CIAA SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS ANNOUNCE 2009 BASKETBALL ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS
Saint Augustine's Bryant tops Rookie Women While Virginia State's Chaney Earns the Men's Honor
February 17, 2009
HAMPTON, VA- The 2009 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Basketball All-Rookie Teams, along with their respective Rookies of the Year, have been announced as voted on by the CIAA Sports Information Directors' Association.
For the second consecutive year the CIAA Women's Rookie of the
Year wears a uniform for the Lady Falcons of Saint Augustine's
College. This season the honor goes to Keyona
Bryant, a 6-0 center who hails from Springdale, MD
(Flowers High School). Bryant, an 8-time CIAA Rookie of the Week,
has been nothing short of phenomenal this season for SAC. She
leads the Lady Falcons in scoring at 17.8 points per game and is
second on the team in rebounding at 7.3 boards per contest. Bryant,
the conference's second leading scorer, has registered four
double-doubles this season and was the Lady Falcons' top scorer in
14 games this season.
Virginia State's J.C. Chaney takes the 2009 CIAA Men's Rookie of the Year award. A native of Danville, VA (George Washington High School) the 6-8 forward/center netted five 20 plus games as a starter for the Trojans this season. His scoring and rebounding averages were third best for Virginia State and he led his team in field goal percentage (.552), which ranked 5th overall in the CIAA.
The Men's and Women's All-Rookie Basketball teams will be honored at the tip-off luncheon in Charlotte, NC the week of the 2009 CIAA Basketball Tournament. A complete listing of the 2009 All-Rookie Teams is as follows:
2009 CIAA Women’s All-Rookie Team
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS | HT | HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL | MAJOR |
| Keyona Bryant | St. Augustine’s | C | 6-0 | Springdale, MD/Flowers | General Studies |
| Montiya Harrison | Livingstone | G | 5-7 | Petersburg, VA/Petersburg | Business |
| Kearah Jefferys | Elizabeth City St. | G | 5-5 | Wake Forest, NC/Wake Forest-Rolesville | General Studies |
| Deja Middleton | Fayetteville St. | C | 6-4 | Richmond, VA/Meadowbrook | Accounting |
| Juliette Turner | Bowie State | F | 5-10 | Silver Spring, MD/John F. Kennedy | Sport Management |
2009 CIAA Women’s Rookie of the Year –
Keyona Bryant, Saint Augustine’s College
2009 CIAA Men’s All-Rookie Team
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS | HT | HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL | MAJOR |
| J.C. Chaney | Virginia St. | F/C | 6-8 | Danville, VA/George Washington | Sport Management |
| Greg Henry | Livingstone | F | 6-4 | Columbia, GA/Martin Luther King | General Studies |
| Harvey Mills | Virginia State | G | 5-10 | Richmond, VA/Highland Springs | Business Management |
| Ibn-Saed Rasoull | Saint Paul’s | G | 6-4 | Petersburg, VA/Petersburg | Business Management |
| Kedrick Williams | Saint Paul’s | G | 5-8 | Winston-Salem, NC/East Forsyth | Business Management |
2009 CIAA Men’s Rookie of the Year – J.C. Chaney, Virginia State University
