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SDSU, USD women combine for three all-Summit League first-team honorees
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- SDSU, USD women combine for three all-Summit League first-team honorees
Mar. 3—SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota women's basketball teams combined to put a trio on the all-Summit League first team, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
SDSU was represented on the top honor squad by Brooklyn Meyer and Madison Mathiowetz, joined by USD's Angelina Robles. Also on the all-Summit first team were North Dakota State's Avery Koenen, who was named conference player of the year and defensive player of the year, along with St. Thomas' Alyssa Sand and Denver's Coryn Watts.
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Meyer, Koenen and Sand all doubled as selections on the league's all-defensive team alongside Oral Roberts' Ari Gordon and Omaha's Avril Smith.
USD's Molly Joyce was named the Summit newcomer of the year and landed on the all-conference second team. With Joyce on the all-Summit second team were the NDSU duo of Marisa Frost and Jocelyn Schiller, Kansas City's Elauni Bennett and Oral Roberts' Jalei Oglesby. Joyce and Coyote teammate Elise Turrubiates were named to the all-newcomer team with St. Thomas' Jada Hood, North Dakota's Mackenzie Hughes and Oral Roberts' Anna Trusty.
SDSU's Emilee Fox, a Mount Vernon native, received an honorable mention all-conference nod, as did Turrubiates, Hughes, Trusty and Bennett. Jackrabbit teammate Hadley Thul was named to the conference all-freshman team, which was headlined by NDSU's Karrington Asp, the Summit's freshman of the year and sixth woman of the year. Also on the all-freshman squad were Omaha's Smith and Regan Juenemann and Oral Roberts' Kayten Donley.
NDSU's Jory Collins was named Summit League coach of the year.
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USD's Cameron Fens earned a place on the all-Summit League first team and defensive team, as announced Tuesday.
Joining Fens on the top honor team was Denver's Carson Johnson, who was named Summit player of the year and newcomer of the year, as well as NDSU's Trevian Carson, Omaha's Paul Djobet and the St. Thomas pair of Nick Janowski, also the conference freshman of the year, and Nolan Minessale.
Like Fens, Carson and Minessale doubled as all-defensive team picks. Also selected were UND's Eli King, who was named Summit defensive player of the year, and Omaha's Ja'Sean Glover.
Another Coyote, Jordan Crawford, landed on the all-conference second team with King and UND teammate Greyson Uelmen, Oral Roberts' Ty Harper and NDSU's Damari Wheeler-Thomas.
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The all-newcomer team was comprised of Johnson, Carson, Djobet, Janowski and Uelmen.
SDSU had two honorable mention picks in Joe Sayler and Damon Wilkinson. Also among the honorable mentions were St. Thomas' Carter Bjerke, Denver's Jeremiah Burke and NDSU's Andy Stefonowicz.
Rounding out the Summit League individual awards, NDSU's Noah Feddersen was named sixth man of the year, and David Richman was named coach of the year for the Bison.
The Summit League women's and men's basketball tournaments tip off Wednesday in Sioux Falls with a pair of first-round games. Quarterfinals take place between Thursday and Friday, with the semifinals on Saturday and the title games on Sunday.
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2025-26 Summit League Women's Basketball Awards
All-Summit League First Team
Avery Koenen, North Dakota State (Jr., F)*
Madison Mathiowetz, South Dakota State (Sr., G)
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State (Sr., F)**
Angelina Robles, South Dakota (Sr., G)
Alyssa Sand, St. Thomas (So., F)
Coryn Watts, Denver (So., G)
All-Summit League Second Team
Elauni Bennett, Kansas City (Jr., G)
Marisa Frost, North Dakota State (So., G)
Molly Joyce, South Dakota (Jr., G)
Jalei Oglesby, Oral Roberts (RSr., G)**
Jocelyn Schiller, North Dakota State (So., G)
All-Summit League Honorable Mention
Emani Bennett, Kansas City (Jr., G)
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Emilee Fox, South Dakota State (So., G)
Mackenzie Hughes, North Dakota (Gr., G)
Anna Trusty, Oral Roberts (So., G)
Elise Turrubiates, South Dakota (Sr., F)
All-Defensive Team
Ari Gordon, Oral Roberts (RJr., G)
Avery Koenen, North Dakota State (Jr., F)
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State (Sr., F)
Alyssa Sand, St. Thomas (So., F)
Avril Smith, Omaha (Fr., F)
All-Newcomer Team
Jada Hood, St. Thomas (Gr., G)
Mackenzie Hughes, North Dakota (Gr., G)
Molly Joyce, South Dakota (Jr., G)
Anna Trusty, Oral Roberts (So., G)
Elise Turrubiates, South Dakota (Sr., F)
All-Freshman Team
Karrington Asp, North Dakota State (RFr., F)
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Kayten Donley, Oral Roberts (Fr., F)
Regan Juenemann, Omaha (Fr., G)
Avril Smith, Omaha (Fr., F)
Hadley Thul, South Dakota State (Fr., G)
Player of the Year: Avery Koenen, North Dakota State
Newcomer of the Year: Molly Joyce, South Dakota
Freshman of the Year: Karrington Asp, North Dakota State
Sixth Woman of the Year: Karrington Asp, North Dakota State
Defensive Player of the Year: Avery Koenen, North Dakota State
Coach of the Year: Jory Collins, North Dakota State
2025-26 Summit League Men's Basketball Awards
All-Summit League First Team
Trevian Carson, North Dakota State (Jr., G)
Paul Djobet, Omaha (Jr., G)
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Cameron Fens, South Dakota (Sr., C)
Nick Janowski, St. Thomas (RFr., G)
Carson Johnson, Denver^ (So., G)
Nolan Minessale, St. Thomas (So., G)
All-Summit League Second Team
Jordan Crawford, South Dakota (Jr., G)
Eli King, North Dakota (Sr., G)
Ty Harper, Oral Roberts (Gr., G)
Greyson Uelmen, North Dakota (RFr., G)
Damari Wheeler-Thomas, North Dakota State (Jr., G)
All-Summit League Honorable Mention
Carter Bjerke, St. Thomas (RJr., F)
Jeremiah Burke, Denver (Gr., F)
Joe Sayler, South Dakota State (Jr., G)
Andy Stefonowicz, North Dakota State (So., G)
Damon Wilkinson, South Dakota State (So., C)
All-Defensive Team
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Trevian Carson, North Dakota State (Jr., G)
Cameron Fens, South Dakota (Sr., C)
Ja'Sean Glover, Omaha (Sr., G)
Eli King, North Dakota (Sr., G)
Nolan Minessale, St. Thomas (So., G)
All-Newcomer Team
Trevian Carson, North Dakota State (Jr., G)
Paul Djobet, Omaha (Jr., G)
Nick Janowski, St. Thomas (RFr., G)
Carter Johnson, Denver (So., G)
Greyson Uelmen, North Dakota (RFr., G)
Player and Newcomer of the Year: Carson Johnson, Denver
Defensive Player of the Year: Eli King, North Dakota
Sixth Man of the Year: Noah Feddersen, North Dakota State
Freshman of the Year: Nick Janowski, St. Thomas
Coach of the Year: David Richman, North Dakota State
^Player of the year automatically on first team
*previous all-league selections noted above
