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Shawnetta Stewart

  • Award
    Women's Player of the Year
  • Week Of
    4/21/1999
  • Sport
    Women's Division I
  • School
    St. John's
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Guard
  • Hometown
    Philadelphia, Penn.
  • High School
Junior guard/forward Shawnetta Stewart of Rutgers was named the 1998-99 All Met Division I Women's Player of the Year by the Met Basketball Writers Association at the 66th NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner on April 21 at the Meadowlands' Pegasus West in East Rutherford, NJ.

Stewart, a Philadelphia, PA, native, led the team in scoring (14.3) and rebounding (7.0) while adding 1.9 steals per game as the Scarlet Knights went 29-6 and to the NCAA Elite Eight for this first time under Hall of Fame Coach C. Vivian Stringer.

Besides the Met honor, Stewart was named All-Big East and selected for the 1999 Big East All-Tournament Team.

Stewart was the first player to commit to C. Vivian Stringer's first recruiting class at Rutgers and was drafted by the WNBA's Orlando Miracle in the third round in 2000.

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