CLEVELAND – A total of 49 Mid-American Conference women’s basketball student-athletes were named to the 2025-26 Women’s Basketball Academic All-MAC Team, as announced by the league office on Thursday.
Kent State had a conference-best eight student-athletes on this year’s team. Bowling Green placed seven honorees, while UMass and Miami had five student-athletes represented.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First-year students and any transfer in their first year of residence were not eligible for the award.
2025-26 Women’s Basketball Academic All-MAC Team
Akron (4)
Ella Wigal, Jr., Business Administration, 4.00 GPA
Liisa Taponen, Sr., Applied Mathematics, 3.88 GPA
Liz Murphy, So., Sport Coaching & Athletics Leadership, 3.84 GPA
Maddie Vejsicky, Sr., Media Studies, 3.25 GPA
Ball State (4)
Tessa Towers, Sr., Criminal Justice and Psychology, 3.84 GPA
Ashlynn Brooke, Jr., General Studies, 3.56 GPA
Zuri Ranson, So., Exercise Science, 3.50 GPA
Grace Kingery, So., Exercise Science, 3.28 GPA
Bowling Green (7)
Emily Siesel, Sr., Psychology, 4.00 GPA
Lauren Gerken, So., Middle Childhood Education, 4.00 GPA
Paige Kohler, Jr., Psychology, 4.00 GPA
Jasmine Fearne, R-Jr., Psychology, 3.73 GPA
Kendal Moxey, Sr., Individualized Studies, 3.60 GPA
Johnea Donahue, So., Health Science, 3.35 GPA
Taya Ellis, Jr., Social Work, 3.31 GPA
Central Michigan (1)
Demetria Prewitt, Sr., Sport Management, 3.33 GPA
Eastern Michigan (2)
Brooklyn Thrash, Sr., Exercise Science, 3.46 GPA
Sisi Eleko, Sr., Psychology, 3.21 GPA
Kent State (8)
Bianca Juzzo, Grad., Sport Administration, 3.88 GPA
Meghan Murray, Soph., Accounting, 3.85 GPA
Riley Rismiller, Jr., Communication Studies, 3.63 GPA
Corynne Hauser, R-Jr., Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, 3.60 GPA
Mya Babbitt, Jr., Special Education, 3.56 GPA
Dionna Gray, Sr., Public Health, 3.55 GPA
Journey Hildebrand, So., Psychology, 3.54 GPA
Tatiana Thomas, Sr., Psychology, 3.41 GPA
UMass (5)
Allie Palmieri, Grad., Management (MSBA), 3.97 GPA
Megan Olbrys, Sr., Communications, 3.92 GPA
Lilly Ferguson, Sr., Sport Management, 3.75 GPA
Jess Ross, So., Sport Management, 3.38 GPA
Chinenye Odenigbo, Jr,, Communication, 3.34 GPA
Miami (5)
Amber Tretter, Jr., Architecture, 4.0 GPA
Nuria Jurjo, Jr., Computer Science, 3.88 GPA
Emily VanTimmeren, R-Fr., Special Education, 3.53 GPA
Ilse de Vries, So., Sales Management, 3.49 GPA
Tamar Singer, So., Sports Communication and Media, 3.39 GPA
Northern Illinois (2)
Maria Serracanta, Sr., Kinesiology, 3.98 GPA
Marta Hermoso, Sr., Health Sciences, 3.37 GPA
Ohio (3)
Gigi Bower, So., Sport Management, 3.71 GPA
Bailey Tabeling, Jr., Sport Management, 3.52 GPA
Monica Williams, R-So., Interior Architecture, 3.59 GPA
Toledo (4)
Cadence Dykstra, Jr., Accounting, 3.99 GPA
Ella Weaver, Jr., Finance, 3.96 GPA
Evalyse Cole, So., Nursing, 3.69 GPA
Faith Fedd-Robinson, So., Communications, 3.55 GPA
Western Michigan (4)
D'Myjah Bolds, So., Sports Management, 3.97 GPA
Nile Muguira Orbe, Jr., Biomedical Sciences, 3.91 GPA
Alli Carlson, Sr., Exercise Science, 3.67 GPA
Alli Harness, So., Sports Management, 3.21 GPA
