IRVING, Texas – Jason Neidell has been named the 2016 C-USA Coach of the Year and five Lady Toppers picked up All-C-USA laurels as announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon ahead of the start of the C-USA Tournament on Wednesday.
Olivia Fitzgerald and Nicole Roseland were named to the All-C-USA First Team, Iris Dunn and Allison Leone garnered spots on the Second Team and Chandler Backes landed on both the Third Team and the All-Freshman Team. The all-conference honors were the first of each player’s career except for Dunn, who also earned Third Team accolades last season and Second Team Sun Belt honors in 2013; Leone (2014) and Roseland (2015) also placed on the All-Freshman Team during their rookie campaigns.