Megan Flynn Named CoSIDA Academic All-American, a Sage basketball first!
Austin, Texas–The women's basketball season came to a wrap for Sage's team on February 29, but the honors continue to pour in for the Gators. The latest is that graduate player Megan Flynn (Hoosick Falls, NY/Hoosick Falls Central) has been named to the 2019-2020 Academic All-America NCAA Division III Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Flynn becomes the first Sage basketball player honored with this award and just the ninth Sage student-athlete to achieve this feat.
Head Sage Women's Basketball Coach said of Megan's selection, "Megan being honored as a Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American is a remarkable honor for both herself and our women's basketball program." Coleman added, "Megan transcends what it means to be a Division III student-athlete. She has been a tireless worker, phenomenal teammate, and of course a spectacular student throughout her time here at Sage. Megan is the pinnacle of what future student-athletes should aspire to be and do throughout their athletic and academic careers. I am so proud of all she has accomplished and grateful to have been part of her wonderful journey through her time at Sage."
Flynn, who is a graduate student at Sage working on her MBA degree achieved a 3.99 grade point average as an undergraduate, while currently boasts a 4.0 as a graduate student.
Among the many honors she earned on the 2019-2020 season, she was named to the Empire 8 Women's Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team, a pair of Empire 8 Player of the Week citations and a selection to the Empire 8 Women's Basketball First Team. She was also nominated for the Josten's Trophy and the Capital District Sports Woman of the Year.
Flynn added a career-best 28 points and picked up her team-leading 12th double-double of the year after hauling in 17 rebounds in the team's 82-75 win over Utica College in the Empire 8 Semifinals. Flynn added 17 points in the first half and finished the night making 9-of-14 shots from the floor and 10-of-13 from the line. Against St. John Fisher in the Empire 8 Championship contest, Flynn finished the game with 12 points and added six rebounds with three steals. For the tournament, she averaged 20.0 ppg and 11.5 rpg, while shooting 53.8% from the floor and 2.0 steals.
A team captain this past season, she wraps her stellar career with 877 points, 684 rebounds, 44 blocked shots and a 51.9% field goal percentage in 86 appearances. She is the program's 12th all-time leading scorer while standing fifth in career rebounds and tied for eighth in blocked shots. On the 2019-2020 season, she was the team's high scorer eight times, while also leading the team in rebounding 18 times. She added 12 double-double on the year and wraps her career with 19 double-doubles.
Flynn was a 27-game starter this year adding 13.6 ppg and 10.8 rpg, but tops for the squad. She also had 18 blocked shots with an impressive 51.5% field goal percentage having converted 136-of-264 field goals. She also shot 72.3% from the line (94-130), while adding 29 assists with 29 steals.
The Gators advanced to the championship game for the first time, earned the league's runner-up trophy after an impressive 15-12 mark with a 10-4 record in conference play.
Academically, she has earned multiple selections to the Empire 8 Presidents' List, the Sage Scholar-Athlete Team, as well as an induction into Sage's Athletic Honor Society. She is also a Dean's List student and was honored with Sage's Book Award.
