RICHMOND, Ky. -- Eastern Kentucky University's Chrissy Roberts was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year by league head coaches and sports information directors. Roberts has been one of the best players in the conference for the past two seasons.

After transferring from Kentucky, Roberts stepped in and immediately made her presence felt. Roberts led the nation in three-point shooting last year, hitting an incredible 48.8 percent of her long range shots. She received the AT&T Long Distance Award and the Steitz Award, both given to the most accurate three-point shooter in the country. Roberts had her jersey, shoes and practice uniform enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA as the Steitz Award winner.

This season, the senior from Eminence continued to show off her shooting touch. She led the team in scoring, averaging 15.2 points per game. She led the OVC in three-point shooting accuracy (45.9%), three-pointers made per game (2.39) and free throw percentage (89.2). Roberts is currently sixth in the nation in three-point shooting percentage and fifth in free throw shooting percentage.

Senior Laphelia Doss was named to the OVC first-team for the 1997-98 season. This is the second time in her career she has earned first team honors.. Doss led her team to its second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference championship as EKU earned a share of the title this season. The senior has been a part of three conference championship teams in her four years at Eastern. Doss led her team in rebounding, pulling down 8.6 per game this season. She was second in the conference in rebounding and field goal shooting percentage (55.1). Doss was fifth in the conference in scoring (14.6 ppg).

Doss ends her career as one of the best to ever play at EKU. Earlier this season, she surpassed two milestones. She became only the tenth player in history to record more than 1,000 points in a career. She finished her career with 1,327 points. Doss also did something this season that no other player in school history (male of female) has ever accomplished, as she recorded her 1,000 career rebound. Doss ended her four-year career with 1,027 rebounds.

First-year player Charlotte Sizemore, a 5-11 forward from Hazard, earned All-OVC Freshman Team honors. In her first campaign, Sizemore was third on the team in rebounding (108), assists (52) and steals (42), and she was fourth on the team in scoring (8.9 ppg) and minutes played (23.7). Sizemore was named OVC Freshman of the Week three times during the 1997-98 season. She had a career-best 25 points against Morehead State on February 14 in Richmond.

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