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GREENVILLE, SC – Conference Carolinas announced the women’s basketball awards prior to Thursday’s quarterfinals of the 2025 Atlantic Casualty Insurance Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Championship.

The 2024-25 all-conference awards were chosen by the league’s head coaches.

Chowan’s Yasmine Brown earned a spot on the Conference Carolinas Second Team All-Conference for her performance this season. Brown has totaled 286 points, 96 rebounds, 85 assists, and 56 steals. She ranks among the top players in multiple categories across the conference, starting with scoring, where she sits 16th with an average of 12.4 points per game. The junior is also 14th in Field Goal Percentage (.421) and Free Throw Percentage (.550). Brown ranks 8th in the conference for assists, averaging 3.7 per game, and 6th for assists-to-turnover ratio with a 1.3 ratio. She is 2nd in the conference for steals, averaging 2.4 per game.

Meara Carter, a Chowan senior, was selected to the conference’s All-Defensive Team. Carter has accumulated 196 rebounds, 205 points, 40 assists, 31 steals, and 24 blocks. She ranks 3rd in the conference in rebounding, averaging 8.5 boards per game, and is 5th in blocked shots, averaging one block per game.

Annalise Malone of Young Harris College was selected Conference Carolinas Player of the Year. Malone leads Conference Carolinas in points (491), points per game (16.9), and free throws made (133). Her 165 free throw attempts ranks second while she ranks fourth with an 80.6 free throw percentage. Her free throw makes also ranks 15th in NCAA Division II. Along with 16.9 points per game, Malone grabs 6.4 rebounds per game and shoots 42.1 percent from the floor.

Peyton Nation of Belmont Abbey College was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year. Nation has been solid defensively all season as she ranks eighth in the league with an average of 7.3 rebounds per game. She also accounts for 1.9 steals per game, ranking her 12th in the league.

Kiara Croskey of Francis Marion University was selected Freshman of the Year. She ranks in the league’s top 20 in numerous categories. She averages 11.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game. The averages for assists and steals rank sixth and fourth in the league, respectively. Croskey also shoots 45.5 percent from the floor, ranking her eighth in the conference.

Francis Marion’s Jeri Porter was selected Coach of the Year for the first time. She has guided the Patriots to a 22-5 overall record while going 17-3 in Conference Carolinas play. Francis Marion went 6-2 in the East Division to win a share of the division crown as the Patriots earned the top seed in the 2025 Atlantic Casualty Insurance Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Championship.

All Conference

First Team

Annalise Malone, Young Harris

Trinity Adams, Francis Marion

Derrica McCall, Shorter

Peyton Nation, Belmont Abbey

Abigail Crain, Belmont Abbey

Second Team

Yasmine Brown, Chowan

Lauren Walker, Barton

Lauren Mingo, Barton

Tiara Lewis, Shorter

Abby Crawford, Emmanuel

Third Team

Mariya Williams, King

Zaria Clark, UNC Pembroke

Kiana Lee, Francis Marion

Anastasia Sinclair, UNC Pembroke

Stella Mollica, UNC Pembroke

All-Defensive Team

Meara Carter, Chowan

Tiara Lewis, Shorter

Peyton Nation, Belmont Abbey

Parehuia Delamere, Young Harris

Trinity Adams, Francis Marion