WALTHAM, Mass. – Brandeis University women's basketball juniors Maria Jackson of Rochester, N.Y., and Sydney Sodine of Dix Hills, N.Y., have been recognized by the University Athletic Association (UAA) for their performance in the 2015-16 season. Jackson was named to the All-UAA second team, while Sodine was an All-UAA honorable mention.

Jackson, a center, was an All-Association honorable mention a year ago. This season, she started all 25 contests and led the Judges in scoring, averaging 9.9 points per game, 18^th in the conference. Her 10.7 ppg in conference games was 16^th-best. Jackson also led the Judges and finished fifth in the Association in rebounding at 7.9 boards per game. She also led the team with 46 assists and 35 steals, and was one blocked shot shy of the team lead with 17.

Jackson scored in double figures in 12 games this season while pulling down 10 or more rebounds six times, finishing with three double-doubles. She established a couple of career-highs, grabbing 18 rebounds in a win over Roger Williams University on Nov. 17, the most in a game by a Brandeis player since at least 2005. Jackson also scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed eight boards in a 69-65 upset win at then-ninth-ranked Rochester in front of a hometown crowd. Jackson was named Most Valuable Player of the Brandeis Tip-Off Tournament for the second year in a row this season.

Sodine, a forward, also started all 25 games. She finished second to Jackson on the team in scoring (9.3 ppg, 23^rd in the UAA) and rebounding (5.6 rpg, 16^th). She led the squad with 18 blocked shots - 10^th in the UAA - and placed third in steals (24).

Sodine scored in double figures 11 times this season and had three 10-rebound games to finish with two double-doubles. Sodine scored a career-best 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a 69-66 overtime win over Case Western Reserve University on Jan. 29. She also had 17 points and 13 boards in the win over RWU in November.

The Brandeis women's basketball team finished with a 12-13 record, 5-9 in the UAA this season, good for sixth place. The Judges picked up a pair of wins over conference NCAA tournament teams, both on the road, winning at Carnegie Mellon, 72-66, on Feb. 7 and at Rochester, 69-65, on Feb. 12.

Jackson is a 2013 graduate of Hilton High School.

Sodine is a 2013 graduate of Half Hollow Hills West High School.

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