Plenty Of Local Flavor On Crossroads Women’s List
AVON, Ohio – A host of area stars aligned for the 2019-20 Crossroads League women’s basketball postseason honors.
A pair of Grace players as well as a trio of area high school grads were among those chosen for the Crossroads League All-League picks. Grace’s Vironnica Drake was named to the First Team and her teammate Kyannah Stull was named Third Team. Indiana Wesleyan’s duo of Dayton Groninger (Warsaw) and Anne Secrest (Tippecanoe Valley) were chosen Second Team and Third Team, respectively, and Savannah Feenstra (NorthWood) was part of the All-Freshman Team.
Conference champion Marian had the Newcomer of the Year in Imani Guy and her coach, Katie Geralds, tabbed as Coach of the Year.
Huntington’s Sarah Fryman was named the Crossroads League Player of the Year.
Drake became Grace’s all-time leading scorer this season. She currently has 1,958 career points is on the brink of becoming the first player to score 2,000 points.
Drake is currently producing career-best averages for points (19.6), rebounds (6.9) and assists (2.6) per game. Within the conference, she ranks second in scoring, third in steals and eighth in rebounds.
Another highlight of Drake’s season was breaking the single-game scoring record. The senior poured in a record 46 points during a win over Bethel.
Stull is just behind Drake in scoring at 18.3 points per game, third-highest in the league. She doubled her scoring average after producing under 10 points per game last year.
The junior sharpshooter has made 101 shots from the 3-point line — a school record — while making 37 percent of her tries.
Stull has scored at least 20 points 14 times this season, and she topped 1,000 points in her career in February.
The Lady Lancers are focused on the 2020 NCCAA National Championships. Grace will play a regional tournament in Cedarville, starting on Wednesday with a game against Concordia.
2019-2020 First-Team All-Crossroads League
Sarah Fryman, Huntington
Becca Buchs, Taylor
Abby Downard, Marian
Taylor Gregory, Mount Vernon Nazarene
Vironnica Drake, Grace
2019-2020 Second-Team All-Crossroads League
Imani Guy, Marian
Lauren McBryar, Saint Francis
Abby Buchs, Taylor
Dayton Groninger, Indiana Wesleyan
Macy Willoughby, Marian
2019-2020 Third-Team All-Crossroads League
Kyannah Stull, Grace
Savannah Buck, Saint Francis
Anne Secrest, Indiana Wesleyan
Kara Gerka, Saint Francis
Sam Hammel, Huntington
2019-2020 Honorable Mention All-Crossroads League
Katie Giller, Marian
Jamie Netzley, Taylor
TaNiece Chapman, Goshen
Grace Shoobridge, Spring Arbor
Maggie Coe, Mount Vernon Nazarene
Kelsey Brickner, Bethel
Anne Marie Wright, Spring Arbor
2019-2020 Crossroads League All-Freshmen Team
Maggie Coe, Mount Vernon Nazarene
Adrianna Trexler, Indiana Wesleyan
Cassidy Crawford, Saint Francis
Savannah Feenstra, Bethel
Kinnidy Garrard, Marian