BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2024-25 All-SWAC Women's Basketball teams and individual award winners on Monday evening. The all-conference honors were voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information directors. In order to be eligible for awards student-athletes must have participated in a minimum of 75 percent of their team’s games played this season.

Jackson State’s Taleah Dilworth, was named Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year while Alcorn State’s Destiny Brown claimed Defensive Player of the Year accolades.

Prairie View A&M’s Crystal Schultz  was selected as Freshman of the Year, and Southern’s Carlos Funchess was voted SWAC Coach of the Year.   

In her first season at Jackson State, Dilworth led the conference in scoring most of the season registering a total of 475 points and averaging 16.4 points a game. She opened the 2024-25 campaign scoring her 1,000th career point on the road against Missouri. Dilworth has recorded 28 double-figure scoring games this season.  

Brown was a key figure for the Alcorn State Lady Braves as she led her team in points per game (12.4 ppg) as well as block shots per game (1.8 bpg). She tallied 47 total blocks in 26 games played this season while leading the Braves to a 10-8 overall conference record.

Schultz had a phenomenal debut season for the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers during the 2024-25 campaign. She averaged 9.3 points per game while scoring 169 total points.

Funchess led the Southern Jaguars to a spectacular season as SU claimed the 2024-25 SWAC Women's Basketball regular season title with a 15-3 conference record. 

The complete listing of all-conference selections and individual awards winners can be found below.
 
Coach of the Year
Carlos Funchess, Southern
 
Player of the Year
Taleah Dilworth, Jackson State

Defensive Player of the Year
Destiny Brown, Alcorn State

Newcomer of the Year
Taleah Dilworth, Jackson State

Freshman of the Year
Crystal Schultz, Prairie View A&M
 
All-SWAC First Team
Taleah Dilworth, Jackson State
Alisha Wilson, Alabama A&M
Kaila Walker, Alabama A&M
Aylasia Fantroy, Texas Southern
Destiny Brown, Alcorn State
 
All-SWAC Second Team
Aniya Gourdine, Southern
Kahia Warmsley, Grambling State
Cordasia Harris, Alabama State
Asianae Nicholson, Bethune-Cookman
Cheyenne McEvans, Florida A&M

About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.
 
Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.

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