March 7, 2025
Bucs Starting Five Named All-Conference, Serrano Player of the Year
After winning their first Citrus Conference Championship in three seasons, five Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored by the league on Friday as Georgi Buzzetti, Asiana Britt, Ivy Brown, and Sarah Owona were named to the All-Conference Team while Samantha Serrano was named the Citrus Conference Player of the Year and FSW Head Coach Jamie Fisher was named the Coach of the Year.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- After winning their first Citrus Conference Championship in three seasons, five Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored by the league on Friday as Georgi Buzzetti, Asiana Britt, Ivy Brown, and Sarah Owona were named to the All-Conference Team while Samantha Serrano was named the Citrus Conference Player of the Year and FSW Head Coach Jamie Fisher was named the Coach of the Year.
Leading the way for the Bucs was Samantha Serrano who earned Citrus Conference Player of the Year honors in her first season in the Purple and Aqua. Serrano was the top scorer for the Bucs during the regular season, averaging 18.6 points per game while becoming the first FSW freshman in program history to top the 500 point mark.
Joining Serrano on the 1st Team All-Conference squad was backcourt mate Asiana Britt. Britt was second on the team, averaging 12.1 points per game during the regular season while leading the squad with 3.3 assists a night.
The third Buc to earn 1st Team All-Conference accolades was Georgi Buzzetti. Buzzetti nearly averaged a double-double in conference action, putting up 9.3 points and a team best 10.1 rebounds per game in the Bucs 18 league tilts.
Bucs sophomores Sarah Owona and Ivy Brown were both named to the 2nd Team All-Conference Team
Owona came up big for FSW down the stretch, scoring 16 or more points and shot 50% or better in each of the Bucs final four games of the regular season, including the three highest scoring efforts of her career in Bucs last three wins.
The ever steady Brown put up 10.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game during the regular season, leading FSW shooting 55% from the field on the year.
Pushing all of the right buttons for the Bucs this season was Citrus Conference Coach of the Year Jamie Fisher. Fisher led FSW to a 23-4 mark during the regular season and a Citrus Conference Championship with a 17-1 record.
With a Conference Championship and their awards in tow, the Bucs now turn their attention to the postseason where they will begin their march to a crown on Wednesday in Niceville when they take on Pensacola State at 4 PM (ET) in the first round of the FCSAA Championships in Raider Arena.