Batsch Earns All-MAC First Team Selection, Tyler Named Honorable Mention
3/11/2025 10:12:00โฏAM | Women's Basketball
CLEVELAND โ Kent State senior Jenna Batsch has been named to the All-MAC First Team, as the Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC Teams and specialty award selections for the 2024-25 women's basketball season on Tuesday. Additionally, sophomore Janae Tyler was an All-MAC Honorable Mention selection.
Batsch is third in the conference in scoring with an average of 17.1 points per game. She enters the MAC Tournament with 531 points, which is just 13 away from moving into the top-10 scoring seasons in Golden Flashes history. Batsch has scored at least 10 points in 30 consecutive games, which is tied for the sixth longest active streak in Division I. In addition to her scoring, she leads Kent State in steals (39) and second in assists (120) and blocked shots (14).
Tyler posted averages of 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while moving into the starting lineup this season. In her most recent game, she recorded her first career double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds against rival Akron on March 1.
Kent State begins the quest for back-to-back MAC Tournament championships for the first time in program history Wednesday against Miami. Tip from Rocket Arena in Cleveland is expected around 1:30 p.m.
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2024-25 MAC Women's Basketball All-MAC Teams & Specialty Award Winners
Coach of the Year: Brady Sallee, Ball State
Player of the Year: Ally Becki, Senior, Ball State, Guard
Defensive Player of the Year: Marie Kiefer, Senior, Ball State, Forward
Freshman of the Year: Madi Morson, Freshman, Central Michigan, Guard
Sixth Player of the Year: Nan Garcia, Graduate Student, Toledo, Guard/Forward
All-MAC First Team
Ally Becki, Senior, Ball State, Guard
Chellia Watson, Redshirt Senior, Buffalo, Guard
Jenna Batsch, Senior, Kent State, Guard
Enjulina Gonzalez, Sophomore, Miami, Guard
Sophia Wiard, Fifth-Year, Guard, Toledo
Amy Velasco, Senior, Bowling Green, Guard
All-MAC Second Team
Alex Richard, Senior, Ball State, Forward
Kirsten Lewis-Williams, Sophomore, Buffalo, Guard
Madi Morson, Freshman, Central Michigan, Guard
Sisi Eleko, Junior, Eastern Michigan, Forward
Sammi Mikonowicz, Graduate Student, Toledo, Guard/Forward
All-MAC Third Team
Shelbee Brown, Redshirt Senior, Akron, Forward
Lexi Fleming, Fifth-Year, Bowling Green, Guard
Chelby Koker, Graduate Student, Northern Illinois, Guard
Kennedi Watkins, Senior, Ohio, Guard
Hannah Spitzley, Graduate Student, Western Michigan, Guard
All-MAC Honorable Mention
Paige Kohler, Sophomore, Bowling Green, Guard
Janae Tyler, Sophomore, Kent State, Forward
Amber Tretter, Sophomore, Miami, Forward
Kendall Carruthers, Sophomore, Toledo, Guard
Marina Asensio, Junior, Western Michigan, Guard
MAC All-Freshman Team
Ayanna-Sarai Darrington, Freshman, Central Michigan, Forward
Faith Fedd-Robinson, Freshman, Toledo, Guard
Johnea Donahue, Freshman, Bowling Green, Guard
Lexi Carlsen, Freshman, Northern Illinois, Guard
Madi Morson, Freshman, Central Michigan, Guard
MAC All-Defensive Team
Ally Becki, Senior, Ball State, Guard,
Hannah Spitzley, Graduate Student, Western Michigan, Guard
Johnea Donahue, Freshman, Bowling Green, Guard
Lani Cornfield, Fifth-Year, Buffalo, Guard
Marie Kiefer, Senior, Ball State, Forward
