• Redshirt senior guard Jenna Giacone was named the A-10′s Most Improved Player. She increased her scoring average from 6.4 points to 12.9 points per game.
• Freshman center Tenin Magassa was named the Sixth Woman of the Year. She averaged 9.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game.
In addition to those awards, Giacone was named to the A-10 first team, while redshirt senior Erin Whalen made the second team for the second straight year and Bradshaw made the third team. Whalen made the all-academic team. Bradshaw made the all-defensive team for the second straight year. Magassa was on the all-rookie team.
Dayton won the A-10 regular-season championship with a 12-1 record and will play No. 8 seed La Salle (11-13, 7-10) or No. 9 Duquesne (5-10, 4-7) in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament at 11 a.m. Friday at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va.
Here are the other A-10 awards:
Co-Players of the Year: Anna DeWolfe, Fordham / Emmanuelle Tahane, Rhode Island.
Rookie of the Year: Addie Budnik, Richmond.
Coach of the Year: Tammi Reiss, Rhode Island.
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