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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 3397018, member: 7748"] Congratulations to La'Tavia, her teammates, and her coach. This was an elite group of athletes under consideration and I think this award recognizes both Tapley's performance and her importance to the team. It's heartening that ESPN selectors looked beyond gaudy offensive statistics to consider the role of a player within a team framework. While one could argue that ASU's victories would have been impossible without Jamie Ruden or Robbi Ryan La'Tavia's work on the boards and her ability to get to the rim offensively were irreplaceable. Obviously the huge victories over the number two and number three ranked teams in the country had to have been a team effort. And watching both games Tapley was critical to these wins. While this is a player award ESPN could have made a statement by giving the Year award to the entire team and coach. [/QUOTE]