Posted: Mar 04, 2014
Kathleen Payne (Goshen, NY/Goshen High School) from SUNY Plattsburgh was awarded Player of the Year. Alexis Cheatham (Lockport, NY/Lockport High School) from Fredonia State was named Rookie of the Year, and SUNY Plattsburgh's Cheryl Cole was voted Coach of the Year.
Kathleen Payne from SUNY Plattsburgh was named player of the Year. Payne led the Cardinals to their first-ever SUNYAC Championship Saturday and earned its first-ever berth to the national championship. Payne was Plattsburgh's leading scorer and rebounder as she averaged 19.7 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game. Payne has broken all of SUNY Plattsburgh's women's basketball scoring records and was SUNYAC Player of the Week twice. She was also on the DIII News 2013-14 Pre-Season All-American list. Kathleen Payne is a senior and will be graduating with a degree in Criminal Justice.
Alexis Cheatham from Fredonia State was awarded the 2013-14 Rookie of the year. Alexis leads the SUNYAC freshman with 12.3 points per game. She also has the best three point field goal percentage and leads in three point shots made per game among all freshman. In addition she was second in assists in the conference with 4.9 assists per game and third in assist/turnover ratio in the conference. She is also third in scoring for the Blue Devils this season.
SUNY Plattsburgh's coach Cheryl Cole was named Coach of the Year this season as she led Plattsburgh to their first-ever SUNYAC Championships and an opportunity to become National Champions. They beat Geneseo for the SUNYAC Championship 57-52. Plattsburgh was the number one team in SUNYAC for scoring, and was second in scoring margin for the conference. They were also number three in the conference in both offensive and defensive rebounding. This is Cheryl Cole's 17th season as the Head Coach for the SUNY Plattsburgh Cardinals.
2013-24 Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams (PDF)
| First Team | |||||
| Name | School | Position | Year | Height | Hometown |
| Staci McElory | Buffalo State | G | Sr. | 5--9 | Saratoga Springs, NY |
| Becky Hebert | Fredonia State | G | Sr. | 5--9 | Hilton, NY |
| Shannon McGinnis | Geneseo | F | Jr. | 5--10 | Walworth, NY |
| Brittany Marshall | Plattsburgh | G | Jr. | 5--5 | Malone, NY |
| Kathleen Payne | Plattsburgh | G/F | Sr. | 5--9 | Goshen, NY |
| Second Team | |||||
| Name | School | Position | Year | Height | Hometown |
| Bianca Smiley | Buffalo State | F | Sr. | 5--10 | Amherst, NY |
| Megan Touhey | SUNY Cortland | G | Sr. | 5--10 | Maine, NY |
| Jaimie Warren | Fredonia State | F | Sr. | 5--9 | Lakeview, NY |
| Allison McKenna | Geneseo | F | So. | 6--2 | Huntington, NY |
| Alyshia Crawford | SUNY Oneonta | F | Sr. | 5--7 | Oxford, NY |
| Third Team | |||||
| Name | School | Position | Year | Height | Hometown |
| Ashley Wallace | Buffalo State | F | Jr. | 5--8 | Lockport, NY |
| Grace Williamson | Cortland | F | Sr. | 5--9 | Olean, NY |
| Dana Cohan | Geneseo | G | So. | 5--5 | Greece, NY |
| Jenn Robbins | Oswego State | G | Sr. | 5--5 | Geneva, NY |
| Jessica Kouzan | SUNY Potsdam | F | Sr. | 5--10 | Webster, NY |
| Player of the Year | Kathleen Payne | Plattsburgh | |||
| Rookie of the Year | Alexis Cheatham | Fredonia | |||
| Coach of the Year | Cheryl Cole | Plattsburgh |
