Posted: Apr 07, 2020
Aztecs forward Lawson named first team NJCAA All-American
Pima Community College women's basketball player Hallie Lawson (Campo Verde HS) added another accolade to her 2019-20 accomplishments.
- Lawson, a sophomore forward, was named first team team NJCAA Division II All-American. She became the 15th NJCAA All-American in the program's history.
- Lawson was named ACCAC Division II Player of the Year, first team All-ACCAC and first team All-Region I, Division II. She played and started in all 31 games as she led the Aztecs in average minutes (28.7), points (13.5) and rebounds (7.0) per game. Her season-high was 22 points on two occasions and she scored more than 15 points in 13 games this season.
- Lawson played in all 67 games for her Pima career making 57 starts. Her career-high was 35 points on Dec. 12, 2018 at Tohono O'odham Community College.
- In 13 seasons at the helm, coach Todd Holthaus has produced an NJCAA All-American in 11 of those seasons. This is the fourth straight year the Aztecs have an NJCAA All-American.
- Lawson joins Jessie Ingraham (2008), Tia Morrison (2009, 2010), Abyee Maracigan (2009, 2010), Deanna Daniels (2011), A'jha Edwards (2013), Raja Moreno-Ross (2014), Sydni Stallworth (2016, 2017), Jacqulynn Nakai (2018, 2019) and Shauna Bribiescas (2019).
Latrina Bennett was the first Aztecs women's basketball NJCAA All-American in 1994.
See the complete NJCAA Division II teams on the NJCAA website