VALDOSTA, Ga. – Valdosta State junior women's basketball standout Erin Whalen earned Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Second Team All-South Region honors, announced Thursday. This is Whalen's first all-region honor of her Blazer career.
Whalen, a native of Cumming, Ga., earned First Team All-Gulf South Conference honors this season. She put together another outstanding season as she was the only player on the team to start all 29 games this season and led the team by averaging 14.0 points per game. Whalen finished 156 of 354 from the field (.441), while she was a team-best 42 of 120 from distance (.350) and 51 of 70 from the line (.729).
She averaged a team-high 8.6 rebounds per game, while she was second on the team to Hicks in assists (61) and led the team with 70 steals, while registering four blocked shots for fourth on the team. She is fourth in the GSC this season and 28th nationally in double-doubles with 11 while she is sixth in the league in field goals attempted (354), sixth in field goal percentage (.441) and seventh in made field goals (156), while she is seventh in minutes played (33:25) and eighth in points (405).
Her 14.0 points per game puts her eighth in the league, while she is third in the league in total rebounds (249) and fifth in the league in rebounds per game (8.6). Whalen is second in the GSC in steals with 70, while she is tops in the league in steals per game at a 2.41 clip.
For her career, Whalen has scored 772 points on 312 of 727 from the field (.429), while she is 76 of 227 from distance (.335) and 72 of 106 from the line (.679). She is averaging 6.4 rebounds per game, while she has 135 assists, 143 steals and ten blocks. Whalen earned second team all-league honors last season and is the first Lady Blazer since Kalifa Ford in 2023-24 to earn first team all-league honors.
UAH's Lili Wilken was named D2CCA South Region Player of the Year, while she, Florida Southern's Sydney Gomes, Union's Olivia Lee, Embry-Riddle's Eliana Sheplee and Jordan Gillies of Trevecca Nazarene earned first team all-region honors. Whalen, along with Emma Egan and leva Korzane of Eckerd, Anna Muhonen of Lee and Samarian Franklin of Miles earned second team honors.
