Anderson named All-Met D2 Player of the Year

CALDWELL, N.J. – Caldwell College senior forward Jeanette Anderson of Lynn took home yet another post-season honor. The former English High basketball standout was named the All-Met Division II Player of the Year for women?s basketball by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association.Anderson is a three-time All-Met selection and now the first Caldwell College women?s player to be named Player of the Year. Last month she was named to the Daktronics All-American second team and she received All-American honorable mention from the Women?s Basketball Coaches Association. She is the first Caldwell women?s basketball All-American since the school became a full member of NCAA Division II before the 2002-2003 season.Anderson, who also received Daktronics East Region Player of the Year and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Player of the Year honors, averaged 18.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. She led the CACC in rebounding and free throws made (157) while ranking fourth in the CACC in scoring, fifth in field goal percentage (.503) and eighth in blocks (1.1 bpg). Her 16 double-doubles this season are eighth-best nationally.A four-time all-CACC honoree, Anderson made the all-CACC first team three times and was named the CACC Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2011.The Cougars? all-time leader in field goal percentage (.498), she ranks second all-time in field goals made (700), third in blocks (87), third in rebounding (1,131) and fifth in scoring (1,831). Anderson is the only active NCAA Division II player to have over 1,700 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career.Anderson will be honored along with the other all-Met performers at the 81st NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Apr. 22, at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, N.Y.