NORFOLK, Va. -- For the second consecutive year, redshirt junior Jennie Simms was selected to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State First Team, as announced by the organization Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier in the season, Simms repeated as a Conference USA All-Conference First Team selection and C-USA All-Tournament Team honoree. The two-time C-USA Player of the Week finished the season as the league’s overall (21.4) and conference (22.2) scoring leader, as she poured in double-digits 29 times this season and was the only player in C-USA to notch 30-plus points five times. She also held the conference’s top scoring mark for the season after a 39-point onslaught at UTSA.
The standout guard also set a new ODU single-game record for free-throws made and attempted when she went 18-for-21 from the free-throw line at UTSA. Simms made history against FIU, becoming just the sixth player to score 1,000 points in two years, scoring 1,320 points to sit in second behind Anne Donovan (1,527). She also became the 32nd Lady Monarch to reach 1,000 career points and currently has 1,345 points, 22nd in ODU history.
Simms was a force in the 2016 Conference USA Championships and finished the tournament with 98 points, ranking her third all-time. Outside of scoring, she stuffed the stat sheet with 6.7 rebounds per game and 3.7 assists per outing. She dished out an assist in 32-of-34 games, reaching 3-plus 17 times.
The Lady Monarchs ended the 2015-16 season with a 17-17 overall record and a 10-8 mark in Conference USA play. ODU closed the season winning five of their last six games, which included a spectacular run to the Conference USA championship game. ODU downed No. 13 North Texas, No. 4 Charlotte and No. 1 seed UTEP, before falling to No. 2 Middle Tennessee in the title match. Two players etched their names in the tournament record book, as Ije Ajemba joined Simms after tying the tournament record with 21 rebounds against the 49ers.
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