EAST STROUDSBURG – The Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball organization held its final media luncheon of the year this week, with East Stroudsburg University graduate forward Kitt Najee Walls and senior guard Tiffany Lapotsky each named to the Team of the Year.

The team is made up of the top men's and women's players during the 2019-20 season, as selected by the area's head coaches. LVSCB is comprised of all Division II and III schools in the region, including ESU, Kutztown, Cedar Crest, DeSales, Moravian and Muhlenberg.

Walls (Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle College HS) ranks fifth all-time in program history in assists (456) and is seventh in steals (163). He leads the Warriors this season in assists (3.9) and steals (2.0) per game. Walls is also second on the team in scoring (9.6) this season, while ranking second in the PSAC in steals per game.

Walls set a career-high with 19 points against Virginia Union back in early November, and has nine double-digit scoring performances on the season. He has eight games with five or more assists during the 2019-20 campaign, including a season-high eight helpers on a pair of occasions. 

Lapotsky (Ashland, Pa./North Schuylkill) ranks seventh all-time in program history in points (1,372), field goals (490), and three-pointers (121). She has registered double-digit points in 23 of 24 games this season for the Warriors and has crossed the 20-point mark 11 times. Lapotsky ranks sixth in the PSAC in scoring (18.8 ppg) and points (452).

Lapotsky matched a career-high with 30 points in a win at home against Mercyhurst on December 21. She is averaging a career-best 18.8 points per contest and tallied her 1,000th career point earlier this season. She also became just the seventh player in program history to score 1,300 points in her career. 

The Player of the Year awards were renamed in 2007 in honor of Pete Nevins, ESU's sports information director from 1969-2002 and the founder of the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball organization. Muhlenberg's Dan Gaines was selected as the area's Men's Player of the Year, while Lapotsky was honored as the Women's Player of the Year. Lapotsky is the first women's player to win the award since Alyssa Antolick in 2007.