Vanguard’s Faulkner earns national award

Vanguard University senior Lisa Faulkner has been named NAIA

Co-Player of the Year in women’s basketball, marking the first time a

Vanguard player has received the award.

Faulkner, a 5-foot-4 point guard who helped the Lions reach the

quarterfinals of the NAIA tournament, set an NAIA single-season

assist record with 385 and broke an NAIA tournament single-game

assist record with 17 in a first-round win over Edward Waters.

She led the Golden State Athletic Conference and NAIA in assists

during the season, averaging more than 10 per game.

Faulkner, an All-GSAC selection, helped lead the Lions to a third

consecutive conference championship and a 32-4 record, the most

victories in school history.

She scored 10 points, six on two three-pointers, and added 12

assists in the Lions’ 87-72 loss to Union University in the NAIA

quarterfinals in Jackson, Tenn. Faulkner had 12 points and six

assists in a second-round victory.