Harris Named to NCAA Division II Southeast Regional All-Tournament Team

MORROW, Ga. – University of South Carolina Aiken freshman forward Kayla Harris completed her impressive 2010-11 season on Monday by being named to the 2011 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional All-Tournament Team.

Teshymia Tillman of region champ Clayton State was chosen as the Southeast Regional Most Valuable Player.

Joining Tillman and Harris on the All-Tournament team were Lander's Brittni Johnson and Ciara Lyons, Clayton State's Drameka Griggs and Barton's Janetta Robinson.

Harris becomes the first USC Aiken women's basketball player in program history to garner region All-Tournament accolades.

The 2010-11 Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, Harris was impressive in her first NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Raleigh, N.C. native averaged a team-best 16.0 points per game in USC Aiken's two games in the 2011 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional at the Athletics & Fitness Center on the campus of Clayton State University in Morrow, Ga.

The freshman forward shot 42.9 percent (9 for 21) from the field in the two games. She hit 84.6 percent (11 for 13) of her free throw attempts.

In USC Aiken's first ever NCAA Tournament victory against Tusculum on Friday, March 11, Harris scored a team-high 17 points. She also had three assists and a steal in USC Aiken's 69-66 win.

In eighth-ranked USC Aiken's season-ending loss to No. 6 Lander on Saturday, March 12, Harris finished with a team-high 15 points and eight rebounds. She was 8 for 9 from the charity stripe in USC Aiken's loss to the Bearcats.