Dalton earns the MEC defensive players of the year and heads the all-MEC list of the women's basketball list

WHEWING, W. Va. – In front of the Mountain East Conference (2025) women's basketball tournament, the conference released its annual post -season prices on Monday. After the WHEELING University's women's basketball team claimed the seed #3 in the tournament, he had two award winners on the list, one of the best awards in the conference. Junior Guard Kenzie Dalton was named the first MEC defensive player of the year and at the same time received the “All-Mec” award, while Redshirt striker in the second year Rachel Wilson The second team took all-MEC honors home.

After a vote on the head coaches of the conference at the beginning of this season, the Award of the MEC Defensive Player of the Year was awarded for the first time in the 2024-2025 season. Dalton, who regularly matched the best player in the opposition, takes home the award with a cardinal defense, which has approved the fewest points per game in the conference with 61.8 ppg this season. Dalton was at the head of this defensive success and finished second place in the conference this season, while she achieved an average of 3.1 steals per game. She sits 13th place in the nation in stealing per game and her lockdown defense has helped the cardinals to achieve their year ending, which secured number 3 in the conference.

Together with her honor of her defensive player of the year, Dalton also takes home her first all-Mec honor and receives a praise all-Mec. Throughout the season, she was an all-round threat to the cardinals with an average of 8.9 ppg, while it ended with 161 rebounds and the team in both Assists (122) and Steals (86) led during the season. Dalton would take second place in the conference in Assists with Taylor Smith from Frostburg and achieve an average of 4.4 templates per game. While she never reached the brand, Dalton flirted three different occasions for the cardinals with a triple double, with her brand closest against Davis & Elkins on February 8, where it ended with nine points, 11 rebounds and nine assists.

The other all-Mec award winner for the cardinals was Rachel Wilsonfor the first time in her career with a second team nod home for the first time in your career. Wilson was the leading scorer of the cardinal this season and ended with 309 total points and scored an average of 12.4 ppg in 25 games this season. It would be a threat on both sides of the soil and lead the team with 226 in rebounds and at the same time have a double double per game with 9.0 vine/g. Wilson became fifth in the conference in Rebounds (226) and fourth place in the conference in offensive rebounds (99). The RedShirt in the second year also put the 500 career rebound brand for her entire college career this season and rounded off a strong performance on the floor.

With the announcement of the honors of the WHEELING University's Wheeling University, the Wheeling University Athletic Department has now earned 40 players this season. The women's basketball team added another award winner from the total number of last season because they continue to improve on the pitch. Wilson and Dalton will lead the cardinals to a conference championship this week.

The women's basketball team at the Wheeling University will return to the State of Glenville in Glenville on Thursday, March 6, when they compete at 2:30 p.m.