MASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team landed two players on the all-NJCAA Region XI teams released Tuesday.
NIACC’s Alyssa Hames was selected to the second-team and Audrey Martinez-Stewart was selected to the third team.
Hames averaged 11.0 points per game and led the Trojans with 250 rebounds, which ranks 12th on NIACC’s single-season rebounding list. Hames also had 69 assists and 51 steals for the Trojans, who were 22-9 and advanced to the NJCAA Region XI semifinals.
Martinez-Stewart averaged 11.3 points per game and led the Trojans with 116 assists, which ranks 18th on the school’s single-season assist list. Martinez-Stewart also had 158 rebounds and 88 steals, which is tied for 17th on the school’s single-season list.
Kirkwood’s Kim Muhl was selected as the region’s coach of the year and Ashley Tull was the region’s player of the year.
The newcomer of the year was Iowa Western’s Ndidiamaka Ndukwe and the defensive player of the year was Iowa Central’s Nevaeh Galloway.
All-NJCAA Region XI first-team
Magan Christopherson (DMACC), Carley West (Iowa Central), Jaeda Whitner (Iowa Lakes), Aleshia Jones (Iowa Western), Ndidiamaka Ndukwe (Iowa Western), Tatiana Hodges-Johnson (Kirkwood), Kortney Drake (Kirkwood), Ashley Tull (Kirkwood), Ashley Hassett (Northeast CC), Alyssa Morris (Southwestern).
All-NJCAA Region XI second-team
Autumn Dykstra (Iowa Central), Nevaeh Galloway (Iowa Central), Rachel Puok (Iowa Lakes), Rachel Breck (Iowa Lakes), Ruba AboHashesh (Iowa Western), Karsyn Stratton (Kirkwood), Tasia Jordan (Kirkwood), Alyssa Hames (NIACC), Antuanae Garrett (Southeastern), Kaylynn Tucker (Southwestern).
All-NJCAA Region XI third-team
Reagan Franzen (DMACC), Alyssa Civitak (Ellsworth), Jayden Frank (Iowa Central), Brielle Bartelt (Iowa Lakes), Mary Delgado (Iowa Western), Dom Rodriguez (Kirkwood), Audrey Martinez-Stewart (NIACC), Autumn Dkcimander (Northeast CC), Sanee Cates (Southeastern).
Coach of the year: Kim Muhl (Kirkwood); Player of the year: Ashley Tull (Kirkwood); Newcomer of the year: Ndidiamaka Ndukwe (Iowa Western); Defensive player of the year: Nevaeh Galloway (Iowa Central).
