Former SUNY Cortland women's basketball player Jessica Laing (Bloomville/South Kortright) has been chosen as the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Basketball Athlete of the Decade, and she is joined by former Red Dragon Brittany Cohen (Fayetteville/Jamesville-DeWitt) on the league's All-Decade Team. 
 
Each school was responsible for nominations and voting. The final team selected consisted of 15 players to mirror the size of an annual all-conference team, but was not broken down by position. To be eligible, players must have played at least one season between the 2009-10 season and the 2018-19 season and must have either been named All-SUNYAC at least twice or a SUNYAC Player of the Year once. 
 
Bio information on Laing and Cohen is below.

SUNYAC Release


Jessica Laing (Athlete of the Decade)
 
* Forward – competed four seasons from 2006-10 
* Three-time WBCA All-American – First Team in 2010, Honorable Mention in 2008 and 2009 
* Two-time D3hoops.com All-American – Second Team in 2010, Third Team in 2009 
* 2010 Jostens Trophy Award Finalist (Division III national Player of the Year award) 
* 2012 D3hoops.com East Region Player of the Year 
* Two-time ECAC Upstate NY Player of the Year (2009, 2010) 
* Four-time All-ECAC Upstate NY (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) 
* Two-time SUNYAC Player of the Year (2009, 2010) 
* Four-time First Team All-SUNYAC (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) 
* 2007 SUNYAC Rookie of the Year 
* 2010 SUNYAC Tournament MVP 
* Career Stats: 2,166 points (18.5/game), 1,305 rebounds (11.2/game), 77 double-doubles, 136 3-pointers, 79.8 free throw percentage in 117 games played 
* SUNYAC and school career leader in points scored; second in SUNYAC (and school leader) in rebounds; school record-holder in career fields goals (715) and free throws (600) 
* Ranked fifth at Cortland in career free throw percentage 
* Only player in NCAA Division III history to finish career with the combination of at least 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 100 made 3-pointers 
* Ranked 13th nationally in rebounding (12.4) and 15th in scoring (20.4) as a senior 
* Team won at least 24 games in each of her four seasons, won two SUNYAC titles, played in three NCAA tournaments (advanced to second round in 2007 and 2009), and won the 2008 ECAC Upstate NY tournament

Brittany Cohen

* Guard – competed two seasons from 2010-12 
* Two-time WBCA Honorable Mention All-American (2011, 2012) 
* 2012 D3hoops.com East Region Player of the Year 
* 2012 ECAC Upstate NY Player of the Year 
* 2011 D3hoops.com First Team All-East Region 
* 2011 First Team All-ECAC Upstate NY 
* Two-time SUNYAC Player of the Year (2011, 2012) 
* 2011 SUNYAC All-Tournament Team 
* Career stats: 790 points (15.2/game), 300 assists (5.8/game), 97 steals (1.9/game), 103 made 3-pointers, 79.2 free throw percentage in 52 games played 
* Ranked seventh nationally in assists per game (6.1) as a junior and 17th (5.4) as a senior 
* Ranked seventh at Cortland in career free throw percentage 
* Team was a combined 35-18 with two SUNYAC semifinal appearances in her two seasons 
* 2012 First Team Academic All-District 
* 2012 SUNYAC Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award for women's basketball