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WPOY Nadirah McKenith (STJ) 2013 hs

Nadirah McKenith

  • Award
    Women's Player of the Year
  • Week Of
    4/15/2013
  • Sport
    Women's Division I
  • School
    St. John's
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Guard
  • Hometown
    Newark, NJ
  • High School
    University
Nadirah McKenith of St. John’s University was named the 2012-13 All Met Division I women’s college basketball Player of the Year on by the Met Basketball Writers Association.  118

The All Met teams were honored April 15 at the 80th NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner at the Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown, NY.

A 5-foot-7 senior guard from Newark, NJ, McKenith averaged 13.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists (No. 30 nationally) per game.

She compiled 165 assists and a career-high 30 blocks, and led the Big East with 6.1 assists in conference play.

McKenith finished as the Red Storm's career assists leader (605, seventh-best among current players in any division).

She also led her fellow point guards during conference action with a 2.0 mark in assist/turnover ratio. McKenith also tied for third overall in rebounds per game among her teammates with 5.1 per game.

McKenith led St. John's in scoring eight times over the course of the season, including a 22-point performance in the Red Storm's 96-90 double-overtime loss to Dayton in the NCAA Tournament.

She finished as the leading rebounder four times and scored 20-plus points five times. St. John's was 4-0 during the regular season when McKenith scored 20-plus points.

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