Thomas More College junior guard Abby Owings (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) has been named 2017 WBCA (Women’s Basketball Coaches Association) NCAA Division III Coaches’ All-America honorable mention.
Owings, voted the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Player of the Year in February and first team All-Great Lakes Region by D3hoops.com earlier this week, finished fifth in the league in scoring, averaging 16.0 points per game. She also ranked third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0), fourth in steals per game (2.2) and fifth in assists per game (3.4) and three-point field goals made (57). A two-time All-PAC First Team selection, Owings was a D3hoops.com preseason second team All-American selection and was as 2016 D3hoops.com fourth team All-American.
Thomas More finished the 2016-17 with a 28-1 record and advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship second round after winning the PAC regular season and tournament titles.
Cory Blackson
Director of Athletic Communications and Compliance
Thomas More College
