WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2018-19 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Awards. Student-athletes were selected for all awards by vote of the KCAC head women’s basketball coaches.
The Bluejays of Tabor College are the regular season champions, ending the season with a 22-2 conference record and ranked No. 10 in the latest NAIA Women’s Basketball Division II poll. KCAC women’s basketball coaches named Shawn Reed of Tabor, the Lonnie Kruse Coach of the Year.
Kylah Comley of Sterling College earned Player of the Year, while teammate Taya Wilson was named Freshman of the Year. Abby Schmidt of Bethel College was named Defensive Player of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year goes to Kayla Kivinski of Kansas Wesleyan University.
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 2018-19 women’s basketball season can be found here.
| First Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Kylah Comley (U)@*~ | Sterling College | So. | Sterling, Kan. | |
| Morgan Ediger (U)+~ | Tabor College | Sr. | Cimarron, Kan. | |
| Paige Bunn (U) | Avila University | Jr. | Independence, Mo. | |
| Abby Schmidt (U)D^~ | Bethel College | So. | Newton, Kan. | |
| Kayla Kivinski (U)# | Kansas Wesleyan University | Sr. | Port Richey, Fla. | |
| Second Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Laramie Edens (U) | Friends University | Sr. | Ada, Okla. | |
| Taylor Deniston^~ | Tabor College | Sr. | Holcomb, Kan. | |
| Taya Wilson F | Sterling College | Fr. | Sterling, Kan. | |
| Kelsi Mueller | Bethany College | Jr. | Hugoton, Kan. | |
| Alexis Theus | Sterling College | So. | Kempner, Texas | |
| Third Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Jade Brown | Bethel College | Sr. | Sanford, Fla. | |
| Sydney Mortensen | Kansas Wesleyan University | Sr. | Wichita, Kan. | |
| Hannah Nealis | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Jr. | Jenks, Okla. | |
| Taylor Faulkner | Avila University | Jr. | Buffalo, Mo. | |
| Lexi Evans~ | Friends University | Sr. | Austin, Texas | |
| Honorable Mention | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Jordann Nachbar | Ottawa University | Fr. | Shawnee, Kan. | |
| Courtney Heinen~ | Kansas Wesleyan University | Jr. | Axtell, Kan. | |
| Brittany Roberts | McPherson College | So. | Mansfield, Texas | |
| Gabbie Miller | Kansas Wesleyan University | Sr. | Kiefer, Okla. | |
| Jessica Carrillo | Sterling College | Jr. | Garden City, Kan. | |
| Amanda Hart | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | So. | Weatherford, Okla. | |
| Kristyn Wedel | Tabor College | Sr. | Burns, Kan. | |
| Danae Goodwin+~ | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | So. | Van Buren, Ark. | |
| Tristen Leiszler | Tabor College | Sr. | Concordia, Kan. | |
| Matti Morgan~ | Avila University | So. | Paola, Kan. | |
| Mariah Grizzle | Ottawa University | Fr. | DeSoto, Kan. | |
| Sienna Brown | University of Saint Mary | Sr. | Burbank, Calif. | |
| Kendall Michalski | Bethel College | Fr. | Topeka, Kan. | |
| Khadijah Kelly | Friends University | So. | Arlington, Texas | |
| Makayla Melton | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Fr. | Kiefer, Okla. | |
| Jazmyne Laskey | Southwestern College | Jr. | Edmond, Okla. | |
| Defensive Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Abby Schmidt | Bethel College | So. | Newton, Kan. | |
| Taya Wilson | Sterling College | Fr. | Sterling, Kan. | |
| Laramie Edens | Friends University | Sr. | Ada, Okla. | |
| Paige Bunn | Avila University | Jr. | Independence, Mo. | |
| Gabbie Miller | Kansas Wesleyan University | Sr. | Kiefer, Okla. | |
| Freshman Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Taya Wilson | Sterling College | Fr. | Sterling, Kan. | |
| Jordann Nachbar | Ottawa University | Fr. | Shawnee, Kan. | |
| Mariah Grizzle | Ottawa University | Fr. | DeSoto, Kan. | |
| Kendall Michalski | Bethel College | Fr. | Topeka, Kan. | |
| Makayla Melton | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Fr. | Kiefer, Okla. | |
| (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.” | ||||
| * = 2017-18 All-KCAC First Team | ||||
| ^ = 2017-18 All-KCAC Second Team | ||||
| + = 2017-18 All-KCAC Third Team | ||||
| ~ = 2018-19 All-KCAC Preseason Team | ||||
