WBB: Hernandez claims Player of the Year honors as All-RMAC teams announced
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced its Women’s Basketball major awards and All-RMAC teams on Tuesday.
UCCS forward Brittany Hernandez swept the Defensive Player of the Year and Player of the Year honors. The Colorado Springs, Colo. native became just the third women’s basketball player to sweep the two awards in league history. The last time came when Colorado Christian’s Christina Whitelaw accomplished the feat in 2012.
CSU-Pueblo’s Molly Rohrer claimed Freshman of the Year honors, while Colorado Mines head coach Brittany Simpson was named Coach of the Year.
All major awards and All-RMAC First and Second Teams were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players. All players who received at least one First Team vote or two Second Team votes earned Honorable Mention.
Hernandez, the RMAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, also landed on the All-RMAC First Team for a second consecutive season. The junior leads the league in scoring, pouring in 21.1 points per game while also ranking fourth in the conference in rebounds per game (7.8).
On the defensive side of the floor, Hernandez finished second in the RMAC in steals per game (2.3) and third in blocks per game (2.0). She pulled down 5.3 defensive rebounds per contest.
Rohrer, a freshman from Greenwood Village, Colo., led all RMAC freshmen in scoring, averaging 12.5 points per game – a number good enough for 12
th in the conference. The center was a force on defense, leading the league with 2.2 blocks per game while also averaging 4.7 rebounds per contest. Her work also landed her on the All-RMAC First Team.
Simpson, in her fourth year at the helm of the Colorado Mines program, accomplished plenty this season, including guiding the Orediggers to their first RMAC Women’s Basketball regular-season title in school history. This season the Orediggers are 21-5 overall and 19-3 in the RMAC.
RMAC Women's Basketball Player of the Year: Brittany Hernandez, UCCS
RMAC Women's Basketball Coach of the Year: Brittany Simpson, Colorado Mines
RMAC Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year: Brittany Hernandez, UCCS
RMAC Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year: Molly Rohrer, CSU-Pueblo
All-RMAC First Team
| Name |
School |
Hometown |
| Bryanna Adams |
Colorado Mesa |
American Fork, Utah |
| Tuileisu Anderson |
CSU-Pueblo |
Vancouver, Wash. |
| Maka Daysh |
Chadron State |
Tauranga, New Zealand |
| Brittany Hernandez |
UCCS |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
| Kate Louthan |
Colorado Christian |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
| Courtney Martin |
Colorado Mines |
Parker, Colo. |
| Bay'lee Purdy |
Regis |
Agate, Colo. |
| Molly Rohrer |
CSU-Pueblo |
Greenwood Village, Colo. |
| Taylor Trohkimoinen |
Black Hills State |
Newell, S.D. |
| Laura Tyree |
Colorado Mines |
Lakewood, Colo. |
All-RMAC Second Team
| Player |
School |
Hometown |
| Dee Arrieta |
CSU-Pueblo |
Pueblo West, Colo. |
| Dallas Dickerson |
Fort Lewis |
Anchorage, Alaska |
| Ali Meyer |
Colorado Christian |
Monument, Colo. |
| Claire Paxton |
Colorado Christian |
Edinburgh, UK |
| Kaylie Rader |
Regis |
Thornton, Colo. |
| Astrea Reed |
Fort Lewis |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Megan Rohrer |
South Dakota Mines |
Greenwood Village, Colo. |
| Hannah Stipanovich |
MSU Denver |
St. Louis, Mo. |
| Christine Thorn |
Black Hills State |
St. Michael, Minn. |
| Caresse Williams |
Regis |
Citrus Heights, Calif. |