Press Release
3/16 - ALL-REGION: Bruins' Leith Earns Third Team All-West Region Honors
NEWBERG, Ore. - Adding yet another award to her impressive list of honors, George Fox University's Kim Leith has been named to the 2005-06 D3hoops.com NCAA Division III All-West Region Third Team for women's basketball as chosen by the region's sports information directors via the D3hoops.com web site.
Leith, a senior wing from Sherwood, Ore., capped off an outstanding four-year career with another fine season. While leading the team in scoring (13.8 ppg), she ranked 6th in the NWC in that category, as well as being 3rd in three point field goals (2.12) and free throw percentage (.829), 8th in three-point percentage (.344), 9th in steals (1.72), and 14th in assists (2.12). A pre-season Third Team All-America choice by D3hoops.com, she earned All-Tournament honors in the D3 Hoop in Hawaii Classic early in the season. Her play was instrumental in the Bruins' 19-6 season, the 13th straight winning record for the team, and 10-6 league mark that earned them a tie for third place with Whitman College. During the season, the Bruins tied school records for most consecutive wins (11) and most wins at the start of a season (11).
As a junior, Leith was the 2004-05 Northwest Conference Player of the Year in leading the Bruins to a 22-6 record and the "Elite 8" round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament. She received Second Team All-West Region honors and was an honorable mention All-American as chosen by D3hoops.com.
Leith finished her career 4th on the all-time GFU scoring list with 1,348 points and 7th in assists with 235. She is the all-time leader in three-pointers with 205, and edged Christy Brock for the all-time free throw percentage lead, making 210-259 for a .8108 mark to .8105 for Brock.
This is the fifth year for D3hoops.com to select All-Region teams. A total of 599 players were nominated nationwide by the sports information directors at the various schools. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for 10 players in their region, six frontcourt players and four backcourt players.
"We are thankful to the sports information directors across Division III who took the time to nominate and vote to provide broader recognition to these worthy student-athletes," said D3hoops.com publisher Pat Coleman. "Their continued help and participation is integral to the All-Region team and everything else we do."