All-River States Conference Women's Basketball Teams & Awards Released for 2016-17
FLORENCE, Ky. -- The 2016-17 All-River States Conference Women's Basketball Teams & Awards have been selected and are announced here at RiverStatesConference.com. The awards were voted on by the 13 RSC women's basketball head coaches.
Leading the awardees is IU East's Tia King, who was unanimously selected as the RSC Player of the Year. The 5-9, junior guard from Indianapolis, Ind., received every possible top vote from the RSC coaches and led the all-conference voting.
King averages a conference-best 18.6 ppg and powers the Red Wolves to 25-5 overall, 16-1 RSC as the top team in the conference. She is also second in the conference in field-goal shooting (.456), 3-point field-goal shooting (.403) and 3-pointers made (85).
Midway University took home the other two individual awards with RSC Coach of the Year John Kenger and RSC Newcomer of the Year Breanna Ball. Kenger, in his second year at Midway, got the top coaching honor after leading the Eagles to 21-9 overall, 12-6 RSC. That follows up last year's record of 0-30, 0-18 conference.
Midway's Ball received her individual honor as the top vote-getter who is new to the conference this year. A senior guard Ball, was fourth overall in the all-conference voting and ranks sixth in the RSC averaging 14.0 ppg.
There were a total of 10 players on the All-RSC First Team, led by King. There were also 10 players on the All-RSC Second Team. Also chosen was the RSC Women's Basketball Champions of Character Team with one player from each school who best exhibits the five character values of the NAIA's Champions of Character program of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship.
Deja Felder, a guard from IU Kokomo, finished second overall in the voting and is on the All-RSC First Team. She ranks third in the conference at 15.5 ppg and led the Cougars to the RSC West Division title. She also averaged 4.6 rpg and 3.5 apg.
Brittany Warren, a guard from Asbury University, was third on the all-conference list. She averages 18.3 ppg to rank second in the conference and is also in the top four in the RSC in field-goal percentage (.428) and steals (2.31 spg).
Brooke Marcum, a forward from Rio Grande, completes the top five vote-getters and powers the RedStorm with 11.6 ppg and 8.9 rpg while shooting 64 percent from the floor.
The rest of the All-RSC First Team includes Point Park guard/forward Ja'Nia McPhatter (12.6 ppg), Ohio Christian forward Erinn Bailey (12.7 ppg, 9.1 rpg), Asbury forward Kali Whiteside (8.9 ppg, 12.4 rpg), WVU Tech guard Savannah Shamblin (14.4 ppg, 3.3 apg) and IU East guard Kristen Miller (12.6 ppg, 51% FG).
The All-RSC Second Team includes two more starters for IU East with guard/forward Mackenzie Campbell (12.2 ppg, 45% FG) and guard Bailey Dreiman (6.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg) making the list.
The rest of the All-RSC Second Team has eight players from eight different teams. That includes IU Southeast forward Jocelyn Mousty (11.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.2 bpg), Rio Grande guard Sharday Baines (12.5 ppg, 3.9 apg), IU Kokomo forward Whitney Williamson (11.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg), Alice Lloyd forward Amber Shepherd (14.0 ppg), WVU Tech guard Cheyanna Lusk (13.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg), Carlow forward Emma Stille (13.4 ppg, 12.7 rpg), Midway forward Timitryi Patterson (11.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and Ohio Christian guard Paige Lewis (12.6 ppg).
2016-17 ALL-RSC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
RSC Player of the Year -- Tia King, Jr., G, IU East
RSC Newcomer of the Year -- Breanna Ball, Sr., G, Midway
RSC Coach of the Year -- John Kenger, Midway
2016-17 ALL-RSC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM
| Name | Pos. | Cl. | School |
| Tia King | G | Jr. | IU East |
| Deja Felder | G | Jr. | IU Kokomo |
| Brittany Warren | G | Sr. | Asbury |
| Breanna Ball | G | Sr. | Midway |
| Brooke Marcum | F | Sr. | Rio Grande |
| Ja'Nia McPhatter | G/F | Sr. | Point Park |
| Erinn Bailey | F | Sr. | OCU |
| Kali Whiteside | F | Sr. | Asbury |
| Savannah Shamblin | G | So. | WVU Tech |
| Kristen Miller | G | Jr. | IU East |
2016-17 ALL-RSC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SECOND TEAM
| Name | Pos. | Cl. | School |
| Jocelyn Mousty | F | Sr. | IU Southeast |
| Sharday Baines | G | Sr. | Rio Grande |
| Whitney Williamson | F | Jr. | IU Kokomo |
| Amber Shepherd | F | Sr. | Alice Lloyd |
| Mackenzie Campbell | G/F | Jr. | IU East |
| Cheyanna Lusk | G | Sr. | WVU Tech |
| Emma Stille | F | Fr. | Carlow |
| Bailey Dreiman | G | Jr. | IU East |
| Timitryi Patterson | F | Fr. | Midway |
| Paige Lewis | G | Sr. | OCU |
2016-17 RSC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER TEAM
| Name | School |
| Bailey O'Bryan | Alice Lloyd |
| Kali Whiteside | Asbury |
| Jayde Robinson | Brescia |
| Sami Simpson | Carlow |
| Kaitlyn Rawls | Cincinnati Christian |
| Libby Springmier | IU East |
| Amanda Hunter | IU Kokomo |
| Baylee Kreuger | IU Southeast |
| Rachel Carter | Midway |
| Erinn Bailey | Ohio Christian |
| Celina DiPietro | Point Park |
| Brooke Marcum | Rio Grande |
| Brooke Gee | WVU Tech |