TROY, N.Y. – Skidmore College women's basketball senior Julia Blanck was named the Liberty League Player of the Year, Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year, and was voted to the All-Liberty League First Team. Additionally, junior Amelia Medolla earned All-Liberty League Honorable Mention honors.
 
Julia Blanck (#13, Sr., F, Hinesburg, Vermont) – Liberty League Player of the Year, Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year, All-Liberty League First Team

• Blanck is Skidmore's first women's basketball conference player of the year since Kelly Donnelly did it three seasons in a row (2016-18) including two Co-Player of the Year. She is also Skidmore's second Defensive Player of the Year and first since Jordyn Wartts in 2013.
• She is also the first player in Liberty League history to win both awards in the same season.
• In 29 games played, Blanck averaged a double-double on 13.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. She led the Liberty League by a large margin with 2.2 blocks per game, while ranking seventh in scoring, second in rebounding, and fifth with 1.8 steals per game.
• Consistently dominant on both ends of the floor, Blanck tallied 13 double-doubles, including five games of at least 20 points and 10 games with at least a dozen rebounds. She currently ranks nationally in blocks (27^th), double-doubles (42^nd), and rebounds (60^th).
• In just three seasons played, Blanck will graduate having scored 834 points and pulling down 783 rebounds. The career marks are 20^th and sixth, respectively, in program history. She also finished second with 162 blocks.
• Blanck was named the Liberty League Performer of the Week three times in the 2023-24 season (11/13, 1/8, 1/22).

 
Amelia Medolla (#12, Jr., G, Little Silver, New Jersey) – All-Liberty League Honorable Mention

• Medolla played each of Skidmore's 27 games and made 25 starts. She finished with 6.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.26 assists per game.
• Her assist to turnover ratio of 1.13 ranks as one of the highest in the Liberty League.
• Medolla finished in double figures in scoring eight times including on Nov. 4 at Oneonta where she scored 19.
• She also went on a four-game stretch from Jan. 6-13 where she averaged 13.75 points per game with at least 10 in each contest.
• As a member of Skidmore's league-best defense, she also tallied nine steals and six blocks.  

 
2023-24 LIBERTY LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-CONFERENCE
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Julia Blanck, Skidmore
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Julia Blanck, Skidmore
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Elizabeth Flynn, St. Lawrence
COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR: Vassar
 
ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE FIRST TEAM:
Julia Blanck, Skidmore
Tova Gelb, Vassar
Julia Harvey, Vassar
Sierra McDermed, Vassar
Siena Smith, RPI
 
ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE SECOND TEAM:
Junie Dickson, Ithaca
Camryn Coffey, Ithaca
Brooke Jarvis, William Smith
Jelena Perovic, Union
Emma Waite, RIT
 
ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE HONORABLE MENTION:
Elizabeth Flynn, St. Lawrence
Amelia Medolla, Skidmore
Anya Watkins, Ithaca
 
Honorable Mention = any individual receiving votes from 1/3 (three) of the coaches, but not on first or second team.