FHSU Sports Information Department
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State had five players named to the All-MIAA Women’s Basketball Team on Monday (Feb. 29). Earning all-conference honors are Beth Bohuslavsky, Jill Faxon, Paige Lunsford, Chelsea Mason, and Nikola Kacperska. Head coach Tony Hobson was honored with Lane Lord of Pittsburg State as Co-Coaches of the Year.
Bohuslavsky earned second team honors, Faxon was a third team selection, and Lunsford, Mason, and Kacperska were honorable mention selections. Lunsford was also named to the MIAA All-Defensive Team.
Bohuslavsky earned the third all-conference honor of her career after third team honors last year and an honorable mention selection as a sophomore. She has started all 28 games at point guard this season, averaging 11.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game. She has been a model of consistency throughout her career, ranking among the top players nationally in assist/turnover ratio the last three years. She now has a total of 900 points, 367 assists, 350 rebounds and 155 steals in her career. She was named the MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week once this season.
Faxon earns the second all-conference honor of her career after collecting an honorable mention selection last year. She has also started all 28 games this year and averages 12.1 points and a team-best 5.4 rebounds per game. Faxon shot 41.1 percent from the field in the regular season, while tying for a team-high in 3-point field goals made with 41. She has three double-doubles in points and rebounds so far this year.
Lunsford earns the first all-conference honors of her career. She was solid in all facets of the game during the regular season, averaging 10.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.7 steals per game. She leads the team in field goal percentage (for players with at least 100 attempts) at 51 percent. She ranks fourth on the team in 3-point field goals made with 25 and second in free throws made with 69. She also has two double-doubles in points and rebounds this season. The MIAA All-Defensive Team selection is the first of her career. She was named MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week once this season.
Mason earns her first All-MIAA honor as the team’s leading scorer. Mason is averaging 13.3 points per game and is tied for the team lead in 3-point field goals made. She has 1,175 points in her three years at Fort Hays State, which ranks 12th on the all-time scoring list. She has averaged 13 points per game throughout her career at FHSU and ranks third all-time in 3-point field goals made.
Kacperska earns the first All-MIAA nod of her career. She leads the team in steals with 52, ranking among the top players in the conference. She also adds 7.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. She is the team’s top free-throw shooter at 83.6 percent and ranks third on the team in 3-point field goals made with 33.
Hobson earns MIAA Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive year. He shares the honor this year with Pittsburg State’s Lane Lord. FHSU and Pittsburg State tied for second in the MIAA standings. Hobson has guided the Tigers to five consecutive 20-win seasons and the Tigers have a record of 117-32 in that stretch. The Tigers were 30-4 last year and sit at 24-4 so far this year.
Below is the 2016 All-MIAA Women’s Basketball Team.
Player of the Year
LaQuinta Jefferson, G, Sr., MWSU
Defensive Player of the Year
Kylie Gafford, C, Sr., PSU
Freshman of the Year
Caylee Richardson, F, Fr., SBU
Co-Coaches of the Year
Tony Hobson, FHSU & Lane Lord, PSU
All-MIAA First Team
LaQuinta Jefferson, G, Sr., MWSU**[r2]
Kelly Moten, G, Jr., ESU[r2]
Mikaela Burgess, So., G, PSU
Sharese Jones, Sr., G/F, MSSU
Shelby Winkelmann, Sr., G, UCM[r2]
**Unanimous Selection
[r2] Two-time repeat First Team Selection
All-MIAA Second Team
Kylie Gafford, C, Sr., PSU
Sarafina Handy, G, Sr., MWSU
Beth Bohuslavsky, G, Sr., FHSU
Laramey Becker, G, Sr., UNK
McKenzie Solberg, G, Sr., UCO
All-MIAA Third Team
Jill Faxon, G, Jr., FHSU
Kathryn Flott, F, Jr., ESU
Sandra Ngoie, F, Sr., ESU
Deb Holcomb, G, Jr., MSSU
Erika Lane, G, Jr., WU
All-MIAA Defensive Team
Kylie Gafford, C, Sr., PSU
Kelly Moten, G, Jr., ESU
Kathryn Flott, F, Jr., ESU
Laramy Becker, G, Sr., UNK
Paige Lunsford, G, Sr., FHSU
All-MIAA Honorable Mention
Ashley Jones, UCM
Julia Mason, UCO
Kelsey Barnwell, ESU
Chelsea Mason, FHSU
Nikola Kacperska, FHSU
Paige Lunsford, FHSU
Zuri Hill, LU
Kassidy Gengenbacher, LWU
Jenny Rocha, LWU
Miliakere Koyamainavure, MWSU
Chelsea Dewey, MWSU
Alexa Hogberg, UNK
Kate Bellamy, NSU
Tember Schechinger, NWMSU
Cathy Brugman, PSU
Hadyn Herlocker, PSU
Dilonna Johnson, SBU
Caylee Richardson, SBU
Felisha Gibbs, WU
Alyxis Bowens, WU