ATLANTA, Ga. – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) named Spring Hill College (SHC) senior forward
Tiffany Valentine as a 1
st team member of its 2020 Women's Basketball All-Conference team as announced by the conference office on Sunday afternoon.
This selection marks the third consecutive season Valentine has been named to the SIAC All-Conference 1
st team, earning the accolades previously in 2018 and 2019. As a sophomore in 2018, she was also chosen as the SIAC Women's Basketball Player of the Year.
The 6-foot, 1-inch native of Houston, Texas, averaged 17.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game this season while adding 21 assists, 19 blocked shots and eight assists. She shot 59.5% (173-291) from the field and 80.6% (137-170) at the free throw line.
For her career, Valentine scored 1,678 points with 756 rebounds while shooting 52% (598-1149) from the floor. She currently stands in 2
nd place on the SHC women's career scoring list behind only Donmeka Martin who scored 2,128 points between 1994 and 1998.
The SIAC West Division 4
th seeded Badgers (11-17) will face the East Division 5
th seeded Paine College Lions (7-17) in the Opening Round of the 2020 SIAC Championship Tournament on Monday at 1:15 p.m. on Monday in the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center in Rock Hill, S.C.