Q&A With a Catamount - May Kotsopoulos
2009-10 SEASON (as of 12/18/09): Named to the 2009-10 America East Preseason All-Conference Team for the first time in her career ... Was the MVP of the Sheraton Raleigh Wolfpack Invitational after totaling 47 points on the weekend (23.5 ppg) and shot 59.3 precent from the field and 54.5 percent from three-point range ... Matched her career-high of 26 points in the season opener versus Western Michigan ... Added 22 points in UVMs victory at Boston College ... Scored a team-high 17 points (4-for-6 3FG) and added six rebounds in a win over Manhattan ... Scored a career-high 29 points to lead UVM to a victory at Holy Cross ... Scored a game-high 19 points to lead Vermont past UMass ... Led Vermont with 20 points against Oklahoma State ... Named the America East Player of the Week (12/14) after averaging 22.7 points and shooting 51.1 percent from the field in a three-game stretch.
2008-09 SEASON: Named to the America East All-Conference Second Team and All-Academic Team for the second straight year Also earned a spot on the America East All-Defensive Team for the third straight season and is the only Catamount in the program's history to garner the honor Helped lead Vermont to the 2009 America East Women's Basketball Tournament Championship Named to the America East All-Championship Team Averaged 17.3 points and shot 55.6 percent from three-point range and 82.6 percent from the foul line (19-for-23) Ranked second in the league in steals (74-2.2 pg) Reached double figures in each game, with a tournament high of 21 in the victory over No. 1 Boston U in the finals Went 10-for-13 from the stripe in the championship game to help seal the win Reached the 1,000-career point milestone with 12 points versus Hartford She was the 18th member of UVM's 1,000-point club and the eighth player to reach the milestone prior to their senior year She reached the mark in her 81st career game, the sixth fastest in school history Had her streak of 58 consecutive starts snapped when she stepped out of the starting lineup on "Senior Day" to allow all five seniors to earn a start One of 12 players in school history to play over 3,000 minutes Played 53 minutes and scored 24 points in UVM's triple-overtime win against Dartmouth in the TD Banknorth Classic Consolation Game and followed that up with 25 points in an overtime victory over Providence Named to the State Farm Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring 25 points at No. 18 Florida Went 10-for-14 from the floor in the game and added five rebounds Ranked second on the team in scoring for the second straight year (14.0 ppg) and led the team in steals (74) Earned a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Women's Basketball First Team ... Also named the America East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete for the second straight season.
2007-08 SEASON: Named the America East Defensive Player of the Year ... Became the first Vermont player to earn the award in the history of the program Was a unanimous selection to the league's all-defensive team for the second straight year Also earned a spot on the America East All-Conference Second Team and All-Academic Team (had the highest GPA of the five players selected to the squad) Named the America East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete with a 3.54 GPA as a business administration major Led the team in steals (62 - 2.00 pg) and ranked among the conference leaders in five other categories ... Ranked second on the team in scoring (12.6 ppg) and was one of three Catamounts among the top-10 scoring leaders in the conference ... Missed the first two games of the season with a knee injury Made her season debut versus Brown in the first round of the TD Banknorth Classic, chipping in 11 points and helped the Catamounts capture their second straight TD Banknorth Classic title Netted 20 points in a win over Harvard, going 6-for-10 from the field and went 6-for-8 from the foul line Poured in 24 points in the first meeting with New Hampshire Scored a career-high 26 points in Vermont's win over Hartford Picked up a career-high six steals and added 14 points in a victory at New Hampshire Handed out a career-high seven assists in a win at Maine and chipped in 14 points Led the Catamounts in scoring in the America East Tournament, averaging 15.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, while shooting 47.6% from the floor, 40.0% from three-point range and 87.5% from the foul line Chipped in 10.0 points and 3.5 assists in two Postseason WNIT games.
MISCELLANEOUS: Wrote a letter to the editor that was featured in the Burlington Free Press about UVM's Think Pink game as part of the WBCA's initiative to raise breast cancer awareness The Catamounts donned pink uniforms for the game on Feb. 10 versus Stony Brook and raised over $3,500 that went to the Vermont Cancer Center.
2006-07 SEASON: Was a unanimous pick for the America East All-Rookie Team ... She also became the first Catamount in the program's history to earn a spot on the league's all-defensive team ... Started 30 of 31 games ... Began her career scoring 10 points in a loss to UMass in the season opener ... She averaged 11.5 points in Vermont's own TD Bank Classic and garnered all-tournament team honors, helping the Catamounts defeat East Carolina in the championship game to capture the title ... Netted 21 points at Minnesota ... Scored 17 points in her America East debut, a victory at Boston U ... Scored in double figures 19 times, including four straight entering the America East Tournament ... Averaged 17.5 during the final week of the regular season and entered the tournament averaging 14.5 points per game ... Ranked second on the team in scoring ... Finished the year averaging 10.9 points per game and collected 52 steals ... Averaged 11.0 points per game and shot 40 percent from three-point range (4-for-10) in the America East Tournament.
BEFORE VERMONT: Came to UVM from Waterloo Collegiate Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, the same area that produced former UVM standout Aaron Yantzi '04 ... Averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and two steals per game as a senior ... Won a national championship from 2003-2005 ... Named to the all-league first team all four years ... Was named Miss Ontario Basketball and the Waterloo Collegiate Athlete of the Year in 2006 ... Led Waterloo to the Ontario Championship Quarterfinals in 2006 She won a gold medal with the Ontario U17 team at the 2005 Canadian Summer Games.
PERSONAL: Is the daughter of Jim and Frieda Kotsopoulos ... Has an older sister, Sophie, who played lacrosse at Wilfrid Laurier University and an older brother Gary ... Is a business administration major and Deans List student ... Worked as a student assistant in the athletic communications office at Vermont during the summer of 2008 ... Spent the summer of 2009 as a marketing/promotions intern with the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA Last name is pronounced cots-sop-ah-las.
Career Statistics
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2006-07 31-30 902/29.1 121-288 .420 35-98 .357 61-84 .726 40-49 89 2.9 69-2 38 57 5 52 338/10.9
2007-08 31-28 975/31.5 136-338 .402 43-134 .321 77-106 .726 26-40 66 2.1 59-1 67 68 10 62 392/12.6
2008-09 33-32 1196/36.2 151-418 .361 43-143 .301 116-154 .753 26-61 87 2.6 81-2 97 81 7 74 461/14.0
TOTAL 95-90 3073/32.3 408-1044 .391 121-375 .323 254-344 .738 92-150 242 2.5 209-5 202 206 22 188 1191/12.5