Herrold highlights group of five All-GPAC honorees
MITCHELL, S.D. – As the team gets ready for the its first trip to the national tournament in over a decade, Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball picked up a handful of honors from the Great Plains Athletic Conference Wednesday.
MITCHELL, S.D. – As the team gets ready for the its first trip to the national tournament in over a decade, Dakota Wesleyan University women's basketball picked up a handful of honors from the Great Plains Athletic Conference Wednesday.
The No. 10 Tigers await their fate for the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament, with the field to be announced at 5 p.m. Wednesday. While the team waits, the Great Plains Athletic Conference announced the All-GPAC teams, which are littered with DWU players.
Junior forward Erica Herrold (Dimock, S.D.) was the lone Tiger on the First Team, joined by junior forward Kristin Sabers (Mitchell, S.D.) and sophomore forward Ashley Bray (Anoka, Minn.) on the Second Team. Sophomore forward Amber Bray (Anoka, Minn.) and freshman guard Rylie Osthus (De Smet, S.D.) each landed All-GPAC Honorable Mentions.
Herrold leads the team with 16.2 points per game, setting a new career high. She has scored in double figures all but four times this season, while going over 20 points on nine occasions. Herrold joined the 1,000-point club at DWU earlier this season and sits at 1,167 for her career. She has added 4.4 rebounds and nearly two assists per game this season. The honor is her first on the First Team after being selected to the Second Team a year ago.
Sabers carried the Tigers offensively early in the season, earning three GPAC Player-of-the-Week honors. She heads into the national tournament averaging 14.2 points per game, while making 40 percent of her shots from deep to go along with 3.8 rebounds per contest. Sabers was an All-GPAC Honorable Mention as a sophomore.
Ashley Bray made the All-GPAC team after a breakout sophomore campaign. She is third on the team with 12.4 points and leads the Tigers with 5.5 rebounds per game. She has gone over 10 points in 10 of the last 11 games for DWU.
After an early season injury to sophomore guard Chesney Nagel (Avon, S.D.), Osthus made her debut as the starting point guard from game one for the Tigers. Osthus heads to nationals averaging 7.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
