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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Mosqueda-Lewis is Naismith Player of the Year

UConn commit Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been named the Naismith High School Player of the Year.

According to Eric Oberman of the Atlanta Tipoff Club, the official release should be coming out in the next day or two.

Mosqueda-Lewis, who also won the WBCA national player of the year award, is averaging 21.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.8 steals in 30 games. She has 97 3-pointers on 41.5 percent shooting for Mater Dei High of Santa Ana, Calif.

Mosqueda-Lewis, a 6-foot wing, just led Mater Dei to the CIF Southern Section IAA title. The Monarchs opens play in the CIF Division I tournament tonight against Fairfax.

Mosqueda-Lewis joins former Huskies Tamika Williams, Ann Strother, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore (one of two players to win the award twice) as winners of the award.

She will be receive the award at a luncheon in Atlanta on Mar. 21.

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