Women's Basketball | 2/26/2018 4:00:00 PM

    BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – After turning in one of the greatest statistical seasons in Mountain East Conference history, West Liberty's Marissa Brown was an easy choice as a first-team All-Mountain East Conference selection on Monday when the MEC women's basketball coaches announced the 2017-18 All-MEC honor roll.
    The 6-3 junior center from Columbus, Ohio emerged as one of the most dominant posts in the nation this season, gaining momentum with every passing game. The only NCAA Division II woman to rank in the Top 10 nationally in scoring and rebounding, Brown leads the nation with an MEC-record 292 field goals. She also ranks among the MEC leaders in 8 statistical categories, ranking first or second in five of them.
     Brown was no stranger to the national spotlight. She was honored as the NCAA Division II National Player of the Week earlier this month after averaging a startling 38.5 points and 17.0 rebounds over a two-game span – including a 43-point, 25-rebound, 6-block performance against then-No. 8-ranked Glenville State. She is currently tied for No. 3 nationally in scoring at 24.0 ppg. and is No. 10 nationally in rebounding at 11.0 rpg. In addition, Brown is 4^th nationally with 17 double-doubles, 7^th in field-goal percentage (.613), and 9th in defensive rebounds per game (8.0). Along with her 43-point explosion against Glenville, Brown had 5 games with 30 or more points, 20 games with 20 or more points and 18 games with 10 or more rebounds.
    Glenville State's Paris McLeod edged out Brown for MEC Player of the Year honors. A senior guard from Belleville, Mich. who also earned MEC Player of the Year laurels a year ago. McLeod also ranked among the league leaders in 8 categories. She was No. 3 in the MEC in scoring (20.0 ppg.), led the MEC in steals per game (3.54) and was No. 4 in assists per game (4.50) and assist/turnover ratio (1.68). McLeod had 17 games with 20 or more points, 2 games with 10 or more rebounds, 2 games with 10 or more assists, 3 double-doubles and one triple-double.
    Joining Brown and McLeod as first-team honorees were the Notre Dame tandem of Seina Adachi and Kim Cook along with Shepherd's Morgan Arden, Urbana's Stefanie Davis, West Virginia State's Shae Hines and Chenelle Moore from Wheeling Jesuit. Glenville's Kim Stephens was the MEC Coach of the Year while Fairmont's Sierra Kotchman earned MEC Freshman of the Year honors.
    Brown and her West Liberty teammates are preparing to tip off their MEC Tournament run Thursday night in Charleston when they take on No. 5 seed Fairmont State in and 8:15 p.m. quarterfinal at the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum.
  Name                                   School                               Cl.        Pos.         Ht.        Hometown
Seina Adachi                      Notre Dame                    So.             G         5-7        Attica, Ohio
Morgan Arden                  Shepherd                         Sr.              G         5-5        Hanover, Pa.
Marissa Brown                 West Liberty                   Jr.               F         6-3        Columbus, Ohio
Kim Cook                            Notre Dame                    Sr.               F      5-10        Middleburg Heights, Ohio
Stefanie Davis                   Urbana                              Sr.              G         5-7        Springfield, Ohio
Aurreeshae Hines            W.Va. State                     Sr.              G         5-6        Jeffersonville, Ind.
Paris McLeod                    Glenville State                Sr.              G         5-5        Belleville, Mich.
Chenelle Moore               Wheeling Jesuit             Jr.               F         6-0        Westerville, Ohio Name                                   School                               Cl.        Pos.         Ht.        Hometown
Monica Burns                    Wheeling Jesuit             Jr.              G         5-6        New Stanton, Pa.
Mariah Callen                    Wheeling Jesuit             Sr.              G         5-4        Morgantown, W.Va.
Courtney Davis                 Glenville State                Jr.               F      5-11        Baltimore, Md.
Marisa Finazzo                  Notre Dame                    So.             G         5-3        Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Riley Fitzwater                  Concord                            Fr.               F         6-4        Stouts Mills, W.Va.
Kelli Jo Harrison                Fairmont State               Sr.               F      5-11        Poca, W.Va.
Sierra Kotchman              Fairmont State               Fr.              G         5-6        Washington, Pa.
Madison May                    Concord                            So.              F         6-0        Athens, W.Va.
Mari Stewart                     W.Va. Wesleyan            Sr.               F         6-0        Templeton, Calif Name                                   School                               Cl.        Pos.         Ht.        Hometown
Jasmine Davis                    W.Va. State                     Sr.               F      5-11        Syracuse, N.Y.
Sylvia Hudson                   Urbana                              So.              F      5-10        Sidney, Ohio
Octavia Loll                         Charleston                       So.             G         5-4        Akron, Ohio