Top Scorer: Guard Ahmari Young was one of three Lady Sharks selected to the All-Southern Conference First-Team. Young, a sophomore, averaged a team-leading 12.8 points per game this season. DANNA QUINTERO/THE REPORTER

Three Lady Sharks Earn All-Southern Conference First-Team Honors

March 7, 2022

Guards Ahmari Young and Anija Payne and forward Angelina Hammond were named to the All-Southern Conference First-Team.

Young led the Lady Sharks in scoring this season with a 12.8 scoring average. Payne led the team in rebounding with 10.6 per game and she added 8.4 points per contest. Hammond averaged 7.8 points and 6.5 rebounds.

Three other Lady Sharks earned All-Southern Conference Second-Team honors. They were point guard Rio Yamazaki, who averaged 6.3 points and a team-leading 2.9 assists per game, forward Donella Gardener, who averaged 6.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per contest, and combo guard Niaisya Ervin, who averaged 7.2 points per game.

The Lady Sharks finished the season with a 6-23 record.

Ammy Sanchez

Ammy Sanchez, 20, is a mass communications/journalism major in The Honors College at North Campus. Sanchez, who graduated from Hialeah Gardens High School in 2020, will serve as editor-in-chief, briefing editor and social media director for The Reporter during the 2021-2022 school year. She aspires to be a journalist.