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C Jantel Lavender - 4-time Big Ten Player of the Year (LA Sparks)

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OHIO STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team stumbles onto gold mind with Jantel Lavender


Monday, February 25, 2008Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- She's the Oprah of the offense, a shoulder to cry on but an elbow to avoid. She'll solve your problems while she boxes you out.
Always that friend who knows best, Ohio State freshman Jantel Lavender plans to major in psychology - "I like things about life," she said - and, after women's basketball, seems likely to spend her time fixing what ails you. That comes from her nature and her nur ture.
"We look at the deeper side of things," said her mother, Robin. "She is such an empathetic child. People do gravitate toward her."
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On the court, that's not such a good idea. Ask Illinois' Jenna Smith, Lavender's competition as the Big Ten's best post player, and she talks first of Lavender's physical strength, her ability to sit on you in the lane and own her place.
"I like physical games," Lavender said. "I like to throw 'bows sometimes, too. Sometimes 'bows are going to be thrown. It's not that serious."
But the Big Ten coaches who must devise plans to stop her don't focus on Lavender's physical attributes.




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Congrats to Jantel on becoming the first basketball player (man or woman) to be named Big Ten Player of the Year as a Freshman.

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Women's basketball: Coaches name OSU's Lavender Big Ten player of year

The Big Ten women's basketball coaches liked enough of what they saw from Ohio State center Jantel Lavender in her first season to select her as the conference player of the year and unanimously as the freshman of the year.


The league media also unanimously voted Lavender as the Big Ten's top freshman but chose Wisconsin senior guard Jolene Anderson as the player of the year. Lavender is the first freshman to be voted player of the year in men's or women's basketball.

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Twins make a great team
Lavender sisters at OSU have rare support system
Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:51 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Jazmine Lavender, left, has been a steadying influence on her younger sister, Jantel, the co-Big Ten Player of the Year. She offers Jantel support as one of Ohio State's team managers.

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Jazmine Lavender, offering a hand slap to sister Jantel as she comes to the bench, isn't afraid to voice constructive criticism.


The inevitable first question becomes as old hat to every set of twins as John Wayne wearing a white Stetson. "Which one of you is older?"
Jazmine Lavender raised her right hand within the same heartbeat that her sister, Jantel, joined a surround-sound sentence ending with "by 46 minutes."
"She's my little big sister," a laughing Jantel said.
"She's my big little sister," Jazmine corrected while turning the laugh into another stereo moment.
Followers of Ohio State women's basketball should recognize Jantel Lavender by reputation and on sight. A 6-foot-4 freshman center, Jantel was named co-Big Ten player of the year after leading the Buckeyes to a share of the regular-season conference championship.
At 5-8, Jazmine is not as easy to spot on the bench even though she has been by her sister's side all season as one of the team's managers.



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Official Site: Lavender Named AP Honorable Mention All-America

Women's Basketball: Lavender Named AP Honorable Mention All-America

Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Release: 04/01/2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State freshman center [URL="https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87815&SPID=10422&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1180750"]Jantel Lavender[/URL] added more hardware to her collection Tuesday after being named Associated Press honorable mention All-America.

Lavender was voted the 2008 Big Ten co-Player of the Year (coaches), becoming the first Big Ten freshman - men or women's - to win player of the year honors. She also was named the Big Ten player of the week for a record four times, the most by a freshman in conference history.

Lavender was the second-leading freshman scorer (17.6 ppg) and third-leading freshman rebounder (9.9 rpg) in the country and ranked among the Top 5 in the Big Ten in scoring, rebounding and FG percentage (.513). She recorded 13 double-doubles and scored in double-figures in all 31 games.

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College basketball: Lavender chosen Big Ten preseason player of year

Monday, October 27, 2008 3:03 AM
By Jim Massie and Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

CHICAGO -- Ohio State sophomore Jantel Lavender wasn't exactly surprised yesterday after learning that the Big Ten women's basketball coaches and media selected her as the preseason player of the year. The only unanimous choice on the two all-conference teams, Lavender would later hear from OSU coach Jim Foster that preseason honors don't come with a banquet. She still planned the use the vote of confidence for motivation.
"It is something that makes me want to work harder," said Lavender, who shared the award with Wisconsin's Jolene Anderson at the end of last season. "It's not going to stress me out. I'm going to have it in my mind that I'm predicted to be the Big Ten player of the year again. I need to make that come into actuality. It's a great award and I want to win it."
Even before the team's first practice, Foster had seen striking improvements in Lavender. She played for USA Basketball in the summer before her freshman season and missed the team's weightlifting program. She stayed in Columbus this summer and attacked the weight room.
"She obliterated every record we have in the weight room," Foster said. "And she also spent a lot of time working on her three-point shot over the summer."
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Lavender Big Ten co-Player of Week, etc.

Ohio State center Jantel Lavender shared the Big Ten player of the week award yesterday with Purdue point guard FahKara Malone.
Lavender posted double-doubles in points in rebounds while the Buckeyes split a pair of games with Syracuse and Auburn. She had 22 points and 10 rebounds in the 78-71 win over the Orange. She followed that with a 20-point, 12-rebound performance in the 87-80 overtime loss at Auburn.

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Women's basketball notebook: OSU's Lavender named Big Ten player of the week

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:58 AM




Ohio State sophomore center Jantel Lavender received her third Big Ten player of the week award of the season yesterday after leading the women's basketball team to wins over Delaware State and Michigan. Lavender averaged 28.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in the victories while making 78.1 percent of her shots from the field (25 for 32). The award is the seventh of her career.
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It's amazing just watching her play. She does such a good job and it's mostly effortlessly!! I say keep of the good work Jantel and I'm truly glad that you chose OSU ~ GO BUCK!!!
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Watching her work with Prahalis is a thing of beauty. And unlike the men's team we can look forward to two more years of that combo.
 
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