KCAC Communications
WICHITA – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2017-18 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Awards. Student-athletes were selected for all awards by vote of the KCAC head women’s basketball coaches.
The Falcons of Friends University are the regular season champions, ending the season with a 20-2 conference record and ranked No. 21 in the latest NAIA Women’s Basketball Division II poll. KCAC women’s basketball coaches named Keith Ferguson of Bethany College, the Lonnie Kruse Coach of the Year.
Jordyn Miller of Southwestern College earned Player of the Year, Sydney Ahaneku of Bethany College was named Defensive Player of the Year, Kylah Comley of Sterling College is awarded Freshman of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year goes to Lauren Welsch of Bethany College.
The following athletes were selected by conference women’s basketball coaches as All-KCAC First Team, Second Team, Third Team, Honorable Mention, Defensive Team, or Freshman Team.
Statistical information on the 2017-18 women’s basketball season can be found here.
| First Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Jordyn Miller (U)@*~ | Southwestern | Sr. | F | Wichita, Kan. |
| Kylah Comley (U)F | Sterling | Fr. | G | Sterling, Kan. |
| Candy De Los Reyes (U)*~ | Saint Mary | Sr. | G | San Jose, Calif. |
| Tiffany Rieger (U)~ | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Sr. | G | Manchester, Okla. |
| Betty Akathiotou (U) | Friends | Sr. | G | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Second Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Makenzie Vining (U) | Friends | Sr. | G | Caney, Kan. |
| Lauren Welsch (U)# | Bethany | So. | G | Great Bend, Kan. |
| Jessica King | Ottawa | Sr. | F | Golden, Colo. |
| Taylor Deniston (U)~ | Tabor | Jr. | G | Holcomb, Kan. |
| Abby Schmidt | Bethel | Fr. | C | Newton, Kan. |
| Third Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Morgan Ediger+~ | Tabor | Jr. | G | Cimarron, Kan. |
| Danae Goodwin | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Fr. | G | VanBuran, Ark. |
| Ashley Hinkle | Saint Mary | Sr. | G | St. Joseph, Mo. |
| Marissa Pope | Bethany | Jr. | G | Lawrence, Kan. |
| Cami Richardson+~ | McPherson | So. | G | Hesston, Kan. |
| Honorable Mention | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Jordin Greer | Sterling | Sr. | G | Hoisington, Kan. |
| Sydney Ahaneku D | Bethany | Sr. | C/F | Denver, Colo. |
| Lexi Evans+~ | Friends | Jr. | PG | Austin, Texas |
| Courtney Heinen | Kansas Wesleyan | So. | G | Axtell, Kan. |
| Jessica Princ | Sterling | Sr. | F | Osborne, Kan. |
| Gabbie Miller | Kansas Wesleyan | Jr. | G | Kiefer, Okla. |
| Mary Hutchins | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Sr. | G/F | Forest Grove, Ore. |
| Yowana Posey+~ | Friends | Sr. | G | Chicago, Ill. |
| Sonerka White | McPherson | Jr. | G | Houston, Texas |
| Jenna Kramer~ | Ottawa | So. | G | Winchester, Kan. |
| Tiani White | Saint Mary | Jr. | G | Omaha, Neb. |
| Leslie Speer | Ottawa | Sr. | F | Dighton, Kan. |
| Tristen Leiszler | Tabor | Jr. | G | Concordia, Kan. |
| Brooklyn Coe | McPherson | Sr. | G | Corvallis, Ore. |
| Cheyenne Been | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Sr. | G | Dewar, Okla. |
| All-KCAC Defensive Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Sydney Ahaneku D | Bethany | Sr. | C/F | Denver, Colo. |
| Abby Schmidt | Bethel | Fr. | C | Newton, Kan. |
| Lexi Evans | Friends | Jr. | PG | Austin, Texas |
| Jordyn Miller | Southwestern | Sr. | F | Wichita, Kan. |
| Tiani White | Saint Mary | Jr. | G | Omaha, Neb. |
| All-KCAC Freshmen Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Kylah Comley | Sterling | Fr. | G | Sterling, Kan. |
| Abby Schmidt | Bethel | Fr. | C | Newton, Kan. |
| Danae Goodwin | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Fr. | G | VanBuran, Ark. |
| Alexis Theus | Sterling | Fr. | F | Kempner, Texas |
| Sammy Jo Peterson | Tabor | Fr. | G | Cottonwood Falls, Kan. |
| (U) = Unanimous Selection | |||||
| @= Selected “Player-of-the-Year.” | |||||
| # = Selected “Newcomer-of-the-Year.” | |||||
| F= Selected “Freshman-of-the-Year.” | |||||
| D = Selected “Defensive Player-of-the-Year.” | |||||
| * = 2016-17 All-KCAC 1st Team | |||||
| + = 2016-17 All-KCAC 3rd Team | |||||
| ~ = 2017-18 All-KCAC Preseason Team |