Kelly, House, Shaw Honored in Summit League Awards
Mar 6, 2014 | Women's Basketball
Senior guard Ericka House earned All-Summit League Second Team, and freshman Mikaela Shaw was named to the All-Newcomer Team. In addition to her top defensive player award, Kelly also earned all-league honorable mention. The awards were voted on by the league's head coaches, sports information directors and select media members.
Kelly averaged 9.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and ranked first in the league and eighth nationally with 3.5 blocked shots per game. She broke the single-season UNO record with 97 blocked shots, 57 more than the next closest competitor in the Summit League. Kelly set a school record twice with eight blocked shots in a game. Kelly was also strong offensively, posting the top field goal percentage in conference play (64.6 percent) and scoring in double figures in the final seven games, averaging 15.3 points per game in the process. She ranked fourth in the league in rebounding and second in offensive rebounding.
House led the Mavericks in scoring and ranked third in the Summit League at 17.2 points per game to earn second-team recognition. She was the league's top free throw shooter at 91.8 percent (67-of-73) and averaged 2.6 made 3-pointers per game to rank second in the Summit League. House finished her career with the school's best career free throw percentage (91.3) and tied for sixth in school history in 3-pointers made with 129. She scored a career-high 30 points at South Dakota State on Feb. 13 and notched 20 or more points 11 times in 28 games and led the Mavs in scoring 16 times.
Shaw posted 10.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in her first year as a Maverick. She led all Summit League freshmen in scoring and rebounding and ranked fifth and first overall, respectively. Shaw scored a career-high 25 points with eight rebounds against Denver on Feb. 22 and finished the season particularly strong, averaging 15.6 points and 7.2 rebounds over her final five games.
Fort Wayne's Amanda Hyde was voted Player of the Year for the second straight season after leading the league in scoring. Brooke Lemar (North Dakota State) got Newcomer of the Year, Kerri Young (South Dakota State) won Sixth Woman of the Year, and SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston was named Coach of the Year after leading the Jackrabbits to the regular-season crown.
Player of the Year
Amanda Hyde, Fort Wayne
Newcomer of the Year
Brooke LeMar, North Dakota State
Sixth Woman of the Year
Kerri Young, South Dakota State
Defensive Player of the Year
Taijhe Kelly, Omaha
Coach of the Year
Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State
All-Summit League First Team
DeAirra Goss, IUPUI
Amanda Hyde, Fort Wayne
Ashley Luke, Western Illinois
Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota
Haley Seibert, Fort Wayne
Megan Waytashek, South Dakota State
All-Summit League Second Team
Polly Harrington, South Dakota
Ericka House, Omaha
Brooke LeMar, North Dakota State
Nevena Markovic, IUPUI
Steph Paluch, South Dakota State
All-Summit League Honorable Mention
Paige Bradley, Denver
Taijhe Kelly, Omaha
Michelle Maher, Western Illinois
Tori Niemann, Western Illinois
Theresa Wirth, Denver
All-Newcomer Team
Raeshel Contreras, South Dakota
Brooke LeMar, North Dakota State
Tori Niemann, Western Illinois
Mikaela Shaw, Omaha
Kerri Young, South Dakota State
