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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Fort Lewis College women's basketball player Katerina Garcia earned first team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honors, RMAC Assistant Commissioner Eric Danner announced today.
 
FLC's Ashley Kuchar was named to the All-RMAC second team, while Alex Easterbrook and Christie Groh received third team honors.
 
“As a group, they all complimented each other really well,” said first-year FLC head coach Jason Flores. “We have the type of team where on any given night, multiple players can have good games and that reflects on not just one person standing out in any category.  We have come a long way and I am just happy for them.”
 
Garcia, a 5-foot-5 senior guard from Durango High School in Durango, Colo., leads the RMAC in assists (135) and needs just one more to tie Abby Jackson (136, 2009-10) for most assists in a single season in school history. A Preseason All-RMAC selection and RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll performer this year, Garcia earned all-conference accolades for the second time in her career. She was previously a third team All-RMAC pick in 2010-11.
 
“Kat was a driving force in us ending up where we did,” said Flores. “As a point guard, she did a great job leading the team and was great in distributing the ball or scoring when needed.”
 
In addition to leading the league in assists, Garcia ranks among league leaders in steals (second, 68), assist-to-turnover ratio (seventh, 1.6), three-pointers (19th, 34), points per game (21st, 11.2), free throw shooting (21st, 71.1 percent), field goals (21st, 107), points (22nd, 302), field goal shooting (23rd, 40.8 percent) and three-point shooting (24th, 32.1 percent).
 
Garcia broke a 22-year-old school record for most steals in a single game with nine vs. Minnesota-Crookston on Nov. 23, 2012. She tied the school standard for most assists in a single game with 11 in the RMAC Shootout championship game against Western State on March 3, 2012.
 
She ranks among FLC career leaders in assists (second, 369), steals (fourth, 191), free throws (16th, 174) and three-pointers (18th, 69).
 
A 5-foot-8 junior guard from Provo High School in Provo, Utah, Kuchar earned All-RMAC honors for the first time in her career. An outstanding student-athlete, she was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 6 squad and RMAC All-Academic first team in 2012-13 and the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll in 2011-12. She was also chosen as the RMAC/Baden Defensive Player of the Week on Jan. 7, 2013.
 
“Ashley led us in scoring and was our best three-point shooter,” said Flores. “She can really extend the defense with her scoring ability, but, more importantly, she was much-improved defensively as the year went on.”
 
Kuchar ranks among league leaders in three pointers (fourth, 62), blocks (11th, 19), assists (13th, 77), points (14th, 337), points per game (15th, 12.5), field goals (15th, 117), three-point shooting (18th, 34.6 percent) and steals (18th, 41).
 
She also ranks among FLC career leaders in three-pointers (seventh, 136), blocked shots (16th, 38), assists (20th, 209) and steals (20th, 127).

A 5-foot-6 senior guard from Cactus Shadows High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., Easterbrook became the first Capital One Academic All-America women's basketball player (and ninth student-athlete from any sport) in FLC history earlier this season when she was named to the Academic All-America third team. She also earned Capital One Academic All-District 6 and RMAC All-Academic first team accolades as senior after receiving RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll distinction the previous two years. She's the last remaining member of FLC's 2009-10 squad that advanced to the NCAA Division II national championship game.
 
“Alex was instrumental in our success,” said Flores. “She led us in minutes played as she did so many of the little things that do not always show up in a box score. She was our best defender and could always be counted on.”
 
Easterbrook leads the RMAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.7) and ranks among league leaders in assists (third, 101), steals (fourth, 58), three pointers (tenth, 48), three-point shooting (12th, 36.4 percent) and field goal shooting (24th, 40.3 percent).

She also ranks among FLC leaders in three-pointers (13th, 82) and assists (16th, 216).
 
Groh, a 6-foot-1 junior forward from Carroll High School in Grapevine, Texas, earned All-RMAC distinction for the first time in her career. She is a two-time member of the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.
 
“Christie has developed into one of the better post players in the league,” said Flores. “She developed a good back-to-the-basket game to go along with her ability to face up and hit a shot, as well as her ability to run the floor and score in transition.”
 
Groh ranks among RMAC leaders in total rebounds (seventh, 180), defensive rebounds (seventh, 121), rebounds per game (eighth, 6.7), offensive rebounds (eighth, 59), blocks (12th, 18), field goals (13th, 121), field goal shooting (17th, 42.8 percent), points per game (23rd, 11.0) and points (24th, 296).
 
The Skyhawks (18-9) are the fourth seed in the RMAC Shootout and face league champion, top seed and fourth-ranked nationally Colorado Mesa (26-1) at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Brownson Arena in Grand Junction, Colo. The Mavs won the RMAC regular season title and swept FLC during the regular season: a 77-62 win in Whalen Gymnasium on Dec. 16 and a 76-68 victory in Grand Junction last Saturday.
 
The Mavericks lead the all-time series 35-29 since FLC began keeping women's basketball records during the 1982-83 season. The two have only met twice in the postseason, with each school picking up an NAIA District VII playoff win on its home court (Mesa State won 91-75 on Feb. 27, 1990, while Fort Lewis triumphed 57-56 on Feb. 28, 1986). None of the current FLC players were born the last time the two met in the postseason.
 
The other RMAC semifinal features second-seeded Metro State (20-9) and sixth-seeded Colorado Christian (17-10) at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Brownson Arena. The semifinal winners will meet in the RMAC championship game at 7 p.m. Saturday, also at Colorado Mesa.
 
The Skyhawks have won the past two league tournament titles and have now advanced to the RMAC Shootout semifinals six years in a row.