ST LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference announced Wednesday that Illinois State's Shannon Dowell earned All-MVC Second team honors, Elyce Knudsen and Addison Martin landed on the MVC Newcomer team, while Doneelah Washington earned MVC Freshman team honors.
Dowell earned All-MVC Second Team honors after ranking fifth in the league with 16.9 points per game against Valley foes. She also averaged 6.4 rebounds per game (11th in MVC) with 2.6 assists per game with a mark of 48.7% from the floor (12th in MVC) in Valley play. Dowell posted 16 games in double figures and seven games of 20+ points, including a career-high tying 28 points at Murray State Dec.