BOXTOROW is announcing the All-Americans of the 2020
Division I women’s basketball season.
Norfolk State guard Chanette
Hicks was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. Hicks led the MEAC and
was 12th in Division I in scoring (20.0), and was second in Division I in
steals (4.9). She also led the conference in assists (5.0), was 8th in field
goal percentage (.471), and averaged 4.5 rebounds per game. She recorded a
triple double against Virginia-Lynchburg (11/14/19) scoring 31 points, handing
out 14 assists and recording 11 steals. The Virginia Tech transfer returned home to Norfolk to help
lead the Lady Spartans to a second place finish in the MEAC and a 19-11 record.
Bethune-Cookman head coach Vanessa
Blair-Lewis was named BOXTOROW Coach of the Year. In her 12th season at the
helm, she led the Wildcats to a 23-6 record, the fifth straight winning season
for the B-CU women’s program. The 2020 postseason WNIT would have been the
fifth-straight year that the Lady Wildcats would have appeared in post season.
This is the second straight year that
Blair-Lewis wins the award.
First Team All-Americans
Ashley Bates, Hampton (G, Sr., Hopkins, Minn.)
Ciani Cryor, Texas Southern (G, Gr.,
Philadelphia, Pa.)
Chanette Hicks (G, r-Sr., Norfolk,
Va.)
Dariauna Lewis, Alabama A&M (F,
Sophomore, Omaha, Ne.)
Chelsea Mitchell, Morgan State (G, Sr., Columbia, Md.)
Niya Mitchell, Texas Southern (F, Sr., Bay
City, Texas)
Paulina Afriyie, North Carolina
Central (F, Sr., Bronx, N.Y.)
Ameysha Williams, Jackson State (C, Sr.,
Memphis, Tenn.)
Second Team All-Americans
Chance Graham, Coppin State (F,
Sr., Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Marneisha Hamer, Jackson State (F, Sr.,
Memphis, Tenn.)
Amaya Scott, Bethune-Cookman (F, Jr., Sunrise, Fla.)
Shawntayla Harris, Arkansas Pine Bluff (C, Sr., Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Laren
VanArsdale, Hampton (G, Soph., Powder Springs, Ga.)
AWARDS
BOXTOROW Player of the Year: Chanette Hicks, Norfolk State
BOXTOROW Coach of the Year: Vanessa Blair-Lewis