Cedarville University

Final NAIA Division II Ranking - 1st

29-4 (.879) Overall
18-0 (1.000) American Mideast Conference South Division

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Three more sign with Lady Jackets

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (6-2-2006) - CU head coach Kirk Martin has announced the signing of three more players to the Lady Jacket program. They are Lauren Gentene from Mason (Ohio) High School; Lacie Condon, a graduate of Worthington Christian High School near Columbus, Ohio; and Stefanie Rodgers, a resident of Harrisonburg, Va. and a product of Turner Ashby High School. They join South Charleston (Ohio) Southeastern High School signee Alison Lemon (see release below), who came on board in November.

Brittany Smart featured in MVP magazine

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (3-30-2006) - Lady Jacket junior Brittany Smart is the cover story in the March issue of MVP Magazine. The publication features college and high school programs in the Miami Valley.

The story, written by magazine co-founder and publisher Eric Frantz, was produced prior to Cedarville's trip to Sioux City, Iowa for the NAIA Division II National Tournament. [FULL STORY]

Smart, Walton named NAIA All-Americans

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (3-15-2006) - Cedarville University juniors Brittany Smart and Karah Walton have been named to the NAIA Division II All-America Team for the 2005-06 season. Smart is a repeat selection to the ten-member First Team while Walton earned a spot on the Third Team.

Smart, a 5-foot-9 guard, paced the No. 1 ranked Lady Jackets to a 29-4 record and a fourth consecutive appearance at the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa where they advanced to the Elite Eight. She averaged team-highs of 27.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game and finished the year with 2,269 career points which is just six points shy of CU's all-time record.

Smart, the reigning American Mideast Conference Player of the Year, was named to the NAIA National All-Tournament First Team. She poured in a tournament and school-record 47 points versus Northwestern in a quarterfinal contest during which she also made a tournament-record 17 field goals. The output was one of four 40-point games for Smart this season.

Walton, a 5-11 point guard, became the fifth player in Lady Jacket basketball history to earn NAIA All-America honors. She averaged 13.4 points while leading the squad with 159 assists and 83 steals. Her average of 5.0 assists per game is the third-best in school history. Walton also became the 15th CU women's player to surpass 1,000 career points as she ended the campaign with 1,059.

Emily Delimpo, a six-foot senior center, was NAIA All-America honorable mention. She ranked second on the team in scoring (13.5) and rebounding (7.8). [NAIA DIVISION II ALL-AMERICANS and NATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM]

Beougher, Travis are All-America Scholar-Athletes

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (3-15-2006) - Lady Jacket teammates Kristi Beougher and Stacie Travis have been honored as All-America Scholar-Athletes for the 2005-06 basketball season. Beougher, a six-foot junior forward, is a Dean's Honor List student majoring in youth ministry. She earned a spot on the NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete list which recognizes juniors and seniors who maintain a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade point average. [NAIA DIVISION II ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES]

Joining Beougher as an NCCAA All-America Scholar-Athlete is Travis, a 5-4 junior guard, who is a Dean's List student with an exercise science major. The NCCAA honor is for juniors and seniors with a 3.40 minimum GPA. [NCCAA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES]

Lady Jackets honored by NCCAA

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (3-15-2006) - Brittany Smart and Karah Walton have been selected to the NCCAA All-America First Team for the 2005-06 season. Sixteen players in all were named to the elite squad. Emily Delimpo was labeled honorable mention. [NCCAA ALL-AMERICA TEAM]

Lady Jackets edged out of NAIA Nationals, 77-76

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (3-11-2006) - Brittany Smart exploded for a tournament and school-record 47 points, but No. 2 seed Northwestern got the game winner with eight seconds left to nip the top-ranked Lady Jackets, 77-76, in the quarterfinals of the NAIA Division II National Tournament. Cedarville, the national runner-up in each of the past two seasons at the Tyson Events Center, ends the season at 29-4 after having its 19-game winning streak snapped.

Smart piled up 24 points in the first half culminating with a jumper at the 1:35 mark to give CU its largest lead, 41-32. However, the Red Raiders nailed three straight three-pointers to knot the score at 41-41 by halftime. After Smart opened the second period with a field goal, Northwestern went on a 10-0 run for their largest lead, 51-43. The Jackets recovered and a 12-2 spurt gave them a 74-69 advantage with 3:05 remaining. Northwestern rallied to get the game winner and CU was called for a charging foul with 1.4 seconds left to end it.

Smart, who grabbed 11 rebounds to account for a double-double, was the only Lady Jacket to score in double figures breaking the old tournament single-game record of 43 points and eclipsing her own school mark of 44. She also tied tournament and school records with 17 field goals made.

Senior center Emily Delimpo wrapped up her career 10th on Cedarville's all-time scoring list with 1,556 points and 2nd in rebounding with 1,074 boards. The Lady Jackets posted a 130-12 record in her four years with four American Mideast Conference championships and four NAIA appearances including a pair of national runner-up finishes. [STATS]

CU advances to Elite Eight; downs Bryan 86-56

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (3-10-2006) - Brittany Smart tallied 24 points with a career-high 15 rebounds to lead the top-seeded Lady Jackets to an 86-56 victory over Bryan in the second round of the 15th Annual NAIA Division II National Tournament. Cedarville, 29-3 with its 19th win in a row, advances to the Elite Eight for the third straight year to face either Indiana Wesleyan or Northwestern IA on Saturday at 3 p.m. (Central).

Smart's three-pointer just before the halftime buzzer created a 43-29 advantage. CU limited the Lions to 21 percent shooting in the second half as the lead swelled to as much as 32. Bryan, who finishes 26-8, shot just 31 percent for the contest.

Smart was the only Lady Jacket to score in double figures as all 13 Cedarville players saw action and 12 scored. The only blemish to the 5-9 junior's day was that her school-record streak of consecutive free throws made ended at 41. Crystal Wiley came off the bench with nine points and six rebounds. Karah Walton netted eight points while Emily Delimpo added six points with 11 rebounds. The Jackets controlled the boards by a convincing 59-37 margin. [STATS]

Smart, Martin earn AMC top honors

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (3-2-2006) - Brittany Smart was named the AMC South Division Player of the Year, Kirk Martin was tabbed Coach of the Year, and three other Lady Jackets earned 2005-06 post-season honors. It's the fifth consecutive season that a CU athlete has been voted the AMC Player of the Year.

Smart, a 5-foot-9 junior guard, heads up the five-player All-AMC South First Team. The NAIA All-American leads the NAIA Division II No. 1 ranked Jackets in scoring at 27 points per game and is also tops in field goal percentage (.543), three-point accuracy (.473), free throw percentage (.879), and is tied for first in rebounding (7.6).

Joining Smart on the First Team are 5-11 junior guard Karah Walton and six-foot senior center Emily Delimpo. Walton averages 13.8 points and a team-high 5.1 assists per contest while Delimpo adds 14.3 points and 7.6 rebounds. Kristi Beougher, a six-foot junior forward who averages 9.9 points and 6.7 rebounds, was named honorable mention. [ALL-AMC SOUTH DIVISION TEAM]

Lady Jackets - AMC Champions!

Cedarville rolls to fourth straight AMC title

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (2-25-2006) - Brittany Smart scored 26 points to lead the NAIA Division II No. 1 Lady Jackets to their fourth consecutive AMC championship with an 85-56 win over No. 21 Notre Dame in the Callan Athletic Center. Cedarville, 27-3 and winners of 17 straight games, has captured all four AMC championship games ever played.

Smart, who scored 22 of her points in the first half, broke a 19-19 tie with a jumper that started a 12-0 run by CU. The Jackets forged a 43-32 halftime lead and then immediately pulled away in the second period after a 14-2 spurt. The difference swelled to as much as 77-45 with 4:10 left as all 14 Cedarville players in uniform saw action and 12 of them scored.

Senior center Emily Delimpo, who helped CU to a 54-2 home record during her four-year career, finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds in her final appearance on campus. Stacie Travis netted 10 points to go along with a team-high four assists. The AMC North Division champion Falcons head to the NAIA Division II National Tournament with a 25-6 record. [STATS]

Lemon signs with Cedarville

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (11-9-2005) - Alison Lemon, a product of Southeastern High School in nearby South Charleston, Ohio, has signed a letter of intent to attend Cedarville University and play basketball for the Lady Jackets. The 5-foot-6 guard enters her senior season having already scored 1,078 career points. She averaged 23.6 points as a junior and was named to the All-Ohio Division IV Second Team.

"We are thrilled to have Alison join our program," stated CU head coach Kirk Martin, who won 297 games with one state championship in 13 years of coaching at Southeastern. "She is a gifted athlete who knows how to put the ball in the basket."

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   with head coach Kirk Martin and Jim Clark

Head Coach

Kirk Martin

Assistant Coaches

Lori Huckaby
Dan Schetter
Lynsey Fabian

Basketball Facts

• NAIA Division II National Runner-Up: 2004, 2005
• AMC Champions:
  2003, 2004, 2005
• Three straight 30-win seasons
• 26 All-Americans
• 36 All-America Scholar-Athletes