<a href='http://basketball.sunbeltsports.org/x/article/2724' target='_blank'>SBC Basketball honors 2004</a>

Well deserved award for Anna, she had an unbelievable Player of the Year season Anna was also named to the All-Conference team. On the flip side I think Coach Hall more than deserved Coach of the Year but did not get it :frown: Also Tiffany Washington was named the Newcomer of the year but as Don Allen said today on "Out of Bounds" how did she not warrant All-Conference or at the least Honorable Mention WTF?

Anna Petrakova Named Sun Belt Player of the Year
Thursday, March 4, 2004

LAFAYETTE - The Sun Belt Conference announced on Thursday that Louisiana center Anna Petrakova is the 2003-04 women's basketball Player of the Year and a First Team All-Sun Belt member.

The SBC also named the Cajuns Tiffany Washington as its Newcomer of the Year.

Petrakova's first team selection marks the first ever All-Sun Belt selection for the Cajuns and first all-conference selection since 1990. Petrakova is the first Player of the Year in Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball history.

Petrakova led the SBC in points (18.7), rebounds (9.6), blocks (64), free throw attempts (149), free throws made (122) and double-doubles (11). She ranked third in field goal percentage (50.7%) and fifth in free throw percentage (81.9%). Petrakova blocked 64 shots, the second highest single-season total in school history. Her 122 free throws this season are six shy of tying Kim Perrot's school record of 128. She also averaged two assists and one steal per game.

The 6-foot-3 junior was consistently the focal point of opposing defenses, usually double and triple-teamed. Despite the constant attention, Petrakova hit double figures in scoring in 23 of 27 games this season, and led the team in scoring 20 times.

Washington transferred from Oklahoma State to play her senior season with the Cajuns. As opposing defenses continued to pay more attention to Petrakova, Washington averaged 11 points and 10 rebounds over her last nine games. She averaged 38.8 minutes per game. The Franklin, La. native ranked second in the SBC in rebounds (9.0), fifth in blocks (33) and twenty-fourth in the SBC in scoring (10.0).

Washington and Petrakova combined for 97 of Louisiana's conference-best 117 blocked shots. Their defensive presence helped the Cajuns lead the SBC in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot just 35.0 percent. The mark ranks eighth in the nation among 324 Division I women's basketball teams.

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She was doubled and tripled teamed all season long and she still put up those kinds of numbers. Shows what kind of a talent she is.