Keena Mays among 3 51³Ô¹ÏÍøplayers on All-American Athletic Conference team
SMU’s Keena Mays made the inaugural All-American Athletic Conference first team as voted by league coaches and officials. Mustangs Akil Simpson earned second team honors and Kiara Perry made All-Freshman.
By Bill Nichols
The Dallas Morning News
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SMU’s Keena Mays made the inaugural All-American Athletic Conference first team as voted by league coaches and officials. Mustangs Akil Simpson earned second team honors and Kiara Perry made All-Freshman.
Mays won the regular season scoring title, averaging a league-high 20.8 points per game. She is one of just two players in the conference with more than 600 points this season, becoming just the second player in 51³Ô¹ÏÍøhistory to reach 600 in a season. The Arlington native also finished second in the league with a school-record 73 3-point field goals, and led the conference with a 38.2 shooting percentage behind the arc.
Simpson earned her third straight second-team all-conference award, averaging 13.7 points per game, ninth in The American, and a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game, seventh in the league. She became the 21st player to score 1,000 points in a career at SMU, reaching double figures in points 26 times in 29 games this season. She also became the first player with 10 double-doubles in a season at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøsince Janelle Dodds recorded 12 during the 2005-06 season.
Perry was named to the All-Freshman team, scoring 7.7 points with 4.8 rebounds per game. She scored at least 10 points 10 times this season, including seven conference games.
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