Canton’s Moriarty makes history at UMass Dartmouth

UMass Dartmouth basketball sensation Colleen Moriarty, a native of Canton and a 2009 graduate of CHS, was recently named Player of the Year in the Little East Conference, marking the first time in program history that a Corsair player has ever received that honor.

Colleen Moriarty

An All-LEC first team selection, Moriarty led the conference with 19 points and two blocked shots per game while ranking third in field goal percentage (49.4 percent) and sixth in rebounds (8.3 per game). The senior forward started every game, scored in double figures on 26 occasions, and scored 20 or more points 12 times. She also became the sixth player in school history to score 1,000 points for her career, hitting the mark on January 26 against Plymouth State with a career-high 35 points. She finished her career with 1,174 points.

“[Moriarty] established herself as one of the all-time great players in our program,” said UMass Dartmouth head coach Amanda Van Voorhis, according to corsairathletics.com. “No player to date has left a mark in so many statistical categories … She had a stellar season and earning LEC Player of the Year caps off her outstanding career.”

Erika Bornemann

Also garnering All-LEC recognition for the Corsairs was another Canton native, junior forward Erika Bornemann, who was named to the conference second team after posting averages of 12.4 points, 9 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game. Bornemann’s rebounding totals were tops on the team and third best in the conference, and she also emerged as a three-point threat, finishing fifth in the LEC in threes per game (1.7) and fourth in three-point field goal percentage (34.6).

Besides their impressive individual numbers, Moriarty and Bornemann also helped lead the Corsairs to their most successful season ever, as they won a school-record 20 games, including eight conference games, and advanced to the LEC championship game for the first time in program history.

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Posted by Canton Citizen on Mar 14 2013. Filed under Beyond CHS, Sports. Both comments and pings are currently closed.