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APSU Basketball’s Tiasha Gray named Preseason Player of the Year in OVC Media Poll; Lady Govs picked seventh

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Austin Peay State University Lady Govs - APSUBrentwood, TN – Austin Peay State University senior point guard Tiasha Gray was selected the Preseason Player of the Year by the Ohio Valley Conference’s media as part of the league’s preseason media poll, Friday.

Austin Peay Womens Basketball's Tiasha Gray selected Preseason Player of the Year in OVC Media Poll. (APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Womens Basketball’s Tiasha Gray selected Preseason Player of the Year in OVC Media Poll. (APSU Sports Information)

The OVC will release its preseason poll and All-OVC team, as voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors, Tuesday, during the league’s annual Media Day in Nashville, TN.

Gray, of Clarksville, was selected the Preseason Player of the Year after earning Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-OVC honors last season.

She set an Austin Peay record with 110 steals as a junior and was ranked second nationally with 3.67 steals per game. Gray led the Lady Govs in scoring (21.2 ppg), rebounding (6.1 rpg) and assists (5.7).

APSU's Tiasha GrayThe selection was the latest preseason honor for Gray. College Sports Madness also named Gray the OVC’s Preseason Player of the Year and its preseason All-OVC team. In addition, the website named her to its preseason fourth-team All-Mid Major squad.

Austin Peay women’s basketball team was picked to finish seventh in the media’s preseason predicted order of finish. The Lady Govs return 11 letterwinners and four starters from last season’s team that finished tied for seventh place. However, Austin Peay will be under new stewardship this season with head coach David Midlick joining the program during the offseason.

In a narrow vote, four OVC women’s basketball teams picked up overall first place with just one point separating first and second place in the voting. Two-time defending regular-season champion UT Martin received six first-place votes and 162 points to edge out SIU Edwardsville, which picked up four first-place votes and 161 points.

Jacksonville State received two first-place votes in being picked third (145 points) while Tennessee State (three first-place votes) and Belmont tied for fourth with 134 points. The women’s poll was rounded out by Morehead State (94), Austin Peay (93), Eastern Illinois (67), Eastern Kentucky (66), Southeast Missouri (53), Tennessee Tech (33) and Murray State (28).

The pollsters for the 2015-16 OVC Media Poll included: Autumn Allison, The Leaf-Chronicle; Will Aubrey, Racer Insider; Catlin Bogard, OVC Ball; Mike Bradd, Eastern Illinois Radio; Neal Bradley, Murray State Radio; Thomas Corhern, Cookeville Herald-Citizen; David Loos, Austin Peay Radio; Mike Organ, The Tennessean; Mike Parris, Jacksonville State Radio; Greg Pogue, WNSR/TSU Radio; Justin Rust, Journal Gazette/Times-Courier; Harry Schroeder, ValleyHoopsInsider.com; Greg Stotelmyer, Eastern Kentucky Radio; Lindy Suiter, Racer Insider; Erin Unerstall, Southeast Missourian.

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