Baker lands first team all-region honors

At left: Brielle Baker. Top right (L to R): Alyssa Morris and Kaylynn Tucker. Bottom right: Whynter Waterhouse-Brennan
At left: Brielle Baker., First Team All-Region Top right (L to R): Alyssa Morris and Kaylynn Tucker, Second Team All-Region. Bottom right: Whynter Waterhouse-Brennan, Third Team All-Region.

The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) announced the 2021 Division II women's basketball postseason awards on Monday, April 12, following the results of the Region XI-A & B Championships. Southwestern sophomore guard Brielle Baker of Creston was named First Team All-Region, while two Spartans, freshman guard/forward Alyssa Morris of Odessa, MO, and sophomore guard Kaylynn Tucker of Omaha, NE, earned Second Team All-Region honors. Sophomore guard/forward Whynter Waterhouse-Brennan of Melbourne, Australia, was named Third Team All-Region.

According to the ICCAC release, "Baker was a great player for the Spartans. Southwestern earned the No. 4 seed and her 15.3 points per game was fifth-best in the conference. She was the top rebounding guard throughout the ICCAC at 8.2 rebounds per game, she also got the job done defensively with 50 total steals ranking third."

The 2021 Player of the Year was sophomore forward Isabell West of Iowa Central. The 2021 All-Region teams were selected by the head coaches of the ICCAC. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players. Baker joined players from DMACC, Iowa Central, Kirkwood, and NIACC on the first team.

First Team All-Region
# - Player, College, Pos., Class
12- Jada Powell, DMACC, F, So.
22 - Grace Flanagan, DMACC, G, Fr.
22 - Nevaeh Galloway, Iowa Central, F, Fr.
34 - Isabell West, Iowa Central, F, So.
2 - Tatiana Hodges Johnson, Kirkwood, G, So.
14 - Kortney Drake, Kirkwood, G, So.
23 - Kemara Watson, Kirkwood, P, So.
50 - Ashley Tull, Kirkwood, P, So.
2 - Kourtney Manning, NIACC, F, Fr.
3 - Brielle Baker, Southwestern, G, So.