The 2020-21 All-River States Conference Women’s Basketball Teams & Awards have been selected after a voting of the league’s head coaches. WVU Tech senior guard Brittney Justice headlines the honorees as this year’s RSC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.
Justice, from Danese, W.Va., leads a group of 10 players selected to the All-RSC Women’s Basketball First Team. The next 10 players were named to the All-RSC Second Team. Justice has led WVU Tech into the RSC Championship finals on March 2 with team highs of 15.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game along with 2.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game.
University of Rio Grande (Ohio) head coach David Smalley was voted by his peers as the RSC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. In his 29th season, Smalley has guided the RedStorm into the RSC finals versus WVU Tech. Rio Grande is 18-7 with a conference high for victories this season.
Oakland City (Ind.) University guard Emilee Hope was voted as RSC Women’s Basketball Newcomer of the Year. Hope, who averaged a team-high 15.2 points per game, earned a spot on the All-RSC First Team and was the top vote-getter who is new to the RSC. Not only are the Mighty Oaks new RSC members this year, Hope is a freshman.
Also named was the RSC Women’s Basketball Champions of Character Team, which recognizes one member of each team who best exhibits the NAIA five character values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship.
Brittney Justice earned her top honor with another strong season to add to her career. She is now WVU Tech’s all-time leading scorer with over 1,600 career points. She was joined on the first team by her sister Whittney Justice at 12.6 ppg.
Ohio Christian University sophomore forward Rachel Gillum had a monster season to notch highly on the All-RSC First Team. She is second in the conference at 20.6 ppg and is the NAIA national rebounding leader at 17.1 rpg.
Asbury (Ky.) University senior guard/forward Autumn Herriford also ranked highly on the first team with team highs of 14.6 ppg and 6.7 rpg. Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College senior guard Haley Hall put up 18.1 ppg for her First-Team spot.
Rio Grande (Ohio) had two players on the first team with forward Lexi Woods at 13.9 ppg and 8.0 rpg and RSC assists leader Chyna Chambers coming in at 11.8 ppg and 6.0 apg.
Jill Enix (13.8 ppg) represented Midway (Ky.) University on the First Team while RSC scoring leader Michelle Burns (20.8 ppg) did the same for Point Park (Pa.) University.
The All-RSC Second Team had two players each from Midway, Rio Grande and Ohio Christian with those 10 players representing a total of seven different schools.
2020-21 ALL-RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS & AWARDS
RSC Player of the Year — Brittney Justice, Sr. G, WVU Tech
RSC Newcomer of the Year — Emilee Hope, Fr., G, Oakland City (Ind.)
RSC Coach of the Year — David Smalley, 29th year, Rio Grande (Ohio)
ALL-RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM
| Name | Pos. | Cl. | School |
| Brittney Justice | G | Sr. | WVU Tech |
| Rachel Gillum | F | So. | Ohio Christian |
| Autumn Herriford | G/F | Sr. | Asbury (Ky.) |
| Haley Hall | G | Sr. | Alice Lloyd (Ky.) |
| Lexi Woods | F | So. | Rio Grande (Ohio) |
| Jill Enix | F | Jr. | Midway (Ky.) |
| Michelle Burns | G | Sr. | Point Park (Pa.) |
| Chyna Chambers | G | Sr. | Rio Grande (Ohio) |
| Emilee Hope | G | Fr. | Oakland City (Ind.) |
| Whittney Justice | G | Sr. | WVU Tech |
ALL-RIVER STATES CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SECOND TEAM
| Name | Pos. | Cl. | School |
| Allyson Callahan | F | Sr. | Midway (Ky.) |
| Lauren Lambdin | G | Jr. | IU Southeast |
| Taylor Rinn | F | So. | Point Park (Pa.) |
| Helaina Limas | G | Jr. | Ohio Christian |
| Kelsey Johnson | G | Sr. | Asbury (Ky.) |
| Caitlyn Brisker | G | Fr. | Rio Grande (Ohio) |
| Cassidy Moss | F | Sr. | Brescia (Ky.) |
| Rachel Bolyard | G | So. | Ohio Christian |
| Hailey Jordan | F | So. | Rio Grande (Ohio) |
| Kindall Talley | G | Jr. | Midway (Ky.) |
RSC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER TEAM
| Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College | Alexandria Clifton |
| Asbury (Ky.) University | Sarah King |
| Brescia (Ky.) University | Angel Jeffries |
| Carlow (Pa.) University | Caitlyn Trombley |
| Indiana University East | Addie Brown |
| Indiana University Kokomo | Kristen Ridner |
| Indiana University Southeast | Josie Woods |
| Midway (Ky.) University | Leah Shelley |
| Oakland City (Ind.) University | Jordyn Graham |
| Ohio Christian University | Rachel Gillum |
| Point Park (Pa.) University | Sierra Dawson |
| University of Rio Grande (Ohio) | Avery Harper |
| WVU Tech | Makayla Jones |
This is a River Stats Conference press release.
