NIAGARA UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
DANBURY, C.T. — Niagara women’s basketball forward Victoria Rampado has been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Women’s Basketball All-ECAC Second Team.
Rampado led the MAAC in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game, and was second in rebounding with 9.9 rebounds per game. She had 15 double-doubles on the season and scored in double figures in every game in 2017-18, including 15 20-plus point performances.
Rampado scored a career-high 41 points against Siena on Jan. 7, which is the second-most points in a single game in NU women’s basketball history and is the seventh-most in MAAC history. On Feb. 18 against Monmouth, Rampado broke the Niagara women’s basketball all-time scoring record, scoring 27 points to surpass Eva Cunningham’s record 0f 1,753 career points.
Rampado was named the 2017-18 MAAC Player of the Year and was a unanimous All-MAAC First Team selection.
Rampado finished her career with 1,823 career points. She set the record for points scored in a single season with 635 in 2017-18. Rampado also now holds the NU women’s basketball record in career rebounds with 909 and set the record for rebounds in a single season with 306 in 2017-18.
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ECAC Division I Women’s Basketball Major Awards and All-ECAC Selections
Player of the Year
Jessica Kovatch – Saint Francis University, Jr.
Rookie of the Year
Caitlyn Kroll – Saint Francis University, R-Fr.
Coach of the Year
Tricia Fabbri – Quinnipiac University
All-ECAC First Team
Imani Watkins – Binghamton University, Sr.
Tanaya Atkinson – Temple University, Sr.
Tyler Scaife – Rutgers University, Sr.
Nicole Enabosi – University of Delaware, Jr.
Jessica Kovatch – Saint Francis University, Jr.
All-ECAC Second Team*
Keyen Green – Liberty University, So.
Teniya Page – Penn State University, Jr.
Camille Zimmerman – Columbia University, Sr.
Victoria Rampado – Niagara University, R-Sr.
Emily Kinneston – American University, Sr.
Jen Fay – Quinnipiac University, Jr.
*additional names added due to ties in voting
