CHICO, Calif. – Five members of the Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball team took home All-CCAA honors on Tuesday as Dynnah Buckner, Kelsey Forrester and Jordan Vasquez earned first team accolades while Mina Tameilau was named to the second team and Charity Gallegos was an honorable mention.
The Cougars had the most first-team selections with three while Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State LA had two.
Buckner was CSUSM’s leading scorer with 12.2 points per game while averaging 4.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. With an 81% (94-of-116) free throw percentage, Buckner had the second-best in the league and was 58th nationally among those with more than 100 attempts. The Rialto native has started in every game she has played in her four years at CSUSM and is the program’s career leader in games started with 107 and counting. Buckner also joined the elite CSUSM 1,000-career point club on January 14 at Cal Poly Humboldt. She has tallied 1,142 points and ranks third in CSUSM’s all-time career record book behind Cassie Damynovich (1,217 pts) and Akayla Hackson (1,167 pts). This is Buckner’s second consecutive All-CCAA first team honor.
Forrester averaged 11.4 points and 1.7 assists per game during the regular season. In the NCAA Division II statistics, Forrester concluded the regular season 13th in the nation with a 43.4 3-point field-goal percentage and 2.92 3-pointers per game. The Davis redshirt senior became the CSUSM 3-point career leader on January 12 at Sonoma State and has 229 to date. She has tallied a 3-pointer in all but two games this season and has had four or more in 10 games. She recorded a career-high seven 3-pointers on two different occasions this season. This is Forrester’s second All-CCAA honor after being named to the second team last season.
Vasquez concluded the regular season with 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. The Moreno Valley junior was one of the most accurate shooters in the conference for the second consecutive season as her 51.1% field-goal percentage ranked third. Vasquez posted a team-best 140 rebounds and 48 offensive rebounds. This is Vasquez’s second time earning All-CCAA first team honors.
Tameilau wrapped up the regular season averaging 7.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. As one of CSUSM’s top defenders, the Redwood City junior had a team-leading 12 blocked shots, accumulating three against Sonoma State on Feb. 25 in The Sports Center. This is Tameilau’s second All-CCAA second team honor as she picked up the honor last season while playing at Cal State East Bay.
Gallegos was CSUSM’s assist leader this season, dishing out 3.3 per game and totaling 85 on the year. She averaged 9.6 points and 1.0 steals per game in the regular season. The Sacramento sophomore has the second-best assist/turnover ratio in the CCAA at 2.02. This is Gallego’s second All-CCAA honor of the career as she was a All-CCAA first teamer last season at Chico State.
As the No. 2 seed at the CCAA Tournament, the Cougars received a bye to the semifinals and will open postseason play on Friday, March 3 at 5:30 p.m. against the winner of third-seed Cal State LA or sixth-seed Sonoma State.
