Press Release :: Women's Basketball Coaches Association

"I am delighted to present the 2006 State Farm/WBCA Junior College/Community College Player of the Year to Shannon Bobbitt," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "She has put forth the extra effort to stand out above the rest this season and has certainly succeeded."

Bobbitt is ranked in the Top 20 of all Junior College/Community College women's basketball players in assists (#3), averaging almost 8 per game. The 5'4" sophomore guard is averaging 18.7 points per game as her team enters into the 2006 NJCAA National Tournament with a 30-1 record. She is shooting 84 percent from the free throw line and averaging 42.5 percent outside the arch. Bobbitt leads the Lady Cards this season in assists with a total of 84 as well as steals with 52.

During both the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, she earned All-Region XIV Conference and All-Revion XIV and was also picked as a NJCAA pre-season All-American this season. Bobbitt also earned Region XIV Tournament MVP this season after her team captured the conference championship.

Off the court, Bobbitt is a liberal arts major and plans to pursue a degree in nursing or physical therapy, after graduating from TVCC and furthering her basketball and educational endeavors.

"Congratulations to Shannon Bobbitt on being selected the State Farm/WBCA Player of the Year," said Mark D. Gibson, Assistant Vice President of Advertising at State Farm. "This is a wonderful honor for such an outstanding student-athlete and we concur with Beth, and look forward to seeing Shannon fulfill the rest of her basketball dreams."

The State Farm/WBCA Player of the Year Award is selected by the ten-member WBCA Player of the Year Committee, which consists of one WBCA-member coach from each of the nine WBCA JC/CC Regions and the committee chair.

Bobbitt will be formally presented her award at the WBCA Awards Luncheon presented by State Farm and Jostens on Sunday, April 2 at 12:30 p.m. (ET) in the Hynes Convention Center Ballroom. The State Farm/WBCA Player of the Year presentation is part of the 2006 WBCA National Convention held in conjunction with the NCAA®
Women's Final Four® in Boston, Mass. This year the WBCA celebrates it's Silver Anniversary, marking 25 years of existence.

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Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as an amateur sport for women and girls. For more information about the WBCA, please visit WBCA.org.