Three Earn Women's Basketball Honors, Schipfer Named All-Region Player of the Year

The 2025 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Americans and the 2024-25 D3hoops.com All-America, All-Region and special awards were announced. The North Coast Athletic Conference was headlined by Ohio Wesleyan senior guard Kasey Schipfer (Mechanicsburg, OH/Mechanicsburg) being named the D3hoops.com All-Region 7 Player of the Year. Additionally, Schipfer was tabbed a WBCA All-American and earned a spot on the D3hoops.com All-America second team and All-Region first team. OWU sophomore post Macy Miller (Marysville, OH/Milford Center Fairbanks) was also tabbed to the D3hoops.com All-America fourth team and All-Region first team, while DePauw senior guard Ava Hassel (Portsmouth, OH/Notre Dame) was selected to the D3hoops.com All-Region second team. 

Schipfer is the only player in NCAC women's basketball history to claim back-to-back-to-back honors as the Player of the Year after helping lead OWU to the team's seventh NCAC title. In conference play, the guard led the NCAC in scoring for the third-consecutive season, averaging 20.9 points per game. Schipfer also ranked second in the league in field-goal percentage (.602) and third in the NCAC in steals per game (2.6) in NCAC action. Overall, Schipfer led the conference in points (550) and in free throws (107), shared the lead in field goals (219), ranked fourth in steals (64), steals per game (2.3) and field goal percentage (.534), sixth in rebounds (175), and seventh in free throw percentage (.764). Notably, in the semifinal round of the 2025 NCAC Tournament, Schipfer netted 16 points, which raised her career total to 2,121 points, making her the conference's all-time leading scorer, passing former Battling Bishop Kelly Heil (2,112 points; 2001-05). With a trip to the NCAA round of 16, she ended her career with 2,183 total points.

Miller, the 2025 NCAC Top Defensive Player, made her All-NCAC debut on the first team this season. In NCAC action, the post topped the league in rebounds (121), averaging 8.6 per game and was third in blocks (17) after swatting away 1.2 shots per game. The sophomore also ranked No. 2 in steals with 39 to average 2.8 per game. Miller helped lead the OWU defensive unit to the most steals (14.86) and turnovers (24.8) per game in NCAC action. Miller also totaled 62 defensive rebounds (4.4 rpg) in NCAC play and averaged the third-most points in conference play (16.6 ppg), to go along with seven double-doubles, while shooting .534 percent from the floor against conference opponents. Overall, the sophomore led the league in steals (86), steals per game (3.0), and rebounds (252), shared the league lead in field goals with Schipfer (219), ranked second in points (468), third in blocked shots (39), and seventh in field goal percentage (.500).
 
Hassel, a three-time All-NCAC first-team selection this past season, earned her second-straight selection to the D3hoops.com All-region team. For the second-consecutive season, she led Tigers in scoring (12.9 ppg), assists (3.3 apg), steals (2.2 spg) and three-pointers made (46). In conference standings, Hassel ranked among the top eight in three-pointers made (46, fourth), free throws made (73, fifth), total steals (60, fifth), total assists (89, sixth), total points (347, sixth), and field goals made (114, eighth). Overall, Hassel's 1,197 career points and 272 career assists rank 11th in program history, while her 151 steals are tied for 10th and her 171 three-pointers made are fourth.

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