Bulldog Duo Garners Daktronics All-Region Accolades

March 11, 2003

DeMartin, who previously attained first-team 2002-03 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) North Division honors, joined Lake Superior State's Alice Duesing and Stephanie Heid of Hillsdale as first-team all-region representatives from a GLIAC-member institution. Horwitz was one of three league players named to the all-region second-team along with Keneisha Moss of Wayne State and Grand Valley State's Julie Zeeff.

DeMartin's team-leading scoring average (20.2 ppg) this campaign ranked first among the school’s all-time leaders and placed second in the GLIAC’s overall statistical rankings. She compiled a school-record 525 points this season while attaining 2002-03 Verizon Academic All-District IV College Division Women's Basketball Team First-Team accolades.

A 2001-02 Verizon Academic All-District IV Second-Team selection, DeMartin was named the GLIAC's North Division Player of the Week three times (12/2, 12/16, 2/24) this campaign. She posted 26 double-figure scoring outings and had 13 20-plus point performances this season.

Bridget Horwitz was a second-team 2002-03 Daktronics All-Great Lakes Region choice

DeMartin, who currently has an active 31-game double-figure scoring streak, presently has 1,154 career points and ranks seventh on FSU’s career scoring leaders chart. She ranks seventh (.348; 70-201) among Ferris’ career three-point field goal percentage leaders and is fourth (.799; 274-343) on the school’s career free throw percentage chart to date.

Horwitz, a two-time (12/9, 2/17) GLIAC North Division Player of the Week, totaled 420 points (16.8 ppg) and a team-leading 210 rebounds (8.4 rpg) in 25 appearances this season. The 6-2 Horwitz scored 10 points or more in 22 games while notching nine double-double (scoring & rebounding) performances. She was also named to the All-GLIAC North Division Second-Team this campaign.

The 2001-02 All-GLIAC Second-Team pick currently ranks second in blocked shots (85), eighth in made field goals (413) and eighth in field goal percentage (.485; 413-852) on Ferris' career leaders list. Horwitz became the school’s 11th player to register 1,000 career points in Ferris' 98-65 GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal round loss at Lake Superior State.

FSU, which finished the year 15-11 overall and 10-8 in league action, reached the GLIAC Tournament for the fourth consecutive season and posted its seventh consecutive 10-win campaign during the 2002-03 season.

2002-03 Daktronics Division II All-Great Lakes Region Teams