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SEWARD, Neb. – It’s impressive to think of what Concordia University women’s basketball standout Philly Lammers has accomplished – and she has a whole year remaining. On Wednesday (July 3), the Omaha World-Herald announced Lammers as its choice for 2019 Midlands College Women’s Athlete of the Year honors. The Omaha World-Herald makes the selection for this award each year out of the pool of all female athletes from Nebraska NAIA and NCAA Division II and III institutions.
Lammers has cleaned up awards during and following a storybook 2018-19 season that concluded with the Bulldogs celebrating the first national title in program history. Along the way, Lammers has been tabbed GPAC Player of the Year, an NAIA First Team All-American, Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska Team Captain and member of the NAIA National Championship All-Tournament Team, among other accolades. Lammers is the lone player in Bulldog women’s basketball history to be named either a first or second team All-American in three-consecutive years.
As a junior, Lammers averaged 14.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.63 steals and 1.21 blocks while shooting 57.9 percent from the floor and 74.0 percent from the foul line. The Omaha native and Millard West High School product will enter her senior season with school all-time rankings of seventh in rebounds (823), seventh in steals (271) and 10th in scoring (1,574). During Lammers’ first three seasons, Concordia has swept GPAC regular season and postseason titles each year and has advanced to at least the national semifinals in each instance. The overall record for the program during that time is 105-8.
Said head coach Drew Olson of Lammers, “What Philly accomplished this year, and really the last two, three years, is just phenomenal. She’s such a dynamic player that can do so many things on both ends of the floor.”
All-time Concordia Midlands College Women’s Athletes of the Year
2019 – Philly Lammers, basketball
2015 – Bailey Morris, basketball
1998 – Stacey Miller, basketball