Vanguard’s Davis named GSAC Coach of the Year
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Russ Davis, in his seventh season as head coach of the Vanguard
University women’s basketball team, was named the Golden State
Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after guiding his squad to the
championship this season. Senior guard Robbin Dittenbir and sophomore
Jennifer Wilcox were also honored by the conference by being named to
the All-GSAC team, which carries 14 players.
Dittenbir, a 5-foot-8 guard from Dinuba, earned her first All-GSAC
award as the four-year senior guard finished strong. The team captain
led the Lions in rebounds with 8.7 per game, was second on the team
in scoring with 10.2 points per game, and also had a team-high 10
double-double games. Dittenbir had had a career year in nearly every
statistical category and finished the regular season with 802 points
and 717 rebounds in her career as a Lion. She was in the running for
GSAC Player of the Year and will be nominated as an NAIA All-American
at the end of the season. Dittenbir was a freshman the last time the
Lions won the GSAC championship in 2000.
Wilcox has made a big impression in her season as a Lion. The
sophomore transfer also gained her first All-GSAC laurel as the
team’s leading scorer with 11.2 points per game, and the
second-leading rebounder with 7.0 per game. The 5-7 guard was second
only to Dittenbir with six double-double games for the Lions, and
scored 347 points while being the only player to start all 31 games
this season.
Davis, a former coach at Estancia High, was named the GSAC Coach
of the Year for the second time in his career. The first came with
Vanguard’s first title in 1998 when the Lions went 12-0 during the
regular conference season. This season, the Lions, whom were picked
to finish ninth in the GSAC coaches’ preseason poll, accumulated the
most GSAC wins in the history of the conference with an 18-2 record,
surpassing the 17 wins set by Azusa Pacific in 2001.
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