Fort Hays State’s Kate Lehman, Pittsburg State’s Lizzy Jeronimus lead all-MIAA women’s basketball team
Fort Hays State’s Kate Lehman won player and defensive player of the year honors as the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced its all-conference women’s basketball teams Tuesday.
Lehman helped the Tigers to a regular-season championship while leading the MIAA in field-goal percentage, offensive rebounds and blocked shots. She was second in scoring at 19.2 points per game.
Her coach, Tony Hobson won coach of the year honors.
Lehman was joined on the first team by Pittsburg State’s Lizzy Jeronimus, Emporia State’s Merissa Quick and Kelly Moten, Missouri Western’s LaQuinta Jefferson, the MIAA regular-season scoring leader at 20.7 points and Central Missouri’s Shelby Winkelmann. There were six first-team players because of a tie in the voting.
Jeronimus is a four-time first-team selection and Lehman made the first team in three of her four years.
All-MIAA women’s basketball team
▪ Player of the Year: Kate Lehman, Sr., C, Fort Hays State
▪ Defensive Player of the Year: Kate Lehman, Sr., C. Fort Hays State
▪ Freshman of the Year: Addie Lackey, Fr., G, Emporia State
▪ Coach of the Year: Tony Hobson, Fort Hays State
First team
Kate Lehman, Sr., C, Fort Hays State
Lizzy Jeronimus, Sr., F, Pittsburg State
Merissa Quick, Sr., C, Emporia State
LaQuinta Jefferson, Jr., G, Missouri Western
Shelby Winkelmann, Jr., G, Central Missouri
Kelly Moten, So., G, Emporia State
Second team
Casyn Buchman, Sr., G, Washburn
Sharese Jones, Jr., G, Missouri Southern
Ariel Easton, Sr., G, Northwest Missouri
Nicole Hartzog, Sr., G, Missouri Southern
Kassidy Gengenbacher, So., G, Lindenwood
Third team
Beth Bohuslavsky, Jr., G, Fort Hays State
Julia Mason, Jr., F, Central Oklahoma
Revonnia Howard, Sr., F, Central Missouri
Amarah Williams, Sr., F, Nebraska-Kearney
Kylie Gafford, Jr., F, Pittsburg State
All-defensive team
Kate Lehman, Sr., C, Fort Hays State
Merissa Quick, Jr., C, Emporia State
Keriann Shaw, Sr., F, Fort Hays State
Kelly Moten, So., G, Emporia State
Nicole Hartzog, Sr., G, Missouri Southern
▪ Honorable mention: Jasmine Thompson, Sr., Central Missouri; Kylie Mayes, Sr., Central Oklahoma; Olivia Mason, So., Central Oklahoma; Addie Lackey, Fr, Emporia State; Keriann Shaw, Sr., Fort Hays State; Jill Faxon, So., Fort Hays State; Kelsey Williams, So., Lincoln; Kate Frazier, Sr., Lincoln; Hunter Yoakum, So., Lincoln; Jenny Rocha, Jr., Lindenwood; Sarafina Handy, Jr., Missouri Western; Laramey Lewis, Jr., Nebraska-Kearney; Chelsey Beathard, Sr., Northeastern State; Fontana Tate, Sr., Northeastern State; Tanya Meyer, Fr., Northwest Missouri; Cathy Brugman, Jr., Pittsburg State; Dilonna Johnson, Jr., Southwest Baptist; Taylor Ignoto, Sr., Washburn; Honor Duvall, Sr., Washburn
This story was originally published March 3, 2015 at 5:14 PM with the headline "Fort Hays State’s Kate Lehman, Pittsburg State’s Lizzy Jeronimus lead all-MIAA women’s basketball team."