Ashley Arlen of Wayne State College was named today (Wednesday) to the 2010 Daktronics Women's Basketball All-Central Region Team, earning First Team honors.  The Daktronics All-Central Region team was voted upon by sports information directors throughout the Central Region.  Each of the five first-team all-region selections will now be listed on the Daktronics Division II Women's Basketball All-American ballot, with the announcement of those All-American teams expected Tuesday, March 23.

Arlen, a 6-2 sophomore forward from Cascade, Iowa, averaged 19.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for the Wildcats this season, ranking second in the NSIC in scoring and ninth in rebounding.  She also ranked sixth in the league with 1.07 blocked shots per game and had nine double-doubles on the season scoring in double figures in 28 of the 30 games for the Wildcats.  She was a three-time NSIC Player of the Week this season and was named to the NSIC All-Tourament Team after setting a new three-game scoring record with 73 points helping WSC win the 2010 NSIC Sanford Health Tournament title.

Wayne State is 26-4 on the season and winners fo 15 straight games heading into this weekend's NCAA Division II Central Region Tournament in Durango, Colorado.  The Wildcats are the #2 seed and face #7 seed CSU-Pueblo (20-10) in the opening game of the tournament on Friday at 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

Listed below is the 2010 Daktronics All-Central Region Women's Basketball Team:
           
Daktronics All-Central Region First Team
Jheri Booker, F, Minnesota Duluth (2010 Central Region Player of the Year)
Ashley Arlen, F, Wayne State (Neb.)
Allison Rosel, C, Fort Lewis (Colo.)
Kaitlin Petri, G, Chadron State (Neb.)
Rachel Espinoza, G, Colorado State-Pueblo 

Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team
Maurika Hickman, G, Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)
Katie Mackey, G, Fort Lewis (Colo.)
Alison Nash-Gerlach, F, Minnesota State-Moorhead
Vera Jo Bustos, G, Adams State (Colo.)
Abby Rosenthal, F, Colorado Christian