Rutgers' Tasha Pointer capped off an amazing collegiate career with her second All-Met Division I Women's Player of the Year honor, given by the Met Basketball Writers Association. Pointer, who also earned the distinction as a freshman in 1997-98, was honored on Wednesday, April 18, at the 68th NIT/MBWA Collegiate Awards dinner at the Meadowlands' Pegaus West in East Rutherford, NJ.

As a senior, Pointer led the Scarlet Knights in assists (8.3) and steals (2.2) for the fourth consecutive season, and also led in rebounding (6.0) while placing second in points per game (11.50. She left Rutgers as the school's all time - men's and women's - leader in assists and steals.

Pointer still holds the NCAA Tournament record for assists in a game with 18 against Stephen F. Austin in 2001. She led the Scarlet Knights to unprecedented success in the NCAA Tournament, where they won multiple games in three seasons. Twice they were eliminated by the eventual national champion and once by the eventual runner-up.

Pointer led the team to another major upset in 2001, when she and the Scarlet Knights handed top-ranked Notre Dame their first loss of the season in front of a record crowd at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Pointer graduated as the program's eighth leading all-time scorer while posting the top two single-season assist totals. She was drafted by the WNBA's Portland Fire in 2001, and in 2003 she was named to the BIG EAST 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame Team.