Beck Among Three Lieberman Award Finalists

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March 30, 2007

DETROIT, MI - George Washington junior women's basketball player Kimberly Beck was chosen one of three finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which honors the nation's top point guard. Duke's Lindsay Harding won the award, while Beck, North Carolina's Ivory Latta and Connecticut's Renee Montgomery were named as finalists.

Beck was tabbed one of 11 final nominees for the Lieberman Award on Feb. 18 and improved her status for the award with solid performances late in the season. She dished out a season-high tying nine assists in GW's 87-60 win against Saint Joseph's on Feb. 23 and scored 14-or-more points in three of the Colonials' final four games, including a sparkling 18-point performance versus Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Beck averaged 11.3 points and an Atlantic 10-leading 5.3 assists to help GW return to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1997. Her 171 assists paced the A-10 for the third consecutive season, making her just the third player in league history to accomplish the feat. Entering her senior year, Beck has the chance to join Penn State's Suzie McConnell as the only players in A-10 history to lead the league in assists for four straight seasons.

The first team All-Atlantic 10 pick and conference's Defensive Player of the Year finished first in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.01), second in the league in steals (74), and fifth in both free-throw percentage (.812) and three-point field goal percentage (.400). Beck concluded her junior campaign just 17 points shy of becoming the 23rd player in school-history to reach the 1,000-point plateau and already ranks third in career assists (512), fifth in career three-pointers (159) and ninth in career steals at GW (224).

The honorable mention All-America selection adds to Beck's long list of accolades this season, which also includes three A-10 Co-Player of the Week awards, All-Tournament Team selections at both the BTI Classic and Surf `N Slam Hoop Classic, and Surf `N Slam Classic Most Valuable Player and A-10 All-Defensive Team distinction.

The Colonials finished the season with a 28-4 overall mark, tying the school-record for most victories in a season, and won their sixth consecutive A-10 regular-season title by posting just the fifth undefeated conference record (14-0) in league history.