2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships Program

WOMEN’S ROSTER No. Name Cl.

Pos.

Ht.

Hometown

1 2 5

Jenae Dublin

Fr.

G/F 6-2 Suitland, MD G 5-7 Manteca, CA

PLAYER TO WATCH Juana Camilion, a 2020–21 Preseason All-MAAC First Team honoree, has been an important part of Iona’s success throughout the season. The junior guard fromPalma de Mallorca, Spain has impressed on both ends of the floor this season, but specifically on the defensive end. Camilion found herself ranked inside the top-10 nationally in steals in the early portion of the season and was an integral part of Iona being inside the top-25 nationally in scoring defense early on. In three career MAAC Championship games, Camilion is averaging 13.3 points per game. Her best postseason performance, a 26-point effort, came in 2019 when the Gaels upset the seventh seeded Siena Saints in the opening round of the 2018–19 MAAC Championship. Earlier this season, Camilion moved inside the top-50 of Iona’s all-time scoring list. NOTABLE ALUMNI Maggie Timoney ’89, ’92 MBA was a four-year standout for the Maroon & Gold. She ranks third on Iona’s all-time scoring list with 1,894 career points. Timoney ranks in the top five in categories including field goals made, three-point field goal percentage, free throw attempts and made, and games played. As a freshman, Timoney was named the 1986 MAAC Rookie of the Year. After graduation, Timoney served for two years as a graduate assistant coach with Iona from 1989–91. She is currently the CEO for Heineken Ireland, the first female ever to hold the prestigious position with the company. She also serves as a Board of Trustee member for Iona College.

Olivia Vezaldenos

Sr.

Shyan Mwai

Jr.

G 5-6 Lowell, MA

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Thoranna Hodge-Carr

Fr.

G 5-8 Keflavík, Iceland

Paulla Weekes

R-So. F

5-10 Toronto, Ontario

Lucia Becerra Perez Sydney Avoletta Juana Camilion Anouschka Meijer

So.

G 5-7 Tenerife, Spain

Fr.

F

6-4 Sterling, VA

Jr.

G 5-10 Palma de Mallorca, Spain PG 6-1 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fr.

Ketsia Athias Hannah King Jessica Rogers

Jr.

F/C 6-2 Brooklyn, NY

R-Jr.

F

5-11 Apopka, FL

Jr.

G 6-1 Rutherford, NJ

Head Coach: Billi Chambers (Hofstra ’03) – 8 th Season Associate Head Coach: Ashlee Kelly (Quinnipiac ’04) – 12 th Season Assistant Coaches: Allan Chaney (High Point ’14) – 3 rd Season, Jordan McCann (Illinois ’13) – 3 rd Season Director of Basketball Operations: Alyssa Casino (Manhattanville ’15) – 4 th Season

HEAD COACH BILLI CHAMBERS Iona College women’s basketball head coach Billi Chambers is in her eighth season at the helm of the Iona College women’s basketball program in 2020–21. Chambers, the one-time MAAC Coach of the Year, earned her 100 th career win this season as head coach of the Maroon & Gold. The Gaels defeated Rider to secure career win number 100 for Chambers, who owns the third most wins in the program’s history. The Gaels have boasted an All-Conference honoree in every season under Chambers, including two MAAC Player of the Year awards (Damika Martinez ’14, ’15). Juana Camilion and Paulla Weekes earned Preseason All-MAAC honors in 2020–21 after appearing on All-Conference squads at the end of the 2019–20 season. Iona, selected to finish fifth in the conference in the 2020–21 MAAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, looks to build upon its 6-6 MAAC Tournament record under head coach Billi Chambers.

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