Feb. 28, 2018
Summit League Release
SIOUX FALL, S.D. - In a turnaround year for the University of Denver women's basketball team, the Pioneers carded four All-Summit League postseason awards.
The four honors are divided between two players, Claire Gritt and Jordyn Alt.
Gritt took three of the four accolades: Freshman of the Year, All-Newcomer Team and Honorable Mention All-Summit League. The Arlington Heights, Ill., native started in 27 of 29 games and averaged a team-leading 10.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Gritt shot 40.8 percent from the field and 35.7 from deep. Earlier this season, Gritt was named to the Roo Holiday Classic All-Tournament team after averaging 16 points per game, including a career-high 21 points vs Liberty on December 19.
In her senior season, Alt took home honorable-mention All-Summit League honors. The 6-foot-2 forward averaged 7.3 points and a team-leading 8.3 rebounds in her final year. The North Oaks, Minn., native leads the league in rebounds per game (8.3) and sits 88th in the NCAA this season with 242 total boards. Alt put up a career-high 16 points against Utah Valley in early January and tied her career high of 17 rebounds when the team hosted Western Illinois last week.
It is the first time since DU joined the Summit League that a player earned Freshman of the Year and All-Newcomer Team honors. Paige Bradley in 2016 was the last time a Denver player earned Honorable Mention.
Alt, Gritt and the rest of the Pioneers take to Sioux Falls, S.D. on Sunday to face Oral Roberts in the Summit League Tournament at 11 a.m. MT.
Player of the Year
Macy Miller, South Dakota State
Coach of the Year
Dawn Plitzuweit, South Dakota
Defensive Player of the Year
Jasmine Trimboli, South Dakota
Sixth Man of the Year
Jasmine Trimboli, South Dakota
Transfer of the Year
Tagyn Larson, South Dakota State
Freshman of the Year
Claire Gritt, Denver
| First Team | School |
| Allison Arens | South Dakota |
| Emily Clemens | Western Illinois |
| Ciara Duffy | South Dakota |
| Madison Guebert | South Dakota State |
| Faith Ihim | Oral Roberts |
| Macy Miller | South Dakota State |
| Second Team | School |
| Morgan Blumer | Western Illinois |
| Taylor Higginbotham | Western Illinois |
| Maria Martianez | Oral Roberts |
| Ellie Thompson | South Dakota State |
| Jasmine Trimboli | South Dakota |
| Honorable Mention | School |
| Jordyn Alt | Denver |
| Jaycee Bradley | South Dakota |
| Claire Gritt | Denver |
| Reilly Jacobson | North Dakota State |
| Madison McKeever | South Dakota |
| All-Newcomer | School |
| Claire Gritt | Denver |
| Chloe Lamb | South Dakota |
| Tagyn Larson | South Dakota State |
| Maya Mayberry | Oral Roberts |
| Myah Selland | South Dakota State |
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