Brumwell, Hommes named All-Big Sky

[Colter_Nuanez]

Sorry, forgot to post this yesterday. Senior Ashley Brumwell and sophomore Jasmine Hommes have been named to the All-Big Sky team.

MSU press release


Montana State senior Ashley Brumwell garnered second-team All-Big Sky Conference honors, while teammate sophomore Jasmine Hommes earned honorable-mention accolades, the league office announced on Monday afternoon.

Brumwell, who has been a mainstay with the Bobcats since her first season in 2009-10, averaged 12.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game this winter, leading MSU to a sixth place regular-season finish. The product of Hamilton is second on MSU's all-time blocks list and is ranked in the top 15 in scoring and rebounding.

"Ashley is one of the most versatile players in the conference," MSU head coach Tricia Binford said. "She has really impacted our team's success this season not only in her play but her leadership. "

Hommes, a 6-1 forward from Lynden, Wash., had a break-out season for the Bobcats as the team's leading scorer, averaging 13.8 points per game, while shooting a team-best 50 percent from the field. In addition, she averaged 4.3 rebounds and shot 76 percent from the free throw line.

"I'm excited that Jasmine was recognized by the league coaches," Binford said. "With the graduation of Rachel Semansky, she was stepping into some big shoes. Jasmine immediately brought an inside presence and was a consistent performer. She has really developed into an offensive threat that can score on the block and on the perimeter."

The Bobcats will face Montana on Thursday in the opening-round of the Big Sky Conference tournament hosted by the University of North Dakota.

Big Sky conference press release

The Big Sky Conference has announced the Women's Basketball All-Conference team and individual award winners for the 2013-14 season. The awards were decided by a vote of the league's 11 head coaches.

Madi Buck became North Dakota's first player to earn the league's Most Valuable Player Award. The senior was an unanimous First-Team selection.

Buck helped her team to a share of the regular-season title and the right to host the Big Sky Conference Championship on March 13-15. She averaged 16.3 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. Buck, a senior from Bismarck, N.D., has seven 20 plus-point games and nine 10 plus-rebound games. The forward also recorded eight double-doubles this season.

Montana's Carly Selvig was selected as the league's Defensive Player of the Year. Selvig, a junior from Glendive, Mont., averaged 5.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks a game.

Northern Arizona's Brittani Lusain was named the league's Outstanding Freshman, and UND's Kelsey Knox was named Top Newcomer. Lusain, from San Diego, Calif., averaged 13.0 points a game and 4.9 assists per game. NAU hadn't had a player named Outstanding Freshman since the 2009-10 season, when Vickie Toney was named. Knox, a sophomore from Platte City, Mo., and transfer from Johnson Country CC, averaged 3.4 assists per game and 2.3 rebounds. She has started 23 games for North Dakota and scored 153 points.

This season, a Top Reserve was awarded. This award was discontinued following the 1999-2000 season. North Dakota's Emily Evers and Southern Utah's Andrea Jones shared the honor. Evers is a junior from Grand Forks, N.D., and Jones is a senior from Mesa, Ariz. Evers started just one game for UND. She averaged 7.9 points and 5.9 rebounds a game. Jones started 16 game for SUU and averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 assists per game.

Others named to the first team were Lexie Nelson, Eastern Washington; Lindsey Reed, Idaho State; Kellie Cole, Montana; Amanda Frost, Northern Arizona and Hailey Mandelko, Southern Utah. This is the second time Nelson has been named to the First Team.

Player, School Year Position Hometown
Madi Buck, North Dakota (MVP) Sr. Forward Bismarck, N.D.
Lexie Nelson, Eastern Washington Jr. Guard Butte, Mont.
Lindsey Reed, Idaho State Sr. Guard Kingman, Ariz.
Kellie Cole, Montana Jr. Guard Bozeman, Mont.
Amanda Frost, Northern Arizona Sr. Guard Riverside, Calif.
Hailey Mandelko, Southern Utah Jr. Guard Lexington, Neb.

Second Team

Jordan Sullivan, Montana Sr. Forward Sidney, Mont.
Ashley Brumwell, Montana State Sr. Forward Hamilton, Mont.
Mia Loyd, North Dakota So. Forward Minneapolis, Minn.
Stephanie Lee, Northern Colorado Jr. Center Casper, Wyo.
Lori Parkinson, Southern Utah So. Forward West Valley, Utah

#Unanimous First Team selection; & Three-time First Team; * Two-time First Team
Honorable Mention: Hayley Hodgins, Eastern Washington; Jessica Tingey, Idaho State; Torry Hill, Montana; Jasmine Hommes, Montana State; Erikka Banks, Northern Arizona; Emily Easom, Portland State; Fantasia Hilliard, Sacramento State and Amanda Hughes, Weber State

Most Valuable Player: Madi Buck, Sr., North Dakota
Defensive Player of the Year: Carly Selvig, Jr., Montana
Top Newcomer: Kelsey Knox, So., North Dakota
Outstanding Freshman: Brittani Lusain, Northern Arizona
Sixth Player of the Year: Emily Evers, North Dakota & Andrea Jones, Southern Utah



You'll see there's six native Montanans on the all-conference team. That's pretty cool for Montana to have six of the best players in the league.