NEW YORK - Columbia University junior Judie Lomax became the first player in school history to be named the Ivy League Women's Basketball Player of the Year, it was announced on Thursday by the conference. Also picking up a major individual award was senior Sara Yee, who was tabbed the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

Lomax, the nation's leading rebounder, also garnered unanimous first-team accolades to highlight a trio of Lions named All-Ivy League. Yee and junior Kathleen Barry earned honorable mention status.

The Ivy League leader in scoring (18.6 ppg), rebounding (14.2 rpg), steals (2.6 spg) and minutes played (37.6 mpg), Lomax also ranked second in field goal percentage (54.2 percent) and eighth in assists (2.7 apg). With the first-team award, she becomes the first Columbia women's basketball player to earn first team recognition twice in a career.

After leading the NCAA in rebounding last season, Lomax expanded her game offensively and scored 20 or more points 12 times this season, including a pair of 30-point performances against Wagner and Cornell. She also used her unique combination of power and quickness to set a single-season school record in steals with 72.

Lomax saved her best performances for the final weekend of the season, as she went for 21 points and 21 rebounds against Yale, then had 20 points and a school-record 27 boards in the regular-season finale against Brown. The 27 rebounds stand as the second-most in an NCAA contest this season, and the most by a player in a game decided in regulation.

A six-time Ivy League Player of the Week award-winner, the 5-11 forward currently stands in the top 40 nationally in five statistical categories, and in addition to rebounding leads all NCAA Division I players in double-doubles (21) and games of 20 or more rebounds this season (4). If she remains the country's leading rebounder through postseason play, the tri-captain would become the first woman in NCAA history to earn back-to-back rebounding crowns.

Yee, also a captain on the 2009-10 squad that won a school-record 18 games, led the Lions' pressure defense and regularly flustered the opposing team's point guard with her relentless style of play. The 5-1 guard was the only player of her stature to start all of her team's games in the NCAA this season, and helped to force lead guards into 115 turnovers in 28 games (4.1/game).

In contrast, Yee has been one of the best in the country at valuing the basketball throughout her career, ranking in the top 20 in assist-to-turnover ratio as a sophomore and currently ranking sixth in the nation in the category this year at 2.6.

Barry enjoyed a breakout campaign as a junior, stepping into a starting role and setting career highs in all major statistical categories. Always a tremendous perimeter defender, the 5-11 guard improved her outside shooting in the offseason and connected on 40.9 percent of her three-pointers, good for sixth-best in the Ivy League. The junior also ranked fifth in the Ivy League in steals (1.9 spg) and 12th in scoring (10.8 ppg).