LADY HORNET EMILY BLOSS NAMED NCAA D-II PLAYER OF THE YEAR

EMPORIA, KANSAS (April 3, 2001)--Add Division II Player of the Year to the honors bestowed on Emporia State’s Emily Bloss as she was named the Daktronics, Inc. Division II Women’s Basketball Player of the Year today. Bloss was earlier named a Kodak All-American and the Verizon College Division Academic All-American of the Year.

Bloss was a unanimous first team All-MIAA selection and the MIAA Most Valuable Player in 2000-01 and was named first team All-South Central Region. She led the MIAA in scoring at 20.6 points per game and was among MIAA leaders in five categories. She holds ESU career records in steals (302), FT made (499) and FT Attempted (669) and is second on ESU’s career scoring list with 1,915 points, fourth in career rebounds with 823, and second in career FG made with 709.

Bloss led the Hornets to a 29-2 record and NCAA South Central Regional runner-up finish in 2001. The Lady Hornets were 120-10 in her four years at Emporia State and became the first school to win four straight MIAA regular season and Postseason Tournament Championships.

Bloss has a 3.95 GPA in health promotion and was recently named to the MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the third time and has been named Academic All-MIAA on three occasions in basketball or track. She has been a member of the ESU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll each semester at Emporia State.

She is the second straight Lady Hornet to be honored as the Player of the Year, following former teammate Tara Holloway’s selection in 1999-2000.

The All-American team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc. and selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Daktronics is an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The company also markets DakStats® sports statistics software.

Bloss is a native of Wellsville and the daughter of Ronald and Janice Bloss.

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