Dear Horizon League,

Congratulations on becoming a strong basketball conference.  You have teams like Green Bay who are ranked and seem to win a title every year.  You also have teams like Youngstown State University that you just don’t seem to know what to do with.  This season, you missed the mark just a hair, picking the Lady Penguins to finish eighth.  Good one.

I screwed up and felt horrible for only picking them to win 18 games this season.

This wasn’t your first big miss though.  in 2009, you selected Detroit’s Yar Shayok as the Horizon League Newcomer of The Year instead of Brandi Brown.  Despite Brown being ahead in virtually every category, you opted for the player from the team with more wins.  Didn’t know that was an award that went to the best new player on the team with the best record.  My bad.

I didn’t think you could do any worse, but I was wrong.  The very next season, Brown scored 597 points and led the league with a 19.9 average.  She ranked fourth in rebounding with an average of 9.2 rebounds per game.  She even led the league in double-doubles that year with 13.  She had to be a shoe-in for First Team Horizon League Postseason Honors, possibly even Player of The Year.  Your voting system failed once again as Brown got only second team.  My stomach hurts.

So here it is powers that be…

Brown finished her career with over 2,000 points.  She was only the second Penguin to ever do that.  She also finished her career as Youngstown State’s all-time leading rebounder.  She was your Player of The Week three weeks in a row.  She deserves to be your Player of The Year.  Please don’t embarrass the league and bypass Brandi Brown for an award she deserves again.
Sincerely,

Paneech

P.S.  Coach Boldon deserves some hardware too…  just saying.