Western Illinois’ Emily Clemens was selected as The Summit League Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in a vote of the league’s nine head coaches, sports information directors and select media members.

South Dakota State’s Clarissa Ober captured her second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year honor. South Dakota’s Madison McKeever was named the Sixth Woman of the Year, while teammate Ciara Duffy took home the Freshman of the Year award. Regular season league champion Western Illinois was honored with Transfer of the Year (Morgan Blumer) and Coach of the Year (JD Gravina) awards.

Clemens  led The Summit in scoring (18.6 ppg), assists (7.0 apg) and assist/turnover ratio (2.6) for league games during the year. 

Ober was named Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season after ranking third in league games for blocked shots (1.5 bpg) and fourth in rebounds (7.3 rpg), including first in defensive boards (5.6).

McKeever becomes the first South Dakota player to be named the league’s Sixth Woman of the Year. The freshman guard averaged 7.9 points per game in league contests, while shooting 44 percent (44-of-101) from the field. 

Duffy took home Freshman of the Year honors after averaging 10.4 points per game, second among all Summit League freshmen, while shooting 42 percent from the field and 40 percent from three-point range.

Gravina captures Coach of the Year honors after guiding Western Illinois to its first regular season title (13-3) since 2005-06 after being selected sixth in the preseason poll. Gravina also led WIU to 23 regular season wins, including 13 at home, both program records.

Joining Clemens as first team All-Summit selections are teammate Blumer, South Dakota State’s Madison Guebert (16.3 ppg, 48 3FGM) and Kerri Young (15.4 ppg, 3.9 apg), IUPUI’s Danielle Lawrence (17.1 ppg, 2.0 spg) and South Dakota’s Allison Arens (14.4 ppg, 90.6 FT%).