Driskell Earns Daktronics All-America Honors

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- A dominant performer all season long, Georgia College & State University junior forward Marquita Driskell (Milledgeville, Ga./Baldwin/Univ. of Georgia) was named to the third team of Daktronics Women’s Basketball All-America, as selected by sports information directors throughout the nation.

The 6-foot-2 forward becomes the first All-American in Lady Bobcat history.

Driskell averaged a double-double with 19.5 points and 11.4 rebounds per contest this season for the Lady Bobcats. The forward scored in double figures in all but three contests, including 14 20-point games and a career-best 35 twice, including in the NCAA South Atlantic Regional Semifinal win over No. 19 North Carolina Central University.

She finished with 21 double-doubles, including both games of the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament and all three regional tournament contests, earning her a spot on the all-tournament teams for both. She also earned a slot on the All-PBC team as well as a pair of PBC Player of the Week honors.

This year, she set a pair of GCSU season records, pulling down 276 defensive rebounds and swatting 83 shots. She ranks third all-time with 91 blocked shots in just over a year of competition at GCSU. Her 19.5 points per game ranked fourth for GCSU single-season marks, while her 11.4 rebounds average placed second.

Driskell was the lone Peach Belt selection to any of the three All-America squads. St. Cloud State University’s Erica Quigley earned Player of the Year honors, and was joined by West Texas A&M’s Emily Brister, Leora Juster from UC-San Diego, Glenville State’s Rachel Redick and Darcie Schmidt from Lewis on the first team. Quigley averaged 24.5 points and 11.6 rebounds per game for the Huskies this season.

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).