Whitman College sophomore Makana Stone earned First-Team All-Northwest Conference honors when league coaches voted. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
She’s a bright, shining star.
Coupeville grad Makana Stone, a two-time Olympic League basketball MVP during her high school days, continues to soar on the college hardwood.
Tuesday she was named a First-Team All-Northwest Conference player when league coaches tallied up their votes.
Stone, a sophomore at Whitman College, joins senior Casey Poe, who was honored as the league’s Player of the Year.
It’s the third time in five seasons that the Whitman women have claimed the top honor, after Heather Johns won for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 campaigns.
Poe, who is first in the league in free-throw percentage, second in scoring, third in blocks, fourth in assists and sixth in steals, was also an All-Conference pick as a junior.
Stone, who became a full-time starter midway through her freshman season, has been a beast in her second year in Walla Walla.
The former Wolf leads the Blues in rebounding and is second in scoring.
She is fourth in the NWC in field goal percentage, fifth in rebounding and 10th in scoring.
Stone was tabbed as the NWC student/athlete of the week twice this season, and copped MVP honors at the Whitworth Holiday Classic.
She was also named to the All-Tournament team at the Ramada at the Spokane Airport Whit Classic.
Joining Stone as First-Team picks are Kylie Towry (Willamette), Miyah Lewis (Lewis & Clark), Jamie Lange (Puget Sound) and Kaitlin Jamieson (George Fox).
Camy Aguinaldo of Whitworth was tabbed as the Freshman of the Year and Peg Swadener of Willamette was honored as Coach of the Year.
Whitman, which sits at 22-3, opens the NWC postseason tourney Thursday when it hosts Willamette. Win there and the Blues advance to the title game Feb. 24 against either George Fox or Lewis & Clark.
After that likely comes the NCAA D-III women’s national tourney, where Whitman made a run to the Elite Eight during Stone’s freshman season.
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