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Clan senior named player of the year

Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe capped her final season at Simon Fraser University as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball player of the year.

Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe capped her final season at Simon Fraser University as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball player of the year.

Raincock-Ekunwe finished the regular season as the conference's third leading scorer, averaging 16.9 points per game and the top rebounder with 12.7 boards per.

The fifth-year senior leads the NCAA Division II with a 66.1 field goal percentage. She also ranks third in rebounding and in double-doubles, with 18.

Raincock-Ekunwe earned first-team all-conference honours for the third straight year. She is just the second player in conference history to accomplish that feat, joining Rebecca Kielpinski of Alaska Anchorage (200709).

Raincock-Ekunwe, Montana State Billings guard Bobbi Knudsen and Northwest Nazarene forward Megan Hingston were the only unanimous selections. Knudsen was also a repeat selection from last year's first team.

Simon Fraser guard Erin Chambers was selected the Great Northwest defensive player of the year.

Chambers helped lead a Clan defense that allowed a conference-low 55.0 points per game.

Joining Chambers on the second all-star team was fifth-year guard Kristina Collins.

SFU will play the quarter-final winner between third-seeded Montana State Billings and sixth seed Seattle Pacific in Lacey, Washington on Friday.