10/19/09 - Madison County

By: Jonathan Huskey
10:57 p.m.
 
Kaitlin Dudley has been named the TranSouth Conference pre-season Player of the Year by conference voters.
 
The Union senior was second in the conference in scoring last season, behind only teammate Josephine Owino, averaging 16.74 points per game while shooting 53 percent from the field and 43 percent from behind the three-point line.
 
Dudley started all 38 games the Lady Bulldogs played last season, averaging 28.3 minutes per game, good for second on the team.
 
Nine ballots were cast for the award, and Dudley was named as the top choice on five.