CLEVELAND, Ohio – On Tuesday the Mid-American Conference announced the Player, Coach and Freshman of the Year, as voted by the head coaches, sports information directors and media members of the Mid-American Conference.
 
The conference office also released the 2019-20 All-MAC Teams, All-Freshman Team, All-Defensive Team, Defensive Player of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year awards as voted by the league’s 12 head coaches.
 
Central Michigan guard Micaela Kelly received top honors being named the 2020 MAC Player of the Year and earning a spot on the All-MAC First Team and All-Defensive Team. The junior from Detroit, Michigan put together one of the best scoring seasons in CMU women’s program history, posting a 21.5 ppg average which ranks 4^thin the NCAA and first overall in the MAC. 
 
Central Michigan University First Year Head Coach Heather Oesterle was named the 2020 MAC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. Oesterle led the Chippewas to a 23-6 record and finished 16-2 in the MAC, winning its fourth-consecutive overall league title and its fifth-straight MAC West crown. Oesterle broke the MAC record this season for most conference wins for a first year head coach with 16, a record previously held by former Toledo Head Coach Mark Ehlen. 
 
Buffalo guard Dyaisha Fair is the recipient of the 2020 MAC Freshman of the Year Award. The Rochester, NY native is currently tied for fifth in the country in scoring (21.3) and also ranks 10^th in total points (596). She has scored in double figures 26 times this season, and has led the Bulls in scoring in 21 of their 28 games. Fair was also named the MAC East Division Player of the Week five times this season, the most of any East Division Player. 

After receiving Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2019, Ohio’s Cierra (Cece) Hooks doubled up on the award in 2020 after another dominate season on the defensive end. Her junior stint at Ohio also earned her a spot on the All-MAC First Team and All-Defensive Team. The Dayton, Ohio native is the MAC’s leader in steals with 105 this season, and her 3.8 steals per game ranks 5^thin the nation. Hooks became the All-Time steals leader at Ohio this season in their Nov. 30^thgame against Butler.
 
Joining Kelly and Hooks on the All-MAC First Team is Ohio’s Erica Johnson, Ball State’s Oshlynn Brown, and Northern Illinois’ Courtney Woods. 
 
Freshman Dyaisha Fair and Molly Davis were all tabbed for Second Team All-MAC accolades, along with Eastern Michigan’s Areanna Combs, Western Michigan’s Breanna Mobley, and Miami’s Lauren Dickerson. 
 
Receiving third-team honors is Akron’s Haliegh Reinoehl, Central Michigan’s Kyra Bussell, Buffalo’s Theresa Onwuka, Miami’s Savannah Kluesner, and Western Michigan’s Jordan Walker. 
 
Ohio’s Armani Burke, Bowling Green’s Angela Perry, Akron’s Jordyn Dawson and the Kent State duo of Megan Carter and Katie Shumate all were selected for honorable mention recognition.
 
Buffalo’s Theresa Onwuka, Eastern Michigan’s Areanna Combs, and Kent State’s Lindsey Thall accompany Kelly and Hooks on the MAC’s All-Defensive Team.
 
2^ndTeam All-MAC selections Dyaisha Fair and Molly Davis along with Ball State’s Sydney Freeman, Kent State’s Katie Shumate, and Nila Blackford , as well as Miami’s Peyton Scott highlight the All-Freshman Team to round out the 2019-20 postseason award lists. 
 
MACtion moves to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio beginning Wednesday, March 11th at noon when #8 Akron faces #1 Central Michigan. Visit MAC Tournament Centralfor a complete bracket. 
 
MAC Player of the Year 
Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan 
 
MAC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year
Heather Oesterle, Central Michigan 
 
MAC Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Year
Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo
 
MAC Women’s Basketball Sixth Player of the Year
Gabrielle Bird, Central Michigan 
 
MAC Women’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
Cierra (Cece) Hooks, Ohio
 
Women’s Basketball All-MAC First Team
Oshlynn Brown, Ball State
Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan 
Courtney Woods, Northern Illinois 
Cierra (Cece) Hooks, Ohio
Erica Johnson, Ohio 
 
Women’s Basketball All-MAC Second Team
Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo 
Molly Davis, Central Michigan 
Areanna Combs, Eastern Michigan
Lauren Dickerson, Miami 
Breanna Mobley, Western Michigan
 
Women’s Basketball All-MAC Third Team
Haliegh Reinoehl, Akron 
Theresa Onwuka, Buffalo 
Kyra Bussell, Central Michigan 
Savannah Kluesner, Miami 
Jordan Walker, Western Michigan
 
Women’s Basketball All-MAC Honorable Mention
Jordyn Dawson, Akron
Angela Perry, Bowling Green
Megan Carter, Kent State
Katie Shumate, Kent State
Amani Burke, Ohio 
 
Women’s Basketball MAC All-Defensive Team
Theresa Onwuka, Buffalo 
Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan 
Areanna Combs, Eastern Michigan 
Lindsey Thall, Kent State
Cierra (Cece) Hooks, Ohio

 
Women’s Basketball MAC All-Freshman Team (6 Players due to ties) 
Sydney Freeman, Ball State
Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo
Molly Davis, Central Michigan
Katie Shumate, Kent State
Nila Blackford, Kent State 
Peyton Scott, Miami