Yellowjackets’ Milne Earns All-Region Honors

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State University-Billings center Robyn Milne was named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II West Region second team on Tuesday.  The team is nominated and selected by sports information directors at the region’s 24 schools that sponsor women’s basketball.  The region includes teams from the California Collegiate Athletic Association, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference as well as independents Montana State-Billings and Western New Mexico.

Milne, a 6-foot-3 junior from Richey, Mont., started all 27 games for the Yellowjackets this season.  She averaged a double-double of 14.4 points and 11.6 rebounds a game and registered 14 double-double games for points and rebounds.  Along the way she set career highs for points (22 vs. Nova Southeastern) and rebounds (22 vs. Alaska-Fairbanks). 

Milne has played in 76 games as a Yellowjacket over three years, missing just seven games in her sophomore season because of a broken hand.  In that time, she has climbed into the top ten in school history in four career categories.  She is No. 2 for blocked shots behind former teammate Jessie Henigman.  Milne will need 98 blocks as a senior to catch Henigman, who is also No. 15 in NCAA Division II history for career blocks.  This season Milne also moved up to No. 3 for rebounds per game (8.8), No. 7 for career rebounds (667) and No. 4 for field goal percentage (52.9). 

Milne’s junior season totals for rebounds (313) and rebounds per game (11.6) are both third in school history for a single season.  She also blocked 74 shots this season, second most in school history, and holds the Nos. 2, 5 and 6 spots for single season blocked shots.  She was ranked in the top ten in the nation at the end of the season for both blocked shots and rebounds per game.

Known for her dominating defense and rebounding, Milne added a scoring touch to her arsenal this season.  She scored 388 points, netting double figures in 21 of 27 games including the final nine in a row.  She now has 705 points for her career, putting her at No. 24 in school history entering her senior season.  With 295 points next year, Milne will become the sixteenth player in Yellowjacket history to score 1,000 points.  If she matches her rebound total of this season, she will also become the all-time No. 1 rebounder in school history.

2004 DAKTRONICS WEST REGIONAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-STAR TEAM

First Team
*Candice Allen, Cal Poly Pomona                              Guard                              5-10             Sr.            Ontario, CA
Valerie Gustafson, Seattle Pacific                               Forward                          6-0               Sr.            Olympia, WA
Kelly McRee, Grand Canyon                                      Forward                          5-11             Jr.            Phoenix, AZ
+Monica Tokoro, Cal State L.A.                                 Guard                              5-3               Jr.            Honolulu, HI
Kim Abts, Chico State                                                  Guard                              5-7               Jr.            Redding, CA

Second Team                                                           
Heidi Buhler, Northwest Nazarene                             Guard                              5-7               Sr.            Tigard, OR
Kamie Jo Massey, Alaska Anchorage                      Forward                          5-10             Sr.            Payson, UT
Tessa DeBoer, Western Washington                       Forward                          5-11             Sr.            Lynden, WA
Marissa White, Chico State                                        Guard                              5-8               Sr.            Chico, CA
Robyn Milne, Montana State-Billings                     Center                            6-3               Jr.           Richey, MT
Zipporah Chase, Cal State Dominguez Hills             Forward                          6-0               So.           Los Angeles, CA

*Unanimous  +Repeater  from 2003  first team