Lauren Park-Lane of Seton Hall University was selected the All-Met Division I women’s college basketball Player of the Year for 2021-22 as announced Friday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.

A 5-6 junior point-guard from Wilmington, DE, Park-Lane --- who also was named to both the MBWA All-Met and the All-Big East Conference First Teams --- represents the third player from Seton Hall to be selected All-Met Player of the Year since the Met Writers inaugurated women’s awards in 1996. Pirates previously so honored: Dana Wynne, 1997; Ka-Deidre Simmons, 2015.
 
A workhorse on the court (38.6 minutes per game, No. 1 in the nation), Park-Lane was among the leaders in numerous team, conference and NCAA statistical categories in helping to lead the Pirates (24-13, 12-8) all the way to the championship game of the postseason WNIT.
 
She averaged 18.3 points per game (third in the BEC, No. 50 in the nation), 1.6 steals (sixth in the BEC), 41.2% (202-of-490) shooting from the field, 39.2% (73-186) from 3-point range (fourth in the BEC) and 84.7% (155-of-183) at the free throw line (second in the BEC, 44th in the nation).
 
Park-Lane’s 260 assists for the season led both the conference and all of Division I; her 7.0 assists per game were tops in the Big East and No. 4 in the nation. She registered 18 assists in a game against Butler, equaling the conference mark while setting a new program standard. Her 260 SHU record assists exceeds second place by 66. Her 678 points this past season are also a Pirates best.
 
Named to the WNIT All Tournament team, Park-Lane and her teammates defeated FDU, VCU, Drexel, Columbia and Middle Tennessee before losing the championship final on the road at South Dakota State.