Honor Roll

Gina Somma (MAN)

Gina Somma

  • Class
    1996
  • Induction
    2013
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball
During her senior campaign, Somma helped Manhattan capture its third-ever MAAC Championship by netting 768 points, which is the most ever scored by a Manhattan player in a single season. She finished her career at Manhattan by being named the 1996 MAAC Player of the Year, Metropolitan Player of the Year and Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American after finishing third in nation in scoring (25.6 ppg) and leading the Jaspers to the MAAC title and an NCAA berth. She graduated having scored 1,838 points and grabbed 819 rebounds, which currently ranks her third and fifth, respectively, on Manhattan's all-time list.  Somma is also second all-time in scoring average, netting 16.7 points per game. She was named Second Team All-MAAC as a sophomore and junior, and led the team three times in scoring, steals and blocks, and four times in rebounding. Somma was inducted into the Manhattan Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.