NEWARK, NJ--NJIT senior Kelly Guarino has been selected to the 2018 ASUN Conference All-Academic team, as the league office announced postseason honors and awards Thursday.

This marks the first selection for Guarino, who is a Business major with concentration in Marketing and minor in Communications.  She earned Dean's List seven-out-of-eight semesters at NJIT.

Guarino the team leader in points at 12.3ppg, has led the Highlanders in the last three contests, tying her career-best mark at North Florida on February 17 with a 24-point performance.  Guarino combined for back-to-back 19-point games at Jacksonville (Feb. 19) and USC Upstate (Feb. 24).

Her 58 three-point field goals made, tops the Highlanders, ranking first in the ASUN in three-pointers made per game (2.9) and second in three-point field goal percentage (39.5).

The 5-foot-6 guard has scored in double-figures in the last 10-out-of-11 games and netted 15 three-pointers in the last three games.  Her 177 career three-pointers rank second all-time in the NJIT D1 era and her 35.6 shooting percentage from behind the arc ranks first.

The No. 8 seeded NJIT Highlanders will visit No. 1 FGCU in the ASUN Quarterfinals on Friday at 7pm inside Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida.

The Highlanders (4-25) closed the regular season with a 74-67 loss at USC Upstate on February 24, while FGCU (27-4) defeated Stetson, 74-60.

NJIT is 0-2 all-time in the ASUN Tournament, falling to No. 1 FGCU in 2015-16 and No. 4 Kennesaw State in 2016-17.