Red Sox Baseball on NESN in 2015

The Boston Red Sox return to NESN as their lone local television outlet for the tenth consecutive season and as a broadcaster of televised Red Sox baseball in New England for the 31st year in a row in 2015. And like they have since 2001, Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy will bring you all the Red Sox action on the regular season schedule.

Red Sox baseball on NESN actually starts with a two half hour pregame shows Red Sox 1st Pitch airs 60 minutes prior to the game and Red Sox Game Day Live airs 30 minutes prior to the game. Both are hosted by Tom Caron with a crew of rotating analysts that include Hall of Fame writer Peter Gammons, Hall of Fame players Jim Rice and Dennis Eckersley and former players Tim Wakefield and Steve Lyons. It also includes segments with Boston Globe writers and Red Sox game analyst Jerry Remy. The broadcasts conclude with a pair of post game shows “Extra Innings Live” and “Red Sox Final” also hosted by the same cast of characters.

On Monday’s, the pregame show will be 90 minutes as well as Friday home games.

Don Orsillo, a New England native, is entering his 14th season as the play by play voice of the Boston Red Sox on NESN. “Announcer Boy” is a graduate of Northeastern University where he studied under Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione. Before he came to NESN, Orsillo was the play by play voice of the Springfield Falcons hockey team, the Pittsfield Mets and Pawtucket Red Sox. The two-time New England EMMY winner called a no-hitter for Hideo Nomo in his first game covering the Red Sox. In addition to his Red Sox duties he has called men’s college basketball and the Beanpot Hockey tournament for NESN. He has also called Big East basketball games for the Big East Network and worked for TBS during the MLB postseason calling one of the division series every year between 2007-13.

Jerry Remy, the “Rem Dawg”, is entering his 27th season as the color analyst on Red Sox baseball. As a player with the California Angels and Boston Red Sox Remy spent 10 seasons in the major leagues but saw his career end due to bad knees. A Fall River native, he is also the first President of Red Sox Nation and owns three restaurants. In addition he also has a successful website, the Remy Report, and is the author of “Watching Baseball” and five children’s books based on Wally the Green Monster. He is a member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame having been inducted in 2006. He has won 4 EMMY Awards for his work on NESN as a Red Sox color analyst.

Gary Striewski returns for his second season as the Red Sox field reporter. Striewski was a change last season as NESN moved from a female in this slot back to male for the first time since Eric Frede (NESN) and Dan Roche (WSBK) handled the duties in 2005. Before coming to NESN in July 2013 he previously worked for KPRC in Houston TX and KGWN in Cheyenne WY.

Tom Caron, a Maine native, is the Red Sox studio host for the pregame and post game festivities through the year with many of the pregame shows coming from outside Fenway Park amongst the sea of Sox fans. Caron who has been at NESN since 1995, has also hosted the Boston Bruins studio show, been the Red Sox field reporter and has done play by play for the Pawtucket Red Sox games on NESN as well as college basketball and college hockey. “TC” is a three-time New England EMMY winner and is also a frequent guest on sports talker, WEEI the Red Sox flagship station.

Peter Gammons is a Boston Sports Icon having started his career at the Boston Globe in 1969 covering Boston sports. He has also written columns for the Sporting News, been lead baseball columnist for Sports Illustrated and has been a baseball analyst for ESPN, the MLB Network and NESN. Peter has also written several books, is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year and in 2004 was selected as the 56th recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing, given by the BBWAA, and was honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame during induction ceremonies on July 31, 2005.

Dennis Eckersley is a NESN studio analyst since 2002. The Hall of Fame closer is only one of two players to have a 20-win and 50-save season in MLB history. Eck played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals in a 24-year career. Eckersley also won the 1992 AL Cy Young Award and 1992 AL MVP Award becoming only the 8th player to win both awards in the same season. In addition to his NESN work, Eck works as a studio/game analyst with TBS during the regular and post seasons. He also was given his own dictionary by the Bleacher Report blog because of his own very colorful baseball vernacular, called The Eck-tionary.

Jim Rice is a NESN studio analyst since 2003 and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame after playing his entire career in Boston with the Red Sox from 1974 to 1989. The 1978 AL MVP in his career hit for a .298 average with 382 HR, 1451 RBI and 2452 hits. His #14 is retired by the Red Sox and sits on the right field facade at Fenway Park. Jim Ed is also heavily involved in community service with the Jimmy Fund and MLB’s RBI program.

Tim Wakefield will return as a NESN studio analyst for his fourth season. Wakefield retired at the end of the 2011 after a 19-year MLB career, spending 17 years as a popular member of the Red Sox (1995-2012). He ended his career with 200 wins, 186 of them with the Red Sox, which ranks third behind only Cy Young and Roger Clemens on the Red Sox all-time career win list. He was the American League Comeback Player of the Year in 1995, an All-Star in 2009, and a two time World Series Champion.

He was also a champion off the field as one of the most charitable players in the league. He was nominated eight times for the Roberto Clemente Award, and honored as the 2010 recipient of this prestigious award. His partnership with the Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston allowed him to spend time with patients. He has also been active with New England’s Pitching in for Kids organization, the Touch ‘Em All Foundation and the Space Coast Early Intervention Center in Melbourne, Fla.

Steve Lyons starts his second season at NESN after working for FOX Sports doing the national MLB coverage for 10 seasons before being left go in 2006. He also worked as an analyst for the Arizona Diamondback (2003-04) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2005-13). Prior to broadcasting, Lyons was a MLB player for 9 seasons with the Red Sox, White Sox, Braves, Expos and Cubs.

On a side note to the broadcasts the Red Sox will be featured this season as they have in the past on FOX Saturday Baseball and ESPN on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday evenings and now at times on FOX Sports One.

Some of these broadcasts will be blacked out regionally to protect the local broadcast rights or NESN and the Red Sox opponent. Other times, namely the Saturday FOX games and Sunday ESPN games, are national exclusives and not available to NESN to be broadcast.

In regard to the FOX Saturday games these games while exclusively available for national broadcast, are regionalized by FOX Sports usually in a group of three games. In the past, depending on where in the country you lived you may not have been able to see the game because FOX had chosen to show a more regional match up. Now these other regionalized FOX Saturday games will be made available to subscribers of the MLB Extra Innings package or through MLB.TV.

Video: UConn’s Breanna Stewart Has Price of Right Moment

While it’s not as extreme as the “Price is Right” model giving away a car earlier this week or the Boston Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk announcing Boston Bruins’ Dougie Hamilton’s injury, UConn women’s basketball player Breanna Stewart did have a similar moment after accepting the AP Player of the Year award.

During her acceptance speech where she was thanking her family, teammates and the AP, Stewart accidentally announced that Florida State Seminoles head coach Sue Semrau was the AP Coach of the Year.

You really can’t blame Stewart as she hadn’t been told that Semrau hadn’t been announced as the winner.

Photos – NCAA WBB: UConn Huskies NCAA Final Four Open Practice

Here is a photo gallery from the UConn Huskies women’s basketball open practice at the 2015 Final Four at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL.

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UConn’s Breanna Stewart Named AP Player of the Year

From UConn:

TAMPA, Fla. – Hours after being tabbed as the 2015 Wade Trophy winner, University of Connecticut junior forward Breanna Stewart (Syracuse, N.Y.) was selected as the 2015 Associated Press National Player of the Year for the second-straight season, as announced on Saturday.

UConn’s Breanna Stewart has now won two straight AP Player of the Year awards.

Stewart joins former Husky great Maya Moore as the only players to win the award on multiple occasions. In total, the UConn program boasts 10 AP Player of the Year awards by eight different players.

A WBCA, USWBA and AP All-American, Stewart stands at No. 11 on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,927 points in her first 113 games in a Husky uniform. Additionally, she ranks fifth in school history with 280 career blocks. Since Stewart joined the program in the 2012-13 campaign, Connecticut owns a 111-5 (.957) record and has won two-straight national championships.

The Husky forward was named as the Albany Regional’s Most Outstanding Player after averaging 27.0 points and 14.0 rebounds in a pair of UConn victories over Texas and Dayton. On Tuesday, she was one of three Huskies to earn an All-America nod from the USWBA. The 2014-15 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year has reached double-figure points in 15 of her 16 career NCAA Tournament games, all of which have been Husky victories.

Earlier on Saturday, she became the sixth different Husky player to win the Wade Trophy.

The Huskies are set to make their eighth-straight appearance in the NCAA Final Four when they take on Maryland on Sunday, April 5 at 9 p.m. on ESPN.

WBCA Announces 2015 Division I Coaches’ All-America Team

The ten member 2015 WBCA Division All-American Team.

From the WBCA:

TAMPA BAY (April 4, 2015) – Five players competing in the NCAA Division I Women’s Final Four are represented on the 2015 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team, which the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today in a ceremony held at Amalie Arena during the 2015 NCAA® Women’s Final Four® Super Saturday festivities.

The 10-member team was decided from a group of 52 finalists by the selection committee at an in-person meeting held during the 2015 WBCA National Convention.

Here are the members of the 2015 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team:

Name	Institution	Year	Position	Height
Brittany Boyd	University of California	Senior	Guard	5’9”
Nina Davis	Baylor University	Sophomore	Forward	5’11”
Moriah Jefferson	University of Connecticut	Junior	Guard	5’7”
Samantha Logic	University of Iowa	Senior	Guard	5’9”
Jewell Loyd	University of Notre Dame	Junior	Guard	5’10”
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis	University of Connecticut	Senior	Forward	5’11”
Tiffany Mitchell	South Carolina University	Junior	Guard	5’9”
Breanna Stewart	University of Connecticut	Junior	Forward	6’4”
Elizabeth Williams	Duke University	Senior	Center	6’3”
Amanda Zahui B.	University of Minnesota	Sophomore	Center	6’5”

“The 10 members of the 2015 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team are well deserving of this recognition, and the WBCA congratulates them for their achievements this season,” said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. “These young women have separated themselves and through their efforts, have become ambassadors for our game. Through their exceptional talents on the basketball court, they have elevated the women’s game to an exciting new level.”

This is the 41st year of the WBCA Coaches’ All-America program, which began in 1975. Once again all 10 members of the team were present to be honored in person during the ceremony. Remarkably, in the 41-year history of the program, none of the 410 Coaches’ All-Americans thus far honored have failed to appear for the announcement.

Brittany Boyd. Boyd earned WBCA All-America honors after a stellar senior campaign in which she helped lead the California Golden Bears to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and a 25-10 record overall. Throughout her senior season, Boyd’s versatility was on full display as she averaged 13.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game. The Berkeley, Calif. native also led the nation with two triple-doubles this season. The senior guard is the NCAA’s active career steals leader with 353. Boyd is the only current player, and the first player in Pac-12 history, to register at least 1,400 points, 700 rebounds, 600 assists and 300 steals in a career.

Nina Davis. Davis is one of two sophomores named to the 2015 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team. The Big 12 Conference Player of the Year led the league in points per game (20.9), field-goal shooting (58.6 percent), double-doubles (11) and offensive rebounds (3.6 per game). In her first two seasons as a Lady Bear she has collected 1,288 points and grabbed 617 rebounds. Davis is averaging 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Davis has assisted Baylor in a second place national ranking in assists per game (20.9), fourth in assist turnover ratio (2.3) and fourth in rebound margin (11.6).

Moriah Jefferson. Jefferson was a source of efficiency for Connecticut while running the point for the nation’s top scoring team. The junior guard was fourth on the team with 12.3 points per game on 59.5 percent shooting, while leading the team with 4.9 assists per game. Jefferson, a native of Glenn Heights,
Texas, was particularly effective taking care of the ball, averaging just 1.6 turnovers per game. Her assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.12 is the fifth-best mark in the nation. Defensively, Jefferson helped anchor the nation’s top defense with a team-best 2.5 steals per game.

Samantha Logic. Logic earned her spot on the WBCA All-America team after guiding one of the nation’s top offenses in Iowa. The senior point guard scored a career-best 13.4 points per game while also pulling down 6.9 rebounds per game and 8.1 assists per game. Logic’s 8.1 assists per game is third best in the nation. The Racine, Wis. native also led the nation with two triple-doubles on the year. With Logic at the point guard position, Iowa’s offense ranked sixth in scoring offense at 79.5 points per game, eighth in field goal percentage at 45.6 percent and third in three-point field goal percentage at 39.4 percent. Defensively, Logic led the team with 1.9 steals per game.

Jewell Loyd. The two-time WBCA All-American led the Atlantic Coast Conference in 20-point games this season with 19, which is second most in school history. Loyd also recorded a school-record four 30-point games this year. She is second on Notre Dame’s single-season scoring list with 738 points and is second in the ACC in scoring on the season with 20 points per game. The ACC Player of the Year is averaging 20 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Notre Dame is second in the nation in field-goal percentage (49.8), fourth in scoring margin (21.4) and fifth in scoring offense (80.9), as well as three-point field-goal percentage (38.5).

Tiffany Mitchell. Mitchell made the WBCA All-America team for the second consecutive year after averaging 14.5 points per game, 3.1 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game while shooting 50.1 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from the three-point line. Mitchell, the SEC Player of the Year, is the first South Carolina player to be named a two-time WBCA All-America team member. The junior guard helped lead South Carolina to its first-ever NCAA Final Four while playing particularly well against the nation’s best teams. In games against nationally ranked opponents, Mitchell averaged 15.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. The Charlotte, N.C. native also helped lead South Carolina’s highly-ranked defense with 1.8 steals per game.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. After posting 15.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, Mosqueda-Lewis made her second career WBCA All-America team, previously making the team in her sophomore season in 2012-13. The senior out of Anaheim Hills, Calif. has made a career out of terrorizing her opponents from beyond the arc, making 45 percent of her three point attempts for her career. Mosqueda-Lewis is also the NCAA’s all-time career leader in three-pointers made, with 393 currently to her name. During this season, Mosqueda-Lewis has been especially impressive from deep, making a career-best 118 three-pointers on 50 percent shooting.

Breanna Stewart. Stewart the Albany Regional’s Most Outstanding Player and American Athletic Conference Player of the Year is 11th on Connecticut’s all-time scoring list with 1,927 career points. The North Syracuse, N.Y. native is fifth in Husky history with 280 career blocks. Stewart is averaging 17.6 points per game, shooting 54 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free throw line. She is also averaging 7.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game. The two-time WBCA All-American has helped guide the Huskies to the nation’s top ranking in several categories including scoring offense (90.2), scoring defense (48.2), field-goal percentage (54.3), three-point field goal percentage (40.9), assists per game (21.6) and blocked shots per game (8.0).

Elizabeth Williams. Williams earned WBCA All-America distinctions after averaging 14.5 points per game and a career-best 9.0 rebounds per game. For the year, Duke’s defense smothered opponents, holding its competition to just 30.6 percent shooting, which ranked fourth in the nation. Williams was a key cog for Duke’s defense, ranking 12th nationally with 3.0 blocks per game. Williams also is the first player in ACC history to be named to the AP All-America team all four years. For her career, Williams racked up 1,955 points, 1,078 rebounds and 426 blocks.

Amanda Zahui B. Zahui B. was a consistent force while leading Minnesota to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2009. The sophomore center was named the Big Ten’s Player of the Year and is a finalist for the Naismith Award and Wade Trophy after averaging 18.8 points, 12.9 rebounds, and 4.1 blocks per game this season. The Stockholm, Sweden native ranked fourth in the nation in both rebounds per game and blocks per game, while also ranking in the top 15 nationally in field goal percentage at 55.5 percent. Additionally, Zahui B. finished the year with 24 double-doubles, the third most in the nation, while also leading the nation with two triple-doubles. Zahui B.’s 135 blocked shots are a single-season school record, surpassing the previous best mark of 105 blocks by Zahui B. in 2013-14.

2015 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team Honorable Mentions:

Name	Institution	Year	Pos.	Height
Danielle Ballard	Louisiana State University	Junior	Guard	5’9”
Stacey Barr	University of Idaho	Senior	Guard	5’8”
Crystal Bradford	Central Michigan University	Senior	Guard	6’0”
Lexie Brown	University of Maryland	Sophomore	Guard	5’9”
Adut Bulgak	Florida State University	Junior	Center	6’4”
Marquelle Dent	University of Wyoming	Junior	Guard	5’7”
Blake Dietrick	Princeton University	Senior	Guard	5’10”
Aundrea Gamble	Arkansas State University	Junior	Guard	5’9”
Chelsea Gardner	University of Kansas	Senior	Forward	6’3”
Chastity Gooch	Western Kentucky University	Senior	Forward	6’0”
Alexis Govan	Western Kentucky University	Senior	Guard	5’10”
Allisha Gray	University of North Carolina	Sophomore	Guard	6’0”
Reshanda Gray	University of California	Senior	Forward	6’3”
Ruth Hamblin	Oregon State University	Junior	Center	6’6”
Dearica Hamby	Wake Forest University	Senior	Forward	6’4”
Aliyyah Handford	St. John’s University	Junior	Guard	5’9”
Isabelle Harrison	University of Tennessee	Senior	Center	6’3”
Andrea Hoover	University of Dayton	Senior	Guard	5’9”
Bria Holmes	West Virginia University	Junior	Guard	6’1”
Brittany Hrynko	DePaul University	Senior	Guard	5’8”
Niya Johnson	Baylor University	Junior	Guard	5’8”
Ashia Jones	University of Tennessee at Martin	Sophomore	Forward	6’1”
Jonquel Jones	George Washington University	Junior	Forward	6’5”
Brianna Kiesel	University of Pittsburgh	Senior	Guard	5’7”
Sina King	University of Akron	Senior	Forward	6’0”
Brittney Martin	Oklahoma State University	Junior	Guard	6’0”
Kelsey Minato	United States Military Academy	Junior	Guard	5’8”
Kelsey Mitchell	Ohio State University	Freshman	Guard	5’8”
Nikki Moody	Iowa State University	Senior	Guard	5’8”
Mimi Mungedi	University of Nevada	Senior	Center	6’8”
Amber Orrange	Stanford University	Senior	Guard	5’8”
Tyonna Outland	California State University, Bakersfield	Senior	Guard	5’9”
Kelsey Plum	University of Washington	Sophomore	Guard	5’8”
Aerial Powers	Michigan State University	Sophomore	Forward	6’0”
Daisha Simmons	Seton Hall University	Senior	Guard	5’10”
Ka-Deidre Simmons	Seton Hall University	Senior	Guard	5’8”
Brianna Turner	University of Notre Dame	Freshman	Forward	6’3”
Courtney Walker	Texas A&M University	Junior	Guard	5’8”
Deanna Weaver	Boise State University	Senior	Guard	5’11”
Aleighsa Welch	University of South Carolina	Senior	Forward	6’0”
Courtney Williams	University of South Florida	Junior	Guard	5’8”
A’ja Wilson	University of South Carolina	Freshman	Forward	6’5”

About the WBCA:
Founded in 1981, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association promotes women’s basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game as a sport for women and girls. For more information on the WBCA, please visit wbca.org.

UConn’s Breanna Stewart Wins Wade Trophy

From the WBCA:

TAMPA BAY (April 6, 2015) – Breanna Stewart of the University of Connecticut is the winner of the 2015 Wade Trophy, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today during Super Saturday events. The prestigious award, regarded as “The Heisman of Women’s Basketball,” is presented annually to the NCAA Division I Player of the Year by the WBCA and SHAPE America – the Society of Health and Physical Educators.

UConn’s Breanna Stewart is honored as the Wade Trophy Winner by the WBCA at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL.

“On behalf of the WBCA and SHAPE America, I am honored to present women’s basketball’s highest honor, the Wade Trophy, to Breanna,” said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. “Breanna had a remarkable season and with her efforts, the game of women’s basketball was elevated to an exciting new level. Each contest showcased her talent to better her teammates, represent the University of Connecticut with class, captivate fans, and inspire the next generation of student-athletes.”

Stewart the Albany Regional’s Most Outstanding Player and American Athletic Conference Player of the Year is 11th on Connecticut’s all-time scoring list with 1,927 career points. The North Syracuse, N.Y. native is fifth in Husky history with 280 career blocks. Stewart is averaging 17.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game while shooting 54 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free throw line. The junior forward is also leading the way defensively for the Huskies with 2.6 blocks and 1.5 steals per game. The two-time WBCA All-American has helped guide the Huskies to the nation’s top ranking in several categories including scoring offense (90.2), scoring defense (48.2), field-goal percentage (54.3), three-point field goal percentage (40.9), assists per game (21.6) and blocked shots per game (8.0).

The Wade Trophy, now in its 38th year, is named after the late, legendary three-time national champion Delta State University coach, Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first-ever women’s national player of the year award in college basketball.

The first recipient of the Wade Trophy was Carol Blazejowski of Montclair State in 1978. Other Wade Trophy/NCAA Division I Player of the Year recipients include many standouts such as Nancy Lieberman (1979 & 1980), Teresa Weatherspoon (1988), DeLisha Milton-Jones (1997), Candace Parker (2007), Ticha Penicheiro (1998), Sue Bird (2002), Diana Taurasi (2003), Seimone Augustus (2005 & 2006), Maya Moore (2009-2011) and Brittney Griner (2012 & 2013).

The Wade Trophy Coalition was established in June 2000 when the WBCA partnered with The National Association of Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS), now known as the Society of Health and Physical Educators, doing business as SHAPE America. For the past 11 years the two have worked together to present The Wade Trophy player of the year award. A committee composed of coaches, administrators and media from across the United States selects the winner.

Three Huskies Honored As WBCA All-Americans

UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (23) and Breanna Stewart (30) are honored as WBCA All-Americans before the UConn Huskies open practice at the 2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL.

From the WBCA and UConn:

TAMPA, Fla. — After earning a spot on both the Associated Press and USWBA All-America teams earlier this week, University of Connecticut junior forward Breanna Stewart (Syracuse, N.Y.) has been selected as the 2015 Wade Trophy Award winner, as announced by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Saturday. Additionally, the WBCA announced the Stewart, senior forward Kaleena Mosuqeda-Lewis (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) and Moriah Jefferson (Glenn Heights, Texas) earned spots on the 2015 Division I Coaches’ All-America team.

Moriah Jefferson will join her two teammates on the “Husky of Honor” wall at the end of her career after earning WBCA All-American status.

Stewart becomes the sixth-ever Husky player to earn the honor and first since Maya Moore in 2010-11. In total, the Connecticut program boasts eight total Wade Trophy selections.

At 1,927 career points, Stewart stands at No. 11 on the program’s all-time scoring list. Additionally, she ranks fifth in Husky history with 280 career blocks. Since Stewart joined the program in the 2012-13 campaign, Connecticut owns a 111-5 (.957) record and has won two-straight national championships.

Jefferson, who was tabbed as an All-American by the USWBA on Tuesday, became the first Husky since Kelly Faris in 2012-13 to earn the conference’s Most Improved Player accolade when she earned the distinction on March 6 . The guard has enjoyed a stellar junior campaign, averaging 12.3 points in 28.2 minutes per game. In total, she ranks first on the team in assists (181) and steals (91) and is one of six Huskies shooting over 50.0 percent from the floor (59.5). She provided a spark in UConn’s 87-62 victory over then-ranked No. 1 South Carolina on Feb. 9, notching 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting to go along with a game-high six assists.

Mosqueda-Lewis, who last earned WBCA All-America honors in the 2012-13 campaign, became the NCAA’s all-time leader in made three point field goals (395) after connecting on seven against the Flyers. The Husky senior was one of three UConn players named to the All-Regional squad. She became the eighth member of UConn’s 2,000-point club when she notched 21 points against Memphis on Senior Day (Feb. 28).

UConn now boasts a total of 34 WBCA All-America selections.

The Huskies are set to make their eighth-straight appearance in the NCAA Final Four when they take on Maryland on Sunday, April 5 at 9 p.m. on ESPN.

Photos: 2015 UConn Football Dog House Party

While the photo gallery below shows the UConn football team practicing, the spirit of Wednesday night’s “Dog House Party” was for the students.

It was a chance for the UConn students to watch how hard the student-athletes are working as they look to bring UConn football back to the top.

So keep in mind as you look at the photo gallery that there were over 400 students at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center watching the UConn football team go through a practice.

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Video: Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Breaks All-Time NCAA Three-Point Record

UConn women’s basketball player Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis needed four three-pointers on Monday night to tie the NCAA record of made three-pointers in a career. A fifth would give her the record held by Laurie Koehn of Kansas State and Heather Butler of Tennessee-Martin (392).

KML would end up with seven on the night. But each one she made ended up being important in the final outcome of the game.

The tying one put UConn up eight early in the second half after they had found themselves trailing to the Dayton Flyers at halftime. A few minutes later, her fifth, the record breaker, pushed UConn’s lead to 13.

Watch and/or listen below as KML talks about what the record means to her as well thoughts from her teammates Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck.

Video: The UConn Women Only Cherish The Final Net

The main goal of the UConn women’s basketball team every season is to win the national championship. As we’ve seen, they’re pretty good at doing that having won nine national championships, including four of the last six.

So when the UConn women’s basketball team wins a conference tournament title or a regional final to send them to the Final Four, they don’t cut the nets down.

The reason, the UConn women’s basketball team savors the moment of being able to cut down the final net of the season which would be when they win the national championship.

In a bit of irony after they beat the Dayton Flyers in the Albany Regional final, the UConn women’s basketball team was given t-shirts, made by Nike for the NCAA, that said “Cut The Net“.

Watch and/or listen below as UConn women’s basketball players Morgan Tuck, Moriah Jefferson, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Breanna Stewart talk about why they don’t cut the nets down.

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