2020-21 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team
INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Women’s Basketball All-Conference Team was announced Thursday afternoon as the final four teams remaining in the tournament bracket prepare for the semifinals tomorrow at Cedarville.
The conference coaches cast their votes to determine the all-conference awards, consisting of the first team, second team, all-defensive team, and individual award winners.
Cedarville’s Kari Hoffman was named Coach of the Year after guiding her program to an 18-4 season and a regular season conference title. Hoffman’s team broke into the WBCA top 25 rankings and ranked as high as No. 9 earlier this season.
Ohio Dominican earned its fair share of individual awards, as senior Angela Troyer was named Player of the Year and Gabby Stare was named Freshman of the Year.
Troyer finished second in the league in scoring with 21.3 points per game. She finished top 10 in the league in both field goal percentage (.494) and free throw percentage (.753). Troyer also ranks fourth in the league in steals with 2.0 per contest. Troyer scored 30 or more points four different times this season, with a career-high 37 points in a win over Walsh. The senior was named Great Midwest Player of the Week earlier this season.
Stare ranks tenth among conference scoring leaders with 14.8 points per game. She totaled 325 points during her freshman campaign. Stare shoots the ball the fourth best in the conference at .520 percent. She shoots the three at 53.8 percent, averaging two per contest. Stare poured in a career-best 37 points in a win over Findlay earlier this season, earning her conference weekly honors.
10 individuals were named to the all-conference first team, 10 to the second team, and six to the all-defensive team as there was a tie in the voting. Cedarville, Ohio Dominican and Walsh all landed three on the first team.
Cedarville will host Friday’s semifinal games and Saturday’s championship. All remaining conference tournament games will be streamed on the Great Midwest Digital Network.