Mason Named PAC Newcomer of the Year
GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) announced its 2020-21 All-PAC Women's Basketball teams and yearly award winners Wednesday.
Following a stellar freshman season, Bison guard Makenzee Mason (Lithopolis, Ohio | Bloom-Carroll) collected the PAC Newcomer of the Year award.
Mason, who was also named an All-PAC Second-Team selection, was selected as the Newcomer of the Year by a vote from the ten conference coaches.
The freshman appeared in all 11 games for the Bison, making starts in 10 while averaging 30.3 minutes per game. She finished sixth in the PAC in scoring, averaging 15.4 points per game, and posted a PAC-best .850 free throw percentage. Her 3.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game both ranked as eighth-best in the league. Mason scored 20-plus points twice this season, including a game-high 26 in No. 7 Bethany's 66-62 quarterfinal loss at No. 2 W&J on March 15.
Mason is Bethany's second newcomer of the year award winner (Kelsea Daugherty, 2014-15).
Joining Mason on All-PAC teams were junior forward Kelsie Meintel (All-PAC Honorable Mention) and freshman guard (PAC Sportsmanship Team).
Meintel finished the season averaging 10.5 points per game and 6.8 rebounds. She started in all 11 games. The junior forward finished sixth in the PAC in free throw percentage (.735) and in the top 20 in both scoring (19th) and rebounding (12th).
Bradbury finished the season averaging 10.9 points per game shooting 34.2 percent from the field and 33.7 percent from behind the arc. Her 3.0 made-threes per game sets her second in the PAC. The freshman guard hit seven threes in the season-opener at Franciscan which placed her second on Bethany's Single-Season record list.
