University of Maine at Farmington sophomore forward Caitlyn Laflin (Farmingdale, ME) was selected as the North Atlantic Conference Player of the Year in a vote by the league's women's basketball coaches as announced by the conference this afternoon.

Laflin, last season's NAC Rookie of the Year, led the league inscoring, was ranked second in field goal percentage and third in rebounding. The sophomore shot 50.0 percent from the floor while averaging 21.8 points and 9.4 rebounds for the Beavers.

Junior guard Amanda Byrne (Winslow, ME) earned NAC Honorable Mention honors. Byrne led the conference in assists with 5.93 per game and averaged more than two steals per game.