Mars Hill’s Abby DeBusk Named Women’s Basketball Academic All-American

MARS HILL, NC - Mars Hill College senior guard Abby DeBusk has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Third Team that was released by CoSIDA on Tuesday. DeBusk was named a first team All-South Atlantic Conference member yesterday.

DeBusk is a 5-9 senior from New Tazewell, TN. On the basketball court she leads the team in scoring (17.1 ppg) and assists (3.7 apg) and is third in free throw percentage (.783) and rebounding (6.0 rpg). In the South Atlantic Conference, Abby ranks second in scoring, first in 3-point percentage (.479), eleventh in rebounding, eighth in assists and free throw percentage and seventh in field goal percentage (.511). Abby has twice been named SAC Player of the Week this season along with receiving first team All-SAC honors.

This year Abby also entered the Mars Hill 1,000-point club and is currently the 12th all-time scorer (1,321 pts) in the history of the women's basketball program. She also broke the Mars Hill school career assist record (442) that was set back in 1987. Debusk currently has 455 career assists.

In the classroom, Abby carries 3.84 cumulative grade point average. She is majoring in Chemistry with a minor in Pre-Professional Studies.

College Division

First Team
Alison Adamson Augustana College (SD)
Lisa Winkle Calvin College
Mary Moskal Lewis University
Julie Anderson Mercyhurst College
Ashley Marble University of Southern Maine
Sarah Grab West Virginia Wesleyan

Second Team
Tarra Richardson McMurry University
Stephanie Smith Olivet College
Nikki Lewis University of St. Francis (IN)
Lacey Kennedy Mississippi College
Danielle Dwello Northwest Nazarene University
Jessica Zapf University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Third Team
Leora Juster University of California at San Diego
Katie LaViolette Concordia University (MN)
Sharon Prange Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abby DeBusk Mars Hill College