SEATTLE (Mar. 4) -- Seattle Pacific University center Kelley Berglund (Jr., 6-3, Port Angeles, Wa./Washington State) has been voted the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year and a runner-up for player of the year in a poll of league coaches.

Berglund, also a first team all-GNAC choice, averages 15.7 points while shooting 56 percent from the field. She was runner-up to Central Washington's Rose Shaw for player of the year. Kristin Poe (So., 5-8, Enumclaw, Wa.), the SPU leader in rebounds (8.2) and steals (2.3), made the GNAC second team.

Seattle Pacific (22-5), ranked No. 7 in the nation, begins NCAA Division II West Regional play Thursday night in Pomona when they face Cal State Bakersfield.