Ohio senior guard Tenishia
Benson collected likely the last award of her heralded Bobcat career Monday, as she was named the the Academic all-Mid-American Conference team.
The guard, who is nearing graduation, was one of 12 student-athletes named to the first team. Juniors Alesia
Howard and Symone
Lyles
were also honored as honorable mentions for the second year running.
Benson passed the 1,000-point barrier for the Bobcats this season, where she led her team with an average of 14.5 points and more than seven rebounds per game.
She also finished fourth in the MAC in scoring, sixth in free throw percentage and seventh in rebounds.
Howard averaged more than six points and slightly less than four rebounds per game for the Bobcats, but had four outbursts of ten or more points on the season.
Lyles
was the Bobcats' most lethal three-point threat, as she shot more than 31 percent from beyond the arc. She was also one of only four Ohio players to play in each of the Bobcats' 32 games.
To qualify for all-MAC academic honors, players must have played in at least half of their team's games that season and earned a 3.20 GPA.
2012 Academic All-MAC Team
Sina
King, Akron
Taylor Ruper
, Akron
Jessica Slagle
, Bowling Green
Chrissy
Steffen, Bowling Green
Teresa Semalulu
, Buffalo
Natachia
Watkins, Eastern Michigan
Trisha Krewson
, Kent State
Courtney Osborn, Miami
Tenishia
Benson, Ohio
Courtney Ingersoll, Toledo
Haylie
Linn, Toledo
Maria Iaquaniello
, Western Michigan
2012 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention
Kacie
Cassell
, Akron
Hanna Luburgh
, Akron
Natasha Williams, Akron
Carly Young, Akron
Jillian Halfhill
, Bowling Green
Danielle Havel
, Bowling Green
Jill Stein, Bowling Green
Noelle Yoder
, Bowling Green
Amber Crago
, Ball State
Megan Craft, Ball State
Beth Christensen, Buffalo
Nicki Hopkins, Buffalo
Niki
DiGuilio
, Central Michigan
Rachael Hencke
, Miami
Hannah Robertson, Miami
Alesia
Howard, Ohio
Symone
Lyles
, Ohio
