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MAJORS PLACE FIVE ON ALL-SAA TEAM

ATLANTA,GA- The regular-season champion Millsaps Majors placed five on the All-SAA team, as announced by the conference earlier this month. 

Kala-Jewel Freeman, Beverly Holmes, and Samantha Perez were named SAA Honorable Mention while Miah Brooks and Velvet Johnson were named to the first team. 

Freeman had a strong sophomore season that saw her start 25 times and average over 10 points and nearly seven rebounds per game. Freeman had a career-high 19 points in the regular-season home win over Hendrix and a career-high 13 rebounds against Hendrix in the conference toruney. 

Holmes enjoyed a junior year that saw her fill the stat sheet averaging 10 points, three rebounds and three assists per game. Holmes saw time running the Majors' offense this season and responded with six games with five or more assists. The junior also scored a season-high 23 in the win over Oglethorpe and 22 in the win over Sewanee. 

Perez started 17 games for the Majors this season and closed her Majors' career with the third most assists in school history. She also recorded just the third triple-double in Millsaps' history at North Central College. The point guard had three games with 10 or more assists and had a season-high 15 points in wins at Centre and BSC. 

Brooks averaged a double-double for the Majors, putting up 11 points and 11 rebounds per game. She led the conference with an impressive 61 percent shooting percentage from the field. She had a career-high 34 points and 17 rebounds at North Central College and had 15 or more rebounds in a game five times. 

Johnson put an exclamation point on her stellar career this season by being name first-team All-SAA. The senior set the school's all-time scoring record and is the only Major in women's basketball history with at least 1400 points (1449). She recorded six games of 20 or more points including two 30 point games in wins at Rust and over BSC in the conference tournament. The guard also excelled as a distributor, with five games with at least six assists this season. 

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