NORFOLK, Virginia – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore enters the week of the MEAC Tournament with graduate guard Zamara Haynes earning All-MEAC Second Team honors.
The annual MEAC awards are selected based on nominations and voting by the MEAC head coaches and communications administrators. The awards and All-MEAC selections were announced at Tuesday night's MEAC Awards Ceremony in Norfolk.
In Haynes' fourth year at UMES, she led the Hawks in scoring, assists and minutes played this season, and was second on the team in steals.
She entered the year a preseason All-MEAC Third Team selection, but improved upon nearly every statistical category from last season. Haynes was 12th in the MEAC in scoring average with 11.6 points per game, fourth in made free throws with 93, ninth in assists per game with 82 for the season and 10th in the conference in steals per game with a career-high 47 on the year.
Haynes also broke the 1,000-point mark for the season while breaking double digits scoring 17 times this season, including a game-high 25 in a win against Dayton.
The Hawks take the court Thursday at 2 p.m. against Morgan State in the Scope Arena. The Hawks enter the MEAC Tournament as the No. 3 seed.
2024-25 Women's Basketball All-MEAC Teams
As voted on by the conference's head women's basketball coaches and sports information directors.
Player of the Year: Diamond Johnson, Norfolk State
Rookie of the Year: Saniyah King, Howard
Defensive Player of the Year: Laila Lawrence, Coppin State
Newcomer of the Year: Naya Ojukwu, Morgan State
Sixth Player of the Year: Anjanae Richardson, Norfolk State
Coach of the Year: Larry Vickers, Norfolk State
First-Team All-MEAC
Laila Lawrence, Coppin State
Angel Jones, Coppin State
Destiny Howell, Howard
Diamond Johnson, Norfolk State
Kierra Wheeler, Norfolk State
Second-Team All-MEAC
Saniyah King, Howard
Zamara Haynes, Maryland Eastern Shore
Naya Ojukwu, Morgan State
Kyla Bryant, N.C. Central
Morgan Callahan, N.C. Central
Third-Team All-MEAC
Kiarra McElrath, Delaware State
Nile Miller, Howard
Zennia Thomas, Howard
Anjanae Richardson, Norfolk State
Da'Brya Clark, Norfolk State
All-Rookie Team
Ericka Huggins, Delaware State
Saniyah King, Howard
Michaela Bogans, Morgan State
Nia Green, Morgan State
Shakiria Foster, N.C. Central
All-Defensive Team
Laila Lawrence, Coppin State
Nile Miller, Howard
Diamond Johnson, Norfolk State
Kierra Wheeler, Norfolk State
Morgan Callahan, N.C. Central
Jada Tiggett, N.C. Central
