Women's Basketball | March 11

DeKALB, IL – Chelby Koker (Racine, Wis./Shoreland Lutheran) and Lexi Carlsen (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) of the Northern Illinois University women's basketball team earned All-Conference honors on Tuesday as the Mid-American Conference announced its postseason All-MAC teams and specialty award winners.
 
Koker was named to the All-MAC Third Team after leading NIU with 14.7 points and 4.7 assists per game. She was named MAC Player of the Week twice this season on Feb. 18 and March 4. Koker finished the season with three-straight 20-point games, including a season-high 28 points in the Huskies' 84-77 double overtime win over Bowling Green on March 1. She finished the regular season fourth in the MAC in free throw percentage at 84.0 percent, sixth in assists and eighth in scoring.
 
This is the fourth time Koker has earned postseason All-MAC honors. She was an All-MAC Second Team selection in 2021 and 2023 and was an Honorable Mention selection in 2022. Koker is the second player in NIU women's basketball history to be named All-MAC four times. Jennifer Youngblood was a four-time selection from 2000-2004. Koker finished her NIU career third in games played with 129, fourth in scoring with 1,926 points, fifth with 244 three-pointers and 448 assists, and as the career leader in free throw percentage at 85.2 percent.
 
Carlsen was selected to the MAC All-Freshman Team, becoming the first NIU freshman named to that team since Janae Poisson in 2017. She led the MAC in the regular season in three-point percentage at 42.2 percent, which put her 21^st in the nation. Carlsen was third in the league with 65 three-pointers. She played in all 30 games this year, averaging 8.4 points per game. Carlsen scored in double figures 19 times with a season-high 19 points in the win over Bowling Green on March 1. She made a season-high five threes twice during the season, including going 5-for-6 from long range in NIU's win at Eastern Michigan on Jan. 22.
 
This is the fourth consecutive season NIU has had multiple All-MAC selections.
 
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2024-25 MAC Women's Basketball All-MAC Teams & Specialty Award Winners
Coach of the Year: Brady Sallee, Ball State
Player of the Year: Ally Becki, Senior, Ball State, Guard
Defensive Player of the Year: Marie Kiefer, Senior, Ball State, Guard
Freshman of the Year: Madi Morson, Freshman, Central Michigan, Guard
Sixth Player of the Year: Nan Garcia, Graduate Student, Toledo, Guard/Forward
 
All-MAC First Team 
Ally Becki, Senior, Ball State, Guard
Amy Velasco, Senior, Bowling Green, Guard
Chellia Watson, Redshirt Senior, Buffalo, Guard
Enjulina Gonzalez, Sophomore, Miami, Guard
Jenna Batsch, Senior, Kent State, Guard
 
All-MAC Second Team 
Alex Richard, Senior, Ball State, Forward
Kirsten Lewis-Williams, Sophomore, Buffalo, Guard
Madi Morson, Freshman, Central Michigan, Guard
Sammi Mikonowicz, Graduate Student, Toledo, Guard/Forward
Sisi Eleko, Junior, Eastern Michigan, Forward
 
All-MAC Third Team 
Chelby Koker, Graduate Student, Northern Illinois, Guard
Hannah Spitzley, Graduate Student, Western Michigan, Guard
Kennedi Watkins, Senior, Ohio, Guard
Lexi Fleming, Fifth-Year, Bowling Green, Guard
Shelbee Brown, Redshirt Senior, Akron, Forward
 
All-MAC Honorable Mention 
Amber Tretter, Sophomore, Miami, Forward
Janae Tyler, Sophomore, Kent State, Forward
Kendall Carruthers, Sophomore, Toledo, Guard
Marina Asensio, Junior, Western Michigan, Guard
Paige Kohler, Sophomore, Bowling Green, Guard
 
MAC All-Freshman Team
Ayanna-Sarai Darrington, Freshman, Central Michigan, Forward
Faith Fedd-Robinson, Freshman, Toledo, Guard
Johnea Donahue, Freshman, Bowling Green, Guard
Lexi Carlsen, Freshman, Northern Illinois, Guard
Madi Morson, Freshman, Central Michigan, Guard
 
MAC All-Defensive Team
Ally Becki, Senior, Ball State, Guard,
Hannah Spitzley, Graduate Student, Western Michigan, Guard
Johnea Donahue, Freshman, Bowling Green, Guard
Lani Cornfield, Fifth-Year, Buffalo, Guard
Marie Kiefer, Senior, Ball State, Forward