KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sophomore
Zaria Collins and senior
Cenia Hayes were named to the All-MIAA Honorable Mention list, league officials announced Wednesday morning. The teams were decided based on a coach vote.
Collins earned her first all-conference recognition by scoring 16.8 points, pulling down 7.6 rebounds in 35.2 minutes of play per game. Her 46.0 percent field goal percentage ranked third in the association as did her 3.1 offensive boards per game. She led NSU in scoring 11 times and recorded three double-doubles on the season. Additionally, she wrote her name into the program record book by playing the second-most minutes per game in a season. Collins started in all of her 19 games played and was third in conference scoring in addition to rebounding.
Hayes earned her third all-conference award by scoring 16.2 points and pulling down 6.1 boards. She paced NSU in scoring nine times, recorded three double-doubles herself and netted 10-plus points in 18 games. Hayes, a Tahlequah native, finished her RiverHawk career with 1281 points which ranks fifth in program history. Additionally, she graduates with the best free throw percentage in program history at 84.0 percent.
The MIAA Honors were announced before the postseason tournament.
2021 MIAA Postseason Awards
Player of the Year – Tre'Zure Jobe – Emporia State, Sophomore
Defensive Player of the Year – Morgan VanHyfte – Central Missouri, Senior
Freshman of the Year – Molly Hartnett – Northwest Missouri
Coach of the Year – Tony Hobson – Fort Hays State
2021 MIAA All-Defensive Team
Cydney Bergmann – Fort Hays State, Junior
Tre'Zure Jobe – Emporia State, Sophomore
Brooke Rayner – Central Oklahoma, Junior
Kelsey Sanger – Nebraska Kearney, Senior
Madi Stokes – Missouri Southern, Sophomore
Morgan VanHyfte – Central Missouri, Senior
[Reflects tie in voting]
2021 All-MIAA First-Team
Nija Collier – Central Missouri, Senior
Jaden Hobbs – Fort Hays State, Senior
Tre'Zure Jobe – Emporia State, Sophomore*
Kelsey Johnson – Central Oklahoma, Senior
Whitney Randall – Fort Hays State, Senior
* denotes unanimous selection
2021 All-MIAA Second-Team
Elisa Backes – Nebraska Kearney, Junior
Hunter Bentley – Washburn, Senior
Kaylee Damitz – Pittsburg State, Junior
Tristan Gegg – Pittsburg State, Junior
Olivia Nelson – Central Missouri, Freshman
2021 All-MIAA Third-Team
Brooke Carlson – Nebraska Kearney, Junior
Graycen Holden – Central Missouri, Freshman
Fredricka Sheats – Emporia State, Senior
Haley Simental – Nebraska Kearney, Graduate
Carley Turnbull – Missouri Southern, Senior
2021 All-MIAA Honorable Mention
Central Missouri – Gigi McAtee - Senior
Central Oklahoma – Jaci Little – Sophomore, Brooke Rayner – Junior
Emporia State – Ehlaina Hartman – Freshman, Karsen Schultz - Junior
Fort Hays State – Cydney Bergmann – Junior, Olivia Hollenbeck - Freshman
Lincoln – Niyah Jackson - Sophomore
Missouri Southern – Madi Stokes - Sophomore
Nebraska Kearney – Klaire Kirsch - Junior
Northeastern State – Zaria Collins – Sophomore, Cenia Hayes - Senior
Northwest Missouri – Molly Hartnett - Freshman, Mallory McConkey - Senior
Rogers State – Samariah Thompson - Junior
Washburn – Nuria Barrientos - Junior
