Women's Basketball | 8/5/2015 10:00:00 AM

DETROIT -- Wayne State University Director of Athletics Rob Fournier has announced the 2014-15 Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year. Candidates were judged on academic distinction, athletic accomplishments, individual involvement and University and community service, as well as coaches' recommendation.

Senior women's basketball player Shareta Brown (Pontiac, Mich. / Grand Blanc) and senior football player Nores Fradi (Dearborn Heights, Mich. / Dearborn) were selected as the 2014-15 female and male student-athletes of the year after being nominated by their respective coaches with voting by the athletic department's coaches and administrative staff.

A native of Pontiac, Mich., Brown was named the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II National Player of the Year and led her team to a 23-6 overall mark. In addition, she was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Year (just the second player to receive that honor in program history - Lori Januszkiewicz in 1983-84) along with the Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioners Association Midwest Region Player of Year before earning the national honor. Last season, Brown broke the school single-season records in points (639), free throws made (177) and rebounds (427). She also led the nation all year in field goal percentage (.645), rebounds (14.7) and offensive rebounds per game (6.0). She finished the season averaging 22.5 points, 14.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game. She was one of 11 finalists for the prestigious DII Honda Athlete of the Year honor. She also worked hard in the classroom as she was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.5+ term GPA) for the Fall 2014 semester along with Coach's Honor Roll (3.0-3.49 GPA) accolades for the Winter 2015 semester in addition to being named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

She reached both the 2,000-career point and 1,000-career rebound plateau vs. Northwood on Dec. 7, 2014. In her two years at WSU, she ranks first in scoring average (21.1), rebounds (769), field goal percentage (63.9%) and rebounding average (13.0 rpg) and second in free throws made (342). Brown ranks third in both points (1,245) and free throws attempted (433), fifth in free throw percentage (79.0 / 342-433), eighth in blocked shots average (0.8 bpg), 11th in both field goals made (437) and steals average (2.2 spg), 12th in both blocked shots (46) and three-point field goal percentage (34.1 / 29-85; min. 25 made), 17th in minutes per game (29.7), and 20th in assists average (2.5 apg).

Fradi, a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award and the GLIAC Defensive Back of the Year (linebackers and defensive backs), concluded his collegiate career in 2014 by playing in 46 career games making 22 starts.  As a senior, he led Division II with 28.5 tackles for loss (24 solo, 9 assisted) during the regular season to earn AFCA All-America Team honors.  Fradi was named to the Associated Press Little All-America First Team along with earning D2Football.com All-America Second Team accolades.  A Daktronics All-America First Team selection, he led the GLIAC and tied-for-ninth in the country with 6.6 solo tackles per game.  At the end of the 2014 season, Fradi was the leader among active D-II players and 14th among all active NCAA football players with 51.5 career tackles for loss (43-17).  During the 2014 campaign, he was WSU's leader in sacks (8.5), forced fumbles (3) and quarterback hurries (10).

Fradi finished second in school history with 51.5 tackles for loss (43 solo, 17 assisted) and his yardage total of 226 ranks fourth all-time at WSU. Fradi tied-for-third in sacks (22.0/20-4), while his yardage total of 163 is third all-time. He totaled eight forced fumbles finishing one shy of the school record (nine by Ed Viverette). Fradi's 16 career quarterback hurries is first on the WSU all-time charts (since the statistic started being kept in 2002) and his 227 (141-86) career tackles is tied-for-32nd, with his 141 solo tackles ranking 22nd. He was voted to the Daktronics All-America First Team and the D2Football.com All-America Second Team.  He graduated from WSU last December with a degree in criminal justice.

This is the 14th year of the WSU Student-Athlete of the Year award. The first recipients were softball player Kelly Kashmerick and hockey player David Guerrera, while cross country runner Shelly Vickery and hockey player Dustin Kingston were the 2002-03 honorees. The first four honorees have since been inducted into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

The 2003-04 student-athletes of the year were women's hockey player Kim Spaulding and swimmer David Lutz. Lutz became the first two-time winner in 2004-05 along with Anna Vinnikov, a member of the women's fencing squad. The 2005-06 recipients were diver Erika Barczak and swimmer Nick Ingrao, while the 2006-07 recipients were Anna Garina, a national champion fencer, and Kris Krzyminski, an All-American basketball player.

All-American baseball pitcher Anthony Bass and Barczak were selected following the 2007-08 school year, with swimmers Ashley St. Andrew and Sean Smith being voted for the 2008-09 season.Softball pitcher Casey Hanes and swimmer Cauli Bedran were the 2009-10 recipients, while baseball catcher Mike Wiseman and tennis student-athlete Sharon Gill were honored following the 2010-11 school year. A pair of All-Americans, swimmer Catherine Leix and football running back Josh Renel, were selected as the 2011-12 Student-Athletes of the Year. Leix helped lead the swimmers to a national title, while Renel's play helped the football team play in the national championship game. The 2012-13 recipients were eight-time diving All-American Carly Sevald, and men's basketball student-athlete Ian Larkin. He was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection as well as a 2012 GLIAC Commissioner's Award recipient. Larkin is only the third player in 96 years of WSU basketball to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocked shots.

Last year's awards went to softball player Logan White and men's diver Dylan Szegedi. White was named to the NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team for the third straight season and was a three-time GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team selection. An eight-time All-American, Szegedi is a a two-time GLIAC Male Diver of the Year and was the national champion on the three-meter board with a school record score of 587.65.