UNG athlete selected for Preseason All-Conference team

AUGUSTA, GA.

According to the University of North Georgia Athletics Department, the Peach Belt office announced UNG senior guard, Amber Skidgel of the No. 16 women’s basketball team, to the Preseason All-Conference team Tuesday afternoon.
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UNG junior, Amber Skidgel. Photo Courtesy: UNG Athletics

Skidgel is from Bethlehem, GA and was named a first team All-Conference selection last year after leading the Nighthawks to a PBC Regular Season and Tournament Championship. She led UNG with 12.6 points per outing and was seventh in the league in points and eighth in blocks. She also led the league in made-threes with 68 and was fifth in the PBC in three-point percentage, shooting just over 36 percent.

Skidgel was joined on the team by Francis Marion’s Shaunice Fulmore, Lander’s Mylea McKenith, Flagler’s Tabitha Odabe and Columbus State’s Tatiana Wayne.

 

 

 

 

 

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