Paxton Gwin Named VaSID First Team All-State

Paxton Gwin Named VaSID First Team All-State
WINCHESTER - Roanoke College senior, Paxton Gwin, was named to the 2014 VaSID Women's College Division All-State First Team, announced Wednesday.  Gwin was named to the All-State Second Team in 2013.

Paxton Gwin, the Buxton, NC native, had an outstanding senior season.  She was named 2014 ODAC Women's Basketball Player of the Year and d3hoops.com All-South Region First Team.  Gwin is also a two-time All-ODAC selection.  The three-year starter scored 1,349 points, including 476 in her senior season, to rank sixth all-time on the career scoring list at Roanoke.  Gwin, who was named ODAC Player of the Week twice this winter, ranks in the top-10 in nine statistical categories including field goals made (5th - 520), three pointers attempted (7th - 350), and scoring average (9th - 13.0 PPG). 

Below is the 2014 VaSID Women's College Division All-State Team.  For more information on the VaSID, click here.

Player of the Year: Katelyn Fischer, Marymount
Coach of the Year: Bryan Harvey, Ferrum 
Rookie of the Year: Heather Cantrell, Bridgewater

All-State First Team
Katelyn Fischer, Marymount
Paxton Gwin, Roanoke
Nicole Mitchell, Christopher Newport
Taylor Huber, Randolph-Macon
Tia Perry, Christopher Newport

All-State Second Team
Bianca Ygarza, Eastern Mennonite
Shea Smith, Ferrum
Shannon Allen, Lynchburg.
Katy Kipps, Ferrum
Katie Anderson, Randolph-Macon

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