The CIAA Announces the 2006 Men's and Women's All-Conference Basketball Honors, Player and Defensive Player of the Year
February 21, 2006
Hampton, VA ... The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is honored to observe its selection for the 2006 CIAA All-conference Men's and Women's teams. The 2005-2006 Player of the Year title belongs to Darius Hargrove of Virginia Union University. Hargrove, a 6'4" senior, guard from Warfield,VA, ended the regular season with an average of 16.4 ppg along with a free throw percentage of 85 %.
Johnson C. Smith University forward John Fulton claimed the 2005-2006 Defensive Player of the Year. Fulton, a senior, forward standing at 6'6", leads the conference in the defensive rebounding category with an average of 6 per game. He also averaged almost 2 steals per game making him 7th in the conference.
On the women's side Nastassia Boucicault of the defending champions Shaw University was granted 2005-2006 Player of the Year honors. Boucicault, a 5'6", senior guard from Brooklyn, NY averaged 16.1 ppg accompanied by a 5.23 assist average and a 2nd place ranking average of 3.3 in steals.
Deanna Price of Elizabeth City State University grasped the 2005-2006 Defensive Player of the Year award. The junior guard, standing at 5'7", was ranked 9th in defensive rebounding for the year, helping her team clinch a #1 ranking in the defensive rebounding category.
The All Conference Teams and Players of the Year will be honored at the Women's and Men's Tip-Off Banquets which will be held at The Westin Hotel in Charlotte on Sunday, February 26 and February 28, 2006 at 6:30 pm, respectively.
The 2005-2006 ALL-CIAA Men's and Women's Teams are listed below:
| 2006 All-CIAA Men's Basketball Team | |||||||
| NAME | SCHOOL | No. | CL | HT | PS | HOMETOWN | |
| Derick Payne | BSU | 1 | SR. | 6'5" | Forward | Washington, D.C | |
| Charles Clark | JCSU | 2 | SR. | 6'6" | Center | Greenville, SC | |
| John Fulton | JCSU | 21 | SR. | 6'6" | Forward | Manning, SC | |
| Nicholas King | SAC | 22 | JR. | 6'7" | Forward | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Brad Byerson | VUU | 4 | SO. | 6'7" | Forward | Colonial Heights, VA | |
| Antonio Fitzgerald | SAC | 20 | JR. | 6'1" | Guard | Danville, VA | |
| Claude Neeley | SAC | 25 | JR. | 6'2" | Guard / Forward | Tallahassee, FL | |
| Tristan Rankin | SPC | 22 | JR. | 6'3" | Guard | Salisbury, NC | |
| Darius Hargrove | VUU | 40 | SR. | 6'4" | Guard | Warfield, VA | |
| Duan Crockett | VUU | 3 | SR. | 6'6" | Guard / Forward | Richmond, VA | |
| Santos Martinez | LC | 21 | SR. | 6'5" | Forward | Reading, PA | |
| James Rosebud | SU | 34 | SR. | 6'9" | Forward | St. Petersburg, FL | |
| Player of the Year | |||||||
| Darius Hargrove | VUU | 40 | SR. | 6'4" | Guard | Warfield, VA | |
| Defensive Player of the Year | |||||||
| John Fulton | JCSU | 21 | SR. | 6'6" | Forward | Manning, SC | |
| 2006 All-CIAA Women's Basketball Team | |||||||
| NAME | SCHOOL | No. | CL | HT | PS | HOMETOWN | |
| Allyson Swailes | BSU | 34 | SO. | 6'2" | Center | Silver Springs, MD | |
| Celeste Trahan | ECSU | 00 | SO. | 6'2" | Center | Stockton, CA | |
| Tiffany Smith | ECSU | 34 | JR. | 5'11" | Forward | Cheverly, MD | |
| Deanna Price | ECSU | 4 | JR. | 5'7" | Guard | Washington, DC | |
| Brittany Sumpter | JCSU | 23 | JR. | 5'9" | Forward | Orangeburg, SC | |
| Tiana Pope | JCSU | 10 | JR. | 5'8" | Guard | Albany, GA | |
| Cassie King | NCCU | 30 | JR. | 6'0" | Forward | Wendell, NC | |
| LaConya Polk | SAC | 20 | JR. | 6'0" | Forward | Menifee, AK | |
| Valicia Brown | SAC | 31 | JR. | 5'9" | Guard | Riverdale, MD | |
| Nikki Bowen | SPC | 10 | SR. | 5'10" | Guard / Forward | Pink Hill, NC | |
| Nastassia Boucicault | SU | 3 | SR. | 5'6" | Guard | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Shalonda Carter | WSSU | 40 | JR. | 6'1" | Forward | Fayetteville, NC | |
| Player of the Year | |||||||
| Nastassia Boucicault | SU | 3 | SR. | 5'6" | Guard | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Defensive Player of the Year | |||||||
| Deanna Price | ECSU | 4 | JR. | 5'7" | Guard | Washington, DC | |