The Truett McConnell women’s basketball team had four players earn awards during the Appalachian Athletic Conference basketball awards ceremony Wednesday evening.
Ariana Sanders was named First-Team All-AAC, while Janae’ Simpson and Quinlan Hughes were named to the All-Freshman Team. Anna Murr was awarded with the Champions of Character Award.
A sophomore transfer from Pearland, Texas, Sanders put up huge numbers in her first year as a Bear. She averaged a team-high 15.3 points per contest and scored double figures in all but six games she participated in. Sanders was seventh in the conference in scoring per game, eighth in field goal percentage and free throw percentage and 10th in steals per game.
Simpson, from Evans, Georgia, averaged nearly 11 points per game this season as well as 7.1 rebounds per game, second on the team. She was fifth in the AAC in total rebounds, seventh in rebounds per game, ninth in blocks and had the fifth-most double-doubles in the conference with seven.
Hughes, from Tucker, Georgia, finished with the most rebounds per game for the Bears this year at 7.2 boards per contest as well as contributing 8.7 rebounds per game. She finished with the fifth highest total of rebounds in a single game with 17 against Allen on January 25. She also placed in the top-10 in every rebounding statistical category in the conference.
Murr, a junior from Sanford, North Carolina, finished with a 12.1 points per game average and a total of 107 three pointers made, shattering her own school record for threes made in a season. Currently, she sits in third nationally in threes made per game and total threes made.
