Rachele Fitz of Marist College was named the All-Met Division I women’s college basketball Player of the Year by the Met Basketball Writers Association for the 2008-09 season.  

The NIT/MBWA awards dinner was held on April 15, at the Giants Stadium Club in East Rutherford, NJ.

Fitz (Seven Hills, Ohio), became Marist's all-time leading scorer in her junior season with 1,844 points. She led the Red Foxes in scoring with 20.5 points per game, rebounds with 9.3 per game, and field goal percentage at 59.8%.

Fitz was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's (MAAC) Player of the Year for the second straight time and was named Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.

Fitz also earned accolades on the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District First Team and Third Team Academic All-American. She was a three-time MAAC Player of the Week and the MAAC Tournament Most Valuable Player.

(note: as a senior, Fitz started all 33 games, establishing a new Marist record for career games played with 129. She became the first Marist player to reach 2,000 career points after scoring 25 against Oklahoma on Dec. 9, and broke the program's career record for rebounds with her 889th, pulled down against Niagara on Jan. 5.