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Ka-Diedre Simmons (Hall) WDI POY 2015 hs

Ka-Deidre Simmons

  • Award
    Women's Player of the Year
  • Week Of
    4/22/2015
  • Sport
    Women's Division I
  • School
    Seton Hall
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Guard
  • Hometown
    Newark, NJ
  • High School
    Malcolm X. Shabazz
Ka-Deidre Simmons of Seton Hall Univeristy was named the All Met Division I women’s college basketball Player of the Year on for 2014-15 by the Met Basketball Writers Association. 207

Simmons and her head coach Anthony Bozzella were honored on April 22 at the 82nd NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY, as Bozzella was named Coach of the Year.

A 5-8 grad student guard from Newark, NJ, Simmons --- who was named an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention and to the All-Big East First Team for a second straight season --- helped the Pirates notch an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time since 1995.

Simmons set a program record with 194 assists in 2014-15 (5.7 apg, 22nd in nation) and finished as the school's all-time assists leader with 562. She added 17.0 ppg, climbed to #2 at Seton Hall in career scoring with 1,717 points and second in steals with 257.

Simmons, who started 126 of her 129 games played over four seasons, is SHU's all-time leader in made free throws (502).

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