Dickey Repeats as CAA Player of the Year; Battle Named First-Team All-CAA; Oleary Tabbed As Dean Ehlers Award Honoree

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Delaware women's basketball senior guard/forward Jasmine Dickey was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Player of the Year for the second-straight season, announced Wednesday afternoon by league officials. Along with taking top player honors, the Baltimore, Md. native earned a spot on the All-CAA first team while redshirt senior forward Ty Battle joined Dickey as a first-team selection along with adding her name to the All-Defensive Team. Graduate student forward Lizzie Oleary took home the league's most prestigious honor, the Dean Ehlers Leadership Award.

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— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) March 9, 2022

Dickey is the Blue Hens' first back-to-back CAA Player of the Year since Elena Delle Donne in 2012-13 and she has exceeded expectations in her fourth year in the Blue & Gold uniform. Dickey has led the nation in points per game for seven-straight weeks (Nov. 29-Jan. 10) and currently ranks third in the nation with 25.0 points per game. Heading into this week's conference tournament, she is also averaging 9.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.0 blocks per contest while shooting 39.7 percent (243-of-612) from the field and 81.9 percent (167-of-204) from the free-throw line. Dickey has scored in double figures in 26 of her 27 appearances, including posting one 50-plus, one-40 plus and five 30-plus point game (three consecutive) performances. Her notable games this season include exploding for a career-high mark of 52 points and tying her career-high 18 rebounds (10 offensive) to set a new Bob Carpenter Center record (second in points scored in a single game) against Charleston (Feb.4); and pouring in a second career-best 48 points against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 26), which now moves that mark to third in the program history books in points scored in a single game. Both memorable performances has landed her a spot on ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10 plays. Dickey has a career-best 15 double-doubles on the season (longest streak: five games) and has been tabbed CAA Player of the Week four times and named United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week once. She leads the conference in scoring and ranks second in free throw percentage and minutes per game (36.1), third in rebounding, t-fourth in blocked shots and sixth in steals. Dickey ranks among the top 10 national leaders in field goal attempts (1st), points per game (3rd), free throws made (4th), final points (5th) and free throw attempts and field goals made (6th).

We going back-to-back 😤 #AOW #Elite @_JD20 has been named the 2022 @CAABasketball Player of the Year AND is an All-CAA First Team selection

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— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) March 9, 2022

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— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) March 9, 2022

Battle, a Plainfield, Ill. product, was also a force to be reckoned with this season, averaging a double-double for the second-consecutive season with career bests of 13.5 points and 11.4 rebounds to go along with 1.5 steals while shooting 50 percent (144-of-288) from the field and 71.7 percent (86-of-120) from the charity stripe. The back-to-back CAA All-Defensive team selection has totaled a career-best and conference-leading 20 double-doubles (current streak: five games) on the season. Battle grabbed 10+ rebounds in 22 of her 28 appearances, including posting two 22-plus rebounding performances (22 vs. Charleston-Jan. 9/24 at Towson-Mar. 3) that sits second in UD's history books in rebounds in a single game. Battle was named the CAA Player of the Week twice this season. Along with leading the conference double-doubles, Battle reigns supreme in rebounds (319), rebounds per game, offensive rebounds (131) and offensive rebounds per game (4.7) while ranking among the league leaders in defensive rebounds (2nd, 188), defensive rebounds per game (2nd, 6.7), field goal percentage (3rd), blocked shots per game (t-6th, 0.8), free throw percentage (8th), steals per game (9th). Among the NCAA Divison I statistical leaders, Battle ranks third in offensive rebounds per game, seventh in double-doubles, 12th in rebounds per game and 15th in rebounds.

The double-double machine, @Ty_battle33, can call herself a back-to-back All-@CAABasketball First Team and All-CAA Defensive Team selection 😤 #AOW #Elite

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— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) March 9, 2022

Oleary is the third-ever Blue Hen player to gain recognition from the league for her outstanding leadership on the court and in the classroom through the Dean Ehlers Leadership and Sport Excellence Award. The annual award is given to a men's and women's basketball student-athlete who "embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with his/her academic athletic achievement." Under head coach Natasha Adair's tutelage, Abby Gonzales previously earned the honor following the 2018-19 season.

Hailing from Willow Grove, Pa., Oleary has been part of the Blue Hen program since the 2017-18 campaign. Named to the CAA All-Rookie team previously in her career, Oleary has appeared in 143 games in the Blue & Gold uniform and this season she is averaging 6.9 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. Oleary finished with career bests of 20 points and 14 rebounds to post her first career double-double and help coach Adair secure her 150th-career win against Charleston this season. The three-time CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection graduated with her bachelor's degree in Fashion Merchandising last spring and is currently working towards her master's degree in International Business.

A well-deserved honor for @lizeoleary 🙌 #AOW #Elite

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— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) March 9, 2022

The No. 2 Blue Hens will open the 2022 CAA Women's Basketball Championship, presented by Primis, against No. 7 seed William & Mary in the quarterfinals on Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m. inside Daskalakis Athletic Center on the campus of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa.

2021-22 CAA Women's Basketball Year-End Honors
First Team All-CAA
Ty Battle, Delaware
Jasmine Dickey, Delaware
Kendall Currence, Northeastern
Aleah Nelson, Towson
Keishana Washington, Drexel

Second Team All-CAA
Jenna Annecchiarico, Charleston
Tessa Brugler, Drexel
Kiki Jefferson, James Madison
Hannah Nihill, Drexel
Brie Perpignan, Elon

Third Team All-CAA
Riley Casey, William & Mary
Arynn Eady, Charleston
Jaylen Hines, Hofstra
Allie Kubek, Towson
Sydney Wagner, William & Mary

CAA Player of the Year: Jasmine Dickey, Delaware
CAA Coach of the Year: Amy Mallon, Drexel
CAA Rookie of the Year: Claudia Soriano, Northeastern CAA
Defensive Player of the Year: Arynn Eady, Charleston
CAA Sixth Player of the Year: Kylie Kornegay-Lucas, Towson
CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Keishana Washington, Drexel
Dean Ehlers Leadership Award Winner: Lizzie Oleary, Delaware

CAA All-Rookie Team
Grace Abercrombie, Charleston
Dani McTeer, William & Mary
Ruthie Montella, William & Mary
Gemima Motema, Northeastern
Claudia Soriano, Northeastern

CAA All-Defensive Team
Ty Battle, Delaware
Arynn Eady, Charleston
Hannah Nihill, Drexel
Rosi Nicholson, Hofstra
Claudia Soriano, Northeastern

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