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2006-07 HONORS:
* MAC co-PLAYER OF THE YEAR
* ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM
* KODAK/WBCA ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION
* MAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* LOWE'S SENIOR CLASS AWARD NOMINEE
* ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACAD. ALL-DISTRICT THIRD TEAM
* ACADEMIC ALL-MAC TEAM
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Nov. 22)
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Dec. 11)
* MAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (Jan. 11)
* MAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (March 14)
* MAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (March 30)
2005-06 HONORS:
* ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM
* MAC TOURNAMENT MVP
* MAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACAD. ALL-DISTRICT THIRD TEAM
* ACADEMIC ALL-MAC TEAM
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Dec. 12)
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Jan. 16)
* PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM
2004-05 HONORS:
* ALL-MAC SECOND TEAM
* ACADEMIC ALL-MAC TEAM
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Dec. 20)
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Feb. 14)
* PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM
2003-04 HONORS:
* MAC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
* HONORABLE MENTION ALL-MAC
* MAC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
* MAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
* MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (March 1)
* ISLANDER CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
THE 2006-07 SENIOR CLASS
BGSU's senior class in 2006-07 was arguably the finest in school -- and Mid-American Conference -- history ... Amber Flynn, Julie Gompers, Liz Honegger, Carin Horne, Ali Mann and Megan Thorburn helped the Falcons to an average of over 25 wins per year, going 103-25 (including a perfect 8-0 vs. Toledo) ... BGSU advanced to the championship game of the MAC Tournament in all four seasons, winning the last three ... in fact, the Falcons won both the league regular-season and tournament titles in each of the group's final three years, advancing to the NCAA Championships ... as seniors, the class helped the Falcons to NCAA tourney victories over Oklahoma State and #7/8 Vanderbilt, for the first 'Sweet 16' appearance ever by a MAC women's team ... that 2006-07 squad won 31 games, the most by a MAC basketball team -- men or women -- in history.
MANN AND THE FALCONS
Has cemented her place among the BGSU women's basketball all-time greats ... finished her career ranked second in school history in career scoring and third in rebounding ... had 1,825 career points and 911 rebounds ... earned all-conference honors in each of her four years ... just the sixth player in Mid-American Conference history to be named MAC Player of the Year, MAC Freshman of the Year and MAC Tournament MVP during her career ... scored in double digits in 103 of her 128 career contests ... the BGSU career record-holder in free throws made (482) and attempted (677) ... also on the BG career lists for games started (second, 126), three-point FG pct. (third, 39.9%) and field goals made (second, 619) and attempted (fourth, 1,269) ... just the second MAC P-O-Y honoree, joining Jackie Motycka in that exclusive club ... only the fifth player in BG history to earn All-MAC First-Team honors twice.
2006-07
The MAC's co-Player of the Year ... named to the All-MAC First Team for the second-straight season ... earned Kodak/WBCA All-America honorable mention after being named to the all-region team ... the first Falcon to earn the all-region honor in nearly a decade (since 1997-98) ... a team tri-captain for the second consecutive season ... named BGSU's Player of the Year ... started all 35 games ... led the Falcons in both scoring and rebounding, with 15.5 points and 5.7 boards per game on the year ... was second on the team with 2.5 assists per game, starting all 35 contests ... also led the Falcons in minutes per game, field goals made and attempted, offensive rebounds and free throws made and attempted ... had 542 points on the year, the fifth-highest total in school history ... scored in double digits in 33 of the 35 games ... that total included seven games of 20 points or more ... shot 44.6% from three-point land on the year, the second-best seasonal average in school history ... went 37-of-83 from long distance ... scored 20 points in MAC Tournament championship-game win over Ball State ... hit two of the biggest shots in school history, with a last-minute jumper in the lane vs. Oklahoma State and a late three-pointer against Vanderbilt ... both shots helped the Falcons nail down NCAA Tournament wins ... named to the MAC All-Tournament Team for the third time in her career ... was listed among 30 candidates nationally for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, the nation's premier tribute to college seniors ... the first-ever Falcon to be nominated for the award ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Third Team ... Academic All-MAC Team ... named the MAC Player of the Week twice and the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week three times ... played a career-high 43 minutes in overtime loss at Notre Dame ... averaged 16.0 ppg and shot a combined 13-for-17 in wins over Albany and Fairleigh Dickinson at the UCF Tournament ... no all-tourney team was named, but she earned MAC P-O-W honors after that tournament ... scored 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting in home win over Temple, playing all 40 minutes in that win ... earned her second MAC P-O-W honor of the season on Dec. 11, after averaging 16.5 points and five boards per game in the wins over Indiana and St. Bonaventure ... had 15 second-half points against then-#4 Duke ... in that game, scored the first eight points of the second half to give BG a 31-25 lead and force the Blue Devils to take a timeout ... tied her career high with three three-pointers in the Duke game ... the next night, had 16 points vs. UT-Arlington, including a back-breaking three-pointer to seal the win ... that trey came after BG had grabbed two offensive rebounds on the possession, and gave the Falcons an 11-point lead with under a minute to play ... again scored 15 second-half points, en route to 18 for the game, in win over Delaware ... after the Falcons had gone more than 12 minutes without a field goal, scored eight-straight BG points in a span of under two minutes to spark a major Falcon run ... in addition to her 18 points, dished out a career-high six assists vs. UD ... made a career-high three three-point field goals vs. both Duke and Delaware, going 3-for-4 from long range in the latter game ... had 16 points and a team-best five assists against Robert Morris ... scored 24 in home win vs. Buffalo, with a 9-for-12 shooting effort -- two days after having a wisdom tooth removed ... scored 18 points in the first half of that game, singlehandedly outscoring the Bulls in that 20 minutes (BG led, 38-15, at the half) ... had 18 points and a season-high nine rebounds in the win at Miami ... made nine of her 15 shot attempts en route to 21 points at Western Michigan ... had five assists in that game as well, her second-straight outing with five helpers ... scored 19 points and added seven boards in final regular-season game in her home state, a win at Eastern Michigan ... in that game, surpassed both the 1,600-point and 800-rebound marks for her career, and also became the school's all-time leader in free throws made ... just two days later, had 20 points, 10 boards, four assists and two steals -- leading the Falcons in all four categories -- in a win at Chicago State ... 18 points and a team-high six rebounds in come-from-behind win over Toledo ... her 15 points included an 11-for-12 night from the free-throw line in regular-season win over Ball State ... had a monster game at Northern Illinois, with 23 points and 16 rebounds (including seven offensive boards), playing all 40 minutes in that road win ... matched her career rebounding best in that game, and had 10 more boards than any other player on either team ... had a double-double, with 10 points and 10 rebounds in home game vs. Ohio ... had 22 points, eight boards and four assists in final home contest of her career, the Senior Night win over Miami ... scored 10 points and added a game-high nine rebounds and four assists (tying for game honors) in MAC Tournament quarterfinal win over Toledo ... after scoring 13 points in the semifinal win over EMU, had 20 points to lead all players in the league tourney title game vs. Ball State, tying her career best with three three-pointers ... also had five boards and a pair of blocked shots vs. the Cardinals ... averaged 14.3 points and a team-high 6.7 rebounds in the Falcons' three MAC Tournament wins ... led the Falcons with 16 points against Oklahoma State, as BGSU won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in 18 years ... had a double-double in that historic win, with a game-high 13 rebounds ... scored 10 points in the second-round win over Vanderbilt ... scored a team-leading 15 points, going 6-for-9 from the field, in the loss to Arizona State in the NCAA's Round of 16 ... averaged 15.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game ... had a team-high 15.9 points and 5.0 boards (tied for team lead) in home games ... averaged 15.7 points and 6.5 caroms in road games, leading the Falcons in both ... again paced BG with 14.7 ppg and 5.7 rpg in neutral-site contests ... had 13.7 ppg and 7.0 rpg in the Falcons' three NCAA Tournament games, shooting 55.2% from the floor.
2005-06
A team tri-captain ... an All-MAC First-Team selection, BGSU's first in six years ... also named the Falcons' Player of the Year ... started all 31 games, leading the Falcons with 14.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game ... the Kraft MAC Tournament MVP after averaging a double-double, with 13.3 ppg and 10.3 rpg in the team's three wins ... averaged a team-best 14.9 points along with 6.8 boards per game in the Falcons' 16 MAC games, all wins ... scored in double digits in 27 of BGSU's 31 games ... became the fourth-fastest player to reach 1,000 career points in school history ... named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Third Team ... a Preseason All-MAC Team selection for the second consecutive year ... scored 21 points as the Falcons led wire-to-wire in win over Saint Francis (Pa.) ... had nine rebounds in that win ... 14 points and 11 boards vs. Duquesne ... scored 16 points in the win at Florida International ... named the MAC Player of the Week for her performance in the Duquesne and FIU games, after averaging 15.0 points and 8.5 boards ... had 15 first-half points in win at Oakland, finishing with 17 ... scored a game-high 24 points in BG's narrow loss at Kentucky, adding 11 rebounds ... scored her 1,000th career point in the MAC-opening win over Akron (Jan. 7) ... became just the 19th player in school history to reach that plateau, and only the sixth to reach 1,000 points prior to her senior season ... hit a pair of free throws with 3.5 seconds left in the first half of that game, for points 1,000 and 1,001 ... was named MAC Player of the Week after averaging 14.5 points and 9.0 caroms in road wins over Buffalo and Kent State ... had 19 points in the KSU game, as BG posted a road win over the Golden Flashes for the first time in nearly 12 years ... had 14 of her team-high 17 points in the second half in the home win over Ohio ... had a team-high 22 points in win over Western Michigan ... 17 points and eight rebounds in win over Eastern Michigan, the first time in MAC history that a pair of teams with 7-0 league records had squared off ... 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists in regular-season win over Northern Illinois ... had a double-double in home win over KSU, with 18 points and a game-high 13 rebounds ... had a game-high 20 points in narrow road win over Ohio .... tied her career high with five assists in back-to-back games, the regular-season finale at Miami and the MAC Tournament win over Northern Illinois ... paced all players with 17 points vs. the RedHawks ... had 12 points, all in the second half, and a game-high 15 rebounds vs. NIU ... tied for team honors in assists in that contest ... 14 points and nine rebounds in league tourney semifinal win over Toledo ... also had game-high totals of three steals and two blocks, and added four assists ... had a team-high 16 points, and also led the Falcons with eight boards, vs. UCLA in the NCAA Championships.
2004-05
An All-MAC Second-Team pick, earning all-league honors for the second-straight year ... also chosen to the Academic All-MAC Team ... named the Falcons' co-Player of the Year (along with Liz Honegger) ... was second on the Falcons in both scoring and rebounding, with 13.8 points and 7.4 caroms per game ... led the Falcons in both categories in league play, with 15.0 ppg and 7.8 rpg ... scored in double digits in 24 games, including in 11 of the season's final 12 contests ... ranked 11th in the MAC in scoring and seventh in rebounding ... also was among the league leaders in field-goal pct. (fifth), defensive rebounds (sixth) and offensive boards (13th) ... in MAC games only, tied for 10th in scoring and deadlocked for sixth in rebounding ... was fifth in FG pct. in conference play, while also ranking among the league leaders in defensive boards (T-ninth), offensive rebounds (10th) and blocked shots (T-11th) ... suffered a sprained ankle in the Toledo game on Feb. 26, and was questionable for the March 1 Northern Illinois contest ... not only did she play at NIU, she tied for the team scoring lead, with 20 points in just 24 minutes off the bench, as the Falcons clinched the MAC's regular-season crown outright ... also had a career-high three steals in that win ... a two-time MAC Player of the Week ... earned the honor on Dec. 20, after posting a double-double, with 19 points and 10 rebounds, in BG's come-from-behind win at Saint Francis (Pa.) ... played a career-high 42 minutes in that overtime win ... also earned league P-O-W accolades on Valentine's Day, after averaging 15.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in road wins over Ball State and Akron ... had six games with double-digit rebounding totals, including a season-high 16 boards in the win over Marshall ... that total tied her career best ... also scored 19 points in the win over the Herd ... had three games of 20 or more points ... scored a season-high 23 points at Duquesne, and had 22 in the season's first win over Toledo ... had double-doubles in back-to-back December games, vs. Utah State (16 points, 12 rebounds) and Saint Francis ... also had double-doubles in wins over Miami, Ohio and Marshall ... led the Falcons in scoring nine times and in rebounding on 14 occasions on the year ... was named to the Preseason All-MAC Team in October.
2003-04
Was named the MAC's Freshman of the Year, and also named to the league's all-freshman team ... earned the team's Power Player of the Year award, given to the top post player ... played in all 31 games, making 30 starts ... averaged 12.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, leading the Falcons in scoring and ranking second in rebounding ... averaged 14.8 points in MAC games (T-fifth in the league), and also had 7.9 boards ... led the entire league, and set a new MAC record, with a .535 pct. from three-point land in conference play (23-for-43) ... had a team-high seven double-doubles ... had 21 points and eight rebounds as the Falcons upset top-seeded Miami in the semifinals of the MAC Tournament ... scored 12 points and added eight boards in the championship game, vs. Eastern Michigan ... had seven points and nine boards vs. Western Michigan in the quarterfinals ... scored in double digits in 19 games, including six contests of 20 points or better ... named the MAC Player of the Week on March 1 ... averaged 17.5 points and 9.8 rebounds over the final five games before the Falcons headed to Cleveland ... went 8-for-11 from three-point land over a four-game span in late February-early March (including a combined 5-for-5 in the BSU and UT games) ... scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds, leading BG in each category, in MAC Tournament opener vs. CMU ... had 14 points and eight boards vs. UT ... had a career-high 28 points at Ball State, going 3-for-3 from three-point land ... it marked the second consecutive game she hit three treys ... also set season bests in field goals made (nine) and attempted (16) at BSU ... had 20 points, eight rebounds and four steals at Marshall ... set season bests in both steals and treys made, going 3-for-5 from long range ... scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, vs. KSU ... had 13 points and 12 boards vs. NIU ... had 18 points and a game-high 12 rebounds in the win over WMU ... scored 12 points at Miami ... came off the bench for the UB game, after missing several days of practice for a family funeral ... in that game, had seven points and seven boards, and hit the tying and winning free throws with 23.3 seconds left ... had game-high totals of 22 points and 10 rebounds at EMU ... her 7-for-10 effort from the field included a 2-for-2 performance from three-point land ... scored 13 points, including 10 in the second half, and had eight boards in the win at Toledo ... 6-for-9 shooting effort included a 5-for-7 performance after the intermission ... had 24 points vs. CMU, going 7-of-10 from the field and 9-of-10 from the line ... had 15 points to tie for game honors vs. Akron, going 2-for-2 from three-point land ... led BG with 18 points and added six rebounds in win at NIU ... hit a pair of three-pointers in that game ... despite suffering a sprained ankle the day before, had eight rebounds vs. BSU ... scored a game-high 16 points at IUPUI, adding nine rebounds ... made 10 free throws in that game, hitting double digits in that category for the second time this season ... had 20 points vs. IPFW, with 11 rebounds and three assists ... in only her second game, had 13 points and 11 boards vs. Detroit ... scored 19 points vs. SE Missouri State, adding 10 rebounds and three assists ... was named to the all-tournament team at the Islander Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner for coach Todd Blomquist at Chelsea High School ... averaged 19.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, three assists and 2.5 steals as a senior, en route to earning Detroit News Third-Team All-State honors ... was an all-state second-team pick by that newspaper as a junior, and was the Ann Arbor News Class B-C-D Player of the Year ... a two-time captain and two-year MVP for the Bulldogs ... All-Southeastern Conference performer three times ... shot 52% from the floor, nearly 73% from the free-throw line and almost 44% from three-point land as a senior ... helped CHS to a pair of district titles ... also earned two letters in softball and one in volleyball ... a first baseman, helped the softball team to two state championships ... was an all-league honorable-mention pick on the diamond ... a three-year academic letterwinner ... Student Council representative.
PERSONAL
Alison Elizabeth Mann was born June 26, 1985, in Chelsea, Mich. ... a supply chain management major at BGSU, with a 3.49 cumulative GPA ... daughter of John and Anne Mann ... has two younger brothers ... uncle is actor Jeff Daniels.
