Reyna Frost wins MAC Player of the Year; Sue Guevara reigns as top coach
Four members of the Central Michigan women's basketball team were honored as the Mid-American Conference released its all-conference teams and individual-award winners, voted on by the head coaches, sports information directors and media members.
Senior forward Reyna Frost became the third CMU player to ever be named the MAC Player of the Year, while 12th-year coach Sue Guevara picked up her third MAC Coach of the Year honor.
Guevara, throughout CMU's 24-6 overall and 15-3 conference record, has paced her team to success once again, delivering a MAC West Division title, outright MAC regular season title and a No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament.
Both Frost and senior guard Presley Hudson were named to the All-MAC First Team, while Frost also cemented her name into the All-Defensive Team. Sophomore guard Micaela Kelly earned a spot on the All-MAC Third Team.
For the second-straight year, the MAC Player of the Year has come straight from the Chippewas. This time around, it's Frost. Just a season ago, it was forward Tinara Moore. Frost was also the MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2018, and she has a chance to repeat in the near future.
Frost averages 21.7 points per game, 13.5 rebounds and shoots 55.5 percent from the field. Hudson follows her with 20.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists per contest. Meanwhile, Kelly shoots an impressive 41.8 percent from the 3-point line en route to 14 points per game, 4.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists.
The three Chippewas have started all 30 games this season.
The only other Chippewa, besides Frost and Moore, to win player of the year was Crystal Bradford in 2013. Frost picked up 35 first-place votes, giving her 124 points. Next on the list was Buffalo's Cierra Dillard with seven first-place marks and 75 points.
As for MAC Coach of the Year, Guevara is the first to do it in back-to-back seasons since Bowling Green's Curt Miller, who actually won five-straight from 2005-09.
Here are the full 2018-19 MAC awards for women's basketball:
Player of the Year: Reyna Frost (Central Michigan)
Coach of the Year: Sue Guevara (Central Michigan)
Freshman of the Year: Erica Johnson (Ohio)
Sixth Player of the Year: Erica Johnson (Ohio)
Defensive Player of the Year: Cierra Hooks (Ohio)
All-Mid-American Conference First Team:
Cierra Dillard, Buffalo
Reyna Frost, Central Michigan
Presley Hudson, Central Michigan
Lauren Dickerson, Miami
Cierra Hooks, Ohio
All-Mid-American Conference Second Team:
Megan Sefcik, Akron
Summer Hemphill, Buffalo
Savannah Kluesner, Miami
Mikayla Voigt, Northern Illinois
Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo
All-Mid-American Conference Third Team:
Andrea Cecil, Bowling Green
Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan
Megan Carter, Kent State
Amani Burke, Ohio
Erica Johnson, Ohio
All-Mid-American Conference Honorable Mention:
Oshlynn Brown, Ball State
Danielle Minott, Eastern Michigan
Kendall McCoy, Miami
Mikaela Boyd, Toledo
Deja Wimby, Western Michigan
Mid-American Conference All-Defensive Team:
Reyna Frost, Central Michigan
Alexa Golden, Kent State
Cierra Hooks, Ohio
Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo
Deja Wimby, Western Michigan
Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team:
Thelma Dis Agustsdottir, Ball State
Morgan McMillen, Bowling Green
Asiah Dingle, Kent State
Lindsey Thall, Kent State
Erica Johnson, Ohio
