Suwanee, Ga.  – In exclusive voting by the SCAC Head Coaches, sophomore Shatoya White earned the SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year for the 2011-12 season. Junior Shante Morton and senior Janice Okeke both earned Second Team All-SCAC sections while freshman Velvet Johnson as named All-SCAC Honorable Mention.
 
The top defender on the top scoring defense team in the league (56.1 ppg), Millsaps' White is always assigned to the opponent's best perimeter player. Just a sophomore, White, out of Houston, Texas, is the team's quarterback and best communicator on defense, and led the Majors in steals with 46 (tied for ninth in the SCAC) while chipping in on the boards with 3.1 rebounds per game.??
 
In the very close vote for Defensive Player-of-the-Year, White garnered four votes, followed by Becky Luetjen of Colorado College and Kayla Sewell of Sewanee-The University of the South with three votes each. Sharwil Bell of Rhodes College received the remaining two votes.
 
Morton, a junior out of Eupora, Miss., has been as dominant a post player as anyone in the SCAC as she came into Saturday averaging 14.4 points/game (leads team) and 10.2 rebounds/game which is third in the SCAC. She also averaged 1.2 steals/game and 0.9 blocks/game. When she went for a big game, the Majors usually won.
 
Okeke, a senior out of Jackson, Miss., is one of the most athletic post players in all of the conference as she averages 9.2 points/game, 10.6 rebounds/game (second in the SCAC), 2.2 steals/game, and 1.5 blocks/game. Okeke proved to be the most versatile player on the team all season long. She broke the SCAC Tournament record for rebounds in a single game with 21 on Friday.
 
Johnson, a freshman out of McCool, Miss., did a ton as a freshman for the Majors as she is second on the team with 13.5 points/game while shooting 37% from behind the arch. She led the team with 33.5 minutes/game and played tremendous on the defensive side for the Majors.
 
Millsaps is currently up on Southwestern as they look to continue their season.