join Hsu and Davis on the All-Ivy teams. Sophomore point guard Kitty Henderson earned an honorable mention, while senior Carly Rivera was Columbia's Academic All-Ivy League selection for the second year running.
The All-Ivy teams are selected by the league's eight head coaches. The top five vote-getters earn first-team accolades, followed by the next five on the second team. Anyone who receives a first or second-team vote earns honorable mention status.
Griffith is the first Columbia women's basketball head coach to be named Ivy League Coach of the Year. Now in her seventh year at the helm, the 2007 graduate has led a transformational turnaround for her alma mater. This year, her team finished tied atop the Ivy League standings for the first time and posted a program-best 23-4 overall regular season record. The campaign included resume-building wins at Miami, UMass, Memphis, Seton Hall and Princeton, all of which are among the top 65 in the NET rankings. The Lions also rank among the top 25 in the NCAA in eight statistical categories, including No. 4 in assists per game (18.9), No. 7 in scoring margin (17.7), No. 9 in 3-pointers per game (9.0), No. 9 in rebounds per game (43.33), No. 10 in rebounding margin (9.7), No. 11 in scoring (79.4), No. 15 in offensive rebounds (15.2) and No. 24 in 3-point field goal percentage (.359).
Hsu earned First Team All-Ivy League honors for the first time in her career. The Ivy League's top scorer (17.9), Hsu leads the country in 3-pointers made per game (3.44), ranks top 10 nationally in total threes (93) and top 25 in 3-point percentage (.413). Her scoring average is also among the NCAA's top 50. A now three-time All-Ivy League selection, the junior from Parkland, Florida was named Ivy League Player of the Week a league-best four times this season. Her two best outings came in wins at UMass (Dec. 10) and at Harvard (Feb. 17). Against the Minutewomen, she drained a then-career-high 34 points while going 9-of-11 from 3-point range, setting a new program record for triples in a game. In late February, she outdid herself by going 13-for-18 from the field and 6-of-10 from beyond the arc on her way to a career-high 35 points in a win at Harvard. Her 35 points are the most in a single game by an Ivy League player this season and tie for the fifth-most in a game in Columbia's record books.
Davis earned First Team All-Ivy honors for the second year in a row. The stat-sheet stuffer ranks among the top 10 in the Ivy League in scoring (12.8), rebounding (8.4), field goal percentage (.523), assists (3.6) and total blocks (22), which includes ranking No. 2 in field goal percentage and No. 3 in rebounding. She is also 11th in the league with 44 steals (1.6 per game). A two-time Ivy League Player of the Week, Davis made history on January 28 by becoming the first player in program history to record a triple-double. The senior from Norwalk, Connecticut did so by going for 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a dominant win over Dartmouth. Davis is one of just 25 players in the NCAA this season to record a triple-double and became just the fifth player in Ivy League history to accomplish the feat. She also posted eight double-doubles this season, six of which came against Ivy League competition.
Patrick was named to an All-Ivy League team for the first time in her career. A senior and second-year transfer from Duke, Patrick averaged 12.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.0 steals and 0.9 blocks this season. Patrick ranks top 10 in the Ivies in points, assists, steals and blocks. A two-time Ivy League Player of the Week, the West Haverstraw, New York native was named to the NCAA Women's Basketball Starting 5 Players of the Week on December 5 following her MVP Performance at the Miami Thanksgiving Tournament. Patrick averaged 20.5 points and shot 48 percent from the field, 57 percent from deep and 87 percent from the foul line over two games to lead the Lions to the tournament title. In the championship game against the Hurricanes, she scored a career-high 25 points, including 14 in the first quarter and 11 in the fourth quarter to erase a five-point deficit.
Henderson earned her first All-Ivy honorable mention following a sophomore season in which she averaged 9.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.4 steals. The Australian played and started in all but one game this season, ranking among the top 25 in the Ivies in scoring, top 15 in both rebounding and steals, as well as No. 2 in total assists (109) and assists per game (4.2). Henderson had 10 games this season with five or more assists.
Rivera made it back-to-back years as Columbia's Academic All-Ivy League selection. A senior from Arlington, Virginia, Rivera boasts a 3.76 GPA as a biomedical engineering major at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. On the court, the point guard has totaled 63 assists (2.7 per game), playing in 23 games with one start.
Columbia (23-4, 12-2 Ivy) enters the Ivy League Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will take on third-seeded Harvard (16-10, 9-5 Ivy) in the semifinals on Friday at 7 p.m. This year's tournament is being hosted by Princeton at Jadwin Gymnasium. For tickets and other information, please visit IvyMadness.com.
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Senior Jaida Patrick earned second-team honors to join Hsu and Davis on the All-Ivy teams. Sophomore point guard Kitty Henderson earned an honorable mention, while senior Carly Rivera was Columbia's Academic All-Ivy League selection for the second year running.
The All-Ivy teams are selected by the league's eight head coaches. The top five vote-getters earn first-team accolades, followed by the next five on the second team. Anyone who receives a first or second-team vote earns honorable mention status.
Griffith is the first Columbia women's basketball head coach to be named Ivy League Coach of the Year. Now in her seventh year at the helm, the 2007 graduate has led a transformational turnaround for her alma mater. This year, her team finished tied atop the Ivy League standings for the first time and posted a program-best 23-4 overall regular season record. The campaign included resume-building wins at Miami, UMass, Memphis, Seton Hall and Princeton, all of which are among the top 65 in the NET rankings. The Lions also rank among the top 25 in the NCAA in eight statistical categories, including No. 4 in assists per game (18.9), No. 7 in scoring margin (17.7), No. 9 in 3-pointers per game (9.0), No. 9 in rebounds per game (43.33), No. 10 in rebounding margin (9.7), No. 11 in scoring (79.4), No. 15 in offensive rebounds (15.2) and No. 24 in 3-point field goal percentage (.359).
Hsu earned First Team All-Ivy League honors for the first time in her career. The Ivy League's top scorer (17.9), Hsu leads the country in 3-pointers made per game (3.44), ranks top 10 nationally in total threes (93) and top 25 in 3-point percentage (.413). Her scoring average is also among the NCAA's top 50. A now three-time All-Ivy League selection, the junior from Parkland, Florida was named Ivy League Player of the Week a league-best four times this season. Her two best outings came in wins at UMass (Dec. 10) and at Harvard (Feb. 17). Against the Minutewomen, she drained a then-career-high 34 points while going 9-of-11 from 3-point range, setting a new program record for triples in a game. In late February, she outdid herself by going 13-for-18 from the field and 6-of-10 from beyond the arc on her way to a career-high 35 points in a win at Harvard. Her 35 points are the most in a single game by an Ivy League player this season and tie for the fifth-most in a game in Columbia's record books.
Davis earned First Team All-Ivy honors for the second year in a row. The stat-sheet stuffer ranks among the top 10 in the Ivy League in scoring (12.8), rebounding (8.4), field goal percentage (.523), assists (3.6) and total blocks (22), which includes ranking No. 2 in field goal percentage and No. 3 in rebounding. She is also 11th in the league with 44 steals (1.6 per game). A two-time Ivy League Player of the Week, Davis made history on January 28 by becoming the first player in program history to record a triple-double. The senior from Norwalk, Connecticut did so by going for 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a dominant win over Dartmouth. Davis is one of just 25 players in the NCAA this season to record a triple-double and became just the fifth player in Ivy League history to accomplish the feat. She also posted eight double-doubles this season, six of which came against Ivy League competition.
Patrick was named to an All-Ivy League team for the first time in her career. A senior and second-year transfer from Duke, Patrick averaged 12.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.0 steals and 0.9 blocks this season. Patrick ranks top 10 in the Ivies in points, assists, steals and blocks. A two-time Ivy League Player of the Week, the West Haverstraw, New York native was named to the NCAA Women's Basketball Starting 5 Players of the Week on December 5 following her MVP Performance at the Miami Thanksgiving Tournament. Patrick averaged 20.5 points and shot 48 percent from the field, 57 percent from deep and 87 percent from the foul line over two games to lead the Lions to the tournament title. In the championship game against the Hurricanes, she scored a career-high 25 points, including 14 in the first quarter and 11 in the fourth quarter to erase a five-point deficit.
Henderson earned her first All-Ivy honorable mention following a sophomore season in which she averaged 9.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.4 steals. The Australian played and started in all but one game this season, ranking among the top 25 in the Ivies in scoring, top 15 in both rebounding and steals, as well as No. 2 in total assists (109) and assists per game (4.2). Henderson had 10 games this season with five or more assists.
Rivera made it back-to-back years as Columbia's Academic All-Ivy League selection. A senior from Arlington, Virginia, Rivera boasts a 3.76 GPA as a biomedical engineering major at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. On the court, the point guard has totaled 63 assists (2.7 per game), playing in 23 games with one start.
Columbia (23-4, 12-2 Ivy) enters the Ivy League Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will take on third-seeded Harvard (16-10, 9-5 Ivy) in the semifinals on Friday at 7 p.m. This year's tournament is being hosted by Princeton at Jadwin Gymnasium. For tickets and other information, please visit IvyMadness.com.
FOLLOW THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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