Western Nebraska Community College women's basketball team had several players receive Region IX post-season honors on Saturday night.
WNCC sophomore Ale'Jah Douglas garnered three honors on the night as the Clemson University-signee was named to the All-Region South team, the All-Region South Defensive Team, and was also a member of the Region IX All-tournament team.
Aminata ZIe and Amani Brown each received two honors. Zie, a first-year player at WNCC, was selected on the South All-Region team as well as the South All-Defensive team.
Brown, who was an NJCAA All-American last year for Vincennes University, was on the All-Region South team as well as a member of the All-Tournament Team.
Ashley Panem also earned an honor as being on the South All-Defensive team for a second consecutive year. Payton Fields was also tabbed as a member of the All-Tournament team.
Other members of the All-Tournament besides Douglas, Brown, and Fields include EWC's
Janette Hanni, Mara Neira, and Rosa Revueltas.
Other members of the All-tournament team include Trinidad's Vega Lopez; Laramie County's Sam Hester and Jamy de Kock; Otero's Savannah Lang; McCook's Vanessa Jurewicz; and Casper's Sandra Frau, Kate Robertson, Joseana Vaz, and Belen Morales.
South All-region players include Douglas, Brown, and Aminate Zie; NJC's Filippa Goula and Nailea Nichols; Lamar's Althea Kara Angeles; McCook's Jurewicz and Sonia Sota; Trinidad's Ylenia Exzposito Perez; and Otero's Lang.
The South's All-Defensive members include WNCC's Douglas, ZIe, and Ashley Panem along with NJC's Nailea Nichols; Lamar's Althea Kara Angeles; McCook's Sonia Sato; Trinidad's Evette Lansing; and Otero's Lang.
The North All-region team includes EWC's Neira and Ana Gascon; Casper's Vaz and Robertson; LCCC's Sam Hester and Halle Hester; Central Wyoming's Livia Knapp; Northwest's Kierra Cutright and Darla Hernandez; and Western Wyoming's Chelsea Gundersen.
The North All-Defensive team includes EWC's Angela Lucio; Casper's Frau; Northwest's Cutright; LCCC's Sam Hester; and Western Wyoming's Chelsea Gunderson.
All-region coach of the year honors went to WNCC's Chad Gibney and Trinidad's Destiny Bragman from the South and Casper's Dwight Gunnare from the North.