This post was written by Hatchet staff writer Rob Bartnichak.

Women’s basketball junior Jonquel Jones and head coach Jonathan Tsipis were named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively, the league announced on Tuesday.

Jones is the seventh player in GW history to be named Player of the Year and the first since Kimberly Beck in 2008. She is also the fifth Colonial to win the Defensive Player of the Year award and the fourth player in conference history to win both awards in the same season, the first since Temple’s Shey Peddy in 2012.

The Freeport, Bahamas native and Naismith Trophy candidate was the only player in the conference to average a double-double. She was seventh in the nation with 12.5 rebounds per game, sixth in the conference with 15.3 points per game, and eighth in the conference in shooting percentage. She won seven Player of the
Week awards this season and was also selected to the A-10 All Conference First Team and the All-Defensive Team.

Tsipis is the seventh coach in program history to win Coach of the Year and first since Joe McKeown in 2007. Tsipis’ career record at GW is now 63-30 after GW tied the program record for the best 29 game record at 26-3.

Sophomore Caira Washington and freshman Kelli Prange also won honors after impressive seasons. Washington was named to the All-Conference First Team and Prange to the All-Rookie team. Washington was seventh in the conference in rebounding (7.7 rpg) and 16th in scoring (12.2 ppg). Prange averaged 8.6 points and 6 rebounds off the bench this year.

The Colonials will begin A-10 Tournament play on Friday at 11 a.m in the quarterfinals. They will face the winner of the game between VCU and Saint Louis.