Bowie State's Cameron Knox Selected CIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Hampton, Va. - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men’s and Women’s Basketball Coaches and Sports Information Directors have selected the 2015 slate of All-Conference honorees. This season’s line-up features Men’s Player of the Year, Cameron Knox of Bowie State University and Verdine Warner of Shaw University as Women’s Player of the Year.

Knox, a senior forward from Baltimore, Maryland, is a three-time CIAA Player of the Week and leads the conference in points scored (461).  He ranks in the top 5 in field goals made, three pointers made, steals and points per game.  He has only one disqualification in the 26 games he started.

Warner, a native of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies, is second in the conference in scoring average, first in total points, first in rebounds per game, third in field goal percentage and tied for second in blocked shots per game.  She averaged 27.5 points per 40 minutes in the 27 games she's played.

Knox and Warner are joined by Tyrece Little (Virginia State) and Deja Middleton (Fayetteville State) as Defensive Players of the Year. All four honorees and their fellow All-Conference selectees will be formally recognized at the Men’s and Women’s Tip-Off Awards Luncheon scheduled for Monday, February 23 in Charlotte.

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2014 All-CIAA Men’s Basketball Team

#	NAME	SCHOOL	CL	POS	HOMETOWN
FRONTCOURT
#22	WyKevin Bazemore	Winston-Salem St.	Senior	F	Kelford, NC
#3	Hakeem Jackson	Livingstone	Senior	F/C	Live Oak, FL
#20	Darrell Ward	Elizabeth City St.	Senior	F	White Plains, NY
#23	Stedmon Lemon	Johnson C. Smith	Junior	F	Lithonia, GA
#34	Eric Mayo	Livingstone	Senior	F	Shelby, NC
#1	Tyrece Little	Virginia St.	Senior	F	Greenville, NC
#5	Donta Harper	Winston-Salem St.	Senior	F	Greenville, NC's
BACKCOURT
#4	Cameron Knox	Bowie St.	Senior	G	Baltimore, MD
#4	Eric Dubose	Livingstone	Junior	G	Brooklyn, NY
#3	Raheem Jolliffe	St. Augustine's	Senior	G	Fayetteville, NC
#3	Lamar Kearse	Virginia St.	Senior	G	Syracuse, NY
#4	Kyree Bethel	Chowan	Senior	G	Fayetteville, NC

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Cameron Knox, Bowie State University

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tyrece Little, Virginia State University

2014 All-CIAA Women’s Basketball Team

#	NAME	SCHOOL	CL	POS	HOMETOWN
FRONTCOURT
41	Verdine Warner	Shaw	Senior	C	St. Vincent and the Grenadines, WN
23	Tiffanie Adair	Virginia St.	Senior	F	Spartanburg, SC
32	Zephrah Pam	Lincoln (Pa.)	Senior	C	Syracuse, NY
21	Deja Middleton	Fayetteville St.	Senior	C	Richmond, VA
11	Alisha Mobley	Chowan	Junior	F	Winchester, VA
14	Dionna Scott	Winston-Salem St.	Senior	F	South Riding, VA
21	Donia Naylor	Bowie St.	Senior	F	Washington, DC
BACKCOURT
4	Jadda Jefferies	Elizabeth City St.	Senior	G	Burlington, NC
4	Ashle Freeman	Virginia Union	Senior	G	Richmond, VA
00	Dashae Jones	Virginia St.	Senior	G	Norfolk, VA
3	Ty-Nita Baker	Bowie St.	Junior	G	Houston, MS
23	Cierra York	Livingstone	Senior	G	Winston-Salem, NC

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Verdine Warner, Shaw University

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Deja Middleton, Fayetteville State University