Women's Basketball
Beyruti, Sharp Headline All-Met Team
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (4/8/08) - Junior guard Melissa Beyruti (Union City, N.J.) and Head Women's Basketball Coach Michele Sharp headlined the 2007-08 All-Met Division III Team of the Year, as announced Tuesday by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Association.
Beyruti was named the All-Met Division III Player of the Year, while Sharp was selected Coach of the Year for the second time (2002, 2008).
Senior center Chari' Cooper (Paulsboro, N.J.) earned All-Met honors for the third time in her career, joining Beyruti on the first team.
A two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Sharp
(pictured left) guided the Cougars to the Elite Eight for the
second straight year and a school-record 28 wins. Kean also
captured back-to-back NJAC titles, winning the conference title for
the record 12th time and third under Sharp.
In 10 seasons at Kean, Sharp has led the Cougars to a 161-111 overall record, the second most wins in women's basketball coaching history.
This season, Beyruti was also named to the 2008 National
Collegiate Athletic Association Division III State Farm Coaches'
All-America Basketball Team, D3hoops.com All-America third-team,
D3hoops.com 
Atlantic Region first-team and NJAC first-team.
A two-time first-team NJAC all-star, Beyruti (pictured right) led the conference in both scoring (19.0) and three-point field goals made (108/3.4). The 5-8 guard ranked 28th in the nation in scoring, and for the second straight year she led the nation in three point field goals made, as her 108 three-pointers was the seventh highest total all-time in NCAA Division III single season history.
Beyruti had 110 three-pointers a year ago, tied for the fifth highest total all-time, and her 281 career three-pointers rank 14th in NCAA Division III career history heading into her senior year.
The junior became the 14th player in program history to score 1,000 career points and her 1,468 career points broke the all-time record of 1,417 points held by Jaquana Abdullah (1999-2003).
Cooper (pictured left) was tabbed an honorable mention all-american
from both D3hoops.com and the WBCA/State Farm, while also earning
NJAC first-team and D3hoops.com Atlantic Region second-team honors.
The center has left her name near the top of the Kean and NCAA record books after becoming just the third player in school history to score 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
A four-time NJAC all-star, the 6-2 center closed out her career with 1,519 career rebounds, the third highest total in NCAA Division III history and tied for 11th all-time among NCAA all-divisions history.
Cooper led the NJAC in rebounding for four straight years, averaging 14.1 rebounds this season to rank third in the nation. Her 450 rebounds this season shattered her own school record and rank 14th in NCAA Division III single season history.
This season, Cooper averaged 11.6 points a game to rank third on the team and became the 15th player in program history to score 1,000 career points. She finished her career with 1,231 career points to rank sixth in program history.