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...Reka Cserny ’05 was the last Harvard standout to win it, but for the last decade, the Ivy League Player of the Year award has spent a bulk of its time in Lavietes Pavilion.Cserny took home the honor after spearheading Harvard’s come-from-behind Ivy title run in 2005. Hana Pejlto ’04 was a two-time Ivy Player of the Year, and Allison Feaster ’98, arguably the best player ever to suit up for Harvard, won the award three consecutive times. And after spending a year each...
...while, I’ve been in Argentina, watching endless hours of soccer (no complaints about that) and snatching only precious few basketball highlights on ESPN Deportes (all of them are of Manu Ginobili). I trekked through a horrendous blizzard in March 2005 to watch Harvard and Reka Cserny ’05 rally to beat Dartmouth and claim a share of the Ivy Title. One week later, we drove through sleet and rain to see the Crimson fall to the same Big Green team in a playoff in Providence. Last year, I covered a team plagued by youth, inexperience...
...time a 16-seed downed a No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament.Since then, the Crimson has won or split three Ivy titles, had three 20-win seasons, and has sent two of its finest players off to professional careers in Europe. Hana Peljto ’04 and Reka Cserny ’05 combined for three Ivy Player of the Year awards; both were Ivy Rookie of the Year as freshmen and four-time first team All-Ivy performers. Peljto was a freshman just two years after the win over Stanford, and Cserny came a year later. The adage...
...great examples and I think just following them we sort of become that role ourselves.” Peljto was named Ivy League Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004 and is currently in third place all-time in scoring average. Reka Cserny ’05 earned Ivy Player of the Year honors in 2005, while McCaffery started all 27 games for the Crimson last season and ranked second in total rebounds with 122 boards.“I guess it’s a typical thing that people say lead by example, but I guess...
...inside players. You’re going to have to defend that.”A bevy of talent and size in the post gives Delaney-Smith options she didn’t have even two years ago, when the Crimson was thin in the middle and standout forward Reka Cserny ’05 preferred playing outside of the paint. The combination of low-post finesse and speedy perimeter play—as well as quality outside shooting—could make Harvard the most formidable team in the Ivy League. This year’s Harvard squad also...