Knights Top Preseason Crossroads League Poll, Bradbury Claims Top Honor

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Knights Top Preseason Crossroads League Poll, Bradbury Claims Top Honor

 

AVON, Ohio – The Crossroads League announced its 2018-2019 Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll and Preseason All-League award winners on Wednesday, as voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches.

 

Marian hauled in eight first-place votes and was tabbed as the preseason favorite to win the Crossroads League Championship on the heels of securing its third-straight regular season league title one year ago.

 

Taylor’s Kendall Bradbury was the unanimous selection of the league’s head coaches as the Crossroads League Preseason Player of the Year. Bradbury netted her third NAIA All-American nod in 2017-2018 and was joined on the Preseason First-Team All-Crossroads League Team by fellow 2017-2018 NAIA All-Americans Kara Gerka (USF) and Dejah Cyrus (MU), in addition to All-Crossroads League standouts Nicole Ignasiak (IWU) and Sarah Fryman (HU).

 

2018-2019 CROSSROADS LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL

1-Marian, 97 (8)
2-Saint Francis, 81 (2)
3-Indiana Wesleyan, 80
4-Taylor, 79
5-Huntington, 63
6-Grace, 47
7-Mount Vernon Nazarene, 42
8-Spring Arbor, 26
9-Bethel, 23
10-Goshen, 12

 

2018-2019 CROSSROADS LEAGUE PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE

First Team

Kendall Bradbury, TU (Preseason Player of the Year)
Kara Gerka, USF

Dejah Cyrus, MU
Nicole Ignasiak, IWU
Sarah Fryman, HU

Second Team

Lauren McBryar, USF
Brooke Saylor, HU
Brooke Sugg, GC
Savannah Buck, USF
Taylor Gregory, MVNU

Third Team
Macy Willoughby, MU

Anne Secrest, IWU
Dani Ellerbrock, MVNU
Kelsey Brickner, BC
Aubrey Wright, TU

 

Honorable Mention
Maddie Richer, HU
Lindley Kistler, USF
Carly Lange, IWU
Rachel Nelson, SAU
Vironnica Drake, GC
Kamala Glenn, BC
Abby Buchs, TU
Mariah Roe, GO
Anne Wright, SAU
Sam Hammel, HU

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