April 20, 2006
ARLINGTON, Texas - UT-Arlington sophomore guard Maryann Abanobi was named the 2006 Hibernia Bank Southland Conference Women's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year, the league office announced on Thursday. Abanobi is a member of the six-person first team after sporting a 3.57 GPA in bio-chemistry.
The Sugar Land, Texas native has maintained a 3.0 grade point average in each semester at UTA and was the recipient of the UTA Freshman Chemistry Student Athlete of the Year award in 2005. She was named to the 2004-05 Hibernia Bank/SLC Commissioner's Honor Roll and was the recipient of the Davis Family Scholarship Endowment at UTA.
Abanobi helped the Mavs to their second straight 20-win season (20-9) by ranking second on the team in scoring at 9.9 points a game. She started all 28 games she played during the season and earned third team all-SLC honors. She recorded 15 double-digit scoring outings and poured in a career-best against Northwestern State and again against McNeese State in the regular season finale.
Abanobi is joined on the first team by Nicole Dunson (Texas-San Antonio), LaToya Carson (Lamar), Joyce Ekworomadu (Texas State), Stephanie Trachier (Sam Houston State) and Britany Vinson (Stephen F. Austin).
