Women's Basketball

Fairfield’s Lopez-Senechal, Marist’s Shazer, Siena’s Brown Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team

EDISON, NJ (February 18, 2022) – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) placed Fairfield’s Lou Lopez-Senechal, Marist’s Zaria Shazer and Siena’s Rayshel Brown to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.
 
The CoSIDA Academic All-District award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field or court and in the classroom. To be eligible student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve at their current institution with a cumulative 3.30 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
 
Lopez-Senechal not only found success on the court with a MAAC-leading 19.2 points per game average but also in the classroom supporting a 3.39 GPA as a marketing major. Her 19.2 PPG ranks 31st in the NCAA. Lopez-Senechal is shooting 45 percent from the field and 39 percent from beyond the arc this season to go along with 4.5 rebounds per game. She has been named MAAC Player of the Week three times this season.
 
A Psychology major, Shazer is averaging 10.6 points in addition to team-leading averages of 7.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots per game this season. She has totaled four double-doubles this season, and was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 15. Shazer is a three-time Marist Dean's List honoree, and she was named to the MAAC Academic Honor Roll following the 2020-21 academic year.
 
A sociology major, Brown carries a 3.48 cumulative GPA. The Staten Island, New York native averages 13.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.5 steals, and 1.4 assists per game. She recently notched her first career double-double, was named the MAAC Co-Player of the Week back on Jan. 31. Currently in pursuit of 1,000 career collegiate points, Brown received a Preseason All-MAAC Team selection prior to the 2021-22 season. She is the first Saint to garner the award since 2008.
 
The 2021-22 campaign culminates with the 2022 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 8-12 at Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. Stay up to date with all MAAC basketball by visiting MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter. The road to AC!
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 41st year of competition during the 2021-22 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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