Megan Flynn Named To 2019-2020 Academic All-American Team
The women’s basketball season came to a wrap for Sage’s team on February 29, but the honors continue to pour in for the Gators. The latest is that graduate player Megan Flynn of Hoosick Falls has been named to the 2019-2020 Academic All-America NCAA Division III Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Flynn becomes the first Sage basketball player honored with this award and just the ninth Sage student-athlete to achieve this feat.
Head Sage Women’s Basketball Coach Allison Coleman said of Megan’s selection, “Megan being honored as a Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American is a remarkable honor for both herself and our women’s basketball program.” Coleman added, “Megan transcends what it means to be a Division III student-athlete. She has been a tireless worker, phenomenal teammate, and of course, a spectacular student throughout her time here at Sage. Megan is the pinnacle of what future student-athletes should aspire to be and do throughout their athletic and academic careers. I am so proud of all she has accomplished and grateful to have been part of her wonderful journey through her time at Sage.”
Flynn, who is a graduate student at Sage working on her MBA degree achieved a 3.99 grade point average as an undergraduate, while she currently boasts a 4.0 as a graduate student.
Among the many honors she earned on the 2019-2020 season, she was named to the Empire 8 Women’s Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team, a pair of Empire 8 Player of the Week citations and a selection to the Empire 8 Women’s Basketball First Team. She was also nominated for the Josten’s Trophy and the Capital District Sports Woman of the Year.
A team captain this past season, she wraps up her stellar career with 877 points, 684 rebounds, 44 blocked shots and a 51.9% field goal percentage in 86 appearances. She is the program’s 12th all-time leading scorer while standing fifth in career rebounds and tied for eighth in blocked shots. On the 2019-2020 season, she was the team’s high scorer eight times, while also leading the team in rebounding 18 times. She added 12 double-double on the year and wraps up her career with 19 double-doubles.