The awards have been piling up at Jennifer Clyne's feet.
She added another one to the stack on Thursday.
Clyne, a fifth-year forward for the UNBC Northern Timberwolves, was chosen as a Canadian Colleges Athletic Association player of the month for women's basketball. She was one of five players across the country to receive recognition for outstanding play in the month of February.
"I had no idea it was coming and it was a nice little surprise," said the 22-year-old Prince George product. "Hard work pays off I guess."
In February, Clyne led the Timberwolves to a 5-1 record. During that stretch, she averaged 15 points per game and shot with 40 per cent efficiency from the three-point line.
Clyne, one of the UNBC captains, gave her teammates much of the credit for her individual success.
"Everyone just worked so hard and it seemed like we peaked at the exact right time," she said. "Even the younger players seemed to peak individually at the right time as well. It really came together and we played better than I've ever seen our team play before."
At last week's PACWEST Athletic Association provincial championship, which saw the Timberwolves beat the Vancouver Island University Mariners for gold, Clyne was picked as a tournament all-star. And, for the work she did during a 15-1 regular season, she was selected to the league's first all-star team.
"She had a good month and a very good year," UNBC head coach Loralyn Murdoch said of Clyne, who is in her last year of playing eligibility. "She's well-deserving of all the accolades. It's a nice way for her to finish her fifth year. It's hard to play your fifth year. Sometimes you get stale and she has continued to work on her game and has gotten better so I'm really happy for her."
Clyne, who finished second in the PACWEST regular season with a points-per-game average of 16.93, became a first-time winner of a CCAA award. The other players chosen for February honours were Kristen Monasterski of the Grant MacEwan Griffins (Edmonton), Erin Emery of the Durham Lords (Oshawa), Mariam Sylla of the Nomades de Montmorency (Laval) and Bhreagh Moore of the UKC Blue Devils (Halifax).
Clyne and the B.C. champion Timberwolves are now preparing for the CCAA nationals, Thursday to Saturday in Lethbridge. In the eight-team tournament, they are seeded third. Their first game is Thursday night against the sixth-ranked Algonquin College Thunder of Nepean, Ont.
