Jackson, MS  - The Southern Athletic Association announced the 2015-16 Women's All-Conference award winners in a press release earlier today.
 
The Millsaps Athletic Department is proud to announce that five Majors have been named All-Conference including First Team selection Miah Brooks and Defensive Player of the Year Braxton Thomas.  Today's announcement comes before the two-seeded Majors face the seventh seeded Sewanee Tigers later tonight at 6:00 pm from Bill Battle Coliseum.
 
In her first season, freshman Braxton Thomas has consistently been an outstanding all-around player for the Majors.  A forward from Tupelo, Mississippi, Braxton has repeatedly been asked to guard the opposing team's best offensive player(s) all season. 
 
Recently, she was named SAA Player of the Week finishing top two in scoring for the weekend while holding two of the top SAA offensive players to just five and six points respectively – both well below season averages.
 
She is also second on the team in scoring with 244 points and finished top 20 in the conference in rebounds, steals and blocks.  Additionally, Thomas leads the Majors in blocks this season with 19.  She recorded two double-doubles on the year including a season high 29 points on the road at Austin as well.
 
Senior Miah Brooks was also named First Team All-Conference as well.  Brooks has been an excellent player and leader all four years at Millsaps.  A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Brooks leads the team in scoring with 247 points and in rebounds with 181.  She had four double-doubles this year including a season high 24 points on the road at Hendrix.
  
Overall, Brooks has accumulated over 950 points and over 800 rebounds in her four years with the Majors.  She is top five in the conference in rebounds per game with 7.2 and field goal percentage at 50.8.  She has also led the Majors on a seven game win streak to finish the regular season as co-conference champions.
 
In the seven game win streak, the defensive duo of Thomas and Brooks never allowed opponents to finish above 35% shooting on field goals.  They also held each opponent under 30% on three pointers for the streak, including four games where the opposition did not finish above 18% on threes.
 
Three other Majors were named to the All-Conference list as Honorable Mention selections.  Kala-Jewel Freeman, Kim Klunk and Kasi Matthews all helped the Majors to finish with a share of the SAA regular season championship, as all three were named All-Conference.

A native of Pineville, Louisiana, Kala-Jewel Freeman was named All-Conference honorable mention.  The junior forward is top three in scoring for the Majors with 205 points.  Her season high 19-points against Howard Payne led the Majors to a victory, as she is top two in total rebounds with 149 as well.
 
Junior Kim Klunk was also named All-Conference as a forward from Magnolia, Mississippi.  Klunk totaled 121 points for the regular season and averaged 5.8 rebounds per game.  She is top three in rebounds with 145 including a season high 14 rebounds against Berry.
 
Kasi Matthews earned All-Conference honors by finishing top five in scoring with 123 points.  A freshman from Pearland, Texas, Kasi scored a season high 16 points in a win over Berry in early Jan.   She leads the team in assists with 45 and finished top two in three-point percentage as well.
 
Overall, five Majors received All-Conference honors in recognition of the outstanding regular season that saw Millsaps Women's Basketball earn a share of the SAA regular season title.  Millsaps completes the regular season with an overall record of 17-8 and 11-3 in conference. 
 
At the two seed, Millsaps Women's Basketball will continue to look towards the excellent play and leadership of the All-Conference players, as they face Sewanee tonight at Bill Battle Coliseum in Birmingham.  Tip off against the Tigers is set for 6:00 pm.