LaGrange, GA -- The Great South Athletic Conference has announced its 2010-11 All-Conference awards in women's basketball with a pair of Lady Lions making the list for Head Coach Jamie Purdy.  Post players Laura Simmons and Sada Wheeler both were named to the All-Conference team while five Lady Lions made the grade on the league's All-Academic team.

Now a two-time All-Conference selection, Simmons is putting the finishing touches on the best season in her four years wearing the green and gold for the Piedmont women's basketball program.  With close to 900 career points to her name, the forward from Gainesville, GA was the Lady Lions top scorer in 2010-11 dropping right at 12 points per game as Simmons notched 300 points for the season while pulling down 131 rebounds as well.

Making her second straight appearance on the All-Conference list is Sada Wheeler who grabbed 226 rebounds for the Lady Lions and led the GSAC in double-double performances with 11.  Consistently a defensive presence down low with her 72 blocks on the season (1st-GSAC), the junior was one of a handful of women's basketball players across NCAA Division III to post a triple double with 28 points, ten boards, and ten blocks against LaGrange on January 14.

Freshman Danielle Hendrick took home the GSAC's Individual Sportsmanship Award for PC.  Simmons joined teammates Amber Satterfield, Shanice Wheeler, Lauren Anderson, and McKenzie Reeves as members of the GSAC All-Academic team for carrying at least a 3.25 GPA as well as being at least a sophomore in the classroom.

The Lady Lions will return to action when they face second seeded LaGrange College in GSAC semifinal game on Friday, February 25 in a 6:30 evening tipoff.