BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference has selected Urbana's Tyra James as Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year, while Charleston's Dakota Reeves was tabbed as the Freshman of the Year and Notre Dame's Lauren Macer was tabbed as the Coach of the Year, as the league announced its top honors and all-conference teams today.

James, a graduate student from Cincinnati, Ohio, led the league in scoring in addition to ranking among the conference leaders in multiple other categories. James' 24.6 points per game led the MEC and is in the top five in the country in NCAA Division II this season, and her 530 points in conference play is third best in league history. The four-time MEC Player of the Week was also fourth in the league in rebounds (10.9) and second in the conference in assists (4.63). She shot .500 from the field (eight-best in the MEC) and averaged 1.19 blocked shots per game. She set the Urbana single-season scoring record and also became the first MEC player to record two triple-doubles in the same season. 

Reeves, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was one of just two freshmen to average double-figure scoring this season at 10.8 points per game. The sharpshooter led the MEC in three-point field goal percentage at .466, which also ranks in the top 10 in the country. Her 89 made three-pointers is the most by a freshman in conference history. She had three games where she made eight or more threes. In addition, Reeves set the single-game three-point mark this season (10) and currently sits two three-pointers shy of the UC single-season record at 89. Reeves was the first Golden Eagles selected as Freshman of the Year in the Mountain East Conference Era.

Macer is the league's Coach of the Year for the first time in her career after guiding Notre Dame to a runner-up finish in the Mountain East. Macer, in her third season at the helm, led the Falcons to a 24-4 overall record and an 18-4 mark in conference play. The 24 wins are the most in program history (Division II-era), and the 18 MEC wins are the most in school history. Notre Dame cracked the WBCA Top 25 earlier this year and are in position to make its first NCAA Tournament appearance holding down the No. 4 spot in the most recent Atlantic Region rankings. 

The league also announced the 2019-20 all-conference teams. In addition to James on the first team, Notre Dame's Seina Adachi was a first-team selection for a third-straight year, while three others were repeat honorees from a year ago in Anna Hayton (UC), Sierra Kotchman (FAIR) and Madison May (CU). Hayton, who averages 19.0 points and 8.25 rebounds per game, was selected to the first team for the second straight year after achieving a handful of accolades this season including her 1,000^th career point as a Golden Eagle. Davis & Elkins' Jamiyah Johnson, who set the MEC record four double-doubles in a season with 25, along with the league's top rebounder in Wheeling's Lilly Ritz and Glenville State scoring ace Re'Shawna Stone also were selected to round out the first team.

West Liberty teammates Morgan Brunner and Taylor Johnson were second-team selections, along with Concord's Riley Fitzwater, Urbana's Sylvia Hudson, Notre Dame's Jada Marone, Glenville State's Zakiyah Winfield, Fairmont State's Rachel Laskody, and Charleston's Brooklyn Pannell. Pannell recorded her 1000^th career point as a Golden Eagle in Charleston's season finale on Saturday and made her 100^th career three-pointer this season. Pannell also ranks in the Top-25 in steals per game this season in Division II.

Ty Armstrong (Glenville State), Charity Shears (W.Va. State), Emily Stoller (Glenville State) and Jessica Stout (Notre Dame) earned honorable mention recognition.

The All-MEC teams are selected by a vote of the league's coaches.
 

2020 All-MEC First Team
Name	School	Cl.	Pos.	Ht.	Hometown
Seina Adachi**	Notre Dame	Sr.	G	5-7	Attica, Ohio
Anna Hayton*	Charleston	Sr.	F/C	6-2	Parkersburg, W.Va.
Tyra James	Urbana	Gr.	G/F	6-0	Cincinnati, Ohio
Jamiyah Johnson	Davis & Elkins	Jr.	F/C	5-11	Williamsburg, Va.
Sierra Kotchman*	Fairmont State	Jr.	G	5-6	Washington, Pa.
Madison May*	Concord	Sr.	F	6-0	Athens, W.Va.
Lilly Ritz	Wheeling	So.	F	6-1	Cambridge, Ohio
Re'Shawna Stone	Glenville State	So.	G	5-6	Waynesville, Mo.
* First team in 2019 • ** First team in 2018 and 2019
2020 All-MEC Second Team
Name	School	Cl.	Pos.	Ht.	Hometown
Morgan Brunner	West Liberty	Sr.	G	5-9	Wheeling, W.Va.
Riley Fitzwater	Concord	Jr.	F	6-4	Glenville, W.Va.
Sylvia Hudson	Urbana	Sr.	F	5-10	Sidney, Ohio
Taylor Johnson	West Liberty	Sr.	G	5-9	Pickerington, Ohio
Jada Marone	Notre Dame	So.	G	5-6	Berea, Ohio
Brooklyn Pannell	Charleston	Jr.	G	5-9	Columbus, Ohio
Zakiyah Winfield	Glenville State	So.	G	5-7	Reading, Pa.
Rachel Laskody	Fairmont State	Sr.	F	6-0	Morgantown, W.Va.
2020 All-MEC Honorable Mention
Name	School	Cl.	Pos.	Ht.	Hometown
Ty Armstrong	Glenville State	Sr.	G	5-4	El Dorado, Ark.
Charity Shears	W.Va. State	So.	G	5-9	Ashland, Ky.
Emily Stoller	Glenville State	Sr.	G/F	6-1	Fairmont, W.Va.
Jessica Stout	Notre Dame	Sr.	F	5-11	Stow, Ohio

 
 

Player of the Year: Tyra James (Urbana) Freshman of the Year: Dakota Reeves (Charleston) Coach of the Year: Lauren Macer (Notre Dame)

Previous Winners
MEC Player of the Year
2014: Lexy Carson (WVSU)
2015: Martha Nagbe (NDC)
2016: Kierra Simpson (WLU)
2017: Paris McLeod (GSC)
2018: Paris McLeod (GSC)
2019: Marissa Brown (WLU)
2020: Tyra James (UU)

MEC Freshman of the Year
2014: Cara Mason (SU)
2015: Mari Stewart (WVWC)
2016: Laura Szorenyi (WVSU)
2017: Sydney Bates (WVSU)
2018: Sierra Kotchman (FSU)
2019: Re'Shawna Stone (GSC)
2020: Dakota Reeves (UC)

MEC Coach of the Year
2014: Adam Collins (UC)
2015: Jenna Eckleberry (SU)
2016: Lynn Ullom (WLU)
2017: Katie Hine (NDC)
2018: Kim Stephens (GSC)
2019: Kim Stephens (GSC)
2020: Lauren Macer (NDC)