DURANGO, Colo. — Abby Jackson and Dana Schreibvogel shared the Most Valuable Player Award for women's basketball at the 2011 Skyhawk Awards Banquet, held April 7 at the Student Union Ballroom.

“Abby and Dana were incredibly valuable to this team on and off the court,” said sixth-year FLC women's basketball head coach Mark Kellogg. “Abby was the emotional leader as our point guard and Dana became our go-to player on the offensive end. We relied on Abby to lead this young and inexperienced team and she responded with her best season on the court. There is a reason why she is our winningest player in program history. Dana exploded this year and completely carried us on her back in a few games. Dana had one of the best single seasons in FLC women's basketball history.”

Jackson, a 5-foot-4 guard from Memorial High School in Tulsa, Okla., led the FLC women's basketball team into the NCAA Division II playoffs each of her four years as a Skyhawk, including runner-up in 2010 and the Sweet Sixteen in 2009. The Skyhawks also won Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season championships during her first three years and the RMAC Shootout championship for the first time ever during her senior campaign.

Jackson earned Daktronics All-Central Region honors in 2011, a season that also saw her earn first team All-RMAC and preseason All-RMAC accolades. She was a second team All-RMAC pick in 2010 and received honorable mention all-conference in 2009. An outstanding student-athlete, she was a three-time RMAC All-Academic selection and a two-time D2 Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award recipient.

She is also FLC's career women's basketball leader in victories (117), assists (389) and three-point field goals (235).

In addition to her MVP award, Jackson also shared the Jan Wilson-Hetzler Outstanding Senior Female Athlete Award with women's soccer player Christine Schmelzle at the Skyhawk Awards Banquet. The Jan Wilson-Hetzler Outstanding Award is presented annually to the most outstanding senior female athlete(s) at Fort Lewis College. It is named after Jan Wilson-Hetzler, who was women's tennis coach and exercise science instructor at Fort Lewis in the mid-1970s. She died of breast cancer in 1976, age 31. The Department of Athletics named the award after her the following year.

Schreibvogel, a 6-foot junior forward from Weld Central High School in Keenesburg, Colo., earned third team Women's Division II Bulletin All-America and Women's Basketball Coaches Association State Farm All-America honorable mention accolades in 2010-11.

A key reserve during her first two years as a Skyhawk, she blossomed as a full-time starter in 2010-11. She was named the RMAC Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the RMAC Shootout this year. In addition to those honors, she was a first team Daktronics All-Central Region selection, a first team All-RMAC pick, a second team RMAC All-Academic choice, the RMAC Student-Athlete of the Month for January, and a five-time RMAC Player of the Week (three offensive, two defensive) in 2010-11. She earned RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll and D2 Athletic Directors Association/WeatherPORT Academic Achievement awards a year ago.

Schreibvogel led the RMAC in scoring (18.5 points per game) and field goal shooting (.579). She also ranks among league leaders in defensive rebounds (ninth, 5.2 per game), free throw shooting (11th, .777), rebounding (12th, 6.5 per game) and steals (13th, 1.7 per game).

She ranks among FLC career leaders in free throws (eighth, 228), scoring (16th, 894 points), field goals (18th, 328) and blocked shots (19th, 27).

Fort Lewis (28-3 overall) finished their 2010-11 campaign with the best winning percentage in school history (.903) — topping the 2009-10 squad that went 35-4 (.897) and advanced to the NCAA Division II championship game. The Skyhawks won their first-ever RMAC Shootout championship this year and qualified for the NCAA playoffs for the fourth straight season. FLC also hosted the NCAA Division II Central Regionals for the second year in a row.

The Skyhawks lose just one senior — Jackson — to graduation.