NEWBERRY — Newberry College women’s basketball senior Samantha Creed has been named an Honorable Mention Preseason All-American and the Southeast Region Preseason Player of the Year by the Women’s Division II Bulletin.
Creed enters her senior season after earning WBCA honorable mention All-American, ECAC All-Star second team and first team all-South Atlantic Conference honors as a junior in 2014-15.
Creed led the team to the NCAA Tournament in her junior year, scoring 532 points while starting 32 games. She made 58 steals, seven blocks and 125 assists as the Wolves won the South Atlantic Conference Tournament championship.
In the 2013-14 season, Creed scored 73 points in the five games she started in. Creed also collected 15 rebounds and had seven steals. As a freshman, Creed started in 30 games scoring 467 points. Creed earned 53 steals, four blocks and had 98 assists.
“Sam has had a tremendous career at Newberry College to this point and entering her final college season it is nice to see her recognized on the national level. I am very happy for Sam and this is a well deserved award,” said Head Coach Sean Page.
The Wolves will kick off their 2015-16 season on Friday, November 6, when they travel to Columbia for an exhibition against national power South Carolina.