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http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/2312
Megan named Preseason SLC Player of the Year by this website/publication...

http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/2286
She was also named Preseason 4th Team Mid-Major All-American...

Congrats!!!

Megan on 1st Team Preseason All-SLC, obviously:

http://www.southland.org/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205326519&DB_OEM_ID=18400

1st Team School Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/Previous School
Megan Herbert* Central Arkansas F 5-11 Jr. Rogers, Ark./Shiloh Christian
Ashlyn Baggett* McNeese State G 5-6 Jr. Iota, La./Iota
Britni Martin* Sam Houston State F 6-0 Jr. Conroe, Texas/Conroe
Kalis Loyd* Lamar G 6-2 Jr. Malmoe, Sweden/Borgarskolan
Tammara Marion* Stephen F. Austin G 5-6 Sr. Houston, Texas/Bellaire

2nd Team
Sequeena Thomas* Sam Houston State F 6-0 Jr. Allentown, Pa./Parkland
Caitlyn Baggett* McNeese State G 5-6 Jr. Iota, La./Iota
Monique Whittaker* Lamar F 5-9 Sr. Livingston, Texas/Nebraska
KK Babin Nicholls State G 5-4 So. Gonzales, La./St. Michael
Diamond Ford Texas State G 5-8 Jr. Houston, Texas/Hightower

Sugar Bears picked to finish 2nd in the East behind McNeese:

http://www.southland.org/ViewArticle.dbml?temp_site=NO&ATCLID=205326524&DB_OEM_ID=18400

2011-12 Women’s Basketball Preseason Polls
Coaches’ Poll
East
Team (1st place votes) Total
1. McNeese State (9) 64
2. Central Arkansas (2) 54
3. Lamar (1) 50
4. Northwestern State 33
5. Nicholls State 23
6. Southeastern Louisiana 22

SID Poll
East
Team (1st place votes) Total
1. McNeese State (9) 64
2. Central Arkansas (2) 50
3. Lamar (1) 48
4. Northwestern State 34
5. Southeastern Louisiana 26
6. Nicholls State 24

Good place to be...they will have Cowgirls in their sights.

I expect to see more than one on all-SLC teams when it is over with....however, that is very good group.

Finally, getting some national recognition...

http://collegechalktalk.com/conferencenotebooks/women/2011-12/11.6.11rodeckerwom

November 6, 2011
Nat'l Women's Basketball Report: A&M, Central Arkansas' Megan Herbert, and a UCF double-double

George Rodecker, National Columnist
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John Wooden once said, “To me, the best pure basketball I see today … is among the better women’s teams.”

The Worthy 20

Here’s yet another very deserving player who unbelievably missed the cut for the Wooden Watch 30, but makes our Wooden Worthy 20.

Courtesy Josh Goff/University of Central Arkansas Meet Megan Herbert, junior forward at Central Arkansas University. Megan’s accomplishments are most certainly Watch worthy. She’s been honored as the 2009-2010 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and in her sophomore season she was selected as the 2010-2011 Southland Conference Player of the Year. Megan’s made the Southland Conference first team both of her seasons at Central Arkansas and has certainly shown that the best is still yet to come. She is the only player in Southland history to lead the conference in both scoring AND rebounding twice.

She already has 47 career double-doubles: a Southland Conference record, and she’s only halfway through her college playing days. The former Miss Basketball in Arkansas (2009) has an incredible high school and collegiate resume and stacks up favorably against the nation’s elite players...