Attleboro Players and Coach Named to Sun Chronicle All Star Team

In only her third year of coaching Attleboro High School Girls Basketball Missy Traversi was selected, for the second time in as many years, as Sun Chronicle Coach of the Year.  She shares this honor with King Phillip Coach Martin Crowley.

Traversi grew up in Attleboro and was a 1,000 point scorer at Bishop Feehan and at the University of Maine.  She played for two years in Sweden and led the league in scoring.  Upon returning to the states she had a tryout with the WNBA Chicago Sky.  Her high school coaching began at Brookline High and then on to Dover-Sherborn High, where she was named Tri Valley League Coach of the Year.  Traversi spent a year as an assistant to Kathy Delaney Smith at Harvard, before accepting the Attleboro position.

In her second year of rebuilding the Attleboro program the team qualified for post season play and this year finished the season at 17-7, with two post season tournament games.

Named to the First Team were players Bri LaPlume and Kerri Beland.  LaPlume, a senior captain, finished her high school career with 500 plus rebounds and 530 points.  This year she pulled down 224 rebounds, had 19 blocked shots, 33 steals and 43 assists.  LaPlume was also a Hockomock League All Star.

Point guard Kerry Beland averaged 12.1 points per game and has 541 points.  She handed out 91 assists and had 41 steals.  She shot an amazing 86.9% from the free throw line.  Beland was also a Hockomock League All Star and will serve as a captain for the 2014-2015 season.

Sophomore Emily Houle was named to the Second Team.  Houle averaged 9.1 points per game and three times matched her career-best 18 points.  She shot 70.2% from the charity stripe, pulled down 155 rebounds, handed out 42 assists and shot 28% from behind the arc. Her 38 steals were second best on the Attleboro team.

Receiving Honorable Mention were senior captain Beth Clifton and freshman Sarah Deyo.