MAC WBB awards roundup: Two Chippewas make first team All-MAC
Two Central Michigan women's basketball players were named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team, the conference announced Tuesday.
Senior guard Micaela Kelly and sophomore guard Molly Davis received the honors, with Kelly also claiming a position on the All-MAC Defensive Team.
Kelly was unable to repeat as MAC Player of the Year, with the honor going to Ohio's Cece Hooks. On the season, Kelly averaged 23.3 points per game, which ranked third in the conference. She also ranked fifth in the conference in assists with 4.0 per game and surpassed the 2,000-point mark against Toledo late in the season.
Davis was a second team All-MAC choice last season, working her way up the ladder as a first team selection this year. She ranked sixth in the conference in scoring average with 20.2 points per game. She shot 50 percent from the field, which ranked third in the MAC, and ranked seventh in 3-point percentage with her percentage of 39.9.
Joining Davis and Kelly on the first team were Hooks, Ball State's Oshlynn Brown and Buffalo's Dyaisha Fair. Kelly was accompanied on the All-Defensive team by Hooks, Fair, Bowling Green's Nyla Hampton, Eastern Michigan's Areanna Combs and Kent State's Lyndsey Thall.
Here is a full list of the awards handed out by the MAC on Tuesday:
Player of the Year: Cece Hooks, G, Ohio
Coach of the Year: Robyn Fralick, Bowling Green
Sixth Player of the Year: Janae Poisson, G, Northern Illinois
Freshman of the Year: Lexi Fleming, G, Bowling Green
Defensive Player of the Year: Hooks
First Team All-MAC:
G: Hooks, Micaela Kelly (CMU), Molly Davis (CMU), Dyaisha Fair (Buffalo)
F: Oshlynn Brown (Ball State)
Second Team All-MAC:
G: Fleming, Areanna Combs (EMU), Peyton Scott (Miami, Ohio), Chelby Koker (NIU)
F: Nila Blackford (Kent State)
Third Team All-MAC:
G: Quinesha Lockett (Toledo), Katie Hempfling (Bowling Green)
F: Erica Johnson (Ohio), Jordyn Dawson (Akron), Ce'Nara Skanes (EMU)
Honorable Mention All-MAC:
G: Sydney Freeman (Ball State), Katie Shumate (Kent State)
F: Gabby Burris (Ohio), Taylor Williams (WMU), Reilly Jacobson (WMU), Lindsey Thall (Kent State)
All-Defensive team:
G: Kelly, Hooks, Fair, Combs, Nyla Hampton (Bowling Green)
F: Thall
All-Freshman team:
G: Fleming, Hampton, Cheyenne McEvans (Buffalo)
F: Williams, Madi Mace (Ohio)
